WRMC’s guide to concerts in and around the Vermont area for January & February. JANUARY Tue 1/21: Anais Mitchell (Midd ’04!) & Damien Jurado @ ArtsRiot, Burlington – Tickets/Info Sat 1/25: Wake Flocka Flame @ ArtsRiot – Tickets/Info Tue 1/28: Dr. Dog, Saint Rich (Christian Peslak & Delicate Steve!!) @ Higher Ground Ballroom, Burlington – Tickets/Info Wed 1/29: Magic Man @… Read More

If you’re on campus for fall break and you’ve got nothing planned for a tonight (10/21), GO SEE THE ORWELLS AT HIGHER GROUND!!!  Fueled by beer and angst, The Orwells are known for putting on a great live show that will leave you hoarse and in a state of sweaty nostalgia.  So if you wanna… Read More

As you may or may not know, the Dirty Projectors are somewhat of a big deal in the indie music world. Or at least they are in the microcosm that is Lee’s recently refined music world. So when it was announced months ago that they’d be playing at Skidmore College this past Saturday night, I… Read More

Now let’s be honest… Higher Ground’s concert selection this January has been a bit lackluster to say the least. I say this because of the excellent selection that was offered right before Winter Break. I was excited when I was back home to see what more they would have to display and sadly I found… Read More

Devendra Banhart. New music you say? A live performance? In Vermont? Goodness Gracious Sakes Alive. 1) Devendra’s new album, “What Will We Be,” is available this week, in fact tomorrow, on Warner Brothers Records. Oh, man, Warner Brothers Records. Here is a new track, Baby, that is swell. 2) Like what you hear? Check him… Read More

4 Conditions To Be Met for a Guaranteed Awesome Show: A really f*cking awesome band. Songs you can sing (rather shout) along to. Songs you can rhythmically convulse to. A band that demands your participation in the collective concert experience. Now, hm… what awesome Brooklyn duo could be playing in Burlington next week that has… Read More

Tomorrow Night, Tuesday May 12 in the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, Dan Deacon will be rocking bodies and melting faces with his unique electronic brand of chaos-dance-electro-funfest. Deacon’s new album, Bromst, came out a few weeks ago and this tour is Deacon’s debut with an instrumental ensamble, playing many of the new tunes with instrumentation… Read More

Basically this is turning into a place where I just talk about how much I like a handful of bands/people who play music. One of them is Dan Deacon. He is just that fantastic. The new Deacon album, Bromst, comes out March 24. Pitchfork.TV has some great footage of Deacon in the studio and Deacon… Read More

Dear Vermont, Please prepare for face melting musical chaos. This weekend Higher Ground in Burlington has an all-star lineup. To start the weekend off we have Lotus, a staple of hippie-dippie-dance-trance-electro that has been grooving across the country for the past few years. The five-piece band is promoting their new album, Hammerstrike, on October 14…. Read More