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Localized: Neon Trees, I Am The, To the Death – September...
On Friday, Sept. 18 SLUG Magazine brings I Am The and openers To the Death to the stage of the Urban Lounge. Five bucks gets you in. Read on for interviews from I Am The and Neon Trees, who canceled their performance prior to the show. … read more
OM: Vespers and Vigils
Ascend. A light skyward to the field rise claimant to freedom.
One key element that separates OM from the wide majority of their peers is the obvious spirituality in the lyrics, and subsequently the music as a whole. Every part of the sound is devotional and surrendered as prayer. … read more
Set Your Goals @ Murray Theater
Let’s get this out of the way: I fucking love Set Your Goals. They’re fusion of pop-punk and hardcore topped off with positive lyrics shouldn’t work at all, but it’s really, really good. … read more
Concert | Music | Show Reviews
Warped Tour 09 Review
We went to the Boise, ID date of the 2009 Warped Tour so we wouldn’t miss Craft Lake City. It was basically like attending the show in SLC, but more people were wearing camo.
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The Valley Arena @ Murray Theater
The announcement of The Valley Arena’s return to Utah after three years called for my excited dance (which includes a hop, yell, and a bit of shake), with a preview listen of their recent release We Died. … read more
Giant Squid @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Music that is heavily riff-based and creates an atmosphere of oceanic depth weaved with elusive, yet interesting lyrics is a genre that is not exactly tapped out. After having the pleasure of seeing Giant Squid open up for Agalloch up in Portland, Oregon in 2006, I sure as hell wasn’t going to miss seeing them play their new material here in Salt Lake City. … read more
National CD Reviews – August 2009
National music reviews, including 10 ft. Ganja Plant, Against Me!, The Antlers, The Casualties, The Fiery Furnaces, Goatwhore, Mos Def, Municipal Waste, Pelican, Reign Supreme and more! … read more
Royal or Not, Cable is Back!
After twelve years, a few breakups and about ten releases. A year after the release of their live album Last Call, I found an article where Cable had mentioned that the one studio track on that album had the line-up they wished they had on every album, and that gave me hope that, true to Cable form, they would get back together. Sure enough a year or two later, a The End Records signed Cable!
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The Man Who Put the R in Music: A Conversation...
While most everyone was mourning the loss of the King of Pop, I was preparing myself to interview reggae legend Frederick “Toots” Hibbert of The Maytals. When I emailed my good fortune to a few friends, they all sent back the same question— “Who’s that?” I wondered how I could possibly call such clueless people my friends.
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Creation and Crucifixion: INVDRS in the Studio
Since INVDRS formed, it’s been a short but eventful path from just jamming out ideas and blowing fuse boxes at local bars, to these final weeks of recording their first full length, Electric Church. From the material I heard during my visit, I could only later describe it to a friend as if “someone had just dropped a filthy coffin full of stones onto my chest.”
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