Authors: Julia Sachs
Datsik @ The Depot 10.05 with Sub Antix, Antiserum, Mayhem,...
I decided to review this concert because, hey, I may not listen to this subgenre of electronic music every single day, but I knew that kind of sound usually translates well into a live setting because it’s just sort of meant for huge speakers and nothing else. That being said: Datsik put on a great show this weekend at The Depot. … read more
Salt Lake gets Aokified: an Interview with Steve Aoki
“When it came to writing music, I was never technically trained. I picked up the guitar when I was 15 years old and started a band. We were fucking horrible. We ate the dirt and just got back up. You’re going to have a lot of big fails and people don’t want to see you succeed, but you can’t dwell on them, you just have to keep going and move forward.” … read more
Krewella @ The Great Saltair 10.12 with Zeds Dead, Paper...
All in all, Krewella impressed me (and obviously the few thousand other concert goers) with a very well thought out show that proves the group is on a fast track to huge success. … read more
EDM Pillow Talk: An Interview with Borgore
“I think what makes a good artist is not classifying yourself under one genre. I’ve made a lot of house records and I’m kind of trying to be able to do everything. I think that’s the future. Being a true musician is having no boundaries in art,” says Borgore. … read more
Steve Aoki’s Aokify America Tour @ The Complex 11.13 with...
After seeing mass amounts of hype on social media and music blogs about how the Aokify America Tour was thrilling concert-goers around the country, I was excited to see a highly-interactive, party-oriented show last night when the mixed bag of artists took their tour to The Complex. … read more
How To Become a Blue Man: An Interview with Brian...
“The character I play is very innocent, but also very heroic and powerful, and teaches people how to get outside of themselves a little bit and look at the world in a different light—to challenge them to see the world with a little bit more beauty and reverence, but definitely, the drumming drew me to the show.” … read more
Southern Charm: An Interview with Royal Teeth in Voodooville
Throughout their set, more and more people wander into their performance in search for something a little more refreshing than the press-play-and-go antics provided by Calvin Harris across the park. By the time the band played their closing song, “Wild,” from their debut album Glow, they definitely had quite a few new fans, including myself. I sat down with Royal Teeth for an interview where they gave SLUG the low-down on their current careers, future plans and what it took to get where they are now. … read more
The Voodoo Music and Arts Experience
Nowhere else will you see local legends like Dr. John and Preservation Hall Jazz Band perform on the same stages as worldwide phenomena such as The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and Pearl Jam, all the while catering to a younger culture of music lovers with headliners like Bassnectar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Calvin Harris and Paramore at the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. … read more
Ableton Push: A Worshop with Erin Barra @ Spy Hop...
Ableton, the Berlin–based music software company responsible for some of the most widely used production software in the world recently teamed up with New York–based singer/songwriter and remix artist Erin Barra to promote the latest in production technology⎯Push. … read more
Movie Review: Dutch Influence
“The golden rule is: if you can perform in Holland, you can perform anywhere,” says internationally known Dutch House artist Sander Van Doorn of how Dutch culture has shaped one of the biggest industries in EDM. … read more