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• Beats Antique

Beats Antique @ The Depot 05/30
When a band has a hit song like "Beelzebub," you can bet that you're in for quite the show. Since 2007, Beats Antique has been making a mélange of Balkan wedding music (check out their single "Bus to Balkans"), flamenco, French Gypsy jazz, hip-hop and dub reggae. The trio—consisting of David Satori (guitar, sax, viola, and percussion), Sidecar Tommy Cappel (keys, toy piano, drums and percussion) and Zoë Jakes (belly dancer, composer, and arranger)—comes together to create a production even beyond the music; live shows typically include Jakes performing various dances while changing from one wild mask to another. It's the type of electronic music that club kids will still appreciate, but appeals to a wider fanbase of world-music lovers. It's the perfect mix of old and new; a fresh take on antique beats with the merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance. Jakes boasts 25 years of professional dance experience, while the other group members have impressive backgrounds in music study: Satori has a degree in music composition from Berklee College of Music, while Cappel has a degree in studio drumming from the California Institute of the Arts. For those who can get down with the provocative, the spiritual, and the artistic, Beats Antique is a one-of-a-kind performance you don't want to miss. Check them out this Friday, May 30 at The Depot (13 N. 400 West). Doors open at 7 p.m., general admission $35. Visit concerts.livenation.com. (Arica Roberts)

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• SLC Busker Fest

SLC Busker Fest @ Downtown SLC 5/30 – 5/31
The vitality of a city is intrinsically connected to its arts scene—and nowhere can that be more evident than when the artists are performing out in the open air, inviting the financial support of passersby. The Salt Lake City Arts Council recognized that idea when it launched Busker Fest SLC in 2018, and the latest incarnation of the event returns to downtown this weekend for two nights of music, comedy, magic and other live entertainment. In addition to many local musicians and other entertainers—like yo-yo champion Dale Myrberg and Marcus the Funnyman, who does tricks—the lineup includes several national acts coming to delight us, including: Colorado-based juggler and stunt performer Sam Malcolm; Mexico City's high-flying acrobat Pancho Libre; Australia's hula-hoop expert (including flaming hoops) Satya Hoops; juggler, magician and comedian Greg Frisbee. And between acts, adults can enjoy beverages from the Busker Bar. SLC Busker Fest runs Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31 from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. nightly on the 100 South Block of Main St., with venues that include the lobby of the Eccles Theatre, McCarthey Plaza, Regent Street and the surrounding sidewalks. All performances are free, open to the public and all-ages-appropriate; donations (cash or Venmo) for individual performers as you watch are certainly encouraged. Visit buskerfestslc.com for full lineup, festival map and additional event information. (Scott Renshaw)

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• Lord Huron

Lord Huron @ Sandy City Amphitheater, 5/31
Los Angeles-based Lord Huron is an American indie folk band founded in 2010 by Ben Schneider, and the group's sweeping sound provides the perfect backdrop for its cinematic storytelling. Originally Schneider's solo project, the group eventually coalesced around the lineup of Mark Barry, Miguel Briseño and Tom Renaud. The group gained early attention with a trio of extended-play releases: 2010's Into the Sun and Mighty, and Time to Run in 2012. Lord Huron's full-length debut, Lonesome Dreams (2012) was a promising start, but 2015's Strange Trails (2015) proved a commercial breakthrough, going platinum while its hit single "The Night We Met" was featured on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. With 2018's Vide Noir (2018), the band expanded its stylistic range to take in psychedelic flavors; while critics were impressed, sales didn't match the release's predecessor. Yet the group determinedly followed its muse: 2021's Long Lost took a quasi-conceptual direction, framing the album as a (fictional) radio show. Lord Huron's fifth and upcoming album, The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, is set for release in July. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Strange Trails, the group comes to the Sandy City Amphitheater on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. General admission resale tickets start at $227 and can be found at ticketmaster.com. (Bill Kopp)

• Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams @ Kingsbury Hall 6/1
A prolific artist widely respected by his peers, Ryan Adams, could be considered a true pioneer of authentic Americana. His stint in the band Whiskeytown established his bona fides, but over the course of his solo career, he's encountered both highs and lows. His initial album, Heartbreaker, was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize, while his second album, Gold, produced a successful single in the track "New York, New York ," helping Gold to go gold in the U.K. He's also reaped seven Grammy nominations, released 30 albums, recorded with Willie Nelson, Fall Out Boy, Counting Crows, Weezer, Cowboy Junkies and Norah Jones, and released two books of poetry. He was offered the ultimate compliment when Stephen King proclaimed, "I won't say Adams is the best North American singer/songwriter since Neil Young, but I won't say he isn't either." Nevertheless, his trajectory has, on occasion, become entangled in trouble and controversy, derailed by medical issues and substance abuse, struggles with depression and anxiety issues, and much-publicized accusations of sexual harassment. Nevertheless, to his credit, Adams has confronted these obstacles head-on and proven that he is, indeed, the relentless and resourceful artist he established himself to be early on. As a result, the opportunity to catch him in concert makes for a most memorable experience. Ryan Adams performs at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Sunday, June 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $40.50 - $90.50 at artstickets.utah.edu. (Lee Zimmerman)

• Ministry

Ministry @ The Union 6/1
Al Jourgensen has always struck me as Keith Richards–level indestructible. Not only has the Ministry frontman survived multiple cardiac arrests, but early in his career, he also endured a rough initiation into the music industry under Arista Records and its founder, Clive Davis. Now, four decades later, he's made peace with his early work, and is once again performing tracks from With Sympathy and the band's second album, Twitch. "We turned them into arena-rock songs. People are going to freak out," Jourgensen told RollingStone.com. "I feel empowered, and it's very cathartic for me to finally be able to own these songs instead of running from them." All Ministry is good Ministry. Sure, they proceeded from the Killing Joke/Public Image school of dub and electronic-saturated post-punk rather than the Throbbing Gristle/Coil "professional performance artist/occult weirdo" side of things (brilliant, really disorienting music). They really innovated industrial and metal, bringing that type of experimentalism with them. And as much as I like classic Ministry, the electronic synthpop Ministry is ultra-enjoyable. While some might think their most recent output isn't as great as their '90s heyday, the music is still genuinely angry and pissed off, with something important to say. Don't stand in the back. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps open. Catch these artists at The Union on Sunday, June 1. Doors at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets for the all-ages show are $57.25 at ticketmaster.com. (Mark Dago)