Watain @ Metro 03.06 with Destroyer 666 and Ares Kingdom

Watain @ Metro 03.06 with Destroyer 666 and Ares Kingdom
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Watain’s Erik Danielsson would perform acts and rites with a torch and candles on the altar. At one point, he held the fire the animal head, smoldering it before quickly putting the torch out in a flash of sparks. … read more

From Pop Culture to Laugh Tracks: An Interview with Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose

From Pop Culture to Laugh Tracks: An Interview with Bryan...
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In anticipation of their Salt Lake City date, Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose discusses the Louisville hardcore scene and their uprising within the community.
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An Evening with Shovels & Rope @ The State Room 03.06  

An Evening with Shovels & Rope @ The State Room...
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There is a certain magnetism surrounding South Carolina–based country blues rock duo Shovels & Rope. … read more

Talib Kweli @ Urban Lounge 03.03 with Niko Is, DJ Spintelect  

Talib Kweli @ Urban Lounge 03.03 with Niko Is, DJ...
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With the energy at a high, Talib exited the stage. Of course the chants began soon after, begging the living legend to come back to the stage for another song. … read more

 
 
Alex Cameron @ Urban Lounge 03.03 with Molly Burch

Alex Cameron @ Urban Lounge 03.03 with Molly Burch
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Alex Cameron’s fans showed up at Urban Lounge in earnest, jammed within the small, railed-in area just in front of the stage. … read more

Review: Celeste

Review: Celeste
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For a game about a young girl climbing a mountain, Celeste is surprisingly less a coming-of-age story and more a story about how hard it is to take the tremendous first steps towards better health. … read more

This is Primal: Social Axe Throwing in SLC

This is Primal: Social Axe Throwing in SLC
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Holding an axe over your head is an “empowering feeling,” says Steve Lister, one of the three Social Axe Throwing founders. … read more

Review: The Red Strings Club

Review: The Red Strings Club
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Red Strings Club is a game that tugs at your philosophical leanings, asking grand and granular questions that it demands you answer. But most importantly, Red Strings weaves a familiar paranoia using the root of cyberpunk: that corporations increasingly own our well-being, and, to a large extent, we’ve come to like it. … read more

Film Review: A Fantastic Woman

Film Review: A Fantastic Woman
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Director Sebastián Lelio crafts an empathetic and surprisingly soft portrait of Marina (Daniela Vega), a trans woman, as she pushes fiercely for a chance to carve out space for herself, a space to mourn. … read more

Content Shifter: 8 Series to Scratch Your Buffy the Vampire Itch

Content Shifter: 8 Series to Scratch Your Buffy the Vampire...
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Even though it premiered 21 years ago this month on The WB—it was The CW of ancient days, kids—the influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV is nearly as inescapable as that of Black Sabbath on stoner metal. … read more

Agua Donkeys: MP Cunningham

Agua Donkeys: MP Cunningham
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In MP Cunningham’s latest short film Agua Donkeys, pool boys MP [Cunningham and Jer [Jackson] work on their tans, ponder the pureness of water, and concoct ways to win over the office girl Jackie’s [Baby Darrington] heart, all while (occasionally) cleaning pools. … read more