Dirty Projectors’ new album, Rise Above, begins with a fun
premise: cover Black Flag’s Damaged (which main Projector Dave
Longstreth hadn’t listened to since middle school) from memory. The
result is acoustic and choral, a beautifully faded impression of a
punk-rock classic. The Dirty Projectors’ set will be a pastel
reverie; YACHT’s will be a hypercolor explosion: Wizard-spaz Jona
Bechtolt will dance, sing, give some motivational speeches, and
probably hug somebody. (Vera Project, Seattle Center, 956-8372.
7:30 pm, $8, all ages.)