Brooklyn singer-songwriter Dave Deporis organized tonight's musical lineup at Glasslands Gallery, in which he plays third. Wielding a versatile voice as distinctive as Antony's or Tom Yorke's, Deporis performs with reckless intensity as he strives to bring the room to tears or epiphanies or a puzzling sense of despair, depending on the song. His tonal range runs from gritty lows to eerie highs. Though Deporis can venture into strange sonic and lyrical territory, he never retreats into irony. Avert your ears if artistic nudity makes you uncomfortable.
Opening for Deporis are Lauren Luloff, whose ambient compositions are laced with ethereal harmonies and surprising electronic sound-offs, and Sharon Von Etten, a gentle chanteuse offering up dark, spare melodies. The last act is Soft Black, a noirish psych-folk band that ranges from the dark and noisy to the mellow and trippy.
Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave. (betw. S. 1st & S. 2nd Sts.), no phone; 9, $6
