At face value, this double-bill seems like an odd combination, although both the Sacramento-based trio Tera Melos and New Yorker Marnie Stern deal in punk-influenced songwriting. With Tera Melos, the tunes are twisted shards of noise more influenced by avant garde jazz—note the rapid-fire shifts in time signatures—as they are by the “Hey! Ho! Let’s go!” punk tradition. With Stern, you have a guitarist revered in many circles more for her technical skills on the six-string than for her songwriting prowess. Her self-titled 2010 release, though, showcased strong songwriter just hitting her stride, and you can say the same for Tera Melos’ 2010 release, Patagonian Rats, that actually veered from noise into pop territory. Birthquake opens the show. Kilby Court, 741 S. 330 West, 7 p.m., $10
Date: Mar 13, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Phone: 801-364-3538
Address: 741 S. 330 West, Salt Lake City, 84101
Where: Kilby Court
Date: Mar 13, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Phone: 801-364-3538
Address: 741 S. 330 West, Salt Lake City, 84101
Where: Kilby Court
