Music
Localized: Better Taste Bureau
If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.
Localized: Dine Krew
It’s not unusual for a group of teenagers to spend long stretches of time in their parents’ basement, eating ramen noodles and staring at some sort of a screen while vaguely recognizable jams bump in the background. Generally, these hangouts don’t equate to much other than high scores on Mario Kart, but Dine Krew took their adolescent experiments and ideas and painted that shit gold, so to speak. … read more
Sulphur Aeon Open the Gateway to the Antisphere
Sulphur Aeon release their third full-length album, Gateway to the Antisphere, on April 3 with Imperium Productions.
Just Another Man From The Cosmic Inferno: Kawabata Makoto of...
Over 20 years, 72 full-length albums and countless tours throughout the world, Japanese music collective Acid Mothers Temple have produced some of the world’s most fascinatingly weird tunes. At the center of this ever-shifting kaleidoscope of musical collaborators, Kawabata Makoto acts as both originator and catalyst for a cosmic musical energy that stretches beyond the boundaries of the strange and into the realm of the sublime.
A Ringing Sound: The Jesus and Mary Chain on Psychocandy
“We wanted to make a record that was going to be around for a while. At that time, we were listening to stuff from 20 to 30 years before us, and we kind of thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if, 27 years from now, there were bands in Texas that were making music because of Psychocandy?’"
Wienering The Record Industry: an Interview with Danny Gonzalez
Wiener Records—a subsidiary of the garage rock label Burger Records—is making radical waves in the music industry. For as low as $250, any artist can purchase 100 tapes with full-color inserts and access to Wiener Records’ promotional and distribution machine. It almost sounds too good to be true, but Wiener Records Head Wiener Danny Gonzalez says that the purpose behind the label is to “make everything much more accessible.”
Moths in the Moonlight
“Look at that moon!” says Eli Morrison, pointing up to the luminous body in the sky as I am about to enter the Man Vs. Music studio to interview him and his latest project, The Moths, about their impending release, titled Necromancy: Rock & Roll. It’s the smallest full moon of the year, yet seemingly immense in its implications, its portents, its power: evoking the elusive, mysteriously potent subjects of the sounds produced within these walls.
Closing the Sale with Swell Merchants
When Nico told me he was a rapper, I asked him for some music. Honestly, I didn’t expect a whole lot—you never know—but the moment I threw Swell Merchants into my car stereo, I knew it was something special. … read more
Escaping SXSW: This Will Destroy You
Ambient post rock act This Will Destroy You play music to calm you down and help you contemplate the deepest parts of your soul. They fill their songs with layers of emotion without lyrics and can touch your soul without saying a word. … read more
Magic and Friendship with That 1 Guy
It saddens me to think that there are people in this world who have never heard of That 1 Guy (a.k.a. Mike Silverman) before. It saddens me much in the same way as when I find out that the newest karaoke-winner on American Idol has released their debut album and it opens at number one on the charts. … read more
A Melody – A Chord – A Lyric: A Conversation...
When I think of the music of Suzanne Vega, my brain conjures up vivid images of characters, time both past and present, destinations traveled, dreams dreamt and sometimes, those yet to be experienced. … read more
Geeking out with Alex Rosamilia of The Gaslight Anthem
Alex Rosamilia is an extremely accomplished guitarist and works on everything from the music with The Gaslight Anthem to metal happenings of Something About Death or Dying. … read more
