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Show A bout of Gallows humor POPULAR MUSIC IN THE HOLE: 7:30 p.m. today, EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake BRAD PAISLEY City. $89-$64- English band www.ticketliq-uidator.co- seeks knockout performance at Avalon - AlanSculley EMMA MAE JACOB Country recording artist gives full band concert performance. 10 p.m. Friday. Outlaw Saloon, Ogden. $5. (801) 334-926- SPECIAL TO BIG BAND NIGHT . it': V r t www.tkketliq-uidator.co. JIM BRICKMAN Popular piano sensation for Valentine's Day. 8 p.m. Feb. 14-1Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Cir. sit vjsf ? 7 KELLY Gallows will perform Wednesday at Avalon H I v MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM A January Pardoe Theatre, 7:30 iH (dihiuuht with imcr BYU 9 p.m. oivrupfXT ID) rmronMANCi OR FERFORMANCEJ.BYU.tPl' RYANEpitaph in Salt Lake City. same raw, unhinged energy that infused the music of punk pioneers Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the Clash and the singer inspire the concert-goin- g crowd to put a beating on Ramones, as well as hardcore icons such as Black the intruders. Flag and Minor Threat. Carter, though, said such tales are at the least exaggerAnd while an initial listen to ated. "Orchestra of Wolves" might "The whole fighting thing draw one's focus to the spitfire and this and that and the other, vocals of Frank Carter (Steph's it's not really true," he said in a older brother), and the furious January phone interview. "We playing of the rest of the band, don't go out to intentionally the quality of the songs soon shines through. start .fights or anything. We "Come Friendly Bombs," get the odd person that comes to the show that's like that, for for instance, is fueled by a the wrong reason. ... But we catchy signature guitar riff, don't go out and try and prowhere spiky guitars and an mote that stuff. beat give "Abandon amped-u- p "All we do is every night Ship" plenty of melodic appeal. we'll hit the stage and we'll Even songs that aren't so imjust play with as much passion mediately catchy, such as "Six as our bodies can cope with," Years" and "I Promise This Carter said. "We want the Won't Hurt," don't take many crowd to just be doing exactly listens to reveal a few melodic the same as us. If we're putting smart bombs planted within in 100 percent and we're playthe Gallows's powderkeg of a sound. ing with as much passion as we possibly can, we just want In fact, the group's sound them to be enjoying it as much and its obvious passion for the as we are." music has prompted some pubEven a casual listen to the lications particularly in EngGallows's debut CD, "Orchesland to call Gallows the best tra of Wolves" suggests the punk band since the Clash music itself should be more The group's rise to promithan enough to get concert-goer- s nence has happened quickly. into the spirit of the Frank Carter and guitarist evening. keyboardist Laurent Barnard The band's songs have the put things in motion in 2005, ford, England, in which a gang of local toughs tried to crash the concert, only to have the post-pun- 47 YJ all-o- 8 p.m. Feb. 2. EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake BLUE MAN GROUP $77-$35- HERALD guitarist Steph insists fans have to be scared about if they come to see his band in concert. But some press accounts of the English band's live shows are enough to make one think about packing a pair of boxing gloves and a football helmet before venturing into a crowd at a Gallows concert. The band will be playing Wednesday at Avalon in Salt Lake City. Rolling Stone magazine, in touting the group as being on the verge of a breakthrough, immediately noted the occasional tendency for Gallows shows to break into brawls, and played up singer Frank Carter's ability to verbally agitate concert-goerA Kerrang magazine feature story was headlined "Anger. Violence. Blood. Anarchy." An Alternative Press magazine feature recounted a gig in the Gallows's hometown of Wat- - COMING SOON: City. DAILY Gallows JON SCHMIDT Popular local pianist has seven albums, seven volumes of piano scores. 7 p.m. Jan. 28. Ragan Theater, UVSC campus. $10-$- 1 2. 863-879- "A Tribute to the U.S. Army Air Forces" with BYU's Synthesis band playing 40's music, dinner, war-tim- e love story musical and dancing to live band. 6:30-11:1- 5 p.m. Feb. 9. Wilkinson Student Center ballroom, BYU campus. $22 by Feb. 5. 422-431- THE k If you go Gallows When: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Where: Avalon Theater, 3605 State St., Salt Lake City S. Tickets: $12, available through www. Smith's Tix smithstix.com) Info: (801) www.theavalontheater.com 480-563- recruiting drummer Lee Bar-ra- tt and bassist Stuart to form the core of the lineup. Steph Carter joined after "Orchestra of Wolves" was recorded, after he had filled in on guitar for a series of live dates. A stint last summer on the Warped tour gave Gallows a foothold with the American alternative rock wowd and set the stage for this winter's U.S. headlining tour. As for the proclamations that his band is the best band since the Clash, Carter is taking that sort of hype in stride. "As far as I'm concerned, we're just five scummy kids from like Watford here in the U.K." he said. "Like we go out on stage. We do what we do." Gili-Ro- ss |