The folks at the Salt Lake-based mobile app developer Fryza plan to bring back the satisfaction of old school video games with their own 8-bit death skating experience: Retro Skate. SLUG spoke with Fryza CTO Mark Price, Chief Cook Jason Brewer and CEO Kevin Flint about the project, which is currently in development for iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Linux, Mac and OUYA. Retro Skate is being funded through Kickstarter, and the campaign ends on December 7th. … read more
Kuss Quartet @ Libby Gardner Hall 11.19
The piece by Janáček, Kreutzer Sonata, was pretty dramatic, with a story line based on Leo Tolstoy’s novella of the same title, which is about an envious lover who murders his adulterous wife. The novella is based on the sonata written by Beethoven, and the height of the story occurs when the husband sees a musical performance of his wife on piano alongside the violinist she’s been shacking up with. … read more
The Devil Makes Three @ The Depot with Jonny Corndawg
The Devil Makes Three’s music is the best kind of bluegrass: raunchy, grizzled, often finger-blisteringly fast, and very, very tight––songs about alcohol, long nights, crackwhores and sinning, all played with an old-timey, string-band rhythm that keeps the feet moving. … read more
Add a Dash of Local Art: November 2012
Each month, SLUG Magazine features a different local artist on the walls of the Whole Foods Trolley Square and Sugar House stores. November’s Add a Dash of Local Art features Stefanie Dykes at Whole Foods Sugar House and Charles Uibel at Whole Foods Trolley Square. We caught up with both Stefanie and Charles to learn more about who they are and what they do. Gain some insight into their world and be sure to stop by the cafe area in both stores to catch their work hanging through November 30 … read more
The Phantom’s Revenge @ Park City Live 11.23 with GOGO BIZKITT
It was Black Friday and there was a lot going on, but what I was most excited for was my chance to see The Phantom’s Revenge again. It had been a while since he graced Salt Lake City. This time, he was joined by a talented ensemble of DJs put together by DAMN SON!, a new record label on the EDM scene. … read more
Beautiful Godzilla: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Bicycles became this representation of youth and freedom from authority that seemed impossible to attain when I was a dependent little kid––and I think that’s what brings some of us back as adults. … read more
The Babies @ Kilby 11.25 with Super 78!, Sariah’s Kiss
I had been looking forward to seeing my friends Sariah’s Kiss play their first show, and I was really excited to hear that they and Super 78! were going to be opening for the Brooklyn indie pop band, The Babies. … read more
Found Footage Festival @ Brewvies 11.29
The Found Footage Festival, which originated in NYC in 2004, is comprised of a nationwide tour of various US cities. They insist that in eight years of the festival, this year’s footage is the most unsettling yet. I believe them. … read more
NOVA Chamber Series: Brahms and the British Imagination @ Libby Gardner 11.18
The night’s concert featured music written by young composers at the beginnings of their careers, which was misunderstood by their contemporary critics, but which have become, over time, respected additions to the cannon. Titled “Brahms and the British Imagination” on the glossy new Nova web page, it was an essay in favor of Brahms, and against Twentieth Century musical narrative. … read more
Black Tusk with Red Fang, Lord Dying @ Urban 11.20
A steady stream of longhairs, hipster girls and middle-aged metalheads filed into the Urban Lounge on a chilly night to be baptized by a maelstrom of bone-shaking riffs from three of the loudest bands currently occupying planet earth: Lord Dying, Black Tusk and Red Fang. All three bands brought an ample supply of merch, including the usual assortment of T-shirts and records, but most eye-catching were the screen-printed posters commemorating this particularly rifftacular tour. … read more
Chocolate/Girl Films Pretty Sweet Review
The time has come, and Pretty Sweet is here! The highly anticipated skate film from director Spike Jones and the Girl /Chocolate Films delivers once again. … read more
ROAD WARRIORS: Meet The Muscle Behind the Vans Warped Tour
FuseTV premieres their new, unscripted series, Warped Roadies, which follows pit reporters, stage managers, and the primary set-up crew responsible for keeping Warped Tour running without a hitch. Check out our interview with the Salt Lake based crew. … read more
