What follows are two combined articles from Salt Lake City Weekly and the Boise Weekly:
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Music Picks Nov. 20-26 | Live: Castor & Pollution, Mary Tebbs, Coldplay, Brothers & Sisters & White Party: Sultan.....
By Jamie Gadette
Posted 11/20/2008.....
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CASTOR & POLLUTION CD RELEASE
Luke Slocum fled Philadelphia in 2004 and landed in Utah with just a pile of books and guitar to his name. Our state is, well, pretty great, and he needed to save his life from “imminent destruction.” Paul Slocum and Mike Vitale followed shortly thereafter and formed Castor & Pollution—in fits and starts. One apartment eviction, five cop visits and tons of broken equipment later, the trio finally has something to show for all the chaos. Here Is No Weather—No Wind or Water sounds like little—if anything—else currently being produced and performed in Salt Lake City. The six-track debut rolls out rhythmic, trance-inducing electronic movements that are unsettling and a bit psychedelic, with loops, samples, guitar, harmonica, keyboard and assorted other effects/gadgets culminating in a sound along the lines of The Books, Clinic (“Loose Control”) and Radiohead, specifically on “He’ll Be Elected,” which recalls Paranoid Android’s “Fitter Happier” meets MC 900 Foot Jesus’ “The City Sleeps.” Pretty cool stuff. And to what do we owe these pleasures? Luke Slocum says, “We all write the music together, but Mike is still listening to it on his headphones the next morning.” The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 10 p.m. (with Muscle Hawk and Brian Oakley).....
Boise Weekly Article June 10th 2009
Salt Lake City may not be the first city that comes to mind when one reads the phrase "musical talent and diversity." But there is more to SLC than Mormon temples. It has a thriving music scene, where bands create interesting, underground sounds that bubble up from the city's perfectly laid-out grid. One of these bands is Castor and Pollution.
Befitting their name, Castor and Pollution's music is a combination of fast-paced psychedelia, funk, repetitive minimalist beats, bent vocals and spacey trance. It's music that, while not always danceable, is melodically cerebral and should engage audiences as they tour behind their new EP Let's Take a Look at the Environment Telemetry.
Band member Luke Slocum said that though they experiment with their sound, their sound isn't exactly experimental. It is, however, different. "There's nothing like us in Salt Lake. We're kind of like the outsiders," Slocum laughed.
Named after one of Max Ernst's surrealist paintings, Castor and Pollution are a trio of Philadelphia transplants who have, for the last few months, been playing five or six shows a week, contributing to the SLC musical landscape. Salt Lake City Weekly agreed, writing that Castor and Pollution's "hypnotic electronic movements are a unique addition to the local music scene."
Visit Castor and Pollution's myspace page to hear "1,000 pink fleshy tubes" off the new EP.
Wednesday, June 10, 9 p.m., price TBD. Terrapin Station, 1519 W. Main St., 208-342-1776.
Oh Beloved Castor and Pollutionasaurus. You are the winner of the SEXIEST SCALES AWARD!!! The competition may not be quite what it was in the late cretaceous, but nevertheless YOU DID IT!!! Anyway, do we have some prizes for you...our reseasoning (i.e. remix) of Goodie Mob's-Soul Food and remix of Aesop Rock's-None Shall Pass will make your cold blood a cozy lukewarm temperature...just the way us dinos like it. Enjoy, spread the word and leave us your thoughts. If you are in or around LA come out to the Low End Theory and check us out performing live this Wednesday 12/9. Happy Holidays from our cave dwelling to yours!
It was an honor to have my boys (The Ever Changing Sky) play with both you and Stepkid. I was the weird caricature of a geisha that night. I'm sorry I couldn't stick around much longer. Next time! BTW... I was still right about the viola during the sound check. Ha! Much love and respect!
Thanks for the add! We should have music up in the next coming months! Keep a heads up on our page! Hope to see you there when we start playing shows! Keep it metal in the SLC!
Yo Castor and Pollutionasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
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