Psych Lake City @ The Urban Lounge 06.27 - SLUG Magazine

Psych Lake City presented by SLUG Magazine was held at The Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 27th with Max Pain and the Groovies, The North Valley, Breakers and The Season of the Witch. Photography by Garrett Allen / Garretta

Psych Lake City presented by SLUG Magazine was held at The Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 27th with Max Pain and the Groovies, The North Valley, Breakers and The Season of the Witch.

Photography by Garrett Allen / Garrettallenphotography.com

Read SLUG’s review of the show here.

The Urban Lounge, featuring both local and touring bands, hosted Psych Lake City on June 27 and 28. Photo: Garrett Allen

The Urban Lounge, a popular and well known spot for live music, hosted the headliners for Psych Lake City, Max Pain and the Groovies and the reunion of Spell Talk. Photo: Garrett Allen

Pysch Lake City, presented by SLUG Magazine, packed the Urban Lounge and brought a huge turnout. Photo: Garrett Allen

Though a smaller neighborhood bar, the Urban Lounge has a great set up and once packed, the energy is contagious. Photo: Garrett Allen

Alex Colledge of The Season of the Witch has a powerful voice, while also providing the various percussion sounds for the band. Photo: Garrett Allen

Kassandra Ryan and Alex Colledge both light up as they provide the thumping bass on a rarely seen on-stage orchestral bass drum. Photo: Garrett Allen

Glancing up over his glasses, Lonnie Blandton masterfully pushes the music along on his semi-hollow bass guitar. Photo: Garrett Allen

Dylan Roe, front man of The Season of the Witch, is decked out in a jacket very reminiscent of one that Jimi Hendrix often donned. Photo: Garrett Allen

Phillip Shaughnessy and Charlie Padilla, winner of a recent SLUG Magazine contest, pose for a quick picture. Both are very familiar with the bands and have known many of the musicians from before they made up the bands playing that night. Photo: Garrett Allen

Brooks Hall and Andrew Milne start of the Breakers set with an energy rivaled by few. Photo: Garrett Allen

The “PARTY” light quickly is utilized by Andrew Milne, giving the rowdy crowd another reason to go nuts. Photo: Garrett Allen

Brooks Hall, guitarist for The Breakers, pushes his guitar out mid-solo, a preview of the riotous style that continuous throughout the set. Photo: Garrett Allen

The front of the crowd, lined with leather clad females, thrashes to the energetic set. Photo: Garrett Allen

Jokes being told by members of the crowd are just one of the many spur of the moment additions to the Breakers’ set. Photo: Garrett Allen

Aaron Wilkinson thrashing on his set, provides the driving energy that fuels the fire of the Breakers’ music. Photo: Garrett Allen

The crowd’s enthusiasm matched the band, giving the raw rock and roll feeling that took over the Urban Lounge. Photo: Garrett Allen

Brooks Hall continues to shred his high intensity guitar playing even while hanging his head off the stage and laying on his back, much to the crowd’s approval. Photo: Garrett Allen

The hair thrashing Andrew Milne doesn’t miss a beat as he jumps around the stage. Photo: Garrett Allen

Spenny Relyea knocks out solo after solo, the crowd urging him on. Photo: Garrett Allen

Spenny Relyea run over to growl at the camera while Jon Butler, seemingly lost in his music, continues to lay down some brilliant guitar riffs. Photo: Garrett Allen

Shane Preece of Max Pain and the Groovies rocks out the front of the stage, while David Johnson jumps on the keys to change things up a bit. Photo: Garrett Allen

David Johnson is almost seducing the microphone as his lyrics emanate above the music. Photo: Garrett Allen

Holding nothing back, Shane Preece shreds on his telecaster, his love of what he does cast on his face the entire set. Photo: Garrett Allen

Max Pain and the Groovies continues the high energy of all the bands before, letting no one down as the headliner of the night. Photo: Garrett Allen

For their final song of the night, David has the whole crowd excited, leaving no room for disappointment as they close out the first night of Psych Lake City. Photo: Garrett Allen

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