Dirty Dirty, Man Man

The second new writer to join us today is Jan Hammerquist, a West Philadelphian with more than a few EDGE Magazine bylines under his belt. Welcome to the fold, Jan.

Man Man and Dirty Projectors, two bands as different from each other as Tang from chocolate milk, tigers from koalas, Harley Davidsons from hangliders, or—we may as well end on a musical note—as potentially incompatible as Captain Beefheart and Elton John, are nonetheless both playing Starlight Ballroom tonight and are sure to show you through some wild sonic safaris.

Dirty Projectors, avant-garde artistes abstracting atonal scales into uncertain rhythms and mutated melodies, comprise a shoe-/star-gazing mentality you can hang around and even relax into. But expect to be yanked back down to earth to machete and mosh your way through Man Man's post-apocalyptic jungles of machine-gun drumbeats and mariachi horns. A band born and raised in Philadelphia (naturally, a twisted upbringing), these ragtag banditos will be in their natural habitat tonight—plus, this is their record-release party.

Man Man with Dirty Projectors and The Extraordinaires
The Starlight Ballroom
460 North 9th Street (On 9th Street Between Spring Garden and Callowhill Streets)
Philadelphia, PA
$15 / All Ages / 21+ To Drink
SOLD OUT

Image Credit: Flickr user daniel arnold!