Cage at Urban Lounge 06.26

Cage at Urban Lounge 06.26
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Salt Lake City let the hate out on June 26. A wrecking crew of Timmy Wiggins, Chauncy, Hate Your Guts, and Cage came through the SLC area and got open at Urban Lounge. What started off as a beautiful warm summer’s Saturday night, quickly turned into one dark as hell, hate infested nightcap brought to you by Cardboard City and some pure East Coast hate music. … read more

Dead Prez @ Urban Lounge

Dead Prez @ Urban Lounge
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On recorded tracks, Dead Prez sound like they are going to stick me up and tie me to a stop sign. You can imagine how I felt when one of these nice gents shook my hand—I was star struck. Nice guys. Their set was filled with bangers, knowledge dropping and the latest dance craze: the honky. … read more

Cappadonna @ Bar Deluxe 03.10

Cappadonna @ Bar Deluxe 03.10
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Saturday, March 10 got weird in almost all the right ways. QuitXpectingFavors threw the party and no one was tardy. Bar Deluxe was the hip hop hot spot for SLC. It was one of the first nice nights of the summer party season, and it was right after the big full moon—things were sure to get wild. … read more

National CD Reviews – November 2009

National CD Reviews – November 2009
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National music reviews from Brother Ali, Devendra Banhardt, Fuck Buttons, The Gossip, Immortal, Jookabox, Lewd Acts, The Raveonettes, Sea Wolf, Strike Anyhwere, White Denim and many more. … read more

One More Year of Making Things Awkward

One More Year of Making Things Awkward
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On paper, Brian Staker isn’t exactly who you’d expect to host the usually multi-hour, sometimes drunken podcast that is The Awkward Hour. Staker holds a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing, from the University of Utah. He has also served time as a SLUG Associate Editor, is a current writer for City Weekly and hosts a weekly music feature on KRCL. It seems like he has spent his entire life preparing for The Awkward Hour. … read more

Local Reviews: Yze

Local Reviews: Yze
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I’ll give it up for Out Of Many. This is the second local joint handed to me that I can say I will listen to again. Yze knows what he’s doing, and what the hip hop nerds are looking for. I will even go so far to say that he is one of the best producers in the area.  … read more