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The Kills, L.A. Witch @ The Depot 05.28
The Kills finally took the stage with band in tow. Wasting no time, Hince strummed away as Mosshart took the mic, feet unstoppable. With high energy and a visible love for the music and fans, both members were not shy about moving to the beat and making the audience feel involved in the moment. … read more
Leon Bridges, Solo Woods @ The Depot 05.26
Leon Bridges, the twenty-something musician and all-around throwback soul music hit artist, returned to Salt Lake City on May 26 with supporting artists Solo Woods and Themba Sipho Mkhatshwa. Lines of fans were packed into the entrance to The Depot for this sold-out, all-ages performance. … read more
Are you ready to Bonanza?
There are so many things to do in the great outdoors nowadays. You can camp in it, frolic through it, practice woodland creature speak (squeak squeakin’) and earn some kind of merit badge … but I bet you didn’t know you could meet a rock star. Yes, Utahns, it’s summer festival season. Bonanza takes place June 10–11 in Heber City. … read more
Explosions in the Sky, Disappears @ The Depot 05.09
Explosions in the Sky came out to a screaming, eager crowd, and their own special light setup included a string of moving bar lights on the front of the stage, creating, at times, an ethereal wall of light and smoke. I’ve listened to this band for a long damn time, but I have never seen them live, and I was not disappointed. … read more
Behemoth, Myrkur @ The Complex 05.04
Darkness! Evil! Mayhem! Fire! Goddamn, I love a good, live, black metal show, and the Behemoth/Myrkur tour did not disappoint. With no opening acts and the sonic and lighting goodness that is The Complex, these European ambassadors of chaos gave fans a night to remember. … read more
Fear Factory @ In The Venue with Soilwork, Omnikage, Crisis...
Tuesday night, old-school industrial metalers Fear Factory descended on In The Venue to give a wild crowd a once-in-a-lifetime performance: the entirety of their Demanufacture album, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The band was joined by the astounding Swedes in Soilwork, and a few young gun acts, including OmniKage from Italy, and Spades and Blades from California. Opening for the tour was local thrash/metalcore outfit Crisis in Consciousness. … read more
Slam-Tastic!: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles @ Club X 04.27 with X-Method,...
The last time I saw DRI, I was a pissed-off 18-year-old fresh out of high school who had only been faithfully listening to these guys for five months, after my former vice principal introduced me to the album Thrash Zone. I had been hooked ever since. Now, for a band that’s been around consecutively for about 35 years, they put on a 2016 show that probably would’ve been as rowdy as it would have been in 1986. … read more
Ra Ra Riot @ Urban Lounge 04.03 with PWR BTTM,...
Ra Ra Riot comes to SLC at the well known downtown venue Urban Lounge. Being a Sunday in Utah during a Conference weekend, concert goers and musicians alike were meant to come together for some angry rock, break-up ballads and some great indie hits from a grand ensemble. … read more
Ty Segall and The Muggers @ Urban Lounge 03.12
Ty Segall hit Salt Lake’s Urban Lounge with some weirdness with his band The Muggers. … read more
Problem Daughter Album Release @ The Underground with Pop Warner,...
Problem Daughter had their album release show for their newest release, Fits of Disorganized Boredom, at The Underground with Pop Warner, Wicked Bears and Wearing Thin. This was one of their first shows since they started recording their album last year. Locals have been waiting for their new release which is also being distributed through