Review: Bravest Warriors: Volume 5

Bravest Warriors: Volume 5 Writers: Jason Johnson, Breehn Burns Artist: Mike Holmes KaBOOM! Street: 08.19 In this volume of Bravest Warriors they crash land on a tropical island, butter-skate their way into millions of people’s hearts, ride a space worm through the galaxy and crash a party of talking hamsters. Yes, this graphic novel is

Riot Fest 2015

Iggy Pop @ Riot Fest 2015. Photo: Jason Gold

Arriving at Riot Fest 2015 in Denver, I can’t appreciate the certain irony of the “death before shorts” mantra that I live by. It’s hot as hell, and living by that code may, in fact, be the end of me. … read more

Local Reviews: Cannons/Maraloka

With members having done some time in Parallax, God’s Revolver and a host of others, local boys Maraloka play down-tuned, sludgy heavy metal that’s as kaleidoscopic as it is leaden (which dorky bloggers will probably call “mathy”). Think ’90s ‘core after straight edge and the vegan apocalypse, or maybe Coalesce and early Converge, heavy on groove and light on shrieking. … read more

Mudson Leaps Into Its Fifth Anniversary Season

During Mudson’s final installation at the Masonic Temple, Breeanne Saxton—currently a guest dancer for Ririe-Woodbury through the fall season—performed an in-progress work that dealt with processing a death in her family. By the end of the piece, Saxton folded up small but precious objects into a towel and smashed them. The piece was well received:

Localized: Temples and The Salt, The Sea and The Sun God

Temples photo

This month’s Localized features the spastic math-pop of Provo’s The Salt, The Sea, and The Sun God, headliner Temples’ sprawling post-rock, and openers Tavaputs. If you have a taste for the slightly obtuse or like to get lost in a wave of sonic overload, then this one is probably for you. The show is Thursday,