The Ataris @ In The Venue 03.14 with Authority Zero, Drag The River, Versus The World

The Ataris @ In The Venue 03.14 with Authority Zero,...
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The Ataris have announced their So Long, Astoria reunion tour where they will be performing their 2003 album in full alongside opening acts Authority Zero, Drag The River and Versus The World. … read more

Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour

Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour
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Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour made a quick stop in Salt Lake City to demolish The Complex with sonic sound waves of guitar and aphrodisiacal female vocals. Firstly, let me say as hot as the women were, the focus should be on their talent because that is what stood out during the show. Looks are fleeting, but talent is everlasting. … read more

Problem Daughter’s 5th Birthday Party! @ The Shred Shed 03.15 with And I, The Lion, Chalk, Foster Body

Problem Daughter’s 5th Birthday Party! @ The Shred Shed 03.15...
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This band had been together for five years—that’s pretty impressive for a local band. They have made some incredible music and developed a very dedicated fan base and have kept it going for that long. I took a second to really appreciate that I am here supporting these guys, because I know they are thinking the same about us. … read more

Bayside @ Club Sound 03.12 with Four Year Strong, Daylight, Mixtapes

Bayside @ Club Sound 03.12 with Four Year Strong, Daylight,...
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To complement this warm spring weather, Bayside hit Club Sound this past Wednesday as part of a tour promoting their newest release, Cult, with a variety of supporting acts including Mixtapes, Daylight and Four Year Strong.Bayside absolutely destroyed the headline set, playing at least 20 songs from their 14-year-long portfolio. … read more

Real Estate @ Urban Lounge 03.08 with The Shilohs

Real Estate @ Urban Lounge 03.08 with The Shilohs
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Atlas has been described as their most mature album. In the past they’ve been described as the soundtrack to summer, but now they might be the soundtrack to the first day back from school after summer, when reality came crashing back and all the memories of summer fade, all the people you met and friends you made return to their realities. It’s still pretty chill though. 

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Book on Tape Worm @ Velour 03.07 with Flannel Graph

Book on Tape Worm @ Velour 03.07 with Flannel Graph
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Friday night’s Book on Tape Worm show at Velour, an occasion to mark the group’s reissue of their sold out 2012 album, All the World’s a Stage, spotlighted one of Provo’s very best in this area: the band’s frontman, Scott Shepard. Surrounded by a hundred or so friends, family and fans, with a more intimate set up for the venue, and backed by the hauntingly beautiful music coming from his band, Shepard was in his element and it showed. … read more

Cash’d Out @ The State Room 02.21

Cash’d Out @ The State Room 02.21
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Douglas Benson’s vocals are so spot-on that if you closed your eyes you could be transported to a Cash live show circa 1962. Songs like “Boy Named Sue,” “Walk the Line” and even the folk tale epic “The Ballad of John Henry” were all done with attention to detail in such a way that these guys weren’t just playing Cash songs, they were playing Cash songs the way Cash and his band played them … read more

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ The State Room 03.07 with Chad Valley

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ The State Room 03.07 with...
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 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. snuck onstage, and the audience barely had a chance to clap. It seemed almost intentional as they quickly went into songs, almost like they wanted to catch the audience off guard. The audience battled back though, and 30 of Salt Lake’s finest rhythm specialists took to the floor. Jr. Jr. bopped and jumped and Salt Lake City shook and waved.  … read more

God Module @ Area 51 03.06 with The Witch Was Right, Mordacious, DJ Starbass

God Module @ Area 51 03.06 with The Witch Was...
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The members of Mordacious joined a horrifying, hooded man in a mask that looked as if his face was falling off. The room began to fill with tiny lights from phones and many tried to capture the evil that was taking place onstage.The mask was removed, revealing God Module front man Jaysn Bangert exposing his even more devious facial expressions. At that moment it became obvious who had brought the larger-than-average turnout. … read more

Lake Island @ Muse Music Cafe 03.01 with Coral Bones, Kyle Henderson (of Desert Noises)

Lake Island @ Muse Music Cafe 03.01 with Coral Bones,...
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It was a damp, mild Saturday night—nice enough not to have to wear a coat, dry enough not to really notice. I was heading to Muse, the other music venue on University Avenue, to check out Coral Bones—whose album, Youthemism was my favorite local release of last year. … read more