Dirty Demons

I have officially come across a ride to Bennington tonight to see Dirty Projectors and Icy Demons play at the Bennington College Student Center at around 8PM. Tickets are $10 for non-Bennington students (or $5 if you know someone who goes there). I'm assuming it'll be well worth the price, as one of the two times I've caught Dirty Projectors they were really great, playing songs from their Rise Above record for the last time (New Year's Eve at the Knitting Factory). They're got a new record coming out on Domino, as well as one on Dead Oceans. The Domino release will be called Bitte Orca (album cover up there), and will be available June 9.

Also check out/download their super-giddy song they did with David Byrne for the Dark Was the Night (4AD) compilation, "Knotty Pine," here (via stereogum.com).


However, I have neither seen Icy Demons nor heard them til just now, and they're not half bad. I'm all about the track "Centurion" from their Miami Ice record, which came out last year on Obey Your Brain. I think you can still download the track "Miami Ice" here (via brooklynvegan.com). Oh yeah, and there's a dude from Man Man (Christopher Powell a.k.a. Pow Pow) in the band.