TONIGHT'S SHOW PARTIALLY MOVED TO BAXTER'S

Everyone make your way to Baxter's Cafe.

Reviver, Rebuilt and Horizons were kind enough to let Reflect and Tamerlane jump on their show.

Gaza had already taken all their equipment back to Layton, so they won't be playing.

But everyone should still head over and check out the show. It starts at 7 PM.

Baxter's Cafe 1615 South State St.

THOSE WACKY POLYGAMISTS

Salt Lake Tribune -- It's a uniquely Utah caper: Silver, and maybe gold, bars stolen from a polygamist-connected family.

At one home, police caught the accused burglars in the act, though criminal charges have not been filed. But detectives are not convinced the second theft -- where up to $5 million in gold was said to be stolen -- occurred.

"Here's a lady that's missing up to $5 million in gold, then won't take our phone calls on it," said West Jordan police Lt. Bob Shober.

Both the suspects and the victims are associated with the Kingston polygamist sect, said Rowenna Erickson, a former member of the Kingston family by marriage. The sect also is known as the Davis County Cooperative.

Salt Lake County sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson said a Millcreek resident on Feb. 26 reported two men entering and leaving a neighbor's home. A deputy arrived and found Scott E. Brown, 20, and David L. Brown, 19.

The pair had about $70,000 in silver bars they had taken from the home, Hutson said.

"They essentially admitted, 'That's our aunt,'" Hutson said. "'We often go to her home and take some things.'" Read more.

ACACIA STRAIN SHOW CANCELLED

Apparently The Acacia Strain's van broke down just outside of Las Vegas about an hour ago, so the show is a no-go. Sorry to everyone that was looking forward to seeing them, Gaza, Tamerlane or xReflectx.

All those bands will be playing again soon, though. So keep your eyes on the shows section.

And we wish The Acacia Strain luck at the blackjack table—er, I mean mechanic.

MIKE WATT TO TOUR

Former Minutemen and The Stooges bassist Mike Watt will embark on a tour with Tom Watson and Raul Morales backing him as the Missingmen. Watt allso has plans to record his third full length album, titled Ten and Twenty Don't Make Fifty in Brooklyn during the tour with the Missingmen as his studio band.

5/19 Salt Lake City, UT (Venue to be announced)

TOWER THEATER - IN COMIC FORM

Comic artist Ryan Kelly, who's teamed with Brian Wood for books like The New York Four and most famously Local, takes commissions every once in a while and here's one he did featuring a Salt Lake landmark.

POLL: BEST EARLY HARDCORE BREEDING GROUND

NEW YORK



BOSTON

WASHINGTON D.C.

LOS ANGELES



There were many other great early bands from many other cities but none of those cities produced as many great bands as these during the late 70s and early 80s.

ISIS GOING ON TOUR

6/16 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound

POLLS HAVE CLOSED: BEST AND WORST MOVIES FILMED IN SLC

BEST

WORST

CITY TO CITY - IN-THE-STUDIO TRAILER

Full documentary coming soon.

City to City trailer from Grudge City Activities on Vimeo.

SUPERBOWL OF HARDCORE '09

GRUNGE IS DEAD

Blabbermouth -- Fifteen years after Kurt Cobain's suicide on April 5, 1994 comes the authoritative story of grunge. "Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music" (released April 1, 2009, via ECW Press) by Greg Prato is the definitive story of the Pacific Northwest music scene of the late '80s and early '90s. Never before has a book attempted to examine the scene as a whole. PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament says, "Finally, a book about the early years of our little scene in Seattle. I can't wait to hear all the different perspectives from the people that were actually there, not the so-called experts, who didn't show up until the '90s."

Some of the original interviews include:

* Eddie Vedder, PEARL JAM singer
* Jeff Ament, PEARL JAM/MOTHER LOVE BONE bassist
* Kim Thayil, SOUNDGARDEN guitarist
* Susan Silver, SOUNDGARDEN/ALICE IN CHAINS' manager, ex-wife of Chris Cornell)
* Duff McKagan, GUNS N' ROSES bassist
* Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist
* Nancy McCallum, mother of late ALICE IN CHAINS singer Layne Staley
* Mark Arm, MUDHONEY singer
* Chad Channing, NIRVANA drummer
* Jack Endino, producer NIRVANA/SOUNDGARDEN/MUDHONEY
* Charles Peterson, photographer
* Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, founders Sub Pop Records

REDNECK TENSION: THE EARLY YEARS OF GARDNER SEAWRIGHT AND THE HCYM

IS SLC ROCKIN' DOWN TO ELECTRIC AVENUE?

Salt Lake Tribune -- If gasoline prices surge this summer, more people may park their guzzlers and shift to hybrids -- or even the suddenly proliferating plug-in cars.

But scores of electric-car buffs don't want to wait for an organic epiphany. They are pushing Salt Lake City to propel the green revolution by setting up charging stations at parking lots, street meters and public hangouts such as Liberty Park.

The hope is to add regular outlets where converted electric cars could "top off" for a fee rather than relying on an overnight charge at home. If the practice takes off, high-powered stations that can boost certain batteries to 80 percent capacity in just 26 minutes may be next.

"Public charging stations will help people to embrace the future and promote air quality in the valley," Jim French implored the City Council last week.

SINKINGxFOREVER FEATURES JOE COFFEE

James over at the SinkingXForever blog as uploaded Joe Coffee's Bright as the Stars We're Under. For those out of the loop, this is the band Paul Bearer has been doing since the demise of Sheer Terror. Check it out.

MOST COVERED STRAIGHTEDGE ANTHEM?

The Original:

The Legacy:


xGloves Offx - SxE Revenge from Grudge City Activities on Vimeo.





Step by Step- Straight Edge Revenge, Arpke

SHOW TONIGHT

HENRY ROLLINS CAST IN 'SONS OF ANARCHY'

Grammy® Award-winning musician and actor Henry Rollins will guest star in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy for its second season, which is scheduled to return to the network in the fall, announced Nick Grad, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, FX Networks. Rollins will play a new antagonist in the show’s fictional town of Charming, California who poses a deadly threat to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. He is scheduled to appear in six episodes.

“Henry will bring his intensity and muscularity to this complex part,” said Grad. “We look forward to seeing him inhabit this role.”

Sons of Anarchy stars Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman and is executive produced by Kurt Sutter. John Linson and Art Linson are Executive Producers. Sons of Anarchy is a co-production of FX Productions and FOX 21, Twentieth Century Fox Television’s alternative production arm. Production of season two starts on April 27 in Los Angeles.

Henry Rollins first came into the public consciousness as lead singer of the seminal Los Angeles band Black Flag. He later founded the Rollins Band, receiving a 1994 Grammy nomination for the song “Liar.” That same year he won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album for Get in the Van. He was host of the Independent Film Channel’s The Henry Rollins Show and the radio show “Harmony in my Head” on Indie 103 FM in Los Angeles. He currently hosts his own music-mix radio show on KCRW-FM. Rollins’ film appearances include Bad Boys 2 with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and director David Lynch’s Lost Highway.

Sons of Anarchy is an adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club (MC) and its desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that: charming. The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegally thriving arms business.

FUCKED UP INVADES CHINA

See full report…

NOFX POST SONG OFF NEW ALBUM COASTER

"The Quitter"

HEY REMEMBER THIS KID?

Well, turns out he's not the father after all.
DNA test show Alfie Patten is not a dad, wow! The 15 year-old Chantelle has cheated him, a poor boy?
"A DNA test showed a 13-year-old boy in Britain is not the father of a baby born to a 15-year-old he had unprotected sex with once.
Chantelle Stedman told Alfie Patten, who was 12 when he slept with her, he was her newborn daughter Maisie's father.
The story caused a worldwide media frenzy after it was first reported by Britain's Sun newspaper, while politicians criticised what they called Britain's declining morals.
At first Stedman said Patten was the only boy she had ever slept with, but soon after other teens came forward saying they too could be the baby's father, because they claimed to have had sex with the girl.
It is still not clear who the baby's father is."

HARDCORE SHMARDCORE, MIKE ROWE'S A BAD ASS...

SHAI HULUD/NEW FOUND GLORY SPLIT 7"

Shai Hulud and New Found Glory will be selling a limited edition split 7" titled Not Without A Heart Once Nourished By Sticks And Stones Within Blood Ill-Tempered Misanthropy Pure Gold Can Stay on their current tour together. The 7" contains New Found Glory's "Truck Stop Blues" and Shai Hulud's "Misanthropy Pure" and is limited to 500 copies.

Both bands are playing at In The Venue next week. Go pick one up.

THE END RECORDS SIGNS - THE LEMONHEADS?

The End Records has announced the signing of The Lemonheads. The band will release a covers collection titled Varshons on June 23rd.

That's a little out of the blue.

SORRY FOR THE LACK OF UPDATES

City to City was in the studio all day and we were nowhere near the internet. We'll be back on track soon enough.

TAKE THAT CANADA...

With your socialized health care, low crime rate, and ability to create Nathan Steele's.

COLLAPSE NEEDS A BASS PLAYER

Not a lot of qualifications needed other than you have to know how to play bass and actually want to play bass. Straight Edge is a plus and while being vegan isn't absolutely necessary, it would be awesome if you were (because that way Nathan and I would own the tie-breaker—selfish on our part I know, but I'm posting this ad so I can take a liberty or two).

Check out the songs here and drop us a message if you're interested.

BELOVED'S "FAILURE ON" TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL

Broken Circles Records has announced yet another new release - this time they will be giving the vinyl treatment to Beloved's first and only full length, "Failure On." The release is in production and will be available for pre-order in the next month.

Check out songs on the BCR MySpace or Beloved's Myspace.

A BOBCAT WALKS INTO A BAR, HE SAYS TO THE BARTENDER

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. » A bobcat has attacked three people in the central Arizona community of Cottonwood, including two men who were bitten by the animal after it wandered inside a bar.

Officers called to the Chapparal Bar arrived to find the bobcat in the parking lot, where they shot and killed it.

Tests were ordered to determine if the animal was rabid. It wasn't clear how seriously the victims had been wounded.

Cottonwood police say the animal attacked Monday when it scratched a woman who thought she had hit it with her car. Then police got a report of a bobcat acting aggressively toward a woman outside a Pizza Hut.

About 11 p.m. came the call from the bar that a bobcat was inside as patrons climbed atop bar stools to get away.

SLAYER TO RELEASE NEW 7"

Slayer will release a 7" for their new track "Psychopathy Red" on April 18th for Record Store Day. The effort will come on a pressing of 'blood red vinyl' and will be limited to 5000 copies worldwide.

Isn't 5000 copies a bit much?

MONUMENT TO THIEVES (EX-ADAMANTIUM) TO RELEASE 7"

No Sleep Records has announced plans to release a 7" from California's Monument To Thieves, featuring ex-members of Throwdown and Adamantium. Titled "Anyone But You," the release will be available in June. An ecard is available here.

HOUR OF THE WOLF POSTS NEW MUSIC

HERE

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

I've been looking forward to this movie for such a long time.


Spike Jonze hasn't disappointed me yet, and this looks no different. You can see a better version over here, because I'm not sure if this will last on YouTube for too long.

STEP IT UP INTERVIEWS PARASITIC SKIES

Follow the link to learn how what Parasitic Skies has in common with the year 2012, the Terminator films and The Swarm. (Maybe that last one's a bit obvious.)

Here.

NEW POLL: BEST AND WORST FILMS MADE IN SLC

VOTE

CITY TO CITY TO RECORD

City to City will head into the studio this Friday with recording guru Andy Patterson (Tamerlane, Gaza, Cherem, etc., etc., etc.) to lay down three new songs and a re-recording of the song "Disgraces" off their 2007 demo. The songs will eventually appear on a split with Collapse but odds are you'll be able to find some on the net a bit sooner than that.

Word has it Clinton's gonna get loose, Austin's gonna get tense, Brook's gonna bring pizza down in the King Ranch, Nathan's gonna be attractive and Trevor Hale will be in the house filming an in-the-studio documentary that will be featured on GCA sometime in the near future.

Look out!

MONDAY - POLAR BEAR CLUB @ BAXTER'S

Polar Bear Club will be playing a last minute show at Baxter's (1615 South State Street) next Monday. Spread the word.

NEW SONG ISSUES - NEW VENUES

The Salt Lake PD came down on New Song Underground with news that they can only host shows between 6 and 8 PM. For this reason, the April 8th Tamerlane/City to City show has been moved to Baxter's Cafe (1615 South State) and the Collapse/City to City release show has been canceled.
In related news, the Collapse/City to City split has been pushed back so that show wouldn't have made any sense anyway.

More news as developments roll in...

REACH @ NEW SONG

Reach from Grudge City Activities on Vimeo.

THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED - JOHN MCCLANE IS THE WINNER

John McClane (Die Hard) - 24 (34%)
John Rambo (Rambo) - 14 (20%)
Dutch (Predator) - 12 (17%)
Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China) - 8 (11%)
Sarah Connor (Terminator) - 5 (7%)
"Dirty" Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry) - 3 (4%)
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) - 3 (4%)
Paul Kersey (Deathwish) - 1 (1%)
Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon) - 0 (0%)
Casey Ryback (Under Seige) - 0 (0%)
James Braddock (Missing In Action) - 0 (0%)
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop) - 0 (0%)
Kurt Sloane (Kickboxer) - 0 (0%)

Total Votes: 70

RIPPLExEFFECT FEATURES LIFELESS, TRIPHAMMER

The Ripple Effect blog, run by Mike Turley of XReflectX, has posted downloads of hard-to-find Lifeless and Triphammer recordings. Check 'em out now.

ISIS POSTS NEW MUSIC

20 Minutes / 40 Years

The band's 5th studio album, Wavering Radiant, will be released May 5th on Ipecac Records.

NIRVANA CATALOG TO BE RELEASED ON VINYL

Punk News -- Nirvana will be releasing the entirety of their major label catalogue on vinyl, reports Billboard. Universal Records subsidiary, Original Recordings Group, has commissioned Bernie Grubman to remaster Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged in New York and all three will be made available on 180 gram vinyl.

ORG's founder, Monti Olson commented on his vinyl plans:

We're going to be releasing a lot of classic alternative music from the 80s and 90s on 180 gram vinyl. Stuff that's more obscure and more popular. We're in negotiation with quite a few of those artists. We have some new accounts that are experimenting with vinyl, like Best Buy. I don't know how strong their initiative is, but they've alotted a little bit of floor space for vinyl.

But the bulk of the vinyl in the retail space goes through independent stores - the Amoebas and the Waterloos of the world that have always been in the vinyl business. But what's happening is more and more people are coming in with a curiosity about buying record albums

Nirvana's independent debut, Bleach, remains in print on vinyl through Sub Pop Records.

HELLFEST 2001 NEWS REPORT

FOX 11 UNDERCOVER REPORT: EMO

GOOD GAME... SIKE!

SPOKE TOO SOON

XIBALBA POSTS DEMO

Salt Lake meet your new favorite band.

This is our demo we recorded in late 2006 at Earth Capital Studios in Los Angeles with Alex Estrada. It is titled "12.2012." The demo sounds a little rushed and rough, but thats mainly because we rushed everything, and if the guitars sound out of tune, thats because they probably were, our other guitarist (at the time) didnt know how to tune after songs, or even knew the songs well for that matter, so yea. But, hopefully you like it. Here it is.

Head on over to the band's blog to download 12.2012.

This band is the next big thing.

XREFLECTX POSTS NEW PICTURES

here

AT LEAST THE MAN'S ORIGINAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLAKE!

MARCH 31ST

SPREAD THE WORD

NATIONS AFIRE POST NEW TUNES

Punk News -- The new band featuring members of Rise Against, Ignite, Death By Stereo and Reach The Sky have titled their new album and posted some more new music. Dubbed Nations Afire, the band includes by Chris Chasse - who also formed Last of the Believers - and Brett Rasmussen (Ignite), Todd Hennig (ex-Death By Stereo), Nik Hill (Ignite) and vocalist Steve Ludwig.

According to their Myspace page, their first show will be Bamboozle Left (California) followed shortly by the Groezrock Festival in Belgium, and a European tour. The band is currently finishing the song writing process and hitting the studio this month. They plan on releasing an album in March/April.

The record is titled The Uprising and you can find two more songs on their myspace page.

BODY FOUND BURNING NEAR SALTAIR

Salt Lake Tribune -- A person was found dead in a burning car near Saltair late Friday night.

Salt Lake County sheriff's deputies and the Unified Fire Authority responded around 10 p.m. to a report that a vehicle was on fire just off a frontage road about two miles east of Saltair. The flames could be seen from Interstate 80, said sheriff's Sgt. Don Hutson.

Fire crews doused the flames, but the car, which appeared to be a 2001 Chevy Malibu, was still smouldering at 11:15 p.m., and the body was visible in the car, Hutson said.
The car had not crashed, Hutson said. "It appears there was a fire intentionally set to destroy the car and the person inside."

SLCC TAKES NATIONAL NJCAA TITLE

SLCC has a basketball team?

CUB COUNTRY TONIGHT AT KILBY COURT

www.myspace.com/cubcountry

SUN'S OUT. SNOW'S GONE. KNEE'S HEALED.

SUN'S OUT. SNOW'S GONE. KNEE'S HEALED.

THE SALT FLAT COMP: AN SLHC MUST-HAVE

Lumberjack, Bad Yodelers, Decomposers, Waterfront, Riverbed Jed, Stoneface, Makeshift and Mayberry

Download it over at the Salt Lake Hardcore Blog.

NEW XREFLECTX MERCH ON THE WAY...

THE JESUS LIZARD ANNOUNCE REUNION SHOWS

Punk News -- The recently reunited The Jesus Lizard have scheduled a number of shows to kick off in Europe in May, which includes stops in the UK, France and Spain. After that, they will also play two shows in the US.

Until last year, The Jesus Lizard had been inactive since 1999. To coincide with the band's reunion, the band's first four albums, Goat, Liar, Head and Down, will be reissued on CD and vinyl and are currently undergoing remastering by Bob Weston. The engineer responsible for the original releases - Steve Albini - is supervising the remastering process. The reissues are due in May.

May 9, 2009 ATP Minehead, UK

May 10, 2009 ATP Minehead, UK

May 11, 2009 The Forum London, UK

May 27, 2009 Paris Villette Sonique 2009 Festival Paris, France

May 28, 2009 Primavera Festival Barcelona, Spain

July 17, 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago, Illinois

September 11, 2009 ATP Monticello, NY Monticello, New York

November 7, 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest Austin, Texas

TERROR RELEASE NEW VIDEO

Rise of the Poisoned Youth

EMO: THE 4TH SCARIEST WORD ON THE NET

Punk News -- According to a recent Guardian report, the fourth scariest word for parents right now is "emo." The word is among the ten most common words that parents are blocking their children from searching for. Other words include "suicide," "depressed" and "skinny."

The source of the paranoia about the otherwise innocuous word likely stems from media coverage of a recent suicide and similar incidents.

FAREWELL FLORIDA. HELLO GCA.

As some of you may have noticed, Trevor has taken the reigns for the past few days as I spent my spring break on the beach. Here's a little photo tour of my time off...