Earlier this year, Albino Father released Blanket, and they returned six months later with a far more mature album. The opening track’s intro sounds like it was stolen from a White Stripes album, but the vocal melodies are more reminiscent of the British Invasion. … read more
Review: Nova-111
Nova-111 Funktronic Labs/Curve Studios Reviewed on: PS4 Also on: PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, Mac, PC Street: 8.25.15 The seventh generation of consoles—Xbox 360 and PS3 specifically—re-introduced arcade games to the masses. So many arcade games were released, thanks in large part to XBLA, that the early gaming generations were reminded of the
What’s In The Box?!: Geek Fuel – August 2015
The awesome minds at Geek Fuel shipped us their latest box for the month of August, and we got some awesome goodies inside. … read more
Review: Blues and Bullets: Episode 1
Blues and Bullets: Episode 1 A Crowd of Monsters Reviewed on: PC (exclusive) Street: 07.23 As Blues and Bullets is essentially an interactive pulp novel, it’s easy to compare it to any of the titles in Telltale’s arsenal. However, the game is so well executed that the comparison is only skin deep. Throughout a heavily
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
SLUG Style: Courtney Marriott
Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. … read more
Eat Local Week: Put Some Utah In Your Mouth
Rising from an epic union among several of Utah’s most influential food and educational organizations, Eat Local Week promises to impress the most hardcore of picklers to the most timid of shoppers. Taking place from Sept. 12 to 19 at various venues across Salt Lake City, Eat Local Week is dedicated to showcasing our local
Riot Fest 2015
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
Dungeons & Dragons: Out of the Abyss – Straight Outta Menzoberranzan
Out of the Abyss is more than just a well-crafted adventure, it’s a proving ground for some of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition’s best ideas. … 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
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,
