Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
213.413.8200
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Azita, Photo: Lee Klawans
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Sunday May 10, 2009 (8pm)
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$15 / $13 advance
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Azita Youssefi's sudden transformation from no-wave gadfly (as the frontwoman of Chicago's beloved Scissor Girls) to solo cocktail chanteuse wasn't so surprising — record shops are full of reformed noiseniks — but the degree to which she pulled it off was. Four full-lengths later, Azita's jazzy pop feels perfectly natural. The blend of melodic piano and throaty cabaret vocals makes artists like Joan as Police Woman and Feist easy signposts, but her dramatic shifts from Nico chill to Carla Bozulich-esque undulating reveals something more sinister. Tonight, she supports Destroyer's Dan Bejar in a solo set, in which he shows off the indie prog-rock vocal chops and funkified guitar that's made music lovers swoon over him in the New Pornographers for years.
