music
CLUB DATES NA: NOT AVAILABLE. AA: ALL AGES.
WED.8
burlington
ARTSRIOT: Free Cake for Every Creature, Liza/Liza (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. HALF LOUNGE: DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Mike Lorenz Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Whole Milk (surf-jazz), 9:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Asumaya (postpunk, dub), 5:30 p.m., free. Alex Smith (folk), 7 p.m., free. Lily Smith (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Church Girls (indie rock, post-punk), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: The Growlers (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Pappy (Americana), 7 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.
chittenden county CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free.
JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Bluegrass Session, 7 p.m., free.
barre/montpelier
CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: All Request Video, 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. Cookie’s Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 8 p.m., free.
stowe/smuggs
IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: New Orleans Soul Project, 7:30 p.m., free.
mad river valley/ waterbury ZENBARN: Zach Nugent’s Acoustic Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.
middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.
champlain islands/northwest
BAYSIDE PAVILION: The Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free. NORTH HERO HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT: Mark LeGrand and Sarah Munro (country), 5:30 p.m., free.
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SEVEN DAYS
08.08.18-08.15.18
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Cranked Up « P.58 Ferguson, Mo. The song has become the group’s flagship anthem. Over sawtooth riffs and busy drums, Bobby confronts racism head-on: “Shotguns won’t shut me up / Rebel flags don’t really freak me out / The cross you burn / Won’t hold me back / Peace and love / Is my counterattack. “We were fired up,” he says of the band’s reaction to the shooting. “When you hear stuff like that, you don’t know what to do. I felt like the best way I could react was to write a song.” “[With] everything that’s happening in the country right now, I almost get scared listening to [MSP3: Counter Attack],” says drummer Urian, who, as co-engineer, is also hugely responsible for the way the album sounds. “We’re kind of a target. [But] it feels good to make unsafe music.” Safety has been a concern on particular tours. When playing in the South, for instance, the band jokes about having its white members, Comegno and Williams, be in the front seats when
northeast kingdom
FRI.10 // TIME [SYNTH-POP, EXPERIMENTAL]
PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.
outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Video Game Night, 7 p.m., free.
THU.9
burlington
ARTSRIOT: Emma Cook & Questionable Company, the Red Newts (indie pop), 8:30 p.m., $8. DELI 126: Aaron Lucci Quintet (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free. DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.
4-D Is there any concept as maddening as time? We try to manage and control
FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.
the hours in a day, yet the tick of the clock can’t be governed — only felt. But certain
HALF LOUNGE: DJ SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.
Similarly, the work of Gainesville, Fla., synth-pop duo TIME aims to suspend audiences
JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.
in a trance-like stasis through ceremonial, transcendental performances. Combining
LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: George Petit Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Randal Pierce (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Sabouyouma, Bassel and the Supernaturals (West-African fusion), 10:30 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Jerryfest with Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9:30 p.m., $7.
driving. It’s more horrifying reality than ha-ha funny. “Being a target is something every black person in America has to deal with on a daily basis,” says Julian. “It’s like breathing at this point.” “The thing going on racially in America — people are just trying to be people,” says Urian. “It’s cool to inspire other brown people, or people who are not part of the white norm, to think, You know what? I want to do that, too. But I’m boxed into this thing because I’m this person or I’m that.” Given Vermont’s nearly 95 percent white population, Rough Francis’ hometown audiences are accordingly similar. But, as Bobby sees it, that’s an opportunity. “We need people to help back us up,” he says. “And most of those people have to be white people. I’m personally done doing emotional labor for white people. Here’s the information. What are you gonna do with it?” Williams — who recently departed from the band to pursue his career in Portland, Ore. — thinks that white people in black-fronted bands have a responsibility to be visibly supportive.
practices, such as meditation, provide a brief respite from the tyranny of time’s arrow.
gothic synth-pop, Hindu mantras and large-scale, geometric set pieces, the group offers an engrossing, vivid spectacle. Check out TIME on Friday, August 10, at the Monkey House in Winooski. BETH HEAD and local electro-pop artist EBN EZRA open. RADIO BEAN: Zach Russack (singer-songwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. Melanie Brulée & Her Bad Manners (Americana), 7 p.m., free. The Year of the Hare (indie), 8:30 p.m., free. The Devon McGarry Band (rock), 10 p.m.,
free. Lyon’s Disciple (reggae, rock), 11:30 p.m., free.
SIDEBAR: Adventure Dog (rock, funk), 9 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE: D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.
THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kingfisher (roots-rock, Americana), 8 p.m., free.
RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 10 p.m., free.
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“Obviously, I’m a white man [and] I have white privilege,” he says. “The best thing I can do is stand up beside those guys and say, ‘I support you.’ That’s where a lot of white men need to be.” Comegno notes that being in a primarily black band has been eye-opening. “Ten years ago, I didn’t think about this stuff nearly as often as I do every day now,” he says. “I’ve had some very real conversations with close friends and family since I’ve been in the band — [which] I probably wouldn’t have had if I wasn’t in Rough Francis.” Indeed, the band and its work bring up heavy themes. But messaging isn’t everything. “You can’t take yourself too seriously,” says Bobby. “Even if you have this intense message, at the end of the day, you’re a band. You’re playing music with your friends, and you’re having a good time.” The newest friend to step into the group is Dan Davine, who took over Williams’ spot playing bass. But Davine is by no means new to music in the Burlington scene. He has played with and
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produced/mixed/mastered for numerous local acts. Finding the balance between in-yourface maxims and full-throttle rocking out is something Rough Francis have had 10 years to perfect. And they don’t plan to quit anytime soon. “Whenever I think about this band, I think about doing it when we’re 90 years old,” says Julian. “We have a lot of patience and resilience.” As Bobby notes, the most important takeaway from Rough Francis and MSP3: Counter Attack is for listeners to “be inspired to speak up more, be proud of themselves [and] not take shit.” And Julian reminds fans of a final important detail. “The record should be listened to at maximum volume,” he advises. “But you probably already knew that.” m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com
INFO Rough Francis, Saturday, August 11, 8:30 p.m., Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington. $12/14. AA. highergroundmusic.com