Dirty Three

Like Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, and, later, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Dirty Three helped reinvent the language of indie rock, their ragged and ecstatic instrumentals expanding the forms sense of possibility in the mid-90s. Guitarist Mick Turner, drummer Jim White, and violinist Warren Ellis were busy members of the fertile Melbourne scene in the 80s, shuttling in and out of assorted scabrous bands. Their collective reputation grew quickly after they formed in the early 90s, their savage and...