The Dirty Three

Pioneer Works is proud to present the long-awaited return of instrumental rock trio The Dirty Three for a rare live performance at Pioneer Works and their first in New York City since 2009.

In June 2024, the band released Love Changes Everything, breaking a 12-year wait for new music from the Australian instrumental rock band. Now, the band reunites and sets sail across the ocean for their first North American tour since 2012. To the Main Hall they bring impassioned live performances that stir up a volcanic force each time: plunging into an explosive free fall in one moment, then morphing into a divine pool of emotions in an effortless flow. Like witnessing any supernatural phenomenon, it's an overwhelming experience that stays with you.

About The Dirty Three

Like Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, and, later, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Dirty Three helped reinvent the language of indie rock 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 The Dirty Three in 1992, their savage and unhinged shows in Australian pubs leading to an international record deal and major tours. Horse Stories, Ocean Songs, and Whatever You Love, You Are established them as a truly great improvisational act, reframing the terms of a power trio by adding absolute punk gusto to music that sounds a little like jazz, a little like a string band, and a lot like nothing else. On 2024’s unstoppable Love Changes Everything, their first album in a dozen years, The Dirty Three proved that their vocabulary and chemistry have only expanded.