Month: June 2015
Sarah Cracknell: Flying Kites in Sylvan Skies
Sarah Cracknell, the glamorous chanteuse of the iconic British indie band Saint Etienne, has always possessed one of pop’s most incandescent and shimmering voices, capable of eliciting euphoria against a synth-driven beat; heartbreak over a strummed guitar; melancholia and longing over the varied electronic and stripped down sounds the band—now in its astounding 25th year—has experimented with over the years; but, above all else, a simple charm. … read more
Proper Brewing Company
From the creative souls that brought us the Avenues Proper Restaurant & Publick House comes a salient new concept to keep beer enthusiasts entertained.
Lines from the Inside of Death By Salt V
SLUG’s Death By Salt V release parties happen June 12 and 13 Urban Lounge and Diabolical Records, respectively. The record features some of the best garage and psych that Utah has to offer, and we reviewed each track of this compilation in the liner notes.
Tales of the Beer Cocktail
At its simplest, a beer cocktail is merely this: a drink with beer in it. Since there are no known texts on beer cocktails and no formal taxonomy that I know of, I’ve developed three categories of them.
Homegrown Hoppers
Buying a brewpub and hitting a hole in one in golf are each difficult feats—so is winning a million dollars. Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co. owner Jason Hargett has done all three.
Erik Anthony: Nothing Off Limits
Erik Anthony is just about as raw as they come. The streets of Ogden aren’t kind, and he’s been handling them for years.
June 2015 Comic Book Reviews
Comic book reviews for Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics, Cow Boy, Evil Empire, Judas: The Last Days, The Realist, The Maxx: Maxximized, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, The Sculptor, Translucid, The Walking Dead.
June 2015 DVD Reviews
DVD reviews for Atlantis, Breakin’, The Gambler, Ghost Story, Inherent Vice, Inside Amy Schumer, Joe 90, The Legend Of Korra, Lost River, Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Selma and Silicon Valley.
June 2015 Book Reviews
Book reviews for A Book About The Film Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Dogshit Park & Other Atrocities, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic and more!
June 2015 Video Game Reviews
Video game reviews for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, BOXBOY!, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Etherium, Final Fantasy Record Keeper, Huck It, Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker, Mayan Death Robots, Spirits of Xanadu, Toukiden: Kiwami, Warlocks vs Shadows, Worlds of Magic and more!
The Ditch & The Delta Make Their Crucialfest Debut
One of the lovely things about Salt Lake’s heavy scene is getting to see familiar faces in new and exciting projects, and there may be no better example of that than The Ditch And The Delta.
June 2015 Product Reviews
Product reviews for CLIF, Das Horn, DropCatch, GrOpener, GrowlTap and Portland Growler Co.
