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dose of booze-fueled rock courtesy of dino BraVo, pooloop, Vedora and teleport. Saturday gets cooking on the fourth floor of the parking garage with an afternoon showcase of rawk featuring the likes of Blue Button, spirit aniMal, trapper keeper and others. Later that day at the church, deatH Vessel headlines a showcase that also includes local experimental composer greg daVis, his pal kurt WeisMan and local duo Wren & Mary. Not to be outdone, local soul band craig MitcHell and Motor city lead a bill at the Welcome Center that also includes great Western, paper castles, golden claWs and VT expats the MilkMan’s union. You’ll find more experimental fare at the Stoplight Gallery and singersongwriters at the Block Gallery. Finally, K Records electro-pop sensation the BloW close out WW2 at the Monkey House with Mitten and dJ disco pHantoM.
The local jazz scene says good-bye to one of its bright young talents this week when trombone phenom andreW Moroz splits town
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for the left coast — Seattle, specifically. I first came to know/ corrupt Moroz more than 10 years ago when I was the singer for a local ska band called the skaMapHrodites — we were much better than the name implies, thank you very much. Anyway, we had recently parted ways with two of our horn players and had heard through the grapevine about this high school hotshot looking for a band. We invited him to one of our practices in the beercan-littered basement of the dingy Old North End house we shared. I’m pretty sure his mom dropped him off, since he wasn’t old enough to drive, let alone hang out with a bunch of degenerate ska musicians. But I digress. Before we had finished playing our first song, one thing became painfully obvious: Andy was way too good for our band. Despite being several years older, and accomplished musicians in their own right, our horn players could barely keep up with him. Because he’s one of the nicest people you could hope to meet, Andy humored us for a few weeks and even sat in on a couple of gigs. But this kid was clearly meant for bigger stages. In the years since, Moroz has become one of
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section of local and national talent in a wide variety of genres. To wit, the fest kicks off Thursday at the Monkey House with speedwestern heroes Waylon speed. They headline a locals-only showcase featuring swampytonk stalwart Brett HugHes, indie-folk chanteuse Maryse sMitH, nattily mustachioed alt-country crooner loWell tHoMpson and, one of my new favorites, sHelly sHredder. Meanwhile, over at the Welcome Center, local remixologist snakefoot takes the stage with hiphop producer principal dean and indie-pop favorites the sMittens, Missy Bly and surroundsound. On Friday, May 11, highlights include anders parker cloud Badge with local openers sWale, lendWay, tootH acHe., nortH aMerica, BoB Wagner and Hello sHark, at the Welcome Center. If experimental music is more your thing, catch nuda Veritas, k. lyMan, spaceMan saturday nigHt and several others at the Stoplight Gallery. Or, if you need a good chuckle, hit the Block Gallery for a local-comedy showcase. I’d recommend topping off the evening at the Monkey House with a
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The big news on the local music front this week is undoubtedly the return of Feist, who is playing the Flynn MainStage on Friday, May 11, to the delight of hipsters all over Vermont. However, if you find yourself priced out of the show, or otherwise unable to attend, fret not. Our old pals at Angioplasty Media have you covered with Waking Windows 2, a weekend-long music and arts festival in Winooski. It might just be the coolest thing to happen in the Onion City since city planners proposed putting a dome over the whole town in 1979. And, yes, that really happened. Last year’s inaugural Waking Windows was an ambitious, 11-day affair unofficially intended as an indie-rock and experimentalmusic alternative to the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which ran the same week. Angioplasty scored some great bands for WW1, but forcing the concertgoing public to choose between WW and BDJF was risky. This year, they’ve refined their approach and wisely scheduled the fest before BDJF. Waking Windows 2 runs from Thursday, May 10, through Saturday, May 12, and will occupy several downtown Winooski venues, including the Monkey House, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Winooski Welcome Center, the Stoplight Gallery, the Block Gallery and — wait for it — the parking garage. Twenty-five dollars gets you access to every show, as well as a nifty button, or you can pay à la carte. Order tickets at ticketfly.com. So what about the bands? Glad you asked! As we’ve come to expect from Angioplasty, the lineup includes an intriguing cross
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