Month: November 2011
Napalm Flesh: Opeth interview
It’s Viking weather, darkhearts, and this week, Napalm Flesh entices the winter gloom of Sweden as we chat with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of the incomparable Opeth about witches, Mellotrons, and “where the fucking metal is” on their newest release, Heritage. And what blog would be complete without some delicious web-exclusive reviews and a live show calendar? Join us… … read more
Puscifer, Carina Round @ Capitol Theatre 11.09
Not everyone at the Capitol Theater for Puscifer’s SLC stop was scruffy, pierced and topped with a beanie. Sure, there were those, but despite Maynard James Keenan’s understandable appeal to the working class dirtbag in us all, the crowd was diverse, including gents in suits and several older couples. … read more
Appleseed Cast, Kathryn Calder, Hospital Ships @ Urban 11.09
The five-piece Kansas outfit known as Appleseed Cast came back to Utah to grace us with their presence for the second time this year on November 8. Instead of playing to an all-ages assortment at Kilby Court, they sought refuge from the impending frigid weather with a loose crowd of twenty-somethings at Urban Lounge. … read more
Gardens, Max Pain and the Groovies, Dark Seas @ The...
Setting a steady, driving beat for the rocked-out audience, Gardens taps into something classic about rock and roll that doesn’t need intensity or psychedelic fuzz to communicate itself. … read more
Deer Tick, Guards, The Trappers @ Urban 11.09
On November 9, hundreds of Deer Tick fans packed into the Urban Lounge for a sold out show with Guards and Salt Lake City’s own The Trappers opening. … read more
Mates of State @ Urban 11.12
I don’t feel like I can say this very often, but this was the best show I have been to in a long time—there were no parts for which I would have rather been somewhere else. I walked in, took one look at the stage, and knew that it was going to be a good time. The whole wall behind the stage was filled with different colored flowers and there were clouds made of cotton hanging from the ceiling. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Harm’s Way interview
Welcome to this week’s edition of Napalm Flesh. Today we have an interview with Harm’s Way vocalist James Pliggue, a rundown of this week’s metal events, and blog exclusive reviews of the new albums from Chasma, My Dying Bride, Root and Whitechapel. … read more
The Opiates- Hollywood Under The Knife & Rainy Days and...
A long time in the making, the Opiates full-length debut, Hollywood Under The Knife, was worth every single second of wait time. With a world-weary truth—the album’s mostly female protagonists emerge song by song with their faults and weaknesses laid bare for the listener. As the album works its magic and emblazons itself upon the listener’s brain, this ultra-sophisticated concept album triumphs as one of this year’s finest releases. … read more
Nova Chamber Series: American Composer Andrew Norman @ Libby Gardner...
Mr. Norman is a nice kid, who, at thirty-two years old, is talented as hell, looks like Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock, and writes chamber music like it came from outer space. … read more
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake: Doric String Quartet @...
The English Chamber Music outfit, the Doric String Quartet, played at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall last Thursday, a program of quartets featuring Beethoven, Korngold and Brahms. … read more