Legendary Shack Shakers: Ugly And Desperate Isn’t Easy

Legendary Shack Shakers: Ugly And Desperate Isn’t Easy
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The man that put the “legendary” in the Legendary Shack Shakers is renowned frontman JD Wilkes, who has been able to take his strange notions of music and parlay them into a 20 year career. … read more

Beachmen @ Diabolical Records with The Wild War, 90s Television

Beachmen @ Diabolical Records with The Wild War, 90s Television
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A shimmering ambiance hovers over my memory of Beachmen’s second album release show, bathing the whole experience in orange and bronze. I see guitar pedals and muffled drums from five feet away. We’re in an intimate venue where the crowd is full at six rows deep, filling the entire place up by the time the

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House @ Zephyr Club 2003

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House @ Zephyr...
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Once upon a time, SLUG Magazine covered the show of I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House in 2003 at the epic Zephyr Club (RIP). … read more

Review: elle le fantôme – paint it blacker

Review: elle le fantôme – paint it blacker
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elle le fantôme = Wolves in the Throne Room x The xx + Chelsea Wolfe … read more

PEARS Play Kilby with Problem Daughter, Speak Uneasy, American Mouth

PEARS Play Kilby with Problem Daughter, Speak Uneasy, American Mouth
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PEARS, New Orlean’s addition to the Fat Wreck Chords catalog, played a mid-week punk show at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City. American Mouth, one of Salt Lake’s newer punk bands, opened the night. They played a short set followed by Speak Uneasy and Problem Daughter.   American Mouth started off the show with a

Laura Burhenn: Lovers Know Extended Interview

Laura Burhenn: Lovers Know Extended Interview
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In the big wild world of modern music—so presently overcrowded with equal parts would-be artists and sub-genres—it is often the truly talented that get buried and overlooked. … read more

Review: Second Layer – World of Rubber

Review: Second Layer – World of Rubber
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Second Layer = Abecedarians + Joy Division + Cold Cave … read more