The indie-rock band will be playing Babys All Right later this month.
The Rehearsal
Ten performers tell us how theyre preparing in the days before their big fall shows.
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Babys was the first venue that gave Dirt a nice headlining show.
It didnt really make sense, but they did it anyway.
That was huge for me.
Im friends with all the people there, and theyve been incredibly kind and generous.
It feels like home.
Ive gotten better over the years, but usually before a show Im debilitatingly anxious.
All day, the show is the thing thats the only thing in the world that exists.
Anyone who knows me knows that its difficult.
Ive been known to sit under the table in the green room.
Im from New Jersey, but I didnt come into the city much growing up.
I was late to music I became a show kid when I was 19.
It was a lot of indie rock, just classic basement shows.
Bands like the World Is a Beautiful Place and LVL UP.
I was always really into emo, the theatrics and the drama of it.
And Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, that stayed with me.
Its dramatic and theatrical, but it can be cartoonish at times.
I also make a run at put everything I have into the thing and not feel weird about it.
I made a point to do some serious work on myself over the past few years.
So its important to me to venture to articulate these things.
Sometimes people hate it, and thats totally fine.
Its like when you go on Rotten Tomatoes and you see a movie has a 50 percent approval rating.
Theres a chance it fucking rocks.
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