I sat down with Hardwell just moments after his touchdown in Salt Lake from a show he played a few hours earlier in Vegas, and he introduced himself to me with a chicken wing in one hand and a bucket of KFC on the couch (I feel you, Hardwell). We sat for over half an hour and discussed everything from his music, to his relationship with Tiesto, to what he thinks about the new Kanye album. … read more
Making Nonsense of it All: An Interview with Genral Jackett
“I think I’ve been an artist since I was born,” says multi-media artist and performer Genral Jackett. “I just keep doing it [art]… it’s like an obsession almost.” … read more
The Stones Throw Soul Tour with Peanut Butter Wolf @ Urban Lounge 08.21 with Myron & E., The Stepkids, Dam Funk
Stones Throw founder, Peanut Butter Wolf, took the audience back to 1974 and beyond with some vintage soul tracks paired with live visuals from a projector of the bands’ sets. … read more
Clear @ Bar Deluxe 08.30 with Dismantled, INVDRS, Don’t Trust Anybody
Clear reunited August 30 and 31 to celebrate fallen band mate Mick Morris, who recently died at the age of 35. Salt Lake City’s hardcore family came out en masse to show their support for this very beloved band and the late bassist. … read more
The Rose Exposed Variety Show @ Rose Wagner 08.30
The Rose Exposed is a kickoff party of sorts, designed to celebrate the upcoming seasons of six very local and very talented groups of performing artists. With performances ranging from modern dance to miniature piano concertos, The Rose Exposed offered a little something for everyone. … read more
The Bellfuries Aren’t a Rockabilly Band
Joe Simeone started the Bellfuries in 1998 and began playing rockabilly that would widen the perception of what could be accomplished in the genre. The Bellfuries broke ground by incorporating ‘60s pop melodies with R&B rhythms and soul, all pulled together by great playing and Simeone’s rich vocal abilities. While investigating the many areas of their musical palates, the band solidified their lineup as a four-piece and is now ready to take on the world. … read more
Baroness @ Urban Lounge 08.30
Some bands become defined by tragedy. It would be easy to lump Baroness into that category, but after surviving a disastrous bus crash while touring Europe last year, the band has returned to touring, and with a vengeance. … read more
Project LTC & Stache Vol. 1 Snowboard Movie Premieres @ Spedelli’s 09.01
When’s the best time to party? Easy, it’s Labor Day Weekend. Throw in some cat-lickin’, moustache-ticklin’, pizza-eatin’ and you’re set. Sunday’s premiere at Spedelli’s was the epitome of good friends coming together and super-ultra-pro snowboarding at its peak––but we’ll start with the party. … read more
Fall Contemporary Preview at the UMFA
Under this intellectual canopy lies an exhibition of a diverse collection of prints from the postwar and contemporary moments, entitled Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, and down the hall you’ll find a gender-crushing retrospective of Martha Wilson’s career, among others. No, you aren’t reading about New York City. Rather, this is the fall lineup for Salt Lake’s own humble Utah Museum of Fine Arts. … read more
F Words and Guerrilla Girls
For nearly three decades, since 1985, the Guerrilla Girls have been fighting their damnedest for women of foundational caliber to be seen and heard by women in desperate need of strong, artistic role models. … read more
Uproar Festival 2013: Rockstars and Wannabes 09.02 @ USANA Ampitheater
Typically anchored by fairly recognizable and boring headlining acts like Disturbed or Shinedown, this year those acts consisted of the strange combination of Circa Survive, Coheed & Cambria, Jane’s Addiction and the legendary Alice In Chains – strange mix, but finally compelling enough for me to begrudgingly make it to an Uproar date. Make no mistake, though, I’ve got a lot of generic bullshit to tear apart before we get to the good stuff. … read more
Dead Dog Song, Choreographer’s Dream, Puppeteer’s Nightmare @ Ladies’ Literary Club 09.06
I first saw the nascent dead dog song at loveDANCEmore’s Arrivals/Departures exhibit at the Rio Gallery, where viewers were free to come, watch and leave as they pleased. Anderson has nourished this piece to where it transcends the unicity I saw in the Rio Gallery iteration: She rooted this dance into the Ladies’ Literary Club structure and, once again, has exhibited that dance plays out differently beyond traditional stages. … read more
