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Have you ever tried to convince someone to listen to a song but were shot down on the basis of the band’s weird/awkward/offensive name? For months, I’ve championed the work of Portland’s Starfucker, a group of electroweirdos who produce the most marvelous dance music these ears have heard in some time. But that name, man. That damned name gets people every time.
Salt Lake City metallurgists Iota are having a pretty good year. They played South by Southwest in March, put out the heavy, intoxicating Tales on Small Stone Records, and managed to pull off a drama-free heist of drummer Andy Patterson from four other...
Ten years ago, Mike Sartain was in his early 20s, acting like he was just 13—smashing bottles, breaking instruments and recording fragments of song on a four-track in the old Camelot apartments. If it sounds regal, it wasn’t. But the digs...
Navigator Songs for Mei and Satsuki At first listen one might think that Elephant 6 was back in business and dropping albums from Farmington, Utah. This punk-indielicious sounding album might be Navigator’s seminal release—10 tracks of sweet...
On Tuesday, July 29, KRCL DJ Circus Brown and X96 DJ Portia Early went on the first in a series of planned “dates” on which they’ll take turns exposing each other to new sights and sounds. Since Brown and Early admittedly have markedly...
Tesla Comin Atcha Live! 2008 Tesla is still alive and rocking after 25 years and a dozen albums. Now, you’re probably wondering, “Are they still ready to kick ass onstage?” Well, they have 80 percent of the original members and 75 percent...