Written In Blood: Hard Music for a Hard World

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Channel Zero Unsafe Metal Blade Some of the most unlikely places spawn some of the best music. The latest case being that of Belgium’s Channel Zero. The band formed in Brussels in 1990, have released two albums overseas, and have finally had the chance to bring their unique style of metal to the United States.

Waterdog Interview: November 1995

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WD: Hello. SLUG: Hello.  WD: How’s it going?  SLUG: Pretty good, who is this?  WD: This is Terry.  SLUG: Terry from Waterdog?  WD: Yeah, and Bill‘s here.  SLUG: Do both of you play Rickenbackers, both guitar players?  WD: No none of us do. Our bass player plays a Rickenbacker.  SLUG: Oh, because the…  WD: Yeah,

Truly Interview: November 1995

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Truly likes to leave a unique impression on their listeners. “We want to give them something different, [something] that they can’t get from any other band,” vocalist Robert Roth said. For the Salt Lake audience at DV8 on October 3, they may have left a lasting impression.  After only a few minutes into their set,

Review: Lucy Dacus — Forever Is A Feeling

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When it finally happens, time stops. It’s bliss. But it’s also hell. Forever is a feeling that Grammy Award-winning former boygenius member Lucy Dacus knows full well. … read more

Poppy Injects Optimism Into Negative Spaces

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. Photo courtesy of Poppy.

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. … read more

Play Review: The Antipodes

(From L-R): Olivia Custodio, Jared Kamauu, Sophia Van Nederveen and Kelly Branan appear in Voodoo Theatre Company's production of The Antipodes.

Both playwright Annie Baker and director Jack Cobabe excel at finding the extraordinary in the mundane, and isn’t that what stories are all about, anyway?  … read more