Month: May 2012
Add a Dash of Local Art: Kory Olson
Kory Olson is the featured artist for May 2012’s Add a Dash of Local Art exhibit. His work will be hanging at Whole Foods Trolley Square on the west wall of the café through May 31. … read more
Overkill, God Forbid, Suidakra @ The Complex 04.28
Saturday night, The Complex hosted the devilishly fun “Electric Age Tour” featuring Diamond Plate, Suidakra, God Forbid and the legendary Overkill, who are somehow still fucking touring after ten thousand years in the music business. … read more
WRD: Midnight Terror vs. Pikes Peak Derby Dames 04.28
As I walked into the Derby Depot Saturday night, the general vibe was tense. Wasatch Roller Derby’s Midnight Terror and Colorado’s Pikes Peak were warming up on the track, and it felt like shit was going to go down. … read more
Ririe-Woodbury’s Iridescence @ Jeanne Wagner Theater 04.26
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company opened its final show of the evening, Iridescence, on April 26, in the Jeanne Wagner Theater at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Though there was not a capacity crowd, the event was certainly well attended, and by an unusually vocal group of fans. … read more
M83, I Break Horses @ In The Venue 04.29
The crowd is now at full capacity. The beer lines are intolerable and the denim gods are in full swing. We are ready. Ready for the Frenchmen, Anthony Gonzalez and company to hand-deliver some authentic ’80s synth-pop-gaze. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Moonspell Interview
Welcome to Napalm Flesh! This week we have an interview with vocalist Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metal heroes Moonspell, who will be releasing their new double album Alpha Noir / Omega White next week. We also have a rundown of this week’s metal happenings in and around Salt Lake. … read more
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake & Nova Concert Series...
This year I have taken in two of the better, if more obscure, musical seasons presented by local arts organizations: the Nova Chamber Music Series, drawing largely from the luminous musicians of the Utah Symphony as well as other mostly local talent, and the Salt Lake Chamber Society’s season of touring Chamber Music ensembles. … read more
Trial, Powerwolves, Cool Your Jets, Despite Despair and No Empire...
Finally, with anticipation mounting, Trial began setting up. The crowd filed back in early, leaving an ominous empty space in the middle of the room for the inevitable mosh pit … The band took a couple minutes to sound-check, and then immediately blasted into “Reflection,” quickly finding out that microphones were totally unnecessary. The crowd shouted every single word, some guys climbing up onto the stage and holding singer Greg Bennick by the shoulders, screaming into his face before jumping down. The energy spread throughout the room, even affecting those of us opting to stay on the backside of the ever-expanding mosh pit. Bennick noted at one point that, “Salt Lake City is the only place you see people actually stretching during the fast parts, getting ready for the breakdown.” … read more
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Rotting Out, Focused Minds, Speak Out and Fever Dreams @...
Truth be told, Focused Minds is what got me here. Midwest wolfpack. A split with Another Mistake. Serious Youth Crew, straight edge-bent. Color me “into it” and finger-point in my face. Last time they played here was at an acoustically wretched skatepark with a bunch of x-tian metalcore knuckledraggers. They didn’t complain. … read more
Bombing On The Banked Track: Salt City Makes Their Debut...
When the Salt City Derby Girls announced last year that they would be making the transition to the banked track, I’ll admit that I had my doubts. After all, SCDG began as a flat track league in 2005. It’s likely that most of the league had never even set skate on a banked track before. Rumors started flying, but Salt City kept quiet. Finally, the track made its debut on May 5, to a home team beatdown between the Death Dealers and the Bomber Babes. … read more