WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK]
Acoustic Open Jam hosted by The Druids. The Rabbit Room,
61 N. Main St. 582-1830. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. [ CLASSICAL ]
Live from Hochstein: Nocturnes for Solo Piano and Voice and Piano. Hochstein
Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. 12:10 p.m. Free.
Laura Pfleuger SATURDAY, APRIL 27 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 6 P.M. | FREE | LOVINCUP.COM [ COUNTRY/FOLK ] By the time Laura Pfleuger got her
first guitar at the age of 15, she had already spent eight years singing in musicals, talent shows, and other low-key venues. But by the end of her senior year in high school she was a seasoned performer with weekly appearances at a local country club and a slew of coffee shops. Pfleuger, currently a music business major at Nazareth College, may be placed in the acoustic-country category by most, but her sweetly sullen vocal approach and beyond-her-age lyrics could easily cast her into the infinitely deeper sea of indie-pop. — BY DAVID YOCKEL, JR.
Big Upstate Reggae Festival FRIDAY, APRIL 26 WATER STREET MUSIC HALL, 204 N. WATER ST. 8 P.M. | $14-$20 | WATERSTREETMUSIC.COM [ REGGAE ] Of all the ingredients the fertile, all-
encompassing jam-band scene tosses into the cauldron, reggae seems to be the most dominant. Sure, John Brown’s Body surfs the world-beat side of things with its polyrhythmic display, but it’s that wily one-drop that digs the deepest groove. “Future roots,” as the band calls it. Based in Boston and the Northeast’s hippy hotbed, Ithaca, JBB has been rockin’ steady since 1995. Bad-ass Brooklyn threesome Dub Trio plays with savage dynamics and deadly precision. Think Return To Forever with no looking back, or Fishbone after a copious bong hit. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Rochester Lyric Opera 2013 Chamber Opera Festival: Jonathan B. Angelone High School Voice Competition Winner’s Recital. Baptist Temple,
Buzzo performed Saturday, April 20, as part of Record Store Day at the Bop Shop.
1101 Clover St. 473-3200. 7:30 p.m. $10.
PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE
Sing, sing, sing
[ COUNTRY ]
Amy LaVere w/Savannah King.
[ REVIEW ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
Digging deep into its catalogue, and adding generous doses from its new “Divinity of Purpose” album, Connecticut hardcore harbinger Hatebreed pummeled the heavy crowd at Water Street Music Hall Thursday night. The twin guitars were l-l-l-loud yet discernible as they lead the rhythm-driven onslaught. There was plenty of push and pull between instruments that antagonized the audience ebb and flow, but it was when the group collectively pounded the down beat that shit got nuts. It was loud, mesmerizing, and infectious. The dance floor — or the area typically reserved for dancing — was a sea of pumping fists and flying elbows as Hatebreed summoned a tumultuous tantrum with its thunder. There was a little confusion Friday night on the club side at Water Street Music Hall. Who were the Slide Brothers? Well, this Robert Randolph-sponsored ensemble features Aubrey Ghent, the nephew of godfather of sacred steel Willie Eason, along with Calvin Cooke (sometimes called “the B.B. King of gospel steel guitar”), and Chuck and Darick Campbell of our beloved Campbell Brothers. Alas, the Campbell half
of the outfit was absent Friday night, but Ghent and Cooke percolated a blistering set in a more bluesy, secular vein. It was utterly righteous. The steel was definitely the focal point, but I could swear I heard the ghost of Johnnie Johnson, the original Johnny B. Goode slithering out of the piano. Saturday was Record Store Day, to the delight of the boys and girls all over the land. My first stop was the Bop Shop to dig Austin, Texan Wammo flexin’ some spokenword exasperation above a hip, hip groove. The Big B, Buzzo, followed with his band and with his trumpet, and swung mad/cool like Herb Alpert taking a stuffed moose head though a revolving door. It was a lot of fun, with DJ Tanner punctuating the madness and gladness with lacquer cracker spins from The Cramps and The Sonics, to name a few. Rounded out my afternoon with the fun-lovin’ dopes in The Isotopes at the Record Archive. The band opened its irreverent show with a beautiful Venturesmeets-Louis Prima-and-gives-him-anatomic-wedgie take on “Sing, Sing, Sing.” And of course, as always, there were dancing girls.
Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 8:30 p.m. $15-$20. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ]
DJ Adam. Nashvilles, 4853
W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. Call for info. Ladies at the Lake Party. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 663-5910. 10 p.m. Call for info.
Ladies Nite: High Heels and Mini Skirts New Wave Wednesdays. Club Clarissas,
293 Clarissa St. 232-3430. 10 p.m. 21+. Call for info. Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Free. Y Not Wednesday w/DJ ET. Plush, 151 St. Paul St. 232-5650. Call for info. [ JAZZ ]
Ben Waara. Lemoncello, 137
West Commercial St. 385-8565. 6:30 p.m. Free. Margaret Explosion. The Little Theater, 240 East Avenue. 7:30 p.m. Free. Night Trane. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 585-662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. continues on page 15
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