Local music reviews from Audio Treats, Baker Street Blues Band, Bird Eater, Christopher Alvarado, DiseNgaged, Disforia, DulceSky, Intra-Venus & The Cosmonauts, Linus Stubbs, M. Nomized RunAwayBlues, Squash, Strong Words and Version Two.
April 2015 DVD Reviews
DVD reviews for 1066: The Battle For Middle Earth, Doctor Who: Last Christmas, Dungeons & Dragons the Animated Series: Beginnings, Fireball XL5: The Complete Series, Horrible Bosses 2, James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, Marvel Knights: Wolverine Versus Sabretooth: Reborn, A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney, Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Volume XXXII, Regular Show: Mordecai Pack, Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck 5, The Best Of: Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego.
Hex Cabs: Heavy Metal
The duo of Tyler Smith and Gentry Densley are known for bone-shaking performances, melding deafening doom metal with improvisation, brutality with artistry. When you’ve seen, heard and felt Eagle Twin, you’ve probably also seen, heard and felt the unique guitar cabinets flanking Densley and Smith onstage.
Contributor Limelight: Kyle Trammell, aka Tyler Makmell
About a decade ago, Kyle Trammell, a wide-eyed home brewer from Utah’s suburbs, walked into the SLUG HQ with a mission to write about beer. Utah’s craft beer culture was exploding, and no one was covering it.
Homebrew Clubs: ZZ Hops
The Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative Society is the oldest brewing club in Utah, which makes them pretty special when you think of how this state used to be.
Localized: Better Taste Bureau
If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.
Homebrew Clubs: Lauter Day Brewers
I’d brewed with plenty of folks before, but had not envisioned something as large as this. It turns out that Lauter Day Brewers is Utah’s largest homebrew club, with around 60 dues-paying members, which ensures that every one of their events is crowded.
Ned Clayton: Creative Music Electronics with Hex Amps
Initially, before Densley and Smith started Hex Cabs, Clayton says he worked at modifying old amps they’d find. “Gentry was always bringing me crazy, junked amps to try and make something cool out of,” he says. “We would take old Peaveys and weird amps, and gut them and rewire them for his own use. Eventually, we were like, ‘Let’s make our own amps!’”
June 2015 National Music Reviews
Reviews for Agnostic Front, Bedemon, Coliseum, Fucked Up, Guantanamo Baywatch, Hard Left, Leonard Cohen, Obsequiae, Prurient, Sally Dige, Sharon Van Etten, Torres and more.
Sulphur Aeon Open the Gateway to the Antisphere
Sulphur Aeon release their third full-length album, Gateway to the Antisphere, on April 3 with Imperium Productions.
Monument Cabs: Small Beginnings, Big Sounds
Dave Jones and Max Johnson, bandmates in Oldtimer and owners of Monument Cabs, have been friends for over 15 years. They officially started their company just five years ago, but their experience with DIY craftsmanship goes further back than even their friendship.
999 Ride: Chatting with Phill Faber and Nicholas Lotze about Bike Rides and Community
Out on any given Thursday night at 9 p.m.— through rain, sleet or snow—odds are you’ve seen an assortment of cyclists hanging about Coffee Garden at 878 E. 900 S. This large group of two-wheeled miscreants have been gathering here for almost five years with a simple mission.
