WOLF PARADE

Holy crap! Look at the top-notch indie bands coming to South Burlington in the next few months — it’s like a who’s-who of the New Rock!

Higher Ground just added Canadian Invasion hotshots Wolf Parade to the schedule. That should be a fine show.

And let’s not forget about my faves; electronic impressionists The Books on 5/15. I’ve been with these guys since the start. It’s looking like I’ll be doing a nice feature on them, as well. And to make things that much sweeter, our friend Greg Davis is opening.

Of course, there’s the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah show on April 11. Those dudes are the DIY success story of the year. Even NPR is down.

I also hear rumors of an Editors show. The savvy euro-watchers among you will recognize these lads as the next Big Hype. My friend caught their Mercury Lounge (or was it Bowery?) set not to long ago, and said it was amazing. Their debut isn’t out stateside yet, but will be by the time they hit VT. I have it, and can tell you that it’s in the vein of Interpol. Let’s cross our fingers.

Oh, and guitar geeks should be psyched to see Buckethead and the California Guitar Trio on deck…

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Casey Rea was the Seven Days music editor from 2004 until 2007. He won the 2005 John D. Donoghue award for arts criticism from the Vermont Press Association.

4 replies on “Higher Ground rocks the Indie.”

  1. I’ve already got my Books ticket. About damn time HG got more indie! What’s with all this comedy these days?

  2. im psyched to play with the books boys again.im also playing with them in middlebury and montreal.should be fun. im glad they are coming to higher ground too. the college folk love their bookies.peace,greg

  3. >About damn time HG got more indie!>What’s with all this comedy these days?Um… ’cause it’s FUNNY??Well, I don’t know about *all* of it, but the Todd Barry show was a fucking riot. The sooner they can get that cranky bitch back the better.

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