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In Darkness Is Strength: An Interview with Myrkur
Amalie Bruun’s unique style mixes the lo-fi brutality of second-wave black metal with thick folk and medieval inspiration, and she overlays the whole thing with clear, harmonious vocals and vicious, high screams. … read more
Dark Entries: Exhuming the Corners of Forgotten Synth-Based Music
This was my introduction into the expertly curated, aesthetically driven label Dark Entries that exists to release synth-driven coldwave, darkwave and post-industrial synth-pop records that have been long out of print. … read more
Rock n’ Roll, Love and Death: La Luz’s Weirdo Shrine
After procuring La Luz’s It’s Alive from Albatross Recordings and Ephemera, I took it home, dropped the needle and then soon began to uncontrollably gyrate to the surf-soulful sound of the first track, “Sure is Spring.” … read more
Victims To Be: PEARS’ Zac Quinn
The band PEARS as seemingly became an “overnight sensation.” I hate using phrases like that, but they have been a band for a year and a half and already played the main stage at Punk Rock Bowling and been signed to Fat Wreck Chords … read more
Chant: A Tribal Industrial Experience
Chant releases an artistic, limited-edition version of every album, and for Brave New Apocalypse this came in the retro form of a cassette tape. … read more
Rest 30 Records: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer
Rest 30 Records rest30.com When it comes to music, Dave Payne is a jack of all trades. As the founder and owner of local label Rest 30 Records, Payne works with local musicians to create material that is cohesive to both live and recorded settings by creating his own technology and instruments. For the 2015
Nick James: Craft Lake City Performer
Nick James facebook.com/SirNickJames Nick James is a DJ, writer, hairdresser and entrepreneur from Salt Lake City. As the current owner of both The People’s Coffee and its neighboring salon, Nick James Hair, James’ live performances have become rarer in the past few years. However, the Craft Lake City DIY Festival will be getting the
House of Lewis: Craft Lake City Performer
House of Lewis thehouseoflewis.com Emerging from the ever-growing musical crop of Provo, Utah, artistic collective House of Lewis are establishing themselves as one of the leading figures for rap and hip-hop across the state. The group recently won City Weekly’s “Best of Utah” music competition in February, which earned them an opening spot for Run
Fat Wreck Chords @ 25
Many punk rockers are familiar with the Fat Wreck Chords label—it has been a staple in the independent music scene since 1990. Starting off as an idea between the then-married Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett and Erin Kelly-Burkett in their kitchen—the pair owns and continues to run the label jointly— the label continuously shoveled out some
St. Bohéme: Craft Lake City Performer
St. Bohéme facebook.com/StBoheme Picture the light ambience of street players busking on an old Parisian street: accordions and violins, small guitars and light trumpets. This is the sound of St. Bohéme. As the ongoing vision of musician/songwriter Beaux Underwood, this French swing, gypsy folk, classical contemporary ensemble (there’s no easier way to say it) is