Download issue as pdfLocal Music Reviews May 2007
[Posted May 4, 2007]
The Wolfs
By Jeremy C Wilkins [Posted May 4, 2007]
Eli Morrison – Guitar, Vocals Jeremy Smith – Guitar Charlie Lewis – Drums Shane Asbridge – Bass Jesse Winters – Electric Piano, Synth Eli Morrison and his band, The Wolfs, have been yelping, snarling and howling their brand of experimental rock n’ roll for almost 10 years. Morrison, vocalist for The Wolfs, and guitarist Jeremy … read more
Purr Bats
By Spencer Young [Posted May 4, 2007]
Kyrbir – Vocals Eli Morison – Guitar James Acton – Drums Jesse Winters – Keyboards Darren Hutchinson – BassPrior to sitting down with Purr Bats front man, Kyrbir, I knew the name Purr Bats and I knew I had seen them play live at least once, but I was drawing blanks when we shook hands … read more
Ryan Jensen
By Mike Brown [Posted May 4, 2007]
SLUG asked me to interview Ryan Jensen. I’ve known Ryan a long time. My old band, The Fucktards, used to play with his old band, The Corleones. We stopped playing shows together because one night Ryan tried to kill me. Terrence managed to intervene that night so I wouldn’t die, but then Ryan and I … read more
Gentry Blackburn
By Jeanette Moses [Posted May 4, 2007]
Gentry Blackburn graduated from the University of Utah in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Her first solo show, Frosty Darling, was held at the Downtown Library in the spring of 2005. The show was primarily oil on canvas paintings with a few suitcases painted with acrylics. On March 2, 2007, she opened … read more
Sri Whipple
By Mariah Mann Mellus [Posted May 4, 2007]
Sri Whipple, international man of mystery has many personas in the art world. A fine artist, cartoonist and print-maker, his talents and subject matter cover a wide spectrum. “As a kid I wanted to paint like the Renaissance painters, clean and classical, but I am influenced by music and comics,” says Whipple, “I consider myself … read more
Trent Call
By Jesse Kennedy [Posted May 4, 2007]
Trent Call’s work looks like something we might see if we put an entire metropolis under a microscope and start taking pictures. Urban texts, unforgettable faces, social debris and a miscellany of textures collide in time with incredibly controlled execution. Call employs everything from oils, spray paints, computers, pencils, acrylic and collage to realize his … read more
Fletcher Booth
By Brian Kubarycz [Posted May 4, 2007]
The work of painter Fletcher Booth forces the viewer to stand back. In an array of larger-than-life studies depicting cops, bikers, bouncers and marines (figures which Booth just calls “men”). Booth reveals himself as a natural draughtsman who has no fear of occasionally sacrificing his impressive skills. He is ready and willing to disfigure his … read more
Blackhole
By Erik Lopez [Posted May 4, 2007]
Chopper – Gemini, Vocals Paul Butterfield – Libra, Bass Dave Styer – Aquarius, Bass Dave Bogart – Gemini, Drums Blackhole started in the summer of 2005 when Dave Styer (ex-the Switch) and Paul Butterfield (ex-Red Bennies) breached the subject of starting a band together. “It was literally a conversation I had with Paul that went … read more
Sub Rosa
By Kelly Ashkettle [Posted May 4, 2007]
Rebecca Vernon – Guitarist, Vocals Sarah Pendleton – Violin, Backing Vocals Erik LeCroix – Bass, Backup Vocals Bonie Shupe – Drums According to myth, Aphrodite’s son bribed the god of silence with a rose to protect the secrecy of Aphrodite’s love affairs. Thus the rose became a symbol of silence, suspended from the ceiling in … read more