Parts and Labor
8 p.m. Friday, July 6. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.
Brooklyn's Parts & Labor takes the atonal screeches and errant atmospherics of experimental music and corrals them into a big, buzzy, open-sky version of glitch-rock. The trio augments its guitar-bass-drums set-up with circuit-bent keyboards and a constant undercurrent of controlled static — and thankfully the knob-twiddling never devolves into unfocused wankery. Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw share vocal duties; both men sing with the full-throated conviction of freedom fighters or union-rally singers. The real secret to Parts & Labor is its unrelenting rhythms, though — Christopher Weingarten's drums sound almost unnaturally fast, like they've been ProTooled to double their speed. The band's latest, Mapmaker, finds it juggling the terse rhythms of math-rock with fleet-fingered riffage (most notably on "New Crimes") and injecting a brass band in "Fractured Skies" to add a touch of the majesty to the bombast.
Details
Related Content
More About
Now Trending
![Fine, I Guess It Is Time to Stop Taking Potshots at Jason Mraz [Update: RIP Zach Sobiech]](http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/common/assets/700621.75x75.jpg)
-
Voice Places
Find everything you're looking for in your city
-
Happy Hour App
Find the best happy hour deals in your city
-
Daily Deals
Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%
-
Best Of...
Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city
- Profile
- Newsletters
- Mobile
- Logout
