Music
Review: Bitter Peace/Esoterica/Krieg/The Many
ast Coast black metal represent! New World Black Metal is a four-way split from bands populating the upper portion of the East Coast. With the exception of Krieg, the other bands are all relatively new. Esoterica is the only band, however, who hasn’t released a full-length record yet. … read more
Review: Beat Mark
rance’s Beat Mark invoke the lazy, Brit-pop sound of the mid-80s with their debut album, Howls of Joy, 13 rushed tracks that leave much to be desired in the world of tone and song structure. … read more
Review: And So I Watch You From Afar
The Belfast, Ireland trio, And So I Watch You From Afar, returns with their technicolor warpaint-smudged and candy-coated Slayer riffs punching gaping holes into rainbow-bleeding amplifiers. … read more
Review: Alkaline Trio
After 17 years and album after album, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Alkaline Trio, and you know what you’re getting into on My Shame Is True. … read more
Anchoress @ Burt’s 05.24 with The Two-Bit Band, Simian Greed...
I’m not sure how to talk about Anchoress without sounding like a fanboy, so I’m just going to go for it and hope you forgive me––they’re good, they’re really freaking good, and I absolutely believe that this band is destined for an amazing future. … read more
Review: Airstrip
Willing is the debut album of this Chapel Hill, N.C. outfit. It is primarily slow, rhythmic, guitar-driven rock with a few poppy, almost upbeat numbers thrown in. … read more
Emme Packer Benefit Show @ Kilby 05.23 with Matthew Quen...
Emme Packer is a Salt Lake musician who has been plagued since she was a child. Only recently, and after months of testing and a supposedly false positive, did she discover that she had been living with Lyme disease since she was around 9 years old. … read more
Bob Dylan Birthday Bash @ The Garage 05.24
To commemorate the 72nd birthday of music legend Bob Dylan, hundreds of people turned out for the third annual “Dylan Birthday Bash.” A bunch of local bands, such as David Williams, Bullets and Belles, Hectic Hobo and Matteo, all played Dylan songs well into the night. … read more
Ever After – A Love Story – Interview with Marianas...
My daughter, Lindon, is 14 years old, and in the last few years, she’s started to become just as big of a music junkie as her dad. Lindon, whether she may want to admit it or not, is obsessed with Canadian pop-rock band Marianas Trench. And with that same skeptical or curious eye my parents had when I started listening to Metallica almost religiously, I’m curious as to why there is that hint of obsession or just over-zealous curiosity and fascination she has with the band, and in particular, it’s singer/songwriter Josh Ramsay. … read more
Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Urban Lounge 05.18 with Oscillator...
One half of The Hood Internet stomped onstage, slammed down a covert can of Cherney Bock and stiffly swung his arms above his head holding up a #1 sign. Oh no. STV SLV was the only one of the duo to make it onto stage and was left to dance on his own. Chugging bass overlaid with intense, windy noises morphed suddenly into Two Chainz’s voice. … read more
Daughter @ Urban Lounge 05.14
They started playing and Urban was immediately filled with a sense of euphoric melancholia. Daughter has some of the saddest, most tragic songs I have ever heard, and hearing them live was painstakingly beautiful. … read more
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Damien Jurado @ Big Cartel 05.14
A lime-green chair is the only thing Damien Jurado needed to perform to an intimate crowd of no more than 50 people last Tuesday night at Big Cartel in downtown Salt Lake. … read more
