Month: April 2012
SLUG Does SXSW
For five days in mid-March, SLUG Magazine invaded Austin, Texas for the 26th annual SXSW music festival. Throughout our week, excessive Lonestar beer and delicious street cart food were consumed and our minds and eardrums will never be the same again after witnessing the array of musical acts. Here are some of our favorites. … read more
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake: Modigliani Quartet @ Libby...
Wednesday evening’s performance was by the Modigliani Quartet, which was formed in Paris in 2003, and is among the most sought after contemporary chamber groups in the world at the moment. … read more
Mike Doughty: Book of Drugs Tour @ State Room 04.02
Mike Doughty was a mainstay of the pop rock scene in the ‘90s through his band Soul Coughing, but he doesn’t want to talk about that … but he kind of will on his latest tour as he plays his music and reads from his new book. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Cannibal Corpse Interview
This week is brought to you by the letter C and, as always, the number 666. We’ve got an interview with Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. We also have a slew of reviews from Caliban, Children of God, Eddie Brock, Exumer and The Love Below, as well as your weekly concert lowdown—lots happening this week. It’s a free for all smorgasbord! … read more
Moveable Type Across the Nation: An Im(press)ive Enterprise
There is something romantic about an American road trip—embarking on some wild adventure across the miles of varied terrain. A journey of this magnitude captures our country’s restless, itinerant spirit. Adventurers like Kerouac and Steinbeck set off on their travels from New York, while Portland, Ore., on the opposite side of the continent, was the launching point for Kyle Durrie. … read more
Explosions In the Sky, Zammuto @ In The Venue 04.07
In just their fourth trip to Salt Lake and my third time seeing them live, Explosions In The Sky has blasted through the ceiling that most of their post-rock counterparts live under, and are making their way into the mainstream. … read more
Alex and Dylan vs. Comeback Kid @ Club Sound 04.07
SLUG sent two of our best hardcore and punk music writers to the show for a bit of nostalgia, and they returned with broken glasses, scraped noses and the following reviews. … read more
Napalm Flesh: The Safety Fire interview
You feel that heat out there, darkhearts? This week, we sit down with guitarist Dez Nagle of prog-metal group The Safety Fire, who stopped in town on April 6 with their bros from Protest the Hero. Plus, we have your usual cavalcade of metal reviews from Aura Noir, Deathhammer, Heidevolk, Hellvetron, Primal Rock Rebellion and your weekly calendar of doom! … read more
Classical Application: Plan-B and The Scarlet Letter
Plan-B Theatre Company’s 2011/12 season is coming to an end, and The Scarlet Letter marks the last play in this season of all female playwrights, as well as Plan-B Theatre’s 63rd world premiere play. … read more
Sleigh Bells @ The Depot 04.12
Around 9:45 p.m. the room went dark and the hype for the headlining act began. A red glow illuminated the 12 massive Marshalls at the back of the stage. Moments later, not one, but two guitar players emerged on the dark stage before being followed by the tiny, raven-haired Alexis Krauss who was rocking a pair of white Keds, cut off denim shorts and a super tough leather motorcycle jacket, which was discarded by the side of the stage after only one song. … read more