Authors: Westin Porter
Salt Lake’s Secret Garden: Gilgal Sculpture Garden
What Gilgal Sculpture Garden has become is incredibly rare, and not what one would expect given creator Thomas Batterbys Child’s dedication to his faith. … read more
Yukon Blonde @ Kilby 12.13
Having never heard Yukon Blonde before I silently half-expected yet another dorky hipster band shitting all over the stage and calling it “Indie” or worse yet, “Folk-Rock,” but I was wrong. As they blasted through their amplifiers similar bands that came to mind immediately included Built to Spill and Band of Horses. … read more
Human Tar: Local Skate Video Review
This thirty-two minute skate video from Logan is exactly how a skate video should be: raw, creative and fun while displaying a grip of talent coming up in the skate community. … read more
X-Dance Review: One for the Road (Ski)
One for the Road
Teton Gravity Research
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 4pm
One for the Road was easily the best film I’ve seen so far at X-Dance and honestly, I doubt it can be topped. … read more
X-Dance Review: 8-Bit (Surf)
8-Bit
Glove World
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 6:30pm
8-Bit is a surf short featuring Jamie O’brien, Cheyne Magnusson, Alex Gray and Justin Quirk from Body Glove. … read more
X-Dance Review: Zombie Skate Park Bloodbath (Skate)
Zombie Skate Park Bloodbath
Don’t Sleep Productions
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 1pm
This short skate film feels like watching an episode of The Walking Dead guest starring the Creature skate team––on fast-forward. … read more
X-Dance Review: Drop: My Life Downhill (Skate)
Drop: My Life Downhill
Marc McCrudden
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 3:30pm
Drop: My Life Downhill takes a look at what is the newest and fastest growing action sport today in competitive downhill skateboarding. … read more
X-Dance Review: Blue Sway (Surf)
Blue Sway
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 3:30pm
Created by legendary surf filmmaker and winner of the X-Dance “Lifetime Achievement award,” Jack McCoy, Blue Sway is a collaboration of stunning images accompanied by music by the legendary Paul McCartney. … read more
X-Dance Review: Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion (Snowboard)
Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion
Chainsaw Productions
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 10pm
Probably the most highly anticipated film of X-Dance 2012, The Miserable Champion takes a very gritty, very raw inside look at the life of one of actions sports founding fathers, Shaun Palmer. … read more
SK801 & Crossroads Love Skate Contest 02.18
Saturday night Feb. 18 at Crossroads indoor skatepark in Ogden made for a “capital K” Killer evening of music, competitive skateboarding and some not-so-competitive skateboarding. … read more
Explosions In the Sky, Zammuto @ In The Venue 04.07
In just their fourth trip to Salt Lake and my third time seeing them live, Explosions In The Sky has blasted through the ceiling that most of their post-rock counterparts live under, and are making their way into the mainstream. … read more
Regal Beast, Midnight Vitals, PTO, The Message @ GoGo37 04.14
Last weekend a few of my friends and I all stuffed ourselves into a car and made a short but sweet weekend trip to sunny St. George, Utah. Aside from “the hell of it,” the reason for our journey entailed a performance by Regal Beast at GoGo 37 and an interview for SLUG’s podcast, Soundwaves From the Underground, with the venue’s owner, Ryan Groskreutz. … read more
