Genre smashing: Richmond-based Butcher Brown is breaking the rules in the best way possible. The band’s upcoming album, Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND, deconstructs big-band jazz and reshapes it into “solar music,” a term coined to describe Butcher Brown’s Southern-leaning, sometimes psychedelic fusion. “We get daps from the jazz cats, the rap scene, the indie scene, and everyone else,” says drummer Corey Fonville. With party-starting originals and a reverent and inventive Notorious B.I.G. cover, the new album is a fresh yet familiar listen.
Friday 9/16. $18-20, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com