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God’s Revolver
The weather has been bleak this winter, without much snowfall—just lonely little tumbleweeds bouncing and rolling through the bars and venues that God’s Revolver used to play so frequently. Luckily, God’s Revolver will brandish their six-shooters again, as they will play SLUG’s Blue Dress Birthday Bash on Feb. 17 in full force, with only one little qualm: Singer Reid Rouse says, “I don’t know how this one’s going to go. I hear we’re going to be in dresses.” … read more
Godina
If it’s nighttime in Salt Lake City, Justin Godina is working hard on some Technics—either DJing as he does at residencies, six nights out of the week, or in his basement fixing the broken mechanisms that make the workhorse tables of the industry tick. His instrument is the 1200s, and he’s known as the “Mad Scientist of the 1200s,” after the infamous Technics SL-1200 turntables that he both plays on as a DJ and repairs as a hobby. … read more
Localized – Nevertanezra, Huldra and Visigoth
On February 10, heavy metal gods Visigoth and the mighty post-metal Huldra play SLUG Magazine’s Localized at the Urban Lounge. Nevertanezra’s death doom majesty opens the show. Localized starts at 10 p.m. and, as always, only costs five bucks. … read more
Palace of Buddies
Nick Foster and Tim Myers have made music in Salt Lake in many incarnations over the last 12 years. Palace of Buddies, the current musical incarnation of Foster and Myers, plays an infectious assembly of electro-pop and dance-rock. Make sure to put on your blue dress and join Palace of Buddies as they get the party poppin’ at SLUG’s Blue Dress Birthday Bash on Feb. 17 at The Woodshed. … read more
Nova Chamber Series: Contemporary Cold @ Libby Gardner 01.22
The Nova Chamber Music Series concert on Jan. 22 started with Eliot Carter’s Elegy for Viola and Piano, whose humid and sunlit tone of joy swept the dust right out of my eyes. … read more
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake: Pacifica Quartet @ Libby...
From the Violist’s black-haired bow and sail-in-the-wind body gestures to the St.Teresa-like contortions of Ms. Ganatra, the event had the gestalt (minus the gore, of course) of a butterfly tearing free from its chrysalis—a scene of real, emotional events out of important but little movements. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Horrendous Interview
This week we have an interview with Pennsylvania death metal newcomers Horrendous. The band’s debut album The Chills is a must-hear for any death metal fan old or new. Also on tap are reviews of new albums form Aborted, Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God and Young And In the Way. And as usual, we have weekly event rundown as well as a couple upcoming show announcements. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Krieg Interview
The place to be for black metal fans, extreme metal fans, worshipers of darkness and all those other clichéd terms this Saturday Jan. 21 is Bar Deluxe for Krieg’s first ever performance in Salt Lake. For your reading pleasure, I interviewed frontman Imperial about his endeavors, US Black Metal and everything in between. As expected, we also have your weekly event rundown as well as reviews of Abysmal Dawn and Loincloth. … read more
Nurses @ Kilby 01.14
When it comes to West Coast experimental pop/freak-folk outfits, I typically gloss over their reviews or any sizable mention in the press, since they’re not usually my cup of tea. As for Nurses, there’s something inextricable which compels me to grant their tracks more listens per usual—even placing certain songs on mixtapes. Fortunately, I was bestowed the chance to investigate this dilemmatic phenomenon by witnessing them live at Kilby. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Pact Interview
To wet your extreme black metal whistle, we have an interview with PA based black metal band Pact, who are unleashing their debut album on the last day of January via the always evil Moribund Cult. Also on tap this week are reviews of the mentioned Pact album as well as Thy Catafalque and our weekly event rundown. … read more