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Amigo the Devil: Bloodstained Banjo
Growing up and listening to folk music on my family’s long camping trips, I remember never getting bored because my imagination would be blown up by artists like Pete Seeger, Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary. Now, Orlando, Florida’s Amigo the Devil weaves his brand of storytelling with his macabre and twisted tales
Coliseum: Course Correction
“Humans hate change—they don’t accept it even 10 years later,” Coliseum guitarist and vocalist Ryan Patterson says. For nearly 20 years, Patterson has been making various forms of punk rock with the likes of National Acrobat, Black Cross and Black God among others, but it’s the early Motörhead-meets-Discharge material of Coliseum—who play Kilby Court July
Lucifer’s Grasp Clutches SLC
Johanna Sadonis channels her spiritual essence into a rising beast—one that thrives on the creative brainwaves and talents of fellow musicians Gaz Jennings, Dino Gollnick and Andrew Prestidge. The combined efforts summon a formative master that shall soon take the world by a storm of hellfire—the doom metal master, Lucifer. The band’s Salt Lake City
New World Presents: Creating A New World
About a year ago, a friend of mine invited me to a new party at Photo Collective Studios called Deep Space, hosted by a group of friends who called themselves New World Presents—college-age burners with a vision to create a fulfilling and inspiring environment for themselves and their peers to enjoy. What I arrived at
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Destination Desolation
Midsummer 2007, I received a phone call from Harv Hallas, tour manager for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, asking me to jump on to the last leg of the band’s monumental Baby 81 tour. It was a baptism by fire as I attempted to manage merch sales and act as ambassador to the increasing number of
Localized: Heartless Breakers
This month’s Localized will feature the heavy-hitting, poetic antics of Sights, followed by the addictive melodies of Larusso and Heartless Breakers headlining the show. If you miss the angsty days of the mid ’00s when Brand New and Taking Back Sunday dominated the airwaves, you better be at Urban Lounge on Thursday, July 16 at
Night Demon: In The Book of Heavy Metal
Night Demon have entered the world of heavy metal like a possessed muscle car crashing through the gates of Hell, and they haven’t slowed down since they hit the road back in October 2014. … read more
Preparing For Lunar Transit: an Interview with Lonely Boy
Over the last year and a half, a local group of artists collectively known as New World have been curating a monthly party that caters to a lot that Salt Lake was missing in the electronic music scene. … read more
Chastity Belt: A Quartet of Cool Sluts Out on Tour
The title to this interview isn’t meant to be a jibe, but a reference to the Chastity Belt song “Cool Slut” where lead singer Julia Shapiro sings about the lifestyle of “a couple of sluts / out on the town / fooling around.” … read more
Shopping: Consumer Complaints
The release of Shopping’s debut album, Consumer Complaints, through Milk Records has captured the attention of yours truly. It’s got all the ingredients for brilliant and infectious political pop with catchy hooks and a unique post-punk sound that invokes nostalgia for the Slits. … read more