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74 | APRIL 9, 2015
Mario “Khalif” Butterfield
LIVE
Black Milk
Tuesday 4.14
Black Milk At a performance by influential Detroit hiphop producer/emcee Curtis Cross, aka Black Milk, it’s unlikely you’d see just a rapper with a DJ standing behind him onstage. Instead, Black Milk typically performs backed by a full live band, including on his current tour, which features live instrumentation by longtime collaborating band Nat Turner. The emcee/band setup allows for improvisational freedom during shows, which Black Milk designs to be stylistically diverse. From electronic sounds to soul and funk, he said in an interview with NPR, he likes to incorporate “all the things I love about music into one show,” but “the core is always gonna be hip-hop.” That diversity can also be heard on his latest album, 2014’s If There’s a Hell Below, a killer collection of songs that combine elements of jazz, soul and even Asian-influenced sounds, as well as Black Milk’s own hard-hitting delivery. DJ Street Jesus and Dine Krew are also on the bill. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., $10, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com
Coming Soon Heartless Breakers Tour Kickoff (April 16, Kilby Court), Mr. Gnome (April 17, Bar Deluxe), Soja (April 17, Park City Live), Apt Album Release (April 17, Velour, Provo), Triggers & Slips Album Release (April 18, The State Room), Flatbush Zombies (April 18, The Complex), Reptar (April 18, Kilby Court), Lord Huron (April 20, The Depot), Peelander-Z (April 20, The Urban Lounge), Two Gallants (April 20, The State Room), Twin Shadow (April 21, The Urban Lounge)