9:30 Club Presents Matthew Dear, Detroit-based producer and electronic-pop musician, next Thursday at U St. Music Hall. And we’re giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Dear’s show.
Dear initially rose to underground fame a decade ago while making minimalist house music as False and Jabberjaw and hard-edged electronica as Audion. Now releasing music under his own name, Matthew Dear continues to evolve with his use of pop and rock archetypes that have a steady avant-garde sound, revealing more of himself with the increase of his singing voice in his work. The 2012 release of Beams, Dear’s fifth solo full-length album under his own name, is described by the artist as more “positive” than 2010’s high-water mark Black City.
Described by Pitchfork as “Dear’s most consistent work yet,” Beams shows Dear’s effort to mix high art with deeply personal revelations, allowing him to express a more unified persona. As Consequence of Sound’s review says, “That’s what Beams is truly all about: that chance for Dear to break himself down, to boil everything he is emotionally, musically, and creatively to its most essential. With that achieved, regardless of the name it’s created under, you’ve got yourself a truly unified, coherent record.”
With these reviews and the chance to see Matthew Dear at his most revealing stage yet, don’t miss the chance to win tickets in our giveaway.
Matthew Dear’s work can be considered a melding of avant-garde high art and music. For a chance to win a pair of tickets, name your favorite modern artist.
I’m going to go with Jackson Pollock.
The winner will be chosen at noon on Monday, November 12th. Tickets are still available.
