5/1 THU
VSC “THE QUARRY” FlynnSpace (4/23-5/11)
5/17 SAT
McCarthy Arts Center
National Theatre Live
“King LEAR”
5/18 SUN
bELLA VoCE
LiSA LASHES
5/19 MON
fLYnn SHoW CHoiRS
CAbARET gUignoL
5/22 THU
Palace 9 Cinemas
Ice Balloons’ self-tItled alBum is profoundly and aggressively strange, as is the band’s fascination with insects. White Hinterland, Winooski United Methodist Church, Saturday, May 3, 7:45 p.m. As White Hinterland, vocalist Casey Dienel stretches her elastic voice over a canvas of R&B-tinged orchestrations, crafting an idiosyncratic style of pop that has drawn comparisons to that of Icelandic avant-garde pop provocateur Björk. Her new album, Baby, a dark, bracing affair, is both confrontational and vulnerable. It’s a challenging listen, but one that reveals an uncommon level of raw emotion in each twisted scratch and whisper of Dienel’s unconventionally affecting voice.
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, Waking Windows 4 Outdoor Main Stage, Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m.
UVM Recital Hall
STRAngE CREEK CAMPoUT fEST
VYo 50TH ConCERT
Camp Kee-wanee (5/24-26)
5/3 SAT
VSo MASTERWoRKS
“Darkness Falls” City Hall Park (5/23-6/28)
5/4 SUN
VYo 50TH ConCERT
5/8 THU
oZMA of oZ
gHoST WALK
Lyman C. Hunt Middle School Flynn MainStage Flynn MainStage
5/25 SUN
THE HEAD & THE HEART
fUEL
Flynn MainStage
Venue Nightclub
5/10 SAT
gHoST WALK
ME2/STRingS
“Wicked Waterfront” Battery Park (5/25-6/29)
UVM Recital Hall
ADREnALinE Mob Venue Nightclub 5/11 SUN
oRiAnA SingERS
5/13 TUE
“STAnD UP, SiT DoWn, & LAUgH”
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
5/28 WED 5/29 THU
DMiTRY RACHMAnoV
bREAD & PUPPET THEATER
5/17 SAT
bELLA VoCE First Baptist Church
Flynn MainStage
REginA CARTER Flynn MainStage
bLACK TiDE, THREAT SignAL & AffiAnCE LiVE
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
FlynnSpace (5/16-17)
CELTiC WoMAn bEEniE MAn
5/30 FRI
Venue Nightclub
ADELE MYERS & DAnCERS
gRUP AnWAR
Venue Nightclub
SAVing AbEL
“Birdcatcher from Hell” Flynn MainStage
Work-in-Progress Showing FlynnSpace
FlynnSpace
5/16 FRI
SoUnDS fRoM THE SoUL FlynnSpace
The Black Box Theatre (5/8-18)
INFo
Waking Windows 4, Thursday, May 1, through Sunday, May 4, at various locations in Winooski. Individual shows $5. Weekend passes $20. wakingwindows.com
5/23 FRI
Venue Nightclub 5/31 FRI
TonY bEnnETT Flynn MainStage
gRÉgoiRE MARET QUARTET FlynnSpace
CoMing Soon & on SALE
Discover Jazz festival: Maceo Parker l belizbeha l Ron Carter Trio/benny golson Quartet l big Chief Donald Harrison l Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band l Patty griffin l neko Case l Dierks bentley l natalie Merchant l Lucinda Williams
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4/28/14 10:54 AM
FEATURE 37
alexbleekerandthefreaks.bandcamp.com
fatcreeps.bandcamp.com
Palace 9 Cinemas
Flynn MainStage
KAHAnE/MooSE
Fat Creeps, the Monkey House, Sunday, May 4, 8 p.m. After three solid nights of rocking — four, if you count the WW4 kickoff show with Deerhoof at Higher Ground on Wednesday, April 30 — what better way to ease back into the real world than with a little hair o’ the dog and a pizza party? Boston’s Fat Creeps are a highlight of the festival-closing showcase at the Monkey House. Expect the band to top your free slices with a tasty mix of dreamy, surf-inflected garage rock and punchy riot-grrrl punk. And maybe pepperoni.
National Theatre Live
“THE CURioUS inCiDEnT . . .”
SEVEN DAYS
Music
kalmarks.bandcamp.com
PiLoboLUS
FlynnSpace (5/19-20)
04.30.14-05.07.14
We know how you kids love the Real Estate. No, not the buying and selling of land and buildings. The band Real Estate. The Freaks are RE bassist Alex Bleeker’s other band, which also includes members of Woods and Vermont’s own Mountain Man, in addition to fellow Real Estate agent — er, drummer — Jackson Pollis. But where Real Estate trade in washed-out nostalgia and jangly, wistful indie hooks, Bleeker’s side project leans toward an amiable sort of country-rock, evoking the spacey 1970s twang of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds.
Exploding in Sound Records may be the coolest label you’ve never heard of. The Massachusetts-based imprint has been responsible for bringing a wealth of ass-whooping rock bands to the masses lately, including up-and-coming acts such as Fat History Month, Porches., Ovlov, Krill and Speedy Ortiz — the last two of which can also be seen at WW4. The latest band to break on the label is Boston’s Kal Marks, which fuse sludgy grooves and flippant wordplay to create a grueling sound that Spin magazine calls “a mercurial hybrid of Dinosaur Jr., Black Sabbath and Modest Mouse.”
The Black Box Theatre (5/1-2)
Stowe Community Church
SEVENDAYSVt.com
whitehinterland.com
Kal Marks, Friends + Family Showcase at MLC Bakeshop, Saturday, May 3, 8:15 p.m.
Zen Lounge & Nightclub
5/2 FRI
bURLingTon CHAMbER oRCHESTRA