Authors: Chris Proctor
Blitzen Trapper and The Parson Red Heads @ The State...
Americana ensembles The Parson Red Heads and Blitzen Trapper visited Salt Lake City on March 22 for a sold out show at the State Room. When I got to the State Room, I noticed that I, as a beard grower and flannel shirt wearer, was contributing to the majority. The average age of the attendees confirmed my conviction that Americana is for old people, and by “old,” I mean early to mid-thirties. You know, old people. … read more
Hanni El Khatib @ Urban Lounge 04.13
Khatib has been met with almost immediate success in his newfound full-time music career and I’m not going to argue why. The guy knows how to write songs and he and his band mates can perform them even better. … read more
Kevin Avery Book Signing @ The King’s English 04.13
Kevin Avery spent four years compiling notes, conducting interviews and organizing the biography and some choice writings of his childhood literary hero, Paul Nelson, one of folk music’s most important critics of the 20th Century. … read more
The Jezabels, Yukon Blonde @ Kilby 10.10
On Oct. 10 the crowd at Kilby Court was treated to two well known international bands: Vancouver/B.C. based, Yukon Blonde, and the Australia-based Jezabels. Both bands have earned best-of credentials in their home countries, and have earned spots in American festivals like South By Southwest, Coachella and Lollapalooza. To see them both in one night at a venue the size of Kilby Court was a blast. … read more
Blitzen Trapper Take to the Hills with VII
With VII, Earley takes the listener from the open highways of American Goldwing and into the deep and dark woods of Oregon, both musically and lyrically. This is true as well considering the cover art for the album, done by Blakely Dadson, which depicts a colorful train pulling through a black forest landscape. … read more
The Stones Throw Soul Tour with Peanut Butter Wolf @...
Stones Throw founder, Peanut Butter Wolf, took the audience back to 1974 and beyond with some vintage soul tracks paired with live visuals from a projector of the bands’ sets. … read more
The Jibyard
The Jibyard is Utah’s premier indoor rail park and ski/snowboard training facility. Though it’s only been open for a little over six months, the brainchild of founder Brad Geiger and co-owner Mike White have been rapidly gaining recognition in the local shred scene. Both Geiger and White have been actively participating in the ski/snowboard industry
Nikita Chickita
Brighton resort was the place to be Feb. 20 where the Nikita Chickita all-girls snowboard competition, sponsored by Skullcandy, ShredBetties and Nikita (of course), took place at the lower Majestic terrain park. With over 40 riders competing for a $2000 total prize purse for the Pros and a 1-year Nikita flow-sponsorship contract up for grabs for the Ams. These riders were stoked and ready to show some of the best female snowboarding around today. … read more
SLUG Games: Beat the Pro
If you happened to be a pro snowboarder or skier at Park City Mountain Resort on March 6, then it was your unlucky day as the best unknowns from around the valley were standing by to take you down in the second annual SLUG Games Beat the Pro, presented by Scion and Yudu. … read more
Ruckus Inc.
Benji Pierson, a.k.a. Ruckus, moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo. from his hometown of Seattle with little more than some art supplies and turntables. Making ends meet by DJ-ing parties, weddings, his own radio show and then working as a lifty at the local mountain, he started on his now-promising art career. Nearly a decade later, Pierson’s art has been featured on skis, snowboards, jackets and several prestigious snowboard and ski magazines. … read more
Construction to Destruction: Not for the Faint of Heart
It’s hard to believe that the eleventh installment of the SLUG Games has already come and gone. To end the series this year, SLUG Magazine brought you Construction to Destruction, a bone-crushing, face-melting jam of pure destruction housed at none other than Brighton Resort on March 5. … read more
