Month: November 2010
G Tom Mac at Salty Horror International Film Festival
Gerard McMahon (pronounced McMann), or G Tom Mac, as he’s more recently known, is one of those artists you may think you’ve never heard of.
Treasure Island Music Festival
Initially I was less than impressed with the lineup at Treasure Island this year. Everyone was asking how can LCD Soundsystem, while great live, can compare to past headliners like Justice, Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips? Yet the lineups at Treasure Island have never been about getting the biggest headliners possible. It’s about filling out an entire weekend with diverse, high-quality bands and artists who have strong fan followings, regardless of their mainstream status.
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The Arena Premiere @ U of U Fine Arts Hall...
It seems that the question for riders of our generation is: What to wear. Tight pants or baggy? Which school of thought do you associate with: tree-huggin’, g-thuggin’ or tight-pants, wide stance? How do you decide? The pros you look up to are a good indication of what size you buy your pants… … read more
Napalm Flesh: Intentional Madness – This is Haeresiarchs of Dis
This week’s blog contains an interview with Cernunnos, the sole person behind the unique black metal entity Hæresiarchs of Dis, which released its second album on Oct. 15 via Moribund Records. You also get the rundown of metal shows for the week as well as some blog exclusive CD reviews and some reposted CD review goodies surrounding the upcoming Watain tour stop in Salt Lake City on next Thursday. … read more
Lyrics Born @ The State Room
Though he’s venturing even further into the realms of power funk, Lyrics Born still remains important for conscious hip hop heads (yes, we still exist). After the show I approached him, told him what a great time I had and he was very cordial back. The venue was literally shaking during the performance from excitement and the bass funk his band was pumping out. … read more
Meat Beat Manifesto: An Unexpected Rhythm
A lyric via MC Young Cassius on Meat Beat Manifesto’s 2008 album Autoimmune is a fitting slogan for the group’s main man Jack Dangers: “… as heavy as motherfuckin’ Buicks.” For over two decades, Dangers (née Corrigan) has pioneered, employed, expanded and mastered so many so-called electronica and sample-based styles, and “heavy” is the only way to describe him. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Prelude to the Apocalypse – Interview with Decrepit...
For this week’s blog we have an interview with California death metal crew Decrepit Birth. There’s also the usual round-up of concerts going on for the week, lots of national and local metal to be seen all around. Also, there is a slurry of blog exclusive CD reviews as well as reviews that didn’t make the print magazine for November. … read more
An Evening in Canterbury
Held at the Murray Theatre, An Evening in Canterbury combined an authentic 14th century seven course meal with amateur theatre and abundant cosplay. We were in the minority, with most folks decked out in bright felt renditions of Middle English Garb. The alcohol-free event consisted of four of Chaucer’s tales narrated by actors milling through the audience, while up on stage the rest of the cast performed a rough pantomime of the events. … read more
The Hold Steady @ In the Venue
The Hold Steady had played Salt Lake City on their two previous tours, both times packing the Urban Lounge to near (or even past) capacity. So much had changed since then. Would they even try to recapture the old magic, or would this be a completely new direction for this Brooklyn-by-way-of-Minnesota group of musicians? Any lingering concerns were quickly put to rest when guitarist Tad Kubler ripped into the first song. … read more
Napalm Flesh: A Week of Swedish Black Metal-Watain & Marduk
This week’s blog dissects and gives a rundown of last week’s goings on with the Watain tour and Marduk shows in Salt Lake City, both big shows from gigantic Swedish black metal bands. You should have been in attendance for at least one of the gigs—if not, you missed out on some evil doing black metal. Also is a rundown of this week’s shows, and another batch of blog exclusive CD reviews as well as some choice reviews from fellow SLUG writer Andrew Roy. … read more