Month: April 2014
Review: Arkona – Yav
One of pagan metal’s best kept secrets is Moscow’s Arkona, who make every studio offering an epic one. Yav, the band’s seventh full-length album, is out to conquer all. It plays out as one of the band’s darkest offerings since Ot Serdtsa K Nebu. … read more
Review: Anal Blasphemy/Forbidden Eye – The Perverse Worship of Satanic...
I’m not quite sure what the fascination is with metal bands starting their band names with that oh-so familiar, feces-producing body part—maybe just the fact that it’s dirty and sounds gross. … read more
Review: Annihilator – Feast
“Feast” is an appropriate title for this special edition release, and SLUG HQ was lucky enough to get a fancy copy of it. The digibook two CD and DVD package has the goods of the full-length, Feast, which follows in what Annihilator has been doing for the last decade. … read more
Review: Alex Smoke – RS 1403
Alex Smoke does it again with a follow-up release to his 2013 Dust EP. This four-track EP is packed with minimal tech-house beats and industrial-influenced synths. … read more
Review: 100s – IVRY
I must warn you about this reprobate who calls himself “100s” (after the number of times he’s contracted VD no doubt). A long-haired, self-professed pimp whose music has but one purpose—to congratulate despicable sex acts. … read more
Review: 1, 2, 3 – Big Weather
Inspired by the Tohoku tsunami in Japan, Big Weather is a 20-song concept album about natural disasters. Capitalizing on the theme of water, 1, 2, 3 use surf rock as their base, then add layers of psych and vinyl. … read more
Localized: VINCENT DRAPER AND THE DIRTY THIRTY
This month’s Localized, on April 18, will feature a mysterious hodgepodge of sincerity. Crook and the Bluff will start off the set with western-tinged psych-blues, after which blues crooning, working man rocking, badass motherfuckers Vincent Draper and the Dirty Thirty will sexy your face off. Following, mustachioed and chocolate-voiced singer-songwriter and strum-master Charles Ellsworth will
The Sounds @ In The Venue 03.29 with Blondfire, Strange...
There are a lot of “rock” bands around these days but, to be honest, rock and roll bands—groups that live, eat, drink and breathe the very meaning of rock and roll—they are an endangered species. Enter stage right, all the way from Sweden, The Sounds and their brash, loud, rowdy lead singer Maja Ivarsson. Clad in a short black cocktail dress, with a cigarette in her mouth and a pint in her hand, Ivarsson was an absolute wrecking ball from the moment she stepped on stage. … read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson @ Kingsbury Hall 03.26
Over the years, Tyson has taught me to never stand still, to never stop learning, To fight for what you believe in. Don’t wait for someone else to do something—get up and do it. Don’t ever stop dreaming. … read more
Marching To Their Own Beat: An Interview with Temples
Audiences long for something fresh and wonderful. They long for the goosebumps of a genuine song and the thrill of not knowing what’s next. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Temples. This brave English foursome has created one of the most entertaining and unique albums to cross the pond in some time … read more
Toadies @ Park City Live 03.28 with Battleme, The Supersuckers
The mid-‘90s was an odd time for rock music. The grunge scene was fading out and rock–n-roll’s sound was all over the place. In the middle of this eclectic fog came Texas rockers Toadies. Toadies were a perfect fit for the disheveled musical climate and the, now platinum, album Rubberneck gave rockers something to jump around to once again. Now, almost two decades later, Toadies are on a Rubberneck tribute tour, and on March 28 they decided to grace Park City with their presence. … read more
St. Vincent @ The Depot 03.28 with Noveller
I remember seeing her frail body bouncing on the floor in front of green flashing lights. Being shocked again, I asked myself, “Who’s brave enough to close their set with a cover of the rowdiest punk song?” St. Vincent was—she does what she wants. … read more
