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Local Reviews: Syqnys

Posted on April 16, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Syqnys | CandyCap Rap | KA Productions

Syqnys = Immortal Technique + From First to Last + Eminem … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews

Modest Mouse @ The Complex 06.05 with Morning Teleportation

Posted on June 8, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Modest Mouse. Photo: Ben Moon

As usual, I was floored by what Modest Mouse brought to a live performance: richly layered sounds, Isaac Brock’s penetrating delivery and a crowd that is more than appreciative of all of those nuances. … read more

Posted in: Show ReviewsTagged: Modest Mouse, Morning Teleportation, The Complex

Movie Review: It Comes At Night

Posted on June 8, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
It Comes At Night | A24 | 2017

It Comes at Night is a solid, tightly wound thriller that can’t help but find itself in the same post-apocalyptic pool as The Walking Dead—the deep end of that pool, anyway. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: A24, Trey Edward Shults

Samantha Fish at the Utah Blues Festival

Posted on June 6, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Photo courtesy of Samantha Fish

The charming and ever-talented Samantha Fish, who just released her album Chills & Fever in March, will steal your heart and convert you into a blues lover after her live performance at this year’s Utah Blues Festival. … read more

Posted in: Music Festival CoverageTagged: Gallivan Center, Samantha Fish, Utah Blues Festival

Walking Contradiction: Justin Townes Earle

Posted on June 5, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Photo courtesy of Justin Townes Earle

There’s an inherent conflict to Justin Townes Earle. He’s often touted as Americana or alt-country, but he’s able to incorporate blues and folk in a very sincere way, while still keeping himself as a through line in each song. … read more

Posted in: Music Interviews

Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Cock Sparrer at Punk Rock Bowling 2017. Photo: Tyson Heder

Punk Rock Bowling: where everyone is decked out in studs, leather and bristles. Here they come to congregate for a weekend of music-inspired debauchery. … read more

Posted in: Music Festival CoverageTagged: Bad Religion, Choking Victim, Cock Sparrer, Discharge, FIDLAR, Iggy Pop, OFF!, Punk Rock Bowling, The Adicts, The Dickies, The Interrupters, The Spits

Utah, These Beers are 100% You: Slug Mag On Tap

Posted on June 1, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L-R) Kevin Crompton of Epic Brewing, John Ford and Angela H. Brown of SLUG Magazine, Scott Davis of Moab Brewery, Rio Connelly of Proper Brewing, and Jaron Anderson, Shantel Stoff and Kevin Templin of Red Rock Brewing Co. Photo: @clancycoop.

Year after year, the Beer Issue has become a typed-out map of Utah’s burgeoning landscape of craft beer. It is by this 10th Annual Beer Issue that we bring you the first 100-percent Utah-brewed craft beer festival: SLUG Mag On Tap. … read more

Posted in: Art, Brewstillery, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: SLUG Mag On Tap

The Brewster Ruling Roosters: Jacquie King Wright

Posted on June 1, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Jacquie King Wright rules the roost at the 25th Street brewery and looks forward to being more involved at the Layton location as the company grows. Photo: Talyn Sherer

Roosters Brewing Co.’s most cutting-edge move just might be when they promoted Jacquie King Wright to the 25th Street Head Brewer position. … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Jacquie King Wright, Roosters 25th Street Brewing Co.

SaltFire Brewing Co.: The Brewery Built from the Bottle Up

Posted on June 1, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
SaltFire Brewing Co. Owner and Founder Ryan Miller cultivated the four-head, manual, counter-pressure bottle-filling machine to start SaltFire in the black. Photo: Andy Fitzgerrell.

Ryan Miller, Owner and Founder of SaltFire Brewing Co., was an avid home-brewer for most of his adult life and is now building his brewery from the bottle up with SaltFire’s bottle-filling machine. … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Saltfire Brewing Co.

Vernal Brewing Company: From the Dinosaur Tail to the India Pale Ale

Posted on June 1, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
With delicious brews, a farm-to-table gastropub menu and an excellent team, Owner Ginger Bowden makes clear that Vernal Brewing Company is a must-visit in Vernal, Utah. Photos by Chris & Sylvia Hollands.

With delicious brews, a farm-to-table gastropub menu and an excellent team, Owner Ginger Bowden makes clear that Vernal Brewing Company is a must-visit in Vernal, Utah … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Vernal Brewing Company

Local Reviews: AM Revelator

Posted on April 16, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
AM Revelator | Self-Titled | Self-Released

AM Revelator = Queens of the Stone Age + Angus Khan … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews

Local Reviews: Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse/Perception

Posted on April 16, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse Perception | :Split: | Dungeon Recordings/Backscatter

Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse Perception = Front Line Assembly (pre-Millenium) + Velvet Acid Christ + Bile + Hocicio … read more

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