Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Oh, Claire!

Just what, exactly, is in the water in Eau Claire, Wisconsin? The sleepy burg gave the world Bon Iver a scant three years ago. Now, it shares another group of favorite sons in the personage of The Daredevil Christopher Wright. As critics from Paste magazine to this very paper have noted, the trio’s debut album, In Deference to a Broken Back — produced by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, no less — artfully turned indie-folk convention on its ear, and represented one of the more charming, if overlooked, records of 2009. This Tuesday, catch them in the cozy confines of Burlington’s Radio Bean.