As summer gives way to fall's cooler temperatures, the concert calendar suddenly starts heating up. We start with a double-header on Monday, with the cool Canadian yacht prog of
Destroyer followed by the Midwestern chamber pop of
The Lighthouse & the Whaler. Destroyer is the "main project" of the New Pornographers' Dan Bejar, the wild-haired, muppet-voiced experimentalist. Catch them at the 9:30 Club tomorrow, with doors opening at 7. TLATW produce a brand of
shimmery, gorgeous pop more closely identified with California or the Pacific Northwest than with Cleveland. They're playing DC9, with doors at 8.
Friday brings us a perfect storm of challenging and beautiful music, with
The Dodos opening for seminal Danish indie rockers
Mew at the 9:30 Club. I'll have more on this show later this week.
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| Photo courtesy of Tommy Jansen Bredesen |
Saturday features the cool New Jersey jazz of
Marco Benevento followed by an easterly blast of California "beach goth" from
The Growlers.
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| Photo courtesy of Mike Benevento |
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