The Decemberists @ Red Butte 05.26 with Wartime Blues

The Decemberists @ Red Butte 05.26 with Wartime Blues
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Portland natives, musical group The Decemberists play in Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake City with Montana-based Wartime Blues. … read more

The English Beat @ The Depot 05.21 with The Interrupters, Show Me Island

The English Beat @ The Depot 05.21 with The Interrupters,...
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Tonight is not the first time I’ve seen the English Beat and I’m certain it won’t be the last. Last year I covered their gig and I’m sure tonight’s show will not be a disappointment. I arrive at the Depot just in time to catch the Show Me Island set. … read more

Voltaire @ Area 51 with Ego Likeness

Voltaire @ Area 51 with Ego Likeness
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Eighteen years ago, when I first moved to Salt Lake City, I was immediately introduced to and accepted by the Goth community (more specifically, those that referred to the small, Sugar House club called Confetti, as home). … read more

Timmy The Teeth @ Urban Lounge 05.16 with Tvsk/Gypsy Cab, Crook & The Bluff, RuRu

Timmy The Teeth @ Urban Lounge 05.16 with Tvsk/Gypsy Cab,...
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If there is ever a time in the future when mankind is forced to colonize the moon, then Crook & The Bluff will be playing on a corner blues/jazz nightclub with the desolate, white prairie behind them. … read more

Austin Psych Fest @ Carson Creek Ranch 05.08–10

Austin Psych Fest @ Carson Creek Ranch 05.08–10
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Austin Psych Fest ran from May 8 to May 10, featuring psych rock legends and newcomers alike in a three day festival of hazy riffs, amplifier feedback and unrelenting fuzz.  … read more

Dan Deacon @ Urban Lounge 05.10 with Prince Rama, Ben O’Brien

Dan Deacon @ Urban Lounge 05.10 with Prince Rama, Ben...
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What a weird night. I joined a cult (under the name Kanye’s Pet—my DJ name) that worships a bottle of soap and watched a girl make out with a picture of a Nascar driver onstage. … read more

Kevin Seconds @ Raunch Records 05.09 with Greg Bennick, Regan Ashton, Marky Terror

Kevin Seconds @ Raunch Records 05.09 with Greg Bennick, Regan...
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I continued through the poster-covered hallway and turned the corner to see Marky Terror sporting his Gretsch Hollow Body electric guitar, while him and everyone in the shop were mouthing the lyrics, “Just because you’re better than me doesn’t mean I’m lazy. Just because you’re going forward doesn’t mean I’m going backward.” … read more

Gypsy Cab @ Velour 05.09 with Queenadilla and Arvos

Gypsy Cab @ Velour 05.09 with Queenadilla and Arvos
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Gypsy Cab had their album release show at Velour on May 9, 2015, with Queenadilla and Arvos. … read more

A Brief History of Melancholy Book Release @ The Rose Establishment 05.02 with The Circulars, Bat Manors

A Brief History of Melancholy Book Release @ The Rose...
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Often are the times that I have been to book releases and been bored to tears. Usually I’ll go to see a specific author and hear them read various parts of the book they are releasing, but by the end of it I wind up hearing bits of other books by other authors that I could usually care less about, and find myself habitually checking the clock to see when it’s going to end. … read more