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Dinosaur Feathers + Crappy Dracula
Dinosaur Feathers and Crappy Dracula and Temple and Shark
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Thu Sep 20
9 pm
Dinosaur Feathers + Crappy Dracula at Linneman's
There’s a real danger in taking two overused band-name components—”Dinosaur” and “Feathers”—and naming a group after them. Luckily, the downside is more than made up for by Dinosaur Feathers’ songs, which meld soaring vocal harmonies to an aesthetic that’s at once synthetic and tribal. That means skewed electronic beats hanging out with an acoustic guitar, gorgeous melodies peering out from layers of noise, and singers Greg Sullo and Derek Zimmerman—whose voices trump those of most of their peers—playing vocal games with lots of woozy vibrato. Milwaukee punk-rock trio Crappy Dracula pulls off the “intentional stupidity” trick perfectly on last year’s excellent Fantastic Dracula!, which gleefully tackles such pressing subjects as blimp heists, computers that watch television, and funeral homes equipped with free Wi-Fi.
Linneman's 1001 E Locust St, Milwaukee, WI
There’s a real danger in taking two overused band-name components—”Dinosaur” and “Feathers”—and naming a group after them. Luckily, the downside is more than made up for by Dinosaur Feathers’ songs, which meld soaring vocal harmonies to an aesthetic that’s at once synthetic and tribal. That means skewed electronic beats hanging out with an acoustic guitar, gorgeous melodies peering out from layers of noise, and singers Greg Sullo and Derek Zimmerman—whose voices trump those of most of their peers—playing vocal games with lots of woozy vibrato. Milwaukee punk-rock trio Crappy Dracula pulls off the “intentional stupidity” trick perfectly on last year’s excellent Fantastic Dracula!, which gleefully tackles such pressing subjects as blimp heists, computers that watch television, and funeral homes equipped with free Wi-Fi.
Updated 09/12/2012
