Localized – March 2013

Localized – March 2013
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If you haven’t experienced Localized yet, now is the time to start. March 8 at Urban Lounge welcomes the genre-bending Lady Murasaki and the playful Secret Abilities. There won’t be any similarities in sound between the sets, but both these bands will make you want to move your body. If that’s not enough to spark your interest, consider this: Strange rockers 90s Television will be opening, and it’s only $5, 21+ to get in the door. … read more

Today’s Supernatural: An Interview with Geologist from Animal Collective

Today’s Supernatural: An Interview with Geologist from Animal Collective
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For over a decade now, Animal Collective have consistently delivered to their fans high-energy, intensely weird music, with occasional, equally weird visuals to accompany their sounds. SLUG spoke with Brian Weitz, aka “Geologist,” about their new album and what life is like outside of the band.  … read more

Bile Oasis: White Lung

Bile Oasis: White Lung
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White Lung’s Mish Way was running on four hours of sleep. “I just spent the last four days with porn stars in Las Vegas for a story, and I’ve barely slept, so my head is crushed,” she says.  In the midst of her freelance journalism career, Way fronts Vancouver’s White Lung, who play fast-paced punk and deliver vitriol, yet incorporate virtuosic musicianship. Way adds grime to the band, and also conjures a squalid sort of glamour. … read more

Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees, Plume Giant @ Kilby 02.20

Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees, Plume Giant @ Kilby...
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Kishi Bashi is better known for his work with Jupiter One and of Montreal, but has made a name for himself as an incomparable one-man act in a very short amount of time. Currently touring with Tall Tall Trees as his live band in support of his first solo album, 151a, Kishi Bashi brought an incredible amount of positive energy and bright, smiling faces to Kilby. … read more

Negative Approach @ The Shred Shed 02.16.12

Negative Approach @ The Shred Shed 02.16.12
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Alternative Utah came out in droves on Saturday to pay respect to punk legends Negative Approach. Street punks, Crust punks, SHARPs, punk-savvy hipsters, people of all ages (there was a man who clearly into his late 60s dancing at the sidelines), people from every socio-economic stripe packed the Shred Shed en masse for cynical, anti-social hardcore. I’m not sure if the show sold out, but it sure looked like it, all thanks to the promoting monsters at Pyrate Punx SLC. … read more

Between the Buried and Me with Coheed and Cambria, Russian Circles

Between the Buried and Me with Coheed and Cambria, Russian...
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Friday night, I joined a couple hundred of my closest friends and made the trek out to the fragrant Saltair to witness the coming of the Coheed and Cambria tour with supporting acts Between the Buried and Me and Russian Circles. … read more

Review: Matmos – The Marriage of True Minds

Review: Matmos – The Marriage of True Minds
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Matmos = The Books + Squarepusher + Throbbing Gristle + Mouse on Mars … read more

Review: Masked Intruder – Self-Titled

Review: Masked Intruder – Self-Titled
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Masked Intruder = Teenage Bottlerocket + The Riverdales + The Steinways … read more