Show The Intriguing g Substitute Amanda Chamberlain Contributing Writer Hardcore that heavy metallic music with screaming screaming screaming scream scream- ing vocals dominated the Albee Square venue When the genre all-genre establishment Lo-Fi Lo Cafe Caf replaced the hardcore-driven hardcore Albee questions questions questions ques ques- inevitably arose The common misconception tion among Albee supporters was that Lo-Fi Lo bought out Albee In reality its owner failed to pay numerous lease payments which resulted in his eviction according to Jimmy The Tooth Parks a former employee of Albee Square now owner and oper oper- ator of Lo-Fi Lo Cafe At Albee Squares Square's last show featuring With Dead Hands Rising and They Came Burning the owner stood on the stage before the concert began and yelled to the audience We Weare Weare Weare are all breaking and entering as of ten minutes ago Now lets let's get this show started The former owner of Albee Square who is now long gone Parks explained told a lot of hardcore kids a alot alot alot lot of stuff to try and divert their attention According to Parks the former owner tried and succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- to lure the hardcore kids into Albee These ha hardcore kids kept Albee goin going ing 1 11 i ue 1 Albee was built by the local hardcore scene anyway not by the former owner Parks said Some still mourn the fact that Albee is gone It seems like the absence of Albee has left a gap in the hardcore music scene said hardcore supporter Chelsea Zamir I Ilove Ilove Ilove love the shows I have been to at Lo Lo-Fi Caf but I just wish there were more of them Lo-Fi Lo schedules a few metal and shows about every month or so These shows with the fast- fast paced head-banging head music keep hardcore listeners' listeners hopes alive Last July Lo-Fi Lo surprised Salt Lake City with a pummeling pummeling pummeling pum- pum meling up line-up of four scene- scene wide favorites Lamb of God Unearth and Every Time I Die A future concert set for mid- mid November includes the American metal band Shadows Fall and the foreign foreign foreign for for- eign metal band The Theor Thel or l th 1 J bf th the R h local bands Lo-Fi Lo owner Parks Park's theory that has been proved again and again is that its it's these local bands that keep big bands coming through Utah so that they know they will draw a crowd upon arrival Lo-Fi Lo appeals to many because of its voluminous yet intimate setting Concert goers have the advantage of the band appearing life size An all-age all policy gets every rocking hard-rocking adolescent into the club just like Albee did A replacement Albee Square under the control of local hardcore group opened in the basement of Club only to be closed again for con con- Though the basement basement basement base base- ment Albee Square scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- eight hardcore shows in May alone it is not yet known if or when the establishment establishment establishment will open up again The disappointment of the hardcore fans was bl the passing i of f Albee EV Even Eiden n- n tho i have v Iee been n noticeably v f fewer r hardcore bands stopping by Salt Lake City due to Albee's absence Lo-Fi Lo Cafe Caf makes sure the hardcore listeners will get at least a monthly supplement of the biggest bands in the scene d I |