Month: September 2017
Ride @ Metro Music Hall 09.21 with Lo Moon
We’ve gathered for what feels like a surprise party to celebrate Ride, a four-headed Lazarus of shoegaze origin that seduced crowds in the early ’90s. … read more
Dancing the Bears Ears: Zvi Gotheiner and Repertory Dance Theater
Salt Lake City’s Repertory Dance Theater and long-term collaborator Zvi Gotheiner, a New York City–based choreographer, teamed up once again this year to create Dancing the Bears Ears. … read more
Riot Act Takes On An Enemy of the People
Riot Act tackles Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, an ever-relevant drama that offers an at times scathing commentary and critique on the individual versus the collective, action versus inaction, whistleblowers and accomplices. … read more
Zion I @ Metro 09.16 with The Perceptionists, Jabee, Zac...
Zumbi’s vitality had spread, his message sunk in, all while his humble character shook hands with half the crowd as they made their way back into the world, likely feeling as I did, encouraged. … read more
Haken, Sithu Aye, Mammoth @ Urban Lounge 09.09
LA’s three piece Mammoth opened the evening with a short set that got the crowd swaying and tapping. Mammoth’s sound is like jazz-fusion and prog rock had a heavy metal love child. I was reminded of Alan Holdsworth’s song “Metal Fatigue” throughout their set. Spicy Wolf Man, on the band’s website says, “Mammoth flit around
VAULT! @ The Marriott Center for Dance 08.05
VAULT!, described as “an intimate studio showcase of contemporary dance,” premiered Aug. 5th hosted by Nichele Van Portfleet and sponsored by loveDANCEmore. … read more
The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival @ The Fringe Factory...
Salt Lake’s third annual Fringe Festival comprised eight days, more than 40 shows and 200 performances and is held in several states across the nation. … read more
Film Review: mother!
Despite the more literal aspects of its storyline and the parallels to Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, mother! isn’t entirely centered on Mother’s pregnancy. … read more
Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation
After watching Dying in Vein, a documentary directed by local filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie, it doesn’t look like much has changed as far as anti-drug education in Utah. … read more
Bruce Campbell in: The Worst Interview Ever
Now, Bruce Campbell is on tour promoting his new book, Hail to the Chin, while presenting his geek-based trivia show, Last Fan Standing, to all 35 stops. … read more
Inflammable Material: Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers
Celebrating 40 years of roots-radical anthems, Stiff Little Fingers are still going strong. In 2014, they released their 10th studio album, No Going Back, through Pledge Music, and toured alongside Bad Religion and The Offspring, with a followup solo tour in 2015. … read more
Collin Williams: My Suicide Note — A Dark Stand-Up Comedy...
As a comic, Williams’ coping skills were to make jokes of everything around him. He has seen the other side of suicide, too, as he’d been at the bedside of a friend who attempted it as well. He was thinking, “I can keep trying to kill myself, or I could turn this into a show. And then I tried both.” … read more
