Now a duo, Mi Ami’s Daniel Martin-McCormick and Damon Palermo will play a series of DJ sets and bands shows this month (photo by Lili Schulder)
Thursday, March 10, Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow St.
Friday, March 11, Pianos, 158 Ludlow St., $10, 11:00
Saturday, March 26, Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave. $8-$10, 8:00
Sunday, March 27, Public Assembly, 70 North Sixth St.
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Okay, we have to admit that we’re confused here too. Tonight the Miami Dolphins are going to be at Shea Stadium, with a major roster change to boot. Oh, wait a minute; now we get it. Actually, the Baltimore duo Mi Ami, formerly a trio, will be playing a DJ set at the tiny Brooklyn music club Shea Stadium, the first of four area appearances this month. In February 2009, we wrote that on Watersports, guitarist Daniel Martin-McCormick, bassist Jacob Long, and drummer Damon Palermo “rail against the pervasive fear that lies at the heart of America’s psyche, offering a much-needed scream of release,” and in April 2010 we called their follow-up, Steal Your Face, “a thirty-seven-minute freak-out of massive proportions.” But now, with Palermo having left the band, Martin-McCormick and Long have delved deep into the techno-disco part of their sound on their new release, Dolphins (Thrill Jockey, March 15, 2011). Available in a vinyl-only limited edition of 750 copies (with free digital download), the record consists of four extended-length electronic dance tunes, “Hard Up,” “Dolphins,” “Sunrise,” and “Echo,” that take listeners on a space-age ride fueled by computer samples, drum machines, keyboards, and screeching vocals. Of course, by naming the album Dolphins, Mi Ami don’t do themselves any favors; search on “Mi Ami Dolphins” and see how long it takes before they come up. (And Steal Your Face was not exactly a unique name either, as Dead Heads are well aware.) Fortunately, they seem to have quite a sense of humor. The reinvented Mi Ami will be playing a DJ set with members of Jonas Reinhardt tonight (as DJ Magic Touch) at Shea Stadium on a bill with Sex Worker, Big Gold Belt, and Darius, followed by a live band performance March 11 at Pianos with Darius again, Innerglaze, and Wolff. Then they’ll be back in town March 26 for a full show at Glasslands with Laurel Halo and Psychic Reality and another DJ set March 27 at Public Assembly.