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Oceano’s Adam Warren Embraces Chaos

Posted on October 7, 2024 (October 7, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Oceano performs under pink lighting at Metro Music Hall.

Gifted lyricist and proficient vocalist Adam Warren chatted with SLUG Magazine post-set, accomplishing a successful gig and turnout. … read more

Posted in: Music, Music InterviewsTagged: Adam Warren, Deathcore, metal, Metalcore, Metro Music Hall, Oceano, Slipknot

Local Review: Head Portals – A Lesson In Object Permanence

Posted on October 7, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Head Portals borrows from the whirlpool of 2000s alt-rock, taking many of the sounds of the era and executing them effortlessly and with their own flair. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Head Portals, Modest Mouse, Title Fight, Wilco

Film Review: Tower of Terror

Posted on October 7, 2024 (October 7, 2024) by Angela Garcia
Kirsten Dunst and teve Guttenburg standing in front of an open book looking at the camera

Tower of Terror as a whole is less of an original property and more of a two-hour-long theme park commercial. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Amzie Strickland, Kirsten Dunst, Rod Serling, Steve Guttenberg, Tower of Terror

Film Review: Monster Summer

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

Monster Summer has far too many strengths to write off entirely and far too many weaknesses to give it too much of a pass. … read more

Posted in: Arts, Film ReviewsTagged: Abby James Witherspoon, Bryan Schulz, Cornelius Uliano, David Henrie, Julian Lerner, Kevin James, Lorraine Bracco, Mason Thames, Mel Gibson, Monster Summer, Noah Cottrell

Anti-Protagonists and Anti-Detectives in Michael Farfel’s Glossy Eyed, Buzzy Fly

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

Glossy Eyed, Buzzy Fly continually asks its readers to transgress their own bodies from our world into an ever-layered realm of strange realities. … read more

Posted in: Book Reviews, CommunityTagged: Buzzy Fly, Glossy-Eyed, Michael Farfel

Film Review: A Different Man

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

A Different Man is an absorbing and interesting film that didn’t completely satisfy me, losing its way in the final section as it tries for too much without a clear idea of why it’s doing so. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: A Different Man, Aaron Shimberg, Adam Pearson, Charlie Kaufman, David Lynch, Grand Motel Films, Killer Films, Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan

Film Review: Joker: Folie à Deux

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

Joker: Folie à Deux is an unmitigated disaster that not only isn’t going to leave anyone wanting more, it irrevocably takes the luster off its seriously flawed yet strangely interesting predecessor. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film Reviews

Local Review: Hoppy – Little While

Posted on October 4, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Soothing and syrupy, Hoppy on Little While is the perfect crowd-pleaser to throw on at a party or unwind with after a long day. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Colt Hopkins, Harry Styles, Hoppy, John Mayer, Little While

Confusion is Canon: My Experience at Salt Lake’s FanX 2024

Posted on October 3, 2024 (October 4, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Crowds of people at 2024 The Salt Lake FanX Comic and Pop Culture Convention.

The Salt Lake FanX Comic & Pop Culture Convention has ripped a crack in the wall through time and space once again. … read more

Posted in: CommunityTagged: Alton Barnhart, comics, Convention, cosplay, Fandom, FanX, Pop Culture

Russel Albert Daniels’ “Wild Roses” Brings Visibility to Indigenous Communities

Posted on October 3, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Photography Russel Albert Daniels stands in front of a photograph of horses.

Daniels’ exhibition, “Wild Roses,” is a confluence of his past, identity and place. … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Indigenous, Material Art Gallery, Photography, Russel Albert Daniels, Southwest, Wild Roses

Griff: Vertigo World Tour @ The Depot 09.30

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Asha Pruitt
Griff bares all on stage at The Depot. Photo: Derek Brad.

The concert was a journey through Griff’s musical evolution, marked by its climax in the acoustic set—a moment where music, artist and audience became one. … read more

Posted in: Concert, MusicTagged: Derek Brad, Griff, indie music, live music, pop, singer songwriter, The Depot, Vertigo

Film Review: White Bird

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

White Bird is a schmaltzy pop melodrama that is made with enough skill and features enough positive messages about empathy. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Ariella Glaser, Bryce Gheisar, Gloria Stuart, Helen Mirren, Jo Stone-Fewings, Kingdom Story Company, marc forster, Matthias Koenigswieser, Orlando Schwerdt, Participant, R.J. Palacio, Thomas Newman, White Bird
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