Issues: Exclusive
The Art of Salts Science
Revealing cultural and artistic ties with salt as the night progressed, I couldn’t help but recognize that salt isn’t just salt at all. The event provided a refreshing approach to dissecting an art installation with the focus on the literal medium—a topic that allowed the audience to revise ordinary, table-spice subject matter into something far more complex than ever imagined. … read more
The Black Lips @ Urban Lounge 03.31 with The Coathangers,...
To a thunderous welcome from their devoted audience, The Black Lips furiously launched into their set, opening with the garage rock number “Family Tree.” … read more
Small Black @ Kilby Court 04.01 with Snowmine
A kid next to me had his ear literally pressed to the speaker, screaming “SMALL BLACK I LOVE YOUUUU!” until his voice cracked, occasionally pausing to sit on the ground with his head between his legs, shaking his head in awe. There was the teenage couple fully making out beside me, and a sweet lesbian couple slow-dancing with each other. It surprised me to see everyone’s vastly different reaction to the music, with some people chilling out, some flipping out and some sharing tender moments with their significant other. … read more
Sambo Fogo’s Inspiraçâo Do Fogo @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts...
Sambo Fogo, in addition to presenting Brazilian dance as fine art, also shows a clear commitment to the non-formal aspects of dance, specifically its capacity for improving cultural awareness and fostering social relations. In line with this, the company warmly encourages spontaneous audience response and interaction with its work, while the work is being performed. Thursday’s crowd did not fail to applaud, cheer, and rise to its feet at key moments during the evening. … read more
Movie Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) got “Iron Man 3,” everyone’s favorite god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) got “Thor: The Dark World” and now, America’s patriotic poster boy gets his due in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” … read more
Neutral Milk Hotel @ The Depot 04.01 with Elf Power
The symphonic effect of the full band seems to be a testament to the length of time that they have been making music together. Maybe after so many hours, weeks and months of this, they transcend as a group into music nirvana. Their music crosses into the familiar and timeless effortlessly, like a classic novel that anyone can pick up and connect with. The relationship Jeff has with his songs is incredibly intimate, and when he shares them with an audience their vulnerability is illustrious and historic. … read more
SLUG Style: Jesse Walker of New City Movement
“The scene and its people have taught me how to take risks, a few tricks and that you can’t take yourself so fucking seriously, most of all,” he says. Jesse (aka “Mr.” Jesse Walker) prefers not to try and force any particular look, but, rather, to absorb it and let it flow naturally, creating an organic, simple style that is his own. … read more
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Urban Lounge 04.03 with...
Let me hit you with some cold, hard SLUG truth: Stephen Malkmus looks like the lovechild that Peter Murphy and Aaron Carter spawned after a heady night of blazin’, snackin’ and talkin’ sports. Goofiness aside, The Jicks and openers Speedy Ortiz entertained a packed crowd of seasoned slackers and young fans alike at Urban Lounge last Thursday night. … read more
LA FEMME @ Urban Lounge 04.05 with JAWWZZ!!, Koala Temple,...
On any given night, one can expect something completely different to be put on at Urban Lounge. Tonight’s festivities could only be described as a sort post-punk, new wave dance party, put on with a certain bit of French flair, courtesy of La Femme, whose male members could be seen hanging around the venue in motorcycle jackets with their emblem painted on the back. … read more
BE MORE EXTREME: INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LANCE OLSEN
Lance Olsen is the literary astronaut we dreamt of being as children—turning far-out worlds abuzz with the difficult imagination, surviving re-entry with stories to share. Author, traveller, and teacher of narrativity and innovative writing at the University of Utah, Olsen wonderfully shares what it means to be alive now, here. SLUG spoke with Olsen about recent projects and the secret handshake ecology of innovative writing practices … read more