Daily Travels: Port Chester, NY

Queens of the Stone Age, Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, by Liz Maher

On the scene: Dirty Projectors, Port Chester NY, 9.25.12

The DP's latest album, Swing Lo Magellan (Domino Records)

Reviewed by Liz Maher exclusively for Stupefaction - thanks Liz!:

“Poor Chesta,” David Longstreth incredulously pronounced at the opening of The Dirty Projector’s gig at Westchester’s newly refurbished Capitol Theater on 9/25/12. For a moment it flashed through my head that Longstreth was making a heartfelt reference to Linkin’ Park. But no, he was just in a state of sleepy disbelief and sounded as though he had dozed off on the B46 and wound up at the Capitol by accident. He did look a little unwashed, too.

I never thought of the Projectors as a guitar band until this show, but Longstreth’s and the diminutive Amber Coffman’s highly thoughtful arrangements made it clear they are one - with a whole lot of harmonizing thrown in. (Continued after the jump.)