“If you plan on dragging me through this sandstorm and then back in here, I’d better be wasted,” one grumpy festival-goer asserted, hands on hips with a bandana pulled up almost above her eyes. This, in a nutshell, is what became of the aspirational “Celebration of Consciousness” that was alleged to be the new-and-improved Desert Rocks of 2012. … read more
Delightful Aggression: Stephen Brown Dance Performs Of Meat and Marrow
The SB Dance Company, in its recent production Of Meat & Marrow, once again tested the limits of regional contemporary dance. The show ran from June 15 – 17, in the Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre. … read more
HVDD’s Molly Morbids Host Junction City B-Train 06.16
Junction City built a strong defense from the start, relying on starting jammer Pickle’s speed and agility to get through the pack unassisted, and letting blockers focus on HVDD’s Cookie. Suddenly, I was hungry. … read more
Electric Daisy Carnival: The Party Continues
From June 8-10, I attended one of the biggest electronic music festivals in the world—Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. I’m still trying to process everything that happened in those three days. … read more
John Ross Boyce and His Troubles @ Kilby Court 06.12
As a former resident of the area, I empathize with the folks that live down in Utah County. The community has an overbearing influence from BYU and can, at times, become pretty annoying. Luckily that town has a thriving music scene for folks to find an outlet to release frustrations, and bands like John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles express the woes of life in a counter-religious way, providing tunes for all the troubled kids that may find themselves in deadbeat Provo. … read more
This Will Destroy You @ Urban 06.14
The band sets up quickly, and we all congregate to the front of the stage. Without a word, Jeremy Galindo (guitar, effects), Chris King (guitar), Alex Bhore (drums) and Donovan Jones (bass) begin to play their heavy, otherworldly brand of ambient noise-rock. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Crucial Fest Preview
This week, we have a quick preview of Crucial Fest, the local music festival that kicked off last night and runs through this weekend and next. With dozens of local and national bands of multiple genres playing at various venues throughout Salt Lake, it is truly an exciting event for our city. Also included are reviews of Homewrecker, Lord Mantis and Pleasant Living, and this week’s metal happenings. … read more
Daughters of Mudson
For the past three years, the works-in-progress series Mudson—modeled after the Judson series in New York—has been taking place at the Masonic Temple. This year, Ashley Anderson, director of Ashley Anderson Dances and host of loveDANCEmore, and curator Ishmael Houston-Jones asked five choreographers to complete their previous works-in-progress Mudson pieces and come together for the first ever Daughters of Mudson performance. … read more
Dave Borba: Dogs, Devils and Da Vinci @ Utah Arts Fest
From the minute that I set foot inside Utah artist Dave Borba’s booth at this year’s Arts Festival, I was transported into a vaudevillian carnival populated by terriers wearing cowboy hats, devils dressed like 1950’s hoodlums, and a flock of hearts that have sprouted wings. … read more
Milo Skate Comp @ South Jordan Skate Park 06.16
Little groms like Josh Roland were killing it, doing little front side airs, but when the big guys stepped up to the plate, the bowl got destroyed. … read more
Natalie Wall & Kellie Murphy: Viva Revoluccia! @ Utah Arts Fest
Natalie Wall and Kellie Murphy of Revoluccia are around to provide handcrafted leather bags and accessories that will be sure to show your artistic side while leaving your reputation intact. SLUG had a chance to talk to these two talented ladies about life, leather and staying inspired despite all the haters out there. … read more
Fred Conlon: Garden Art That Doesn’t Suck @ Utah Arts Fest
I’m staring at a seven-foot tall skeleton with four arms. Fred Conlon, the mad scientist behind this towering creation has a gift for turning discarded tools, military helmets and scrap metal into garden art for those who are tired of plastic gnomes and pink flamingos. … read more
