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The English Beat @ The Depot 02.26 with Insatiable

Posted on March 5, 2014 (May 18, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

The English Beat’s arrival onstage provoked considerable excitement. Wasting no time, they blasted out “Rough Rider,” “Twist and Crawl” and “Hands Off She’s Mine”—thoroughly enjoyable with a nice beat, the folks to the right and left of me swayed and twisted. During this I tried managing a combination of dancing, snapping some pictures and avoiding getting my nose smashed by the back of some wanker’s head. Such juggling acts are not feasible for long periods of time. … read more

Skinny Puppy @ Lo-Fi Cafe 02.26 with Army of the Universe

Posted on March 5, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Outside the Lo-Fi Café there was a line to end all lines. Skinny Puppy and Army of the Universe were about hold a crowd in their hand before they crushed them with pulsating industrial rock … read more

Pentagram @ Club Sound 03.01 with Merlin’s Beard, Kings Destroy, Radio Moscow

Posted on March 5, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Seeing “old” bands is always a double-edged sword. On one hand, dusting off old tunes for a festival crowd or quick reunion circuit can equal big dollar signs at the ticket office, but lackluster performances from old heroes well past their prime can quickly sour that magic. I guess that’s what made this all the better. Pentagram never really had a prime to grow out of. … read more

Russian Circles @ Urban Lounge 03.02 w/ KEN mode, Inter Arma

Posted on March 5, 2014 (September 15, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

On drums for Inter Arma, T.J Childers' amazing power.

Russian Circles’ tones, tempos and rhythms rise and fall, fold and buckle, tear and crumble, melt and congeal, in the way that mineral processes sculpt the land. The spectacle is orderly, rational, frequently beautiful, and spatially and temporally grand. … read more

Lake Island @ Muse Music Cafe 03.01 with Coral Bones, Kyle Henderson (of Desert Noises)

Posted on March 5, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

It was a damp, mild Saturday night—nice enough not to have to wear a coat, dry enough not to really notice. I was heading to Muse, the other music venue on University Avenue, to check out Coral Bones—whose album, Youthemism was my favorite local release of last year. … read more

Annie, Get Your Skates: JCRD Saddle Up for the Wild West Showdown 03.01

Posted on March 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Junction City’s travel team was up in Bremerton, Wash. to take part in the Wild West Showdown, an annual three-day derby brawl with leagues from all over the nation hosted by the Slaughter County Roller Vixens. … read more

Movie Review: 300 – Rise of an Empire

Posted on March 7, 2014 (August 10, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Sullivan Stapleton in 300: Rise of an Empire

Eight years after the release of Zack Snyder’s 300 (or as my friend calls it, “Eighteen-hundred Abs”), director Noam Murro has made a prequel/sequel/equal to the franchise that explores characters’ origins, parallel storylines and events that take place after the Spartans’ bloodbath. … read more

SXSW Film Festival: The Infinite Man

Posted on March 9, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Director Hugh Sullivan leads this awkward yet charming tale of jealousy and redemption with a delightful cast of characters. McConville is provided with the entertaining opportunity to portray a love-starved mess to a conniving mastermind as his versions compete against one another. … read more

God Module @ Area 51 03.06 with The Witch Was Right, Mordacious, DJ Starbass

Posted on March 10, 2014 (December 6, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Jasyn Bangert of God Module performing live music.

The members of Mordacious joined a horrifying, hooded man in a mask that looked as if his face was falling off. The room began to fill with tiny lights from phones and many tried to capture the evil that was taking place onstage.The mask was removed, revealing God Module front man Jaysn Bangert exposing his even more devious facial expressions. At that moment it became obvious who had brought the larger-than-average turnout. … read more

SXSW Film Festival: Sequoia

Posted on March 10, 2014 (August 22, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Still of Aly Michalka and Dustin Milligan in Sequoia

Andy Landen’s Sequoia, while suffering from some problems with clichéd characters—its cast looks like a mix of privileged if troubled film students and out-of-work soap stars—actually takes some serious risks in terms of subject matter. … read more

SXSW Film Festival: Thank You a Lot

Posted on March 10, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Texan director Matt Muir’s Thank You a Lot is the sort of film you find yourself watching late at night in a hotel room in the middle of Idaho or Nevada. For some reason, you never manage to change the channel. … read more

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ The State Room 03.07 with Chad Valley

Posted on March 10, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. snuck onstage, and the audience barely had a chance to clap. It seemed almost intentional as they quickly went into songs, almost like they wanted to catch the audience off guard. The audience battled back though, and 30 of Salt Lake’s finest rhythm specialists took to the floor. Jr. Jr. bopped and jumped and Salt Lake City shook and waved. … read more