Leæther Strip: Addressing The Human Elements

Leæther Strip: Addressing The Human Elements
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On April 2, Claus Larsen and The Zoth Ommog tour will be making a stop at Metro in Salt Lake City, and we could not be more grateful to have him visiting our city. Larsen has been a part of the industrial and underground music community for almost three decades, and is always on the move. … read more

DZ Deathrays: Return to the U.S.

DZ Deathrays: Return to the U.S.
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After three years, DZ Deathrays have returned to the United States. For the last eight years, the Australian duo of Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley have showcased their dance-punk anthems around the world. Their shows have a wild and loud reputation, and their music attracts all kinds of listeners from hardcore enthusiasts to EDM artists. … read more

Mostly Harmless: David Bello of The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die

Mostly Harmless: David Bello of The World is a Beautiful...
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Harmlessness, the second full-length album from emo band The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, has elevated the band’s status in the indie community. … read more

Review: Drinking Flowers – New Swirled Order

Review: Drinking Flowers – New Swirled Order
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Drinking Flowers = Dirty Beaches + Elvis Depressedly + Black Angels … read more

Ty Segall and The Muggers @ Urban Lounge 03.12

Ty Segall and The Muggers @ Urban Lounge 03.12
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Ty Segall hit Salt Lake’s Urban Lounge with some weirdness with his band The Muggers. … read more

Worlds Inside Worlds: Say No! To Architecture and Composite Songcraft

Worlds Inside Worlds: Say No! To Architecture and Composite Songcraft
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Don DeLillo once wrote, “There is a world inside the world.” For Allen Roizman’s musical output, this couldn’t be more true. Say No! To Architecture has been crafting lived-in soundscapes of unidentifiable sources and layers upon layers of sampled noises from Plainview, New York, for close to 10 years now. … read more

A Radically Relevant Declaration:  Chatting with The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart

A Radically Relevant Declaration: Chatting with The Pop Group’s Mark...
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On Feb.19, the Pop Group rereleased their phenomenal 1980 album, For How Long Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, and the 1979 single, We are Prostitutes on their own Y Label, distributed through Rough Trade. These releases boast some of the best of The Pop Group’s signature expression of antagonistic post-punk that is influenced by funk, jazz and dub. … read more