Bands and Musicians
What is an opera without accompaniment? Below are the groups and individuals that help to bring our operas life.
Good I Dear
A new weird American freaky folk inspired looper, blending vocals, guitar and beats
Wallfly
Millennial Homeowners
MILLENNIAL HOMEOWNERS was specially formed to perform the role of Zion National Park in Life Relegated. Jacob Rosenzweig is the group’s songwriter, bassist, and co-vocalist. Ben Weiss (guitar/co-vocals) plays mandolin and sings in popular bluegrass outfit Pixie and the Partygrass Boys. Wachira Waigwa-Stone, a professional dance accompanist and composer, also plays drums for Blue Big Ox, the Will Baxter Band, and the Trash Panda Drum Group. All three are alumni of the University of Utah School of Music.
fists in the wind
fists in the wind is a queerpunk shout-along band composed of matt the rat and prettypretty <3 We r here to lovingly serve as the welcoming choir for our guests as they embark aboard Tony the Train! With our songs we hope to offer a stern reminder that the rail system was built and exists on the blood and bones of exploited people on stolen land. Welcome to the Opera! Please feel free to sing along with us.
THE 8EUT1FUL5
We play improvised electronica on bass, synthesizers and loop pedals, reinterpreting over and over again original songs, cover songs, or songs from past musical projects.
They host and play regularly on
Sunday evenings at Twilight Lounge, where you can listen to them and other lounge electronica. Sundays, Doom Lounge Electronica nights are a bastion for the outsider musician who can find nowhere else to play in Salt Lake City’s poor arts infrastructure and few nightlife venues, a byproduct of strict alcohol laws.
It Foot, It Ears
IT FOOT, IT EARS is a chamber/garage music duo creating intricate studies in rhythm and texture. Their music plays against the expectations of the humdrum instrumentation of electric guitar and drums — while also celebrating its history. They’ve developed performance practices that embrace microtonality, isorhythm and polyrhythm, extended techniques, prepared instruments, and punk rock.
IT FOOT, IT EARS has been described as both delicate and visceral.
“it foot, it ears prove their unmatched accomplishments in technical ability, compositional intricacy and, above all, personality and wit.” —SLUG Magazine
Durian Durian
Durian Durian is a band. It does dreamy electronic post-punk through the parallel modalities of music and contemporary dance. Most songs are five minutes long. Nora Price plays guitar, sings, and dances, Emily Snow plays keyboardand dances, drum machine and sound manipulation by Koty Lopez. They are all best buds.