Indie Band ‘Cracks’ Interest in San Diego
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November 11, 2009 • Kayne Friesen
Filed under Entertainment, Music
Though much excitement was built over the soothing, yet out-of-whack, Dirty Projectors, one had to wonder “what they were smoking”?
The Casbah in downtown San Diego is known for their steady booking of indie shows, or whatever appeals to the hipsters now-a-days. However, the headlining act, the Dirty Projectors, was one that truly will be memorable due to the large amount of scarf wearing, vest fashioning, and overall dirty hipster kids.
By no means was the show terrible. In fact, it was quite enjoyable. The Dirty Projectors seemed to go for that Morrissey meets Vampire Weekend sound. Except in this case, if Morrissey had a tad higher pitch and if Vampire Weekend was more intricate and less English. So really, the performance was fairly interesting to watch, as one would imagine.
“It was the second time I’ve seen them perform live. It was just as amazing as the first time, if not more so because of the smaller, more intimate venue,” Abby Franzwa, Junior, said.
Opening for Dirty Projectors was even more indie band, Light Green Leaves. Picture a three-man rock group, two with beards and the other with a psychopathic smile that would normally only be seen on the face of some villain in Batman. Regardless, the sound of Light Green Leaves was mediocre at best, taking their time to bore audience with their screeches and moans; it’s always a shame to see potential of a good band die.
As for Dirty Projectors, their set was reasonably tolerable. For an hour and a half, Dave Longstreth, Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and newest member of the band, Haley Dekle, serenaded the audience in vocal harmonies. At times, the ambiance could get a bit repetitive, nonetheless, watching the hipsters dance awkwardly, not to mention how much energy they were putting into it, was quite entertaining all by itself.
The more fascinating aspect of the show is the fact that they only played songs from their most recent album, “Bitte Orca”, rather than returning their eight other albums. This may have been a better move on the band’s half, being as most of the audience seemed more familiar to this anyway.
A third of the way through the show, the Dirty Projectors began an acoustic set of some of their more upbeat songs such as “Remade Horizon”. To start their acoustic set, the band stepped aside for Longstreth and Deradoorian to play the softer “Two Doves” which proved a more cute and sweet side of the band.
The Dirty Projectors are a band that would be worth seeing again, if you’re not busy watching other indie bands at the local coffee shop or book store, of course.
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