Eli Morrison – Guitar, Vocals Jeremy Smith – Guitar Charlie Lewis – Drums Shane Asbridge – Bass Jesse Winters – Electric Piano, Synth Eli Morrison and his band, The Wolfs, have been yelping, snarling and howling their brand of experimental rock n’ roll for almost 10 years. Morrison, vocalist for The Wolfs, and guitarist Jeremy
Kyrbir – Vocals Eli Morison – Guitar James Acton – Drums Jesse Winters – Keyboards Darren Hutchinson – BassPrior to sitting down with Purr Bats front man, Kyrbir, I knew the name Purr Bats and I knew I had seen them play live at least once, but I was drawing blanks when we shook hands
SLUG asked me to interview Ryan Jensen. I’ve known Ryan a long time. My old band, The Fucktards, used to play with his old band, The Corleones. We stopped playing shows together because one night Ryan tried to kill me. Terrence managed to intervene that night so I wouldn’t die, but then Ryan and I
Gentry Blackburn graduated from the University of Utah in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Her first solo show, Frosty Darling, was held at the Downtown Library in the spring of 2005. The show was primarily oil on canvas paintings with a few suitcases painted with acrylics. On March 2, 2007, she opened
Sri Whipple, international man of mystery has many personas in the art world. A fine artist, cartoonist and print-maker, his talents and subject matter cover a wide spectrum. “As a kid I wanted to paint like the Renaissance painters, clean and classical, but I am influenced by music and comics,” says Whipple, “I consider myself
Trent Call’s work looks like something we might see if we put an entire metropolis under a microscope and start taking pictures. Urban texts, unforgettable faces, social debris and a miscellany of textures collide in time with incredibly controlled execution. Call employs everything from oils, spray paints, computers, pencils, acrylic and collage to realize his
Sesame Street helped teach me my ABC’s, and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller television series sparked my imagination—it’s a one of the main reasons I love to read—so obviously this collection piqued my interest. … read more
The work of painter Fletcher Booth forces the viewer to stand back. In an array of larger-than-life studies depicting cops, bikers, bouncers and marines (figures which Booth just calls “men”). Booth reveals himself as a natural draughtsman who has no fear of occasionally sacrificing his impressive skills. He is ready and willing to disfigure his
I’m going to start out by saying that I think this comic is best suited for a younger audience, having said that, I will give my best review for Steven Universe. … read more
Chopper – Gemini, Vocals Paul Butterfield – Libra, Bass Dave Styer – Aquarius, Bass Dave Bogart – Gemini, Drums Blackhole started in the summer of 2005 when Dave Styer (ex-the Switch) and Paul Butterfield (ex-Red Bennies) breached the subject of starting a band together. “It was literally a conversation I had with Paul that went
Rebecca Vernon – Guitarist, Vocals Sarah Pendleton – Violin, Backing Vocals Erik LeCroix – Bass, Backup Vocals Bonie Shupe – Drums According to myth, Aphrodite’s son bribed the god of silence with a rose to protect the secrecy of Aphrodite’s love affairs. Thus the rose became a symbol of silence, suspended from the ceiling in
In the end, Rucka illustrates a message that sometimes we need to have faith in those we care about. Stumptown’s definitely worth a read. … read more
