Indie Ingenuity
June 8, 2012Events

Indie Ingenuity

Photo by Ted Bois The casual indie rock listener might recognize the voice of this occasional New Pornographer, but the indie-devoted have maintained an emotional 16-year relationship with Dan Bejar’s musical stylings. The Canadian behind critically acclaimed Destroyer, Bejar visits Milwaukee’s Turner Hall fresh off 2011’s well-received Kaputt. On his ninth full-length album, Bejar exercises poetic lyrical depth alongside instrumental interludes and meandering paths into rock, pop and jazz. There’s quirk, variety and a tinge of musical genius lingering beneath every note. Chances are the June gig will follow the same pattern. Sandro Perri opens. Destroyer June 13. Turner Hall…

BY Cristina Daglas


Photo by Ted Bois

The casual indie rock listener might recognize the voice of this occasional New Pornographer, but the indie-devoted have maintained an emotional 16-year relationship with Dan Bejar’s musical stylings. The Canadian behind critically acclaimed Destroyer, Bejar visits Milwaukee’s Turner Hall fresh off 2011’s well-received Kaputt. On his ninth full-length album, Bejar exercises poetic lyrical depth alongside instrumental interludes and meandering paths into rock, pop and jazz. There’s quirk, variety and a tinge of musical genius lingering beneath every note. Chances are the June gig will follow the same pattern. Sandro Perri opens.

Destroyer June 13. Turner Hall Ballroom. 1032 N. Fourth St., 414-286-3663.

Cristina Daglas
Cristina Daglas is a former editor of Milwaukee Magazine. A Chicago-area native, Daglas has toiled in journalism in various locales - Chicago, Madison, Missouri, Washington, D.C., New York City. In 2009, she joined Milwaukee Magazine's staff as an assistant editor, taking on the role of managing editor in 2011 and editor in February 2012. Prior to Milwaukee, Daglas logged time at The Capital Times, Isthmus and Washingtonian magazine in Washington, D.C. She also edited Vox in Columbia, Mo., and was a contributing editor for The Business Times Company. Daglas holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri, where she was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Fellowship.

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