slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 22• Issue #276 • Dec. 2011 • slugmag.com Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Marketing Coordinator: Editor: Angela H. Brown Karamea Puriri Managing Editor: Marketing: Ischa Buchanan, Jeanette Jeanette D. Moses D. Moses, Stephanie Buschardt, Giselle Contributing Editor: Ricky Vigil Vickery, Veg Vollum, Emily Burkhart, Ra- Editorial Assistant: Esther Meroño chel Roller, Jeremy Riley, Sabrina Costello, Office Coordinator: Gavin Sheehan Taylor Hunsaker, Tom Espinoza, Grason Metal Coordinator: Bryer Wharton Roylance, Kristina Sandi, Brooklyn Ottens, Copy Editing Team: Jeanette D. Moses, Angella Lucisano Rebecca Vernon, Ricky Vigil, Esther Social Networking Coordinator: Meroño, Liz Phillips, Katie Panzer, Rio Grason Roylance Connelly, Alexander Ortega, Mary Enge, Distribution Manager: Eric Granato Cody Kirkland, Hannah Christian, Johna- Distro: Eric Granato, Tommy Dolph, Tony than Ford, Eleanor Scholz Bassett, Joe Jewkes, Katie Panzer, Nancy Cover Illustration: Ryan Worwood Burkhart, Joyce Bennett, Adam Okeefe, Ryan Worwood, Jennifer Quintana, John Lead Designer: Joshua Joye Ford, Dave Brewer Eric Sapp Design Team: Senior Staff Writers: Mike Brown, Mariah Design Interns: Jeremy Riley, Mann-Mellus, James Orme, Lance Saun- Chris Swainston ders, Jeanette D. Moses, Bryer Wharton, Ad Designers: Kent Farrington, Sumerset Peter Fryer, James Bennett, Ricky Vigil, Bivens, Christian Broadbent, Kelli Tomp- Gavin Hoffman, Jon Robertson, Esther kins, Maggie Poulton, Eric Sapp, Brad Meroño, Rebecca Vernon, Ross Solomon, Barker, Lindsey Morris, Paden Bischoff, Chris Swainston, Sam Milianta, Jimmy Maggie Zukowski, Thy Doan Martin, Ben Trentelman, JP, Tyler Makmell, Website Design: Kate O’Connor Princess Kennedy, Sean Zimmerman Wall, Jeremy Riley, Office Interns: Cody Hudson Kia McGinnis, Liz Lopez Monkeys with Computers: Brian Kubarycz, Eric Hess, Rio Connelly, Illustrators: Manuel Aguilar, Ryan Courtney Blair, Elliot Secrist, Dean O. Perkins, Phil Cannon, Benji Pierson, Hillis, Jemie Sprankle, Jessie Wood, Chris Maggie Zukowski, Sean Hennefer, Robin Proctor, Some Cop Dude, Andrew Roy, Banks, Timm Paxton Alexander Ortega, Kyla Grant, Nate Hous- ley, Madelyn Boudreaux, Gavin Sheehan, Photographers: Ruby Johnson, Katie Levi Rounds, Dylan Chadwick, Clayton Panzer, Dave Brewer, Sam Milianta, David Godby, Megan Kennedy, Tom Bennett, Newkirk, Barrett Doran, Adam Heath, Chris Mary Ryder, Mame Wallace, Jason Young, Swainston, Jesse Anderson, John Carlisle, Tom Winkley, Henry Glasheen, Alex Pow, Eric Scott Russell, Chad Kirkland, Melissa Kia McGinnis, Johnny Logan, Lauren Paul, Cohn, Gage Thompson, Megan Kennedy, Kylie Cox, Gregory Gerulat, Westin Porter, Michael Schwartz Paige Snow, Diane Hartford Videographers: Brian Baade, Loren Tyrel, Mary Catrow, Slugger, Andrew SLUG Magazine’s Official Podcast: Schummer, Brock Grossl SoundWaves of The UnderGround Download it for FREE every Monday on Ad Sales: SLUG HQ 801.487.9221 itunes or slugmag.com. Angela Brown: Host: JP [email protected] Producer: Gavin Sheehan Mike Brown: Executive Producer: Angela H. Brown [email protected] Associate Producers: Jeanette D. Moses, Jemie Sprankle Ricky Vigil, Esther Meroño [email protected]

About this Cover: This month’s cover was designed by local aritst Ryan Worwood, aka local hip hop artist Dusk One. In addition to designing SLUG Mag’s rolling papers earlier this year,Worwood slings mags as part of our distro team, was a Craft Lake City artist and performs regularly. Check his music at mindstatemusic.com. DISCLAIMER: SLUG Magazine does not necessarily maintain the same opinions as those found in our articles, interviews or advertisements. If you are easily offended, please do not blame us. We are a carrier for the voice of the people and it is not our fault if you don’t like people. Content is property of SLUG Magazine. Please do not use without permission, or we will hunt you down and make you pay for your sins. Now that’s a promise. Contributor Limelight Cody Kirkland – Copy Editor After Cody Kirkland’s first night of working at SLUG, he joined his fellow copy editors for a “copy editor night out.” Most of the copy editors left early after finishing a beer or two, and what started as a group of six or more dwindled to SLUG’s Managing Editor, a senior copy editor and Kirkland. A typical new employee probably would have come for a beer and quietly gone home. Lucky for us, Kirkland isn’t typical. He stayed until last call, helped his coworkers make friends with some Scottish guys—who were more than happy to buy the poor SLUG employees rounds of drinks—and ended up crashing on a senior copy editor’s couch. This first night taught us a lot about Kirkland. He is fun to be around, has a good sense of humor and is highly responsible—all crucial personality traits for any member of the copy editor team. He also makes really amazing coffee at The Rose Establishment, which is great for getting rid of a lingering hangover from the night before. Kirkland recently started penning CD and book reviews for the mag and we’re excited that, soon, the rest of the world will be exposed to his witty point of view. Check his blog, The Whiskey Sutra, at thewhiskeysutra.tumblr.com for his most recent rants. 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear SLUG, ces who get paid way more than $65 I am absolutely appalled that you would a pop to excrete their breakfast on to let “Princess” Kennedy write such a someone else’s body. Embrace the crude and offensive column in your fringes and realize that what you find October issue. The stories of filth she to be nothing more than “offensive included about herself and others made filth” is others’ bread and butter. me (and I know plenty of others who feel Check Kennedy’s column from Nov. if the same as I do) gag and immediately you are looking for a more whole- put down the magazine. I’m all about some and motherly tranny. free speech and wouldn’t want to live in a world that was censored, but there has Dear Dickheads, to be a line drawn somewhere. I know This morning I was on the train and I the world is filled with horrible people saw a man who was disabled being and they do disgusting things, but I’d harassed by Officer Adamson of the rather those people keep those things UTA Police Transit Authority. The to themselves. I seriously want to throw person had a verifiable ticket, I know up all over SLUG right now just thinking cause I am the operator of the train. It about it. And sorry, Princess Kennedy, really chaps my Red Irish Ass when but I don’t think true royalty poops on people do that to people with disabili- their date, no matter how much gold they ties. This guy is a paraolympian and get in return. he was being kicked around by the cops, and publicly humiliated. We are Sincerely, signing a petition and we are Grossed Out going global. -Ty

Dear Grossed Out, Dear Ty, Human beings are disgusting, I recommend spamming the fuck out wretched creatures. We may function of UTA’s Facebook (facebook.com/ at a higher brain level than some of rideUTA) and Twitter (twitter.com/ our furrier mammal counterparts, rideUTA). Create a Facebook group but when it comes right down to it, dedicated to raising awareness of we are no better than the dog that Adamson’s actions and invite every- licks its ass, or the monkey that flings one you know, as well as the people its poo. Our bodies are fleshy, our posting on UTA’s Facebook page. I’m innards are foul and the old man who not hating on UTA here, but now that courted Kennedy with that weekly it’s so easy to hold organizations like delicious steak dinner doesn’t have UTA accountable for their actions via as crude of a fetish as you might social media, stuff like this can’t be think. Seriously—there are dominatri- swept under the rug.

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certainly living up to Warsop’s stated goal. The Admittedly, the band is Warsop’s brainchild. “He Suedehead is essentially an all-star lineup is the musical mastermind behind the band,” says of musicians who have come together to Bradley. The band has many different influences, Rhythm create somewhat of a perfect hybrid of but the ones that stand out are the late ‘70s and punk, pub rock and good old Motown early ‘80s English mod/power-pop bands like The and grooves. In addition to Warsop, the band Jam, Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello, but the is comprised of Chris Bradley—a Utah music also belies a real element of ‘60s soul and ex-patriot who played in diverse bands Motown. Add to that a definite pop-punk element— the such as Interstate, Model Citizen and similar to early Stranglers stuff—and you start to Qaango before moving to California in the get somewhat of a feel for what Suedehead is all late ‘90s—Korey Horn (The Aggrolites, about. “It’s tight, but it ain’t too slick,” says Bradley. Groove Hepcat), Greg Kuehn (TSOL, Berlin) and Mike Bisch. Warsop and Bradley met The band’s first four-song EP was released on vinyl Suedehead while working for Hurley, where Warsop with a free digital download card, and on iTunes runs the recording studio and Bradley is in May 2011, and has been followed in the interim currently the Senior Brand Environment with two more four-song EPs, all released in the Designer. Warsop was demoing material same format. “All of the records have been getting in the studio when, in December of 2010, great reviews,” says Bradley. “We’re really stoked he was approached by Mike Ness—yes, that people are digging what we are laying down.” of Social Distortion—who asked to hear The band’s International Soul Rebel Society has said demos. What he heard prompted been filling numerous mail orders weekly, in the Ness to ask Warsop to bring the band U.S. and abroad, and the band considers the together and open shows for Social imprint to be more than simply a label to push their Distortion. “(We) rehearsed six of Davey’s releases. “I.S.R.S. also serves as a sort of fan-

By Gavin Hoffman [email protected] songs and a Joe Jackson cover and club and microphone for all things Suedehead,” says Bradley. “Anyone who buys the records is, in fact, an International Soul Rebel Society member, as they are supporting the next releases by purchasing the current.” As for planned future releases, the band has several things planned. “We are planning a covers EP which we are recording now,” says Bradley. Planned covers include songs from acts such as Fugazi and The Spencer Davis Group—not exactly two bands Photo: D. Bahn Photo: D.

Suedehead plays Kilby Court on Dec. 5

conventional listeners would expect to hear on the same release. “We are a hard working band, man,” says Bradley. “The covers EP will come out sometime in early in 2012, and will be closely followed by a full- length release.” The band also has a goal to make a music video for every song.

Suedehead is gearing up to embark on their first proper U.S. tour— roughly a month long with Social Distortion and Chuck Ragan—and will be headlining their first show in ormed just over a year ago, Southern Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 5 at California’s soul-pop pushers Suedehead Kilby Court, with openers yet to be are all about positivity … and dancing. announced. “The crowd can expect F “Our only real goal is to be productive and a lot of energy, a lot of dancing and try and play good music,” says vocalist/guitarist played a few shows,” says Bradley. “The band had a great time,” says Bradley. “We are Davey Warsop, perhaps best known for his work so much fun that we decided to do it as a real thing, all about having an upbeat, happy time when we with the UK’s Beat Union. “That’s what gets us off. so we started recording within a week of first playing play, and the music is completely reflective of That’s what matters.” If the band’s first three vinyl with Social Distortion, and set some serious goals. that.” Check out the band’s EPs, and get your EPs—released on their own International Soul Within a month, we had the first four song EP off to dancing shoes ready for the Salt Lake date. Rebel Society imprint—are any indication, they are press and the second four song EP halfway done.”

8 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 9 Aside from various side projects like Rotten Heroes. “We’re more of a live band than recording in a similar fashion. Being neighbors with them, he Musicians, a project involving Fisch and DJ artists, which is the goal. We try to portray that live would often head over, plug his guitar in and jam. “I Shanty, more music with the Numbs and a feeling when [we’re] recording,” says Romer. would just try to put something funky together. That music video for the track “Dynamite Punch,” off was it, really,” says Overly. of Kill Screen, Dago’s future in hip hop includes The energy of that live performance has landed a third solo album titled Team Scanners based them opening gigs for artists like Chali 2na, Now a six-piece band, their live shows are even on the 1981 David Cronenberg sci-fi thriller, People Under The Stairs, Del The Funky more energetic and two guitars louder than before. Scanners, in which a man with psychic powers Homosapian, Kool Keith, Zion-I and more. But even with a lot of moving parts, the band claims makes people’s heads explode. “The idea is we’re “People who see us live often give us the the songs come to them easily. “We jam together going to make music that will make your head compliment, ‘You guys look like you’re having a a lot and sometimes Nick and I will get together explode. It’s going to have a lot of heavy beats great fucking time,’ and we are. I hope the crowd is and write little licks and bring it to the band,” says and bass lines,” says Dago. Dago is shooting for having as much fun as us,” says Nevermind. Nevermind. “We make songs fast and sometimes an October 2012 release for Team Scanners, so in wonder if it’s too fast.” the meantime, be sure to familiarize yourself with On stage, Genetics and Nevermind take the helm the fifteen years worth of music that this hip hop of the rapping, often including freestyles in their Scenic Byway’s first album,New Sounds For An Old veteran has put out. shows. During their first few years, Scenic Byway World, was released in 2008 and their sophomore would often invite their friends up to try their hand album, Kinda, Sorta, Pretty, Really, in 2011. As a live at freestyling. “We used to do that at a lot of our band with two albums under their belts, Scenic Scenic Byway first shows. We would play at the Broken Record. Byway is hungry to tour. “We’ve gone to Steamboat Every time we’d play there we’d have all of our Springs, Colo. a few times and Sun Valley, Idaho. Nick Romer – Vocals, Keys, Trumpet homies come on stage and freestyle. Anyone But regardless of how much we’ve been on the Tyler Reese (Nevermind) – Emcee that wanted to come up could,” says Nevermind. road, it’s not enough,” says Genetics. “We need to Dave Richeson (Genetics) – Emcee Romer sings the hooks, as well as plays keys and get on the road more.” Kiel Palmer – Drums trumpet. Palmer is the group’s drummer, giving Wade Smith – Acoustic Guitar him a pivotal role on stage. “I’ve got to be perfect, All Utah natives, Scenic Byway take pride in where Doug Overly – Electric Guitar because Nevermind runs a lot of loops, and they’re from, even though Utah isn’t known by many if I mess up on a loop while playing the drums, for its hip hop. “Being from Utah, we love it. It’s hard Scenic Byway began in 2007 when friends Nick everyone gets off,” says Palmer. to be successful and get noticed, but it just makes Romer, Kyle Palmer, Dave Richeson (aka you work even harder,” says Nevermind. Romer and aka )

Photo: Chad Kirkland Genetics Tyler Reese Nevermind Nevermind met Smith through mutual friends a notes that most of the hip hop coming from Utah got together in high school for a couple of jam year after Scenic Byway was started during a is what they want to hear more of: “I hope that a lot sessions. Lining up gigs and putting out their first chance jam session. “Tyler was making beats—he more of this good, underground hip hop can show album, New Sounds for an Old World, the group used to freestyle and if I was a little bit tipsy then light on the world as opposed to this U92 bullshit.” added guitarists Doug Overly and Wade Smith I would at least try it,” says Smith. “Tyler invited soon after. “Scenic Byway just came out of the me to come up to his house and Nick came over For now, Scenic Byway are doing their part to earth,” says Overly. “I don’t think there was ever a On Self High Five, Dago collaborates with Ebay with his trumpet and we started playing. I had fly their flag and get the word out about their live Localized blueprint on what we wanted to sound like. It was Jamil—who recently worked with Fisch on a this riff going and Nick was like, ‘I like what you’re music showcase. Don’t miss the chance to see kind of just a conglomeration of people coming By Chris Proctor project called Julio Child—Bad Brad Wheeler, playing.’ That ended up being ‘Water of Life.’ After Mark Dago, Scenic Byway and DJ Chase One together playing music.” What sets Scenic Byway [email protected] who lays down a killer harmonica solo, and that, they invited me to the next jam session, and Two play at the Urban Lounge on Fri., Dec. 17 for apart from other hip hop acts is their use of live Lauren Hoyt, who also worked with Fisch for from there I pretty much just stayed and that’s how SLUG’s Localized. On Friday, Dec. 17, head down to the Urban Lounge (21+) to enjoy the lyrical stylings instruments instead of a DJ, putting them in the her project, Dani Lion. The album still features I got started,” says Smith. Overly joined the band of Mark Dago and the live experience of Scenic Byway and DJ Chase One Two. a bit of scratching and sampling, but contains same category as The Roots or Gym Class As always, $5 gets you in. an electronic synth element to it which accents Dago’s personal creative identity. “I like the group element because it’s like getting into a comfy pair of shoes. It’s kind of a canvas, when you approach Mark Dago Hooking up with rock bands like the Red Bennies, it you know what you’re working with,” says Dago. There once was a magical time in hip hop music the Numbs were able to play shows around Utah “I’m not going to say it’s limited, but you know generally referred to as the “Golden Age” when before there were other rap groups to play with. what you’re doing. With [my solo stuff] I’ve got no iconic albums like A Tribe Called Quest’s The Able to fund their first record, Metaphonic, with one else to fall back on.” Low End Theory and Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the revenue from shows, the Numbs were officially Wu-Tang were being played for the first time on a small blip on the map that was the hip hop Kill Screen, Dago’s second solo album, serves cassette and vinyl. Around this same time, a industry in the mid–‘90s. Four full-length Numbs as more of an EP and seems to have shed the group of like-minded high school students from albums and nearly fifteen years later, Dago is now musical elements of the Numbs altogether Provo, Utah were rapping over beats in various embarking on his solo career, collaborating with by going fully robotic. For the album, Fisch clubs around the valley, soon to be known as old friends like Fisch and DJ Shanty to create sampled Nintendo NES sounds and creates the Numbs. Mark Dago was one of the founding a sound much different than what Dago was a soundscape of synth leads and beats that members of that group which consisted of himself, making with the Numbs. “I want to keep doing sound like they were written for an NES video Gunnar McKell, Rooster, Daniel “Fisch” things where I look back and think, ‘That was cool game. “I told Fisch I wanted to do a video game Fischer and DJ Shanty. that time,’ but never do anything that sounds the album. It’s becoming its own little niche and it’s same,” says Dago. interesting what people take to sample. I want “For me it was Run DMC and Public Enemy to take Punchout and make it fresh,” says Dago. and that was it. After that, I decided hip hop was Self High Five came first in October of 2010, and Even the title of the album stems from a popular what I wanted to do,” says Dago. “It’s strange to Kill Screen a year later. The first thing the listener NES game. “There’s a specific level when you get think that one guy in Provo, let alone four or five will notice when comparing Dago’s solo work to far enough in Donkey Kong where the screen just like-minded guys, would get together and start a his work with the Numbs is the night-and-day goes dead and the Mario dude starts going in rap group.” Dago’s rapping style is comparable difference in production and musical styles. Even circles—they call it a kill screen.” to the high-pitched, high-energy rapping style of with their 2011 release, Soulburn, the Numbs still Beastie Boys emcee, Mike D, and is packed maintain the scratch-heavy, funky style of the early Dago also brought Hoyt back for the track “Magic with clever alliterations and a solid lyrical flow. ‘90s, whereas Dago’s first two solo albums move Kingdom,” this time auto-tuning and harmonizing The music the Numbs were making in those early towards an electronic, video game-like style. her voice to add to the albums already electric- years was emblematic of the abstract, funky, This is most likely attributed to his collaboration heavy sound. “She’s one of those people that can bass-heavy rap of the era, and while hip hop was with Fisch, who is known for his highly polished, just come in and nail things. You tell her kind of Photo: Chad Kirkland seen by many as a novelty, Dago and the rest of layered beat construction. what you’re looking for and she walks in and does the Numbs crew couldn’t have been more serious. it,” says Dago. 10 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 11 12 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 13 Gabor Brothers Tempting Italian in Davis County

By James Bennett [email protected]

Later visits gave me the chance to check some of Gabor Brothers’ other offerings. On another server recommendation, and sticking with the Italian theme, we ordered the Pasta Rosa ($14.99). This dish blended the kitchen’s two scratch-made sauces, the super tangy marinara and the buttery alfredo. The two sauces are combined with grilled chicken that has been sautéed with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and garlic. The hearty sauce is then served over penne noodles. We had the kitchen add some spinach to the mix, a request that personalized the dish a bit more and showed how willing the restaurant was to cater to its clientele. The Pasta Rosa was expertly prepared and had a deep and vigorous flavor that could only have come from painstakingly preparing sauces, finely chopping aromatic vegetables and skillfully building individual and collective flavors. It’s the kind of dish you would prepare at

Photo: Katie Panzer Panzer Katie Photo: home if you had the extra time, a fridge full of fresh herbs and an Italian grandmother.

The Pulp Fiction-inspired Royale with Cheese burger goes Another section of the menu is devoted to burgers and sub beyond the trappings of a standard fast food grease bomb. sandwiches. I wanted to go for an Italian Meatball Sub, but when I saw one being delivered to the table across from mine, I knew it was large enough that I wouldn’t be able to finish it on my own. Knowing that it uses the house-made marinara sauce as its base, I don’t even need to try it to know that it is a steal at only $9.99. I went instead for the t takes a lot to get me out of Salt Lake City. I only end deluxe house burger, a 1/3 pound meat creation known up in Davis County on the rare occasion that I miss my affectionately as the Royale with Cheese ($9.49). The Pulp freeway exit. Recently, though, what started off as a Fiction-inspired burger goes beyond the trappings of a Gabor late season trip to a pumpkin patch near Farmington standard fast food grease bomb. Gabor’s Royale is topped I ended up with me cruising Main Street in Layton with sautéed mushrooms, grilled onions, cheese and crisp around lunch time. What I found at Gabor Brothers was nothing bacon. It is served with lettuce, tomato, onions and a pickle Brothers short of mouth-watering, and has left me trying to find other on the side and your choice of batter-dipped seasoned Main Street Grill reasons to end up in Layton for lunch. fries, a house salad or a cup of soup. I almost cannot tell you how great this burger is. The large patty allows the flavor of On the recommendation of our server, we ordered a pizza. the beef to compete with the grilled toppings and the bacon. Though not exclusively a pizza place, it seemed that almost You get a little of each flavor with every bite, and every bite everyone around us was also ordering a pie. We went with the seems better than the last. It is the kind of burger eating 197 N. Main Street, Chicken Alfredo Garlic Pizza. Gabor’s pizzas come in three experience that only ends when nothing is left on the plate sizes and the kitchen is happy to make it with a thinner or thicker and no room is left in your stomach. Even then, you may be crust, depending on your preference. Our standard crust pizza tempted to order another one. It’s that good. Layton came topped with freshly grilled chicken, a thick and creamy alfredo sauce, green and white onions, tomatoes and garlic. I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface at Gabor Brothers. After one bite, it was pretty clear why the pizza is so popular. There are several seafood pasta dishes I still want to try The crust was delicate, yet robust, and the house-made alfredo like the Linguine with Clams and the Shrimp Scampi. Both Mon. & Sat. sauce was as sharp and flavorful as I’ve ever had. The bits of are meticulously prepared in-house and are available for chicken were large enough to stay moist in the oven and small $14.99. There are also more Americanized pasta dishes noon - 9:30 p.m. enough to blend well with the other toppings. The smallest size like lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, and cheese was more than enough to share between two adults and a kid, ravioli. I’ve also heard good things about their mussels Tues. – Fri. and I’m sure the larger sizes could feed an entire army. The appetizer—a pound of mussels steamed in the shell and 1:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. pizzas range in price from $15.99 to $19.99, with a stuffed crust served with a creamy wine butter sauce with sautéed available for an additional $3.99. While waiting for the pizza onions and tomatoes, served with breadsticks ($12.99). to cook, we also ordered some homemade breadsticks. The They also have a large selection of wine, beer and soft Closed Sun. breadsticks were baked fresh to order and smothered with drinks. Truth be told, I wish I lived a lot closer to this place. 801-544-4344 garlic butter, seasonings and parmesan cheese. They came That being said, I think I’ve found a pretty tempting reason with both marinara and alfredo dipping sauces for $6.99 (or a to spend more time in Layton. gaborbrothers.com half order for $4.99). 14 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 15 Resolutions Are for Fat People

By Princess Kennedy [email protected]

Quitting smoking, masturbating, shooting meth, anonymous sex with strangers, beating your children, forgetting people’s names and wearing your sisters undies are all bollocks—resolutions like these are counter productive and I can’t imagine why anyone would build themselves up for such failure. These are all set ups and problems that take a professional to overcome–if you had that kind of will power, you wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place. So, smoke up and slap little Johnny senseless because what’s- his-name stopped selling meth, and you’re fat!

Let’s think of some realistic goals: Traveling more is a good goal, because that can be achieved by a Front Runner to Ogden. Being nice to your fellow human beings could be as simple as cracking a smile. Cultural enhancement maybe? Switch Chinese restaurants or talk to that black guy at work. So far so good! Instead of smoking less, smoke more—it’s way easier, I know—share more—stop covering your mouth when you cough and stop all that post masturbatorial hand-washing. We have quite the list started for you. Now, let’s get one for me.

I admit I have nary a gift for name retention, so instead of working on remembering names, I think I’ll just perfect the already vacant look I naturally have and just walk away when we get to the name exchanging part. This next one will be hard, but I think I’ll switch back to vodka from the whiskey binge I’ve been on in 2011. This one is important: I promise to keep making fools of TSA and to continue flying with baggies of cocaine and weed, proving that they are just looking for bombs AND are not very smart. I won’t get 10 new credit cards and max them out by May 1 in hopes that the Mayans have that whole end of the world thing right, although I really hope so for your sake, because that fat ass in a bikini is the last thing you’ll worry about while some sort of Mexi-Demon is ramming a pitch fork up your pooper with one hand and ripping the still-beating heart from your chest with the other.

These are all hilarious, but there is one thing I do need to “clean up” in my life, one of those “real” resolutions, because I live in a constant state of disarray. The “Princess” in Princess Kennedy is not in any way just a name—I actually fancy myself as being a little more entitled to the finer things in life and, quite frankly, just a bit better than the average Joe. Along with this self-entitlement, I think I should have servants to do such menial tasks for me like dishes and dusting.

Photo: Chad Kirkland Come on, if given the choice to either hang up last weekend’s

Last time Kennedy checked she had somewhere between 200 and 300 pairs of shoes. checked she had somewhere Last time Kennedy costume extravaganza or lay around smoking blunts and watching a British TV series, what would you choose?

I live my life in hyper speed, I am so busy with projects and things that I only pay attention to where I’m going, and leave a path of asn’t NYE 2011 just last month? I need to find a way to make my tranny tornado-like destruction in my wake. Shortly after booking a time more constructive so that I spend less time of the year lolly- trip to New York last summer, I Facebooked the friend I was going to gagging. Oh hey, that’s almost a resolution! I tend not to make stay with and told him to be glad the hurricane was a bust, because resolutions because, quite frankly, they are for quitters and fat hurricane Kennedy was going to blow in with her own FEMA trailer. people, of which I am neither. Those of you who are, please do a Most of this destruction comes from the sheer amount of fashion I favor for those of us that go to the gym regularly. The last thing we own–I have this hideous clothes and shoe shopping habit. I think want is to have to dodge your fat ass and wait for you to finish the at last count, I had somewhere in the range of 200-and-something 15 minutes that you can barely get through on the treadmill–and pairs of shoes (probably closer to 300) that are on a series of don’t come up and ask me how long it took me to get the body four, nine-foot-long shelves on the wall by the head of my bed. My IW have or if I like my Vibram shoes. These are dumb questions, we will laugh at you and the friends are threatening to call Hoarders on me for some intervention, answer is irrelevant. Don’t fool yourself, you won’t be in the gym after February 15 and the diet because as glamorous as it may sound, I am not only the old tranny you resolved to stick to will devolve into washing down chips and Whoppers with Diet Coke and that lives, but will most certainly die, in her shoes. a can of frosting. What you should do is start saving for dialysis and the crane that will have to heave your bed-sore ridden love handles out of the double wide and into a piano box coffin. Wish me luck, Happy New Year!

16 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 17 Boy Scouts!

By Mike Brown The summer when I was 14, I [email protected] talked my mom into sending me twitter: @fuckmikebrown to the National Scout Jamboree that happens every four years in Virginia. The trip was with another Amidst my teenage rebellion years and before troop with different scout leaders. my parents put me in drug rehab, I was a Lucky for us the scoutmasters were member of the classic American institution Catholic and not Mormon. Catholics are of the Boy Scouts of America. Although I slightly more liberal. never achieved the prestigious award of Eagle Scout, I conquered many merit badges and The trip started with us flying into New York and learned how to pitch a tent, both in my scout taking a tour bus over the course of a week to shorts and in the woods. Washington, DC. We stopped in Baltimore and Philadelphia and saw all the famous My journey started as a Cub Scout. No real shit you learn about in your eighth fond memories stand out for me as a young grade American history class. cub, other than the time we were riding with our When you are a teenage boy and den mother, Mrs. Pope, in her minivan and I all you want to do is masturbate, told everyone that I needed to ride in the front a trip like this is kind of lame. seat or I was going to barf. None of the other cubs believed me and I proceeded to fill the van The highlights for me included up with an ocean of vomit that I am still proud of buying a butterfly knife in Phil Cannon Illustration: today. From that point on, I always got the front Chinatown and sneaking it on seat. That was the first of many epic pukes I’ve the plane ride home. Eating had in my life—but this story isn’t about puke. at Hooters was also pretty When I was finally old enough to become a boy good. On the bus ride down scout, I was twelve: young, awkward and proud. to DC, every time we passed At first I took that shit seriously. I camped once a Hooters, we would all erupt, a month for the next two years, learned how to begging our scoutmasters to make a proper tinfoil dinner, and other skills take us there. On the second that carry on with me to this day. Knot tying has to last day of the trip our come in handy for more than one relationship scoutmaster finally said, “Bus I’ve been in over the years. driver—pull over, we’re eating at Hooters tonight.” I know that it is important for teenage boys to have strong male role models in their lives, but I would never volunteer for that scoutmaster bullshit. Teenage boys are total assholes. The Boy Scouts gave Mike Brown a life long great Jerry James was my head scoutmaster. appreciation of boobs and Hooters. To this day, I don’t know how he survived our constant teasing and ridicule.

Jerry would lead us on insane camping, When I was a teenager, I could stare at a chair that a canoeing and backpacking trips in the middle girl had sat in and it would give me a boner, so this was of butt-fuck nowhere. Every time I read a story pretty awesome—except for the fact that the kid I was of a boy scout dying on a camping trip it makes forced to share a tent with got his picture taken with all the me sad for a minute and then I think, “How the waitresses and could not hide his erection. We all called him fuck did no one in troop 750 ever die?” It has “Woody” for the rest of the trip. led me to believe that Jerry was secretly fighting back against our constant ridicule by taking When we arrived home in SLC, all of our parents were at us camping in places where nature could the airport to ask how the trip went. They had paid a lot of inadvertently kill us and he would have a perfect money for us to see the Statue of Liberty, the Declaration of alibi—God’s will. Independence, the Liberty Bell, the Twin Towers and the Washington Monument, but all any of the scouts could During my time in boy scouts, I met a little talk about was how awesome Hooters was. I remember asshole who would eventually become one several Mormon mothers staring down those Catholic of my best adolescent friends, Cody Olsen. scoutmasters with a look of celestial death. Cody was short and not a very good boy scout, but was a catalyst for much of my When I think back now, I regret coming so close to getting teenage rebellion. He showed me how to my Eagle Scout but opting for weed and skateboarding instead. Boy Scouts gave me Hooters and a life long appreciation of smoke cigarettes, how to make a bong out of boobs, but perhaps my biggest accomplishment was making it through the program without getting molested. a 2-liter bottle and got me into skateboarding. I guess I owe him a lot. 18 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 19 One of the most beloved artists in Some criticize Voltaire’s songs for the goth scene over the last two Black Unicorn Confidential: sounding alike. While arguably a decades has been the unusual, symptom of having such a strong, Cuban-born Voltaire. With his first distinctive style both vocally and club hit, “When You’re Evil,” from An Interview with musically, this rings false when you 1998’s The Devil’s Bris, goths got listen to his full repertoire. Early something they desperately needed: CDs featured bouncy songs about an artist with a sense of humor. cannibals, revenge, zombie prostitutes Goths are painted as brooding and and aliens—reminiscent of Tim Burton mopey, which is mostly true when soundtracks—but Voltaire’s music they’re around other people, but explores other territory, too. 2008’s To they perk up when it’s just them, and the Bottom of the Sea was a traditional they often poke fun at themselves. musical, albeit one featuring more Voltaire’s wickedly biting humor pirates, death, devils and evil than your conveyed something that few artists average Rodgers and Hammerstein had managed at the time: He was fare. 2010’s Hate Lives in a Small Town comfortable enough with his goth was his stab at country music. “I spent cred that he could make fun of it. my adult life saying I hate country. I recently realized after rediscovering In 2000, he MC’d the annual net.goth By Madelyn Boudreaux • [email protected] Johnny Cash that I didn’t hate country, gathering, Convergence. The 1,000 I just hate what country has become. attendees learned something else I mused that it might be fun to make about Voltaire: Unlike most of our country songs that could have come out idols, he embraced us openly. While 40 or 50 years ago,” he says. He even most performers treated the event released a CD of kid-friendly songs, as just another festival and hid out in including the child-empowering lullaby their rooms, Voltaire drank with us, “Goodnight, Demonslayer,” written for caroused, danced (to my DJ set!), and his son Mars, who never has to fear spent the weekend as an attendee— monsters under the bed. albeit one who eventually played an amazing set. He also introduced Voltaire’s latest album returns to his the weekend’s surprise guest, goth roots. During planning, Voltaire turned superstar Batwing Candlewax. The to his fans and took requests. “People attendees went home adoring Voltaire. said blues, cabaret, steampunk, heavy Candlewax, although awesome, metal,” he says. When a fan described hadn’t hung out with us. his music as “the audio equivalent of Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side “I am part of the scene. I don’t know of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking what backstage looks like. The party from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter is at the front of the house!” explained of Small Children,” Voltaire found his title Voltaire when I spoke to him before and decided to do everything requested, his Oct. 14 show at Area 51. Gesturing including the title track, “an acoustic with a cigar, he notes that he enjoys cover of a song Iron Maiden forgot to being out on the floor and makes write—metal with acoustic instruments,” himself available to attendees he says. The tour, The Black Unicorn because they “keep me from having Cabaret, with The Hellblinki Sextet to get a real job.” and This Way to the Egress, whose members also support Voltaire, is a It’s hardly true that he doesn’t have a vicious cabaret of gypsy punk, snake-oil real job. One of the hardest working vaudeville and gothic wit. men who ever sported a custom skull-emblazoned sweater, Voltaire He insists that, per his wife, he’s “self- not only plays tours, but also the absorbed,” right before launching into science fiction convention circuit. He a discussion about the Occupy Wall parodies popular sci-fi, like Star Trek, Street protests (“I completely agree to an all-ages audience larger than with their stance … I just sadly don’t he can attract to 21+ clubs, boosting think it’s going to change anything …”). his popularity with the kids. But wait, Despite the fact that he’s gorgeous, there’s more! The 44-year-old is also a intelligent and bitingly funny, what comic book creator, an author and an “I am part of the scene ... The party stands out is his delight in getting to animator who teaches stop-motion, make a living doing what he loves. “I and has made independent films is at the front of the house!“ never expect anyone to like what I do. I and ads for MTV, SyFy and Cartoon write songs I would want to hear. I write Network. He designed a line of vinyl books I would want to read. It always toys based on his not-so-cuddly pleasantly surprises me and boggles teddy bear character (Deady), held my mind when people enjoy what I’ve a recurring role in the AdventureQuest created,” he says. Worlds video game, wrote music for The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and animated SyFy network’s 14-episode When I asked what’s next, he wasn’t sure. Whether it’s the Cuban big Chi-Chian. band voodoo album I hope for or his Oh My Goth! web series, it is certain that it will be appreciated by his “small horde” of fans. His fifth film, Odokuro, voiced by synthpop legend Gary Numan, is currently making the film festival rounds. “I’ve yet to be accepted Visit Voltaire.net to hear his music, see many of his films and stay apprised to Sundance, so I have my fingers crossed that this will be the of future releases. year,” says Voltaire.

20 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 21 pon walking into Game Grid Ar- tracts non-players. “They just pick up the cade’s tight phalanx of flickering guns, because they’re these huge guns arcade screens, I felt like I had that make you feel stepped into a part of the past I’d almost like Rambo.” forgotten. Somewhere between the entic- ing medley of background music, cries Yet competition is still alive and well in of victory and “Game Over” screens, the arcade. “It used to be really big in there was a nostalgic reminder of a time arcades to host big competitions. You when the arcade was still in vogue. It might have heard of the documentary was an age where anyone could step The King of Kong, where it’s all about up to an arcade game and experience competing for the top score.” In fact, something out of the ordinary, whether Pratt discovered Salt Lake City’s com- it was stalking the zombie-haunted halls petitive Street Fighter community when of House of the Dead, throwing down he installed Super Street Fighter IV: with the colorful cast of Street Fighter or Arcade Edition. “We had 60 to 80 people racing a friend in pretty much any vehicle show up, and this being the space that you can imagine. “To me, arcades pro- it is, it filled up really fast. But it stopped vide a different sort of tactile experience, a lot of people, people who just stopped a physical experience,” says Adam to watch people play, because it’s fun to Pratt, who opened the doors to Game watch people who are good at a Grid (located in Valley Fair Mall) in 2008. game play.” “In an arcade, you almost feel like you’re sitting in a racing machine of some kind. Competition and skill aren’t the only Or a tank.” reason to stop by Game Grid, however. Pratt’s wide selection of rare titles fea- Pratt’s enthusiasm for arcade games is tures several exclusive games that can’t infectious, and he is often seen playing a be played anywhere else in the United game alongside one of his regular cus- States, let alone another arcade. Chase tomers. He borrowed the name Game HQ 2, Warlords and Darius Burst: Another Grid from the movie Tron, which he Chronicle are all exclusive to this arcade, explains influenced his desire to own an along with the world-exclusive interactive arcade. “I don’t know if it was just nos- comedy, The Act. talgia or something. I know it wasn’t the greatest movie of all time, but, you know, Pratt and I sat down to play Darius Burst: I loved it.” He idolized the protagonist, Another Chronicle, a sidescrolling shoot- who also owned an arcade. “I thought em-up game whose Chronicle Mode fea- that would be cool. It eventually came tures literally thousands of missions and to a point where I opened [Game Grid] challenges. Many of them require you to in 2008.” round up a few friends and explore its vast universe of battles with giant sea- Though he admitted that in his youth, he creature spaceships. With each success, didn’t go to arcades very frequently, he new levels and features are unlocked for vividly remembers his first arcade experi- everyone who plays afterward, so each ence. “I was about six and at a friend’s personal victory directly affects the ex- birthday party, and wandering around perience of those who play after you. As [the 49th Street Galleria] arcade, which we played, Pratt explained the machine’s was almost pitch black, and trying to find features, and even posted a high score coins. The first game I remember coming after a particularly hard boss fight with a across was Discs of Tron. It mesmerized massive space-faring sea turtle. me as I was standing there. I was like ‘Whoa, this is so cool!’” When Game Grid first opened, it wasn’t the only arcade in the mall, but some- To Pratt, the arcade is a great place to thing about this small, yet surprisingly gain skill at gaming, where new and modern arcade has kept going where inexperienced players can come and others have failed—and it isn’t finished learn from the veterans. “When you’re growing. Pratt intends to expand if he playing with someone who’s really good can find a bigger location, explaining at a game, they’ll give you tips. That’s that his intention is to use sites like Kick- really common on fighters, too, where starter to finance the expensive search. “I Adam Pratt opened the sometimes you’re playing against some- know it’s not a food, water, shelter ne- one who completely smashes you, but cessity that we offer, but it’s always been Game Grid in 2008 after being then that person starts helping you out. I fun to go out, whether by yourself or inspired by the movie Tron: “I like contributing to that,” says Pratt. [with] your friends to just ... play around. don’t know if it was nostalgia We want to be a place where people This isn’t to say that Game Grid is only can feel comfortable hanging out and or something … but you know, for serious gamers. Their most popular enjoying themselves, and get something I loved it.” game, Terminator Salvation, regularly at- unique out of it.”

22 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 23 Photo: Barett Doran Bored, also created a sense of friendly competition F and drove Behind the Zion Curtain to define its own rtain alls sound. “Maybe I was being arrogant in thinking that n Cu Once Aga The Zio in Susan’s show wasn’t good enough at the time, I just thought there was some other stuff that I could play on my show,” Collins says. “But it was good because BRAD COLLINS we had two shows instead of one, and that’s what it was all supposed to be about—we had twice as RETURNS TO much airtime to play some underground stuff that wouldn’t have been played.” Brown’s show went off the air in 1983, but Behind the Zion Curtain soldiered on, phasing out the new wave and ska featured on the show in the early days and moving into the hardcore sound that the show became known for.

While the show was on the air, Collins came into contact with a number of national touring acts and helped to set up shows for them in Salt Lake. In 1983, by Ricky Vigil • [email protected] he booked shows for Legal Weapon and Articles of Faith in Salt Lake, and rather than spending his money on records for himself, Collins opened an account with distributor Rough Trade and started selling records from his apartment. In July of 1984, Collins opened up Raunch Records. “The show In the nascent days of punk rock in the late 1970s, station, KRCL, began airing in December of 1979. was definitely a vehicle for the store. If I hadn’t done a small scene emerged in Salt Lake City. There For the first time, many of the less prominent the radio show, I wouldn’t have started putting on weren’t very many bands forming, and touring voices in Utah’s community were given a public live shows, which created the initial capital for acts didn’t come through town very often, but the platform. Utah’s LGBT population and many ethnic the store,” Collins says. Through the radio show, small scene united over a common disgust towards minorities were featured prominently in KRCL’s Collins exposed his audience to new underground modern rock music. “All of us felt like we couldn’t early programming, and a wide variety of music music, and Raunch provided a place for that same compete with and stuff like that. was showcased on the station—it was the perfect Led Zeppelin audience to own the records for themselves. Maybe that’s why it all started, because there was chance for Salt Lake’s punk community to share such a discrepancy between the average kid and their voice as well. Several months after the station The show continued as Utah’s underground music the rockstar. People were rebelling against this and launched, Collins was approached by KRCL co- scene evolved throughout the ’80s. Touring acts that, but I think a lot of people were fed up with the founder about starting his own Stephen Holbrook came through town more regularly and local bands music industry as a whole,” says , show. “They approached me just because they Brad Collins became more numerous and more talented. As the owner of and host of KRCL’s knew I was buying a bunch of punk and new wave Photo: Katie Panzer Raunch Records scene he helped cultivate grew and began to come Behind the Zion Curtain, which returned to the air records back then. They thought that because my into its own, Collins ended Behind the Zion Curtain in late October after a 20-year hiatus. Collins was dad was a radio guy, I might have an interest in it, but in 1991. “I just got burned out on it. I was doing a one of the kids energized by the emergence of punk that’s the reason that I really didn’t wanna do it at all,” four-hour block, 11-3 a.m. on Saturday nights, and rock, making frequent trips to Cosmic Aeroplane, Collins says. His father, , was Al “Jazzbo” Collins before that I was doing a five-hour block for over a an underground book and record store, to get his a nationally recognized icon in jazz radio, hosting year,” he says. Running Raunch and doing the show hands on all the records that he could. “I got into a successful shows in San Francisco and New York, became too much, but Collins still valued his time Raunch Records owner Brad Collins behind the boards at KRCL lot of weird stuff because there weren’t a whole lot of and even serving as a fill-in host for The Tonight at KRCL and had a hard time giving up the show. records coming out and I had to find my own way,” Show in 1957. Despite his initial reservations, Collins during his freshly resurrected show, Behind the Zion Curtain. “No one at KRCL ever really wants to give up their he says. Collins accumulated an impressive and became a DJ, and Behind the Zion Curtain went on show. There’s always a reason when somebody varied collection, featuring , the air in early 1980. Elvis Costello Devo leaves. Sometimes it’s because you get tired of it and other bands, major label punks Stiff Records or the music gets stale, but most of us have enough the and , and even some “Once I decided to do it, it was gratifying in a lot Buzzcocks The Clash music coming into our lives that we felt like what we new wave and 2-Tone ska. of ways. You get a little ego boost, and I like being do is important there.” closed in 1997 and Collins became absent in Utah’s older than me who’s been listening for a long time, the DJs and we’re acting as mentors to the kids able to talk to people without them talking back,” punk scene. Other record stores and radio shows he’s probably the name that comes up the most we’re playing and supporting on the air. Not a lot of While Utah’s underground music scene was says Collins. Having another punk show on the After relocating several times and weathering a carried on the spirit of Raunch and Behind the Zion often. He’s a legend here at KRCL, so keeping him people are playing local talent—the station could slowly taking form, Utah’s first community radio station, New York transplant Susan Brown’s I’m So changing scene for over a decade, Raunch Records Curtain, but both became legendary parts of Utah’s attached to KRCL just makes sense,” Hamilton be full of local music if they let it.” underground lore. When Raunch Records reopened says. Hamilton modified KRCL’s schedule to make in December 2009, a void left in the Salt Lake punk sure Collins’ show would find a proper timeslot, Collins also approaches his show in a much more scene was filled, but many old-school punk rockers and on Thursday, October 27 at 1 a.m., Behind old-school manner than most of his fellow DJs. “I still longed for the return of Behind The Zion Curtain. The Zion Curtain returned, immediately following take a box of records in, and most people don’t do longstanding metal show Maximum Distortion. that. A lot of people just take in burned CDs or they’ll “I got excited when Brad opened Raunch again, and take their laptop—there’s no spontaneity. I seem to around the time he got his store back is the same The station and the scene have changed a lot since be working really hard compared to those guys,” time I got my job at the radio station,” says Bad Collins originally began the show in 1980, but he’s he says. However, in 2000 Collins sold most of his Brad Wheeler, KRCL’s current weekday afternoon approaching it with the same kind of enthusiasm personal record collection, vastly limiting his music DJ. “I went in there and got advice from Brad about that he had over 30 years ago. His playlists have selection for the show. “I don’t have the collection being a DJ. I tried to get him to be on the board featured well-established (but still underground) that I had before, so that’s been a lot different. What’s at KRCL, and I tried to get him to make a pitch at acts such as Amebix, bands touring through Salt here in the store is my collection, but that really just Radiothon, but he never wanted to do anything, so Lake (he pushed Resistant Culture hard before belongs to the store. I’ve been trying to play stuff that I kinda gave up on him,” Wheeler says. During one their November 16 stop in town) and a surprisingly I personally physically own, but if I stick to that then of Wheeler’s trips to Raunch earlier this year, Collins large number of local artists. “We’re trying to the show would end after three months because I’ll told him that he wanted to go back on the air. “I play as much of the good local stuff as we can— run out of stuff to play.” If the playlists from Collins’ didn’t believe him at first because I’d begged him actually, it doesn’t even matter if they’re good or first few shows back are any indication, though, he so much to do it, but he told me he was serious,” not, I just like the idea of the effort. Sometimes has enough good local stuff, old stuff and new stuff Wheeler says. KRCL interim program director and encouraging the effort will make it into something to keep us all entertained for a while. midday host Ebay Jamil Hamilton took over from greater than the sum of its parts, you never know,” there. “I’ve been around KRCL for a very long time he says. “In a way, it’s all kind of a mentorship Behind the Zion Curtain airs from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Photo: Katie Panzer Photo: Katie Panzer now, and any time I speak with someone a little bit program. The radio station is a mentor to all of every Thursday on KRCL 90.9 FM. 24 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 25 COLD CAVE Cherish the Light Years Matador Street: 04.05 In 2003, if you would’ve told me that the singer from American Nightmare would eventually break edge, move to San Diego, do a metric ton of coke and write dance tunes for Pitchfork kids to off themselves to, I would’ve cried and then moshed you into a traffic median. No lie … but times change, edges dull and we realize that our Livejournal pages amount to little more than incoherent blathering. I’ll say it now: I love this band. Cherish the Light Years plays out like an eighties smorgasbord of forlorn goth poetics, throbbing with dance floor schizophrenia and a glittering coat of synthetic robo-soul. “The Great Pan is Dead” babbles and hisses like soaring psychedelia lost in a darkwave sludge pit, “Icons of Summer” could easily pass for a mainstream radio smash and the To celebrate another year’s end, SLUG bubbling “Confetti” keeps working itself up, bigger and bigger, into handpicked eight writers to spotlight one of full blown twinkling “stuck-in-your-head-for-days” histrionics. Credit their favorite releases of 2011 in an extended Wes Eisold’s woeful bleating, Chris Goady’s swollen production review. Read on for Top Five lists from SLUG’s or the current cultural obsession with all things “retro,” but for an album with this many derivative sonic calling cards, it boasts a contributors and genre-spanning reviews of stunning degree of depth and character, slyly following the leaden artists such as Satan’s Host, Wugazi, Spindrift blueprint of its angular forbearers, plumbing errant depths when and locals The No-Nation Orchestra. necessary, occasionally straying into un-ironic stadium-pop side roads. Digital humanity, icy warmth, shimmering sludge. Echoes of future-past. You see that gaggle of emotionally retarded space goths working each other into corybantic frenzy? That flock of electric sheep crying for their test tube mamas? The brassy timbre Brian Baade – of those melting ice caps? The hysterical sighs of suffocating Videographer planets? Morrissey fronting the Happy Mondays in the heart of 1. Tom Waits – Bad as Me Saturn’s sun? Of course you don’t … not yet. Just keep at it, and 2. The Ettes – Wicked Will don’t stop until “Underworlds USA” becomes your new cocaine- 3. Wye Oak – Civilian marathon anthem, and every Tumblr goon with a Supreme hat 4. Faith – Subject to Change/ Ischa Bee – Writer sells off his American Nightmare reunion ticket. Dorks. First Demo 1. Uncle Scam – Heavy Cream 5. The Ravonettes – Raven in –Dylan Chadwick 2. The Suicycles – the Grave Sex, Drugs, & Death 3. Tori Amos – Night of Hunters Robin Banks – Illustrator 4. Erin Barra – Illusions 1. The Pains Of Being Pure At 5. Jessie J – Who you are Heart – Belong 2. Houseboat – The Thorns Of James Bennett – Writer Life 1. OFF! – First Four EPs on CD 3. Big Eyes – Hard Life 2. Rocket From The Tombs – 4. Shannon And The Clams – Barfly Sleep Talk 3. Man . . . or Astro-Man? – 5. Kissing Party – Wasters Wall Your Weight on the Moon (12” vinyl reissue) Brad Barker – Designer 4. Mike Watt & the Missingmen 1. Anthrax – Worship Music – Hyphenated-Man 2. Amebix – Sonic Mass 5. The Jesus Lizard – CLUB 3. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light 4. The Cars – Move Like This Tom Bennett – Writer 5. The Dwarves – Born Again 1. Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestial Lineage Mama Beatz – Writer 2. Loyal Divide – Bodice Ripper 1. Sebastian – Total 3. Ringo Deathstarr – 2. Nero – Welcome Reality Colour Trip 3. Mr. Oizo – Stade2 4. Young Prisms – 4. Buraka Som Sistema – Komba Friends for now 5. Benny Benassi – Electroman 5. Explosions In The Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

26 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 27 Stephanie Buschardt – Eric Granato – Marketing Rio Connelly – Distro Manager 1. Florence + The Machine – Copy Editor/Writer 1. Wugazi – 13 Chambers Lungs (Deluxe Edition) 1. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce 2. Evidence – Cats & Dogs 2. Adele – 21 Committee Part Two 3. The Ravonettes – Raven in 3. The Naked and Famous – MR. GNOME THE NO-NATION 2. Battles – Gloss Drop the Grave Paden Bischoff – Ad Passive Me, Aggressive You 3. Radiohead – The King of 4. SubRosa – No Help for the 4. Foster The People – Torches Limbs Mighty Ones Designer Madness in Miniature 5. The Sounds – Something To El Marko Records 4. Manchester Orchestra – 5. Charles Manson – Trees 1. Circle Takes The Square – Die For ORCHESTRA Simple Math Decompositions Vol.1 Street: 10.25 5. Foster The People – Torches 2. 13 & God – Own Your Ghost Brock Grossl – It’s hard to believe this album is the product of a duo rather More More More 3. Tom Waits – Bad As Me Phil Cannon – Videographer 4. Ed Gein – Bad Luck Illustrator than a full band, but having seen them live, I can testify that nobaloneymusic.com Kylie Cox – Writer 1. Vektor – Outer Isolation 5. Animals as Leaders – 1. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Cleveland-based singer/guitarist Nicole Barille and drummer/ Street: 09.27 1. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re 2. Vader – Morbid Reich Weightless Committee Part Two pianist Sam Meister are the only two musicians behind mr. The No-Nation Orchestra originally began as a solo project for Dreaming 3. Toxic Holocaust – Conjure & 2. Chris Brown – F.A.M.E 2. Amerigo Gazaway of Gnome—and with a box of pedals and a heap of talent, they’ve Stephen Chai, demoing songs in his bedroom and copiously Command Gummy Soul – Fela Soul 3. Beirut – The Rip Tide 4. Necrophagia – Deathtrip 69 Courtney Blair – Writer rewriting lyrics until finally (after several years) the work was ready 3. tUnE-yARDS – w h o k i l l figured out how to execute their layered chaos on the road. 4. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia/ 5. The Oisters – Oipocalypse 1. PJ Harvey – Let England 4. James Blake – James Blake Their third full-length release, Madness in Miniature, is more to be introduced to friends Josh Dickson (drums), Weston Wulle ULTRA Now Shake 5. The Streets – Computers (bass) and Mike Sasich (guitar). The core members of No-Nation 5. Adele – 21 2. Wild Flag – Wild Flag madness than miniature: The album was recorded Dark Side and Blues formed, and the four began spending time in Sasich’s record- 3. Zola Jesus – Conatus of the Moon style, each song transitioning seamlessly into the Sean Hennefer – 4. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re next. Barille’s vocals are unforgettable. Her voice demands ing studio polishing their own version of an afrobeat sound. The Barrett Doran – Illustrator end result is The No-Nation Orchestra’s More More More EP. The Dreaming John Carlisle – attention, with screams and yelps à la Karen O, the child-like Photographer 1. Gorillaz – Singles Collection 5. Austra – Feel It Break opening track is also the title track, setting the groove of the album. 1. Alexander – Alexander Photographer repartee of Joanna Newsom and the soft, ethereal whispers 2. Trash Talk – Awake 1. Mick Harvey – Sketches from It’s a fine illustration of the polyrhythmic talents of Dixon and 2. Raphael Saadiq – Stone 3. Generationals – Actor-Caster of Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino. Her wide-ranging vocal Christian Broadbent – the Book of the Dead Wulle, both experts in laying down tempo. “Oh Now Baby” follows Rollin 4. Washed Out – Within and talent lends itself well to Miniature’s dynamic tracks. The band 3. The Weeknd – House of Ad Designer 2. Jason Isbell and the 400 second, and is my favorite track on the release. It’s a great sing Without Unit – Here We Rest loves to start slow with whimsical, almost spooky intros—pretty Balloons 5. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain 1. Matisyahu – Live at Stubb’s, along number with blunt confessions of love and lust: “Oh Now 3. Lady Gaga – Born This Way 4. TV On The Radio – Nine Vol. 2 vocals and soft drums—then stomp hard on their respective 4. The Decemberists – The Baby tell me what I gotta do to have you come over.” Track three, Types of Light 2. Airborne Toxic Event – All distortion/bass drum pedals to melt your face, Meister beating Eric Hess – Writer King Is Dead “Bloodsucker,” is an almost-acapella one minute and thirty-seven 5. Iron and Wine – Kiss Each at Once 1. Tyler The Creator – Goblin 5. Mayer Hawthorne – How Do down hard and fast, Barille’s voice and heavy riffs adding to the second verse. It shows off Chai’s beautiful falsetto voice while Other Clean 3. CAKE – Showroom of 2. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV You Do chaos. “Bit of Tongue” is the best example of this back and Compassion his dark lyrics provide contrast to its sweetness. The pace picks 3. Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers 4. Primus – Green Naugahyde forth “madness.” My favorite track off the album, however, is back up for the last two songs, “Find Me The Savory Sound,” and Scott Farley – Writer 4. Atmosphere – The Family 5. Cage the Elephant – Thank Dylan Chadwick – “Wolf Girls.” Starting off with wolf-like yelps and a driving drum “Holy Holy.” These are dancing songs with infectious rhythms that 1. Glassjaw – The Coloring Sign You, Happy Birthday Writer line with western-sounding guitar chords, the song slows to half demand physical interpretation. The No-Nation Orchestra’s debut Boom EP 5. Jay-Z and Kanye West – 2. Radiohead – The King of 1. Cold Cave – Cherish the its original tempo mid-track and amps up the distortion on both EP is one of the strongest releases to hit the local music scene in Watch The Throne Limbs Light Years LP Madelyn Boudreaux – vocals and guitar before it climaxes into full-blown madness, years—comprised of just five tracks and clocking in at 22 minutes, 3. CKY – B-Sides & Rarities 2. War Hungry – War Hungry LP Writer Barille blaring out “Eh, eh, eh!” during music rests. Madness it is short enough to leave the listener wanting exactly what the 4. Defeater – Empty Days & Dean O. Hillis – Writer 3. Wiccans – Skullduggery LP 1. Slim Cessna – Unentitled Sleepless Nights 1. Kate Bush – 50 Words for 4. Boston Strangler – Promo in Miniature is beautiful, frightening, maddening. Guaranteed if title suggests: more. Since its release, the group’s lineup has 2. Thomas Dolby – A Map of 5. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light Snow and Director’s Cut Tape 2011 you pick it up, you won’t put it down for a while. There’s just too organically evolved and now boasts 12 members. More More More the Floating City 2. The Opiates – Hollywood 5. Wooden Shjips – West LP is available as a digital download from nonationorchestra.com. A 3. Kindest Lines – Covered much going on to not give it a few listens at least. Under the Knife Peter Fryer – Writer in Dust –Esther Meroño transparent blue vinyl version is also offered, featuring an exquisite 3. Erasure – Tomorrow’s World 1. The Joy Formidable – The 4. Crystal Stilts – In Love with Hannah Christian – psychedelic portrait of Chai, illustrated by Sri Whipple. 4. Suzanne Vega – Close Up Big Roar Oblivion Copy Editor –Angela H. Brown Vol. 3, States of Being 2. Weekend Nachos – 5. Go-Go’s – Beauty & The 5. Book of Knots – Garden of 1. Yuck – Self-Titled Worthless Beat (30th Anniversary Fainting Stars 2. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For 3. Defeater – Empty Days & Remaster) My Halo Sleepless Nights Angela H. Brown – 3. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l 4. Andrew Jackson Jihad – Editor 4. Bjork – Biophilia Knife Man Gavin Hoffman – Writer 5. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up 1. Burzum – Fallen 1. SubRosa – No Help For The 2. The Decemberists – The Mighty Ones Henry Glasheen – King is Dead 2. The No Nation Orchestra – Melissa Cohn – Writer 3. Anthrax – Worship Music More More More Photographer (Top 5 Video Games) 4. Lifelover – Sjukdom 3. The Raveonettes – Raven in 1. The Dear Hunter – The Color 1. Dark Souls 5. Autopsy – Macabre Eternal the Grave Spectrum 2. Catherine 4. PJ Harvey – Let England 2. The Cinema – My Bloodmike 3. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Shake is Full of Airplanes Mary Houdini – Writer Metatron 5. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread 3. Defeater – Empty Days & 1. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l 4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Sleepless Nights 2. Washed Out – Within and 5. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mike Brown – Writer 4. Thrice – Major/Minor Without 3. Feist – Metals 1. Shannon and the Clams – 5. I am the Avalanche – 4. Atlas Sound – Parallax Sleep Talk Avalanche United Kyla Grant – Writer 5. Gang Gang Dance – Eye 2. Hail Mary Mallon – Are You 1. Battles – Gloss Drops Contact Gonna Eat That? 2. Deerhoof – Deerhoof vs. Evil 3. Mastodon – The Hunter 3. Hauschka – Salon des 4. Spell Talk – Touch It Amateurs Photo: Russel Daniels Russel Photo: 5. The Flaming Lips – 6 Hour 4. We Were Promised Jetpacks Song (found a star on the – In the Pit of the Stomach ground) 5. 13 & God – Own Your Ghost 28 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 29 Fagiolini – Alessandro Striggio: Nate Housley – Writer Mass in 40 Parts 1. Yuck – Yuck 2. Real Estate – Days Johnny Logan – 3. The War on Drugs – Slave Copy Editor/Writer PJ HARVEY Ambient 1. Library Voices – Summer of 4. The Weeknd – House of Lust Balloons Let England Shake 2. Florence + the Machine – 5. Guider – Disappears Vagrant Lungs (Deluxe Edition) Street: 02.15 3. LMFAO – Sorry for Party Cody Hudson – Writer Rocking Let England Shake is Harvey’s tenth studio album. If you’ve 1. James Blake – James Blake 4. The Black Keys – El Camino followed her 20-year career, you’re aware she strives to make 2. The Antlers – Burst Apart 5. Dubstep – Really Dubstep each album different than the previous. I spent weeks buried 3. The Weeknd – House of Balloons behind my headphones listening to her every word within 4. Jeff The Brotherhood – We Liz Lopez – Intern 1. GroupLove – Never Trust a the horrifyingly beautiful socio-political battle she created. are The Champions Happy Song When I came up for air, I had two words to describe this 5. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread 2. Blink 182 – Neighborhoods piece of work: bloody brilliant. Studying the anti-war poems 3. You Me At Six – Sinners Never of Harold Pinter and dedicating two years perfecting her Taylor Hunsaker – Sleep writing of the lyrics, she paints disturbingly vivid images of Marketing 4. Foster The People – Torches conflict, war, death and grief over a backdrop of buoyant 1. Alkaline Trio – Damnesia 5. Rise Against – Endgame folk-pop melodies. She tells the story of England’s past, 2. Kanye West and Jay-Z – Watch the Throne Angella Lucisano – present and future. Harvey demands attention singing “The 3. Against Me! – Total Clarity West’s asleep/let England shake” over bouncy auto-harp 4. Fucked Up – David Comes Marketing 1. Radiohead – The King of on the title track. Her lyrics roll in and out like London fog to Life Limbs 5. Bon Iver – Bon Iver over a quivering guitar, shaky snare and baritone sax on 2. Gorillaz – The Fall “The Last Living Rose.” The most disturbing sing-a-long 3. Little Dragon – Ritual Union moment is “The Words That Maketh Murder,” which includes Josh Joye – 4. Alexander – Alexander the chilling line, “I’ve seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat/ Lead Designer 5. Wallpaper. – 1. Guadalupe Plata – #STUPiDFACEDD Blown and shot out beyond belief,” and references Eddie Guadalupe Plata ’s “Summertime Blues” with the line, “What if I take Cochran 2. Middle Brother – Middle Tyler Makmell – Writer my problems to the United Nations?” One of three songs Brother 3. Ugly Valley Boys – Double (Top 5 Beers) citing the 1915 battle of Gallipoli is “Battleship Hill,” as Harvey 1. Summerset Saison – Hoppers Down cries, “A hateful feeling still lingers/Even now, 80 years later/ 2. Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin 4. Scott H. Biram – Bad – Uinta Cruel Nature.” A traditional bugled battle hymn of the U.S. Ingredients 3. Root Cellar – Squatters Cavalry is included on “The Glorious Land,” while “Written 5. The Raveonettes – Raven in 4. Big Cottonwood Amber – the Grave on the Forehead,” samples Niney the Observers’ “Blood Brewers Cooperative and Fire.” This album won Harvey the coveted Mercury Prize, 5. Hotheaded Redhead – making her the only artist to have won it twice. The time is Megan Kennedy – Hoppers now to hail Queen Polly Jean! Writer/Photographer –Courtney Blair 1. Protest the Hero – Scurrilous Jimmy Martin – 2. All Shall Perish – This Is Where It Ends Movie Critic 3. Textures – Dualism (Top 5 Movies) 4. Times of Grace – The Hymn 1. Drive of a Broken Man 2. 50/50 5. Thrice – Major/Minor 3. Super 8 4. Bridesmaids 5. Hanna Cody Kirkland – Copy Editor/Writer 1. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For Shawn Mayer – Writer 1. Chiddy Bang – Peanut Butter My Halo and Swelly 2. Radiohead – The King of 2. Alkaline Trio – Damnesia Limbs 3. Iggy Pop – Roadkill Rising 3. Alexander – Alexander 4. Jay-Z and Kanye West– Watch 4. Joshua Payne Orchestra the Throne – Zoom 5. Thrice – Major/Minor 5. Cut Copy – Zonoscope

Brian Kubarycz – Writer Kia McGinnis – 1. YOB – Atma Intern/Writer 2. White Denim – D 1. Radiohead – King Of Limbs 3. Witch Mountain – South of 2. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy Salem 3. Grieves – Together/Apart 4. Dark Castle – Surrender To 4. Sayde Price – Wilt All Rosy All Life Beyond Form 5. Girl In A Coma – Exits & All 5. Robert Hollingworth & I The Rest

30 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 31 Mariah Mann-Mellus Everywhere 4. Deke Dickerson – – Gallery Stroll Soundtrack to Wild and Columnist Wonderful Whites of West 1. Fruit Bats – Tripper Virginia 2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 5. Motörhead – The World is SATAN’S HOST 3. Feist – Metals Yours 4. Vetiver – The Errant Charm By the Hands of the Devil 5. Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Alex Ortega – Writer/ Other Clean Moribund Copy Editor Street: 05.03 1. Dead To Me – Moscow Esther Meroño – Penny Ante “In the eyes of history, one voice has stood defiant. Descendant of Editorial Assistant 2. Vena Cava – Demo Sumerian blood, the dark lord, the Devil!!” shout the opening lyrics 1. This Will Destroy You – 3. Coliseum – Parasites E.P. from the title track of By the Hands of the Devil. After twenty-four Tunnel Blanket 4. Timber Timbre – Creep On years away from the group, original vocalist Leviathan Thisiren 2. Thrice – Major/Minor Creepin’ On (aka Harry Conklin of Jag Panzer) rejoined Satan’s Host in 2010, 3. Thursday – No Devolución 5. Star Fucking Hipsters – From which spawned an album filled with the best evil and nasty heavy- 4. Girl in a Coma – Exits & All the Dumpster to the Grave The Rest metal ferocity released this year. The combination of black/thrash/ death metal with a classic heavy metal-styled vocalist pushed 5. Mr. Gnome – Madness in Brooklyn Ottens – Miniature Satan’s Host out of the realm of mediocrity and into the realm of Marketing pure awesome evil metal. Founding member and guitarist Patrick 1. Bright Eyes – The People’s Sam Milianta – Key Evil can flat out shred. On “Demontia,” which goes from lullaby Photographer/Writer 2. Radiohead – King of Limbs to rager, his guitar work starts at a slow dirge before building 1. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 3. The Strokes – Angles momentum. On “Black Hilted Knife” he starts with a meandering (Deluxe Edition) 4. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce and intricate lead before moving into full blown thrashing. This 2. Wanda Jackson – The Party Committee, Pt. 2 track sounds like it could be a missing Mercyful Fate song—at Ain’t Over 5. Black Keys – El Camino 3. Nephi Beh – Care “E” Okay times it’s lightning fast but it also features dreadful sounding slower guitars ocassionally peering in. The vocal range also covers all the Volume 2 JP – Writer/SoundWaves 4. Middle Brother – Middle bases—big falsettos, wicked snarls and growls are boisterously Brother of The UnderGround displayed on “Before the Flame.” Many of the record’s tracks go 5. Deer Tick – Divine Podcast Host & from lingering, looming viscosity to virulent intensity. The album Providence Localized Host is brilliantly produced. The guitar licks dig in your head like the 1. YYBS – YYBS sinful thoughts you’re supposed to forget. The maddening tempo 2. You Are Plural – No More EP Lindsey Morris – changes in “Inferior Worlds” provide a perfect example of how Designer 3. Childish Gambino – Camp 4. Jesus or Genome – The Veil Satan’s Host twists ominous music into punishing, headbanging 1. La Dispute – Wildlife is Lifting ugliness. The guitar play changes from plain, heavy metal to 2. Russian Circles – Empros 5. NewVillager – NewVillager 3. Toro y Moi – Underneath black metal to thrash and whatever else the Devil beckons in the the Pine musicians of Satan’s Host. The variations throughout By the Hands 4. Bibio – Mind Boken Nate Perkins – Writer of the Devil make listening a delight. If you happen to snag this 5. The Calm Blue Sea – The 1. Los Vigilantes – record, make sure you get the version with the best damn Beatles Calm Blue Sea Los Vigilantes cover song ever done by a metal band, ever: “Norwegian Wood,” 2. Solid Attitude – complete with a lyrical re-interpretation. Jeanette D. Moses – Prison Water EP 3. Burnt Reynolds – –Bryer Wharton Managing Editor Burnt Reynolds 1. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain 4. Davila 666 – Tan Bajo 2. Bass Drum of Death – GB 5. Thee Goochi Boiz – Oops City 3. Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams Liz Phillips – 4. The Kills – Blood Pressures Copy Editor 5. Spindrift – Classic 1. Battles – Gloss Drop Soundtracks Volume 1 2. Mastodon – The Hunter 3. Feist – Metals Adam O’Keefe – Distro 4. tUnE-YarDs – w h o k i l l 5. SBTRKT – SBTRKT 1. VNV Nation – Automatic 2. Over the Rhine – The Long Surrender Chris Proctor – Writer 3. Blutengel – Tranenherz 1. Sebastian – Total 4. PJ Harvey – Let England 2. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Shake Dreaming 5. tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l 3. Chilly Gonzales – The Unspeakable James Orme – Writer 4. The Roots – Undun 5. Neon Indian – Era Extraña 1. The Dirt Daubers – Wake Up Sinners 2. Nick 13 – Nick 13 3. Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three – Middle Of

32 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 33 Kristina Sandi – Sean Zimmerman-Wall Alex Pow – Writer 1. Dum Dum Girls – Only in Marketing – Writer Dreams 1. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring for 1. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV 2. Beast Make Bomb – My Halo 2. Atmosphere – The Family Sourpuss 2. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Sign 3. The Pains of Being Pure at Blues SPINDRIFT WUGAZI 3. Foster The People – Torches Heart – Belong 3. Lykke Li – Wounded Ryhmes 4. The Decemberists – The 4. Colleen Green – Cujo 4. The Black Angels – Another Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1 13 Chambers King is Dead 5. Mister Heavenly – Out of Nice Pair Xemu Records Self-Released 5. Cut Copy – Zonoscope 5. Lana Del Rey – Video Games Love Street: 05.10 Street: 07.13 I hate mash-ups. I hate DJs. I hate dance music in general and the Eric Sapp – Designer In early November of 2010, Spindrift spent a weekend in Salt Karamea Puriri – culture that surrounds it. However, I love Fugazi and I love the Wu- Bryer Wharton – 1. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Lake City, playing a show at The Garage on Saturday night and Marketing Coordinator . Wugazi was made specifically for people just like me. Metal Coordinator – The Girl With The Dragon Tang Clan Ross Solomon – Writer 1. Tycho – Dive a second show on Sunday night at Urban Lounge. Instead of 1. Immolation – Providence EP Tattoo I was initially disappointed in Wugazi—I thought producers Cecil 1. Tycho – Dive 2. Long Arm – The Branches playing an identical set list, at Urban they opted to play a set of 2. Mournful Congregation – 2. Akira Yamaoka – Shadows of Otter and Swiss Andy committed a huge blunder by not simply 2. Portugal. The Man – In the 3. mr. Gnome – Madness in songs off of their then-unreleased album, Classic Soundtracks The Book of Kings The Damned laying various Wu-Tang vocal tracks on top of “Waiting Room” over Mountain In The Cloud Miniature 3. Anima Morte – The 3. Jim Guthrie – Sword & Vol. 1. The songs seemed moodier and spookier than their 3. Apparat – The Devil’s Walk 4. The Drums – Portamento and over again—but by using some lesser-known Fugazi songs Nightmare Becomes Reality Sworcery LP earlier work, but just as sexy. Six months later, when Classic 4. Blitzen Trapper – American 5. Lana Del Rey – Video Games that showcase the band’s slow, weird, tense side, they’ve created 4. Satan’s Host –By the Hands 4. Starscream – Future, Goldwing EP Soundtracks hit the streets, my initial impressions of what I of the Devil Towards the Edge of Forever an interesting dichotomy with the rough, raw and sometimes had heard were confirmed. Spindrift’s Classic Soundtracks 5. We Were Promised Jetpacks 5. Today is the Day – Pain is a 5. Radiohead – The King of cartoonish Wu-Tang vocals. Opening track “Sleep Rules Everything – In The Pit Of The Stomach Warning Jeremy Riley – Design Limbs unfolds much like the name suggests it would—a soundtrack Around Me” is built around Fugazi’s moody piano piece “I’m So to some long-forgotten, dusty spaghetti western. It opens with Intern/SLUG Games Tired,” with vocals from Wu’s “C.R.E.A.M.” laid on top. Raekwon’s Jemie Sprankle – “Japexico”—a haunting, 18-second-long track featuring only a Jessie Wood – Writer 1. Black Lips – Arabia Mountain Lance Saunders – fire-spitting vocal track immediately establishes the tense balance Ad Sales/Writer 2. Alexander – Alexander 1. SBTRKT – SBTRKT Writer Native American flute—creating the perfect sonic backdrop for between the toughness of the Wu-Tang Clan and the dark (but 1. Tony Bennett – Duets II 3. Starfucker – Reptilians 2. James Blake – James Blake 1. The Strokes – Angles the opening credits to roll. Next, it dives into the bone-crushing sometimes delicate) style of Fugazi—a balance further re-enforced 2. Adele – 21 4. The Lonely Island – 3. Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – 2. The Antlers – Burst Apart by substituting the iconic chorus of “C.R.E.A.M.” with a lilting vocal 3. Casting Crowns – Come To Turtleneck & Chain “Space Vixens Theme,” which utilizes a soaring, moaning We’re New Here 3. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness The Well 5. Yelle – Safari Disco Club female vocalist over a spooky sitar. It’s during this song sample from Ian MacKaye. “Slow Like That” combines Ghostface 4. Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting Blues 4. Scotty McCreery – Clear where you would likely meet the leading lady of this Western Killah’s excellent “Back Like That” with “Slo Crostic,” another 5. Martyn – Ghost People 4. Spell Talk – Touch It! As Day lesser-known Fugazi track, for one of Wugazi’s most interestingly Jon Robertson – Writer 5. AA Bondy – Believers epic. And then comes “Hellbound,” which barrels down the 5. Evanescence – Self-titled 1. Glassjaw – Coloring Book highway at midnight at over a hundred miles an hour. This is effective tracks, transforming both songs into a pissed-off, rollicking Ryan Worwood – rocker with a definite sense of weight. “Nowhere to Wait” starts off Delivery Driver 2. The Cool Kids – When Fish Elliot Secrist – Writer where you’d meet your brooding villain. Although the album is Gage Thompson – Ride Bicycles 1. Tom Waits – Bad as Me 1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & largely instrumental, the narrative structure of the music is still strong with the noodly weirdness of Fugazi’s “Close Captioned” 3. My Morning Jacket – Photographer 2. Chip The Ripper – Gift Raps The Harvest layered over the creepy vocals of Gravediggaz’ “Nowhere to Run,” Circuital apparent on each of the 14 tracks, which conjure up images 1. Rise Against – Endgame 3. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva 2. Bohren & Der Club of Gore but towards the end of the song, when the unmistakable chug 4. Toro Y Moi – Underneath the of space aliens, werewolves, ghost towns and abandoned 2. Thrice – Major/Minor 4. Dani Lion – Dani in the – Beileid Pine / Freaking Out and stomp of “Waiting Room” kicks in (finally!), the song fucking 3. Sum 41 – Screaming Bloody Clouds 3. Parallax – Mediums and roadside diners. “When I was Free” radiates with a loose, 5. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy explodes. The true strength of Wugazi, though, is that it made me Murder 5. A$AP Rocky – Live.Love. Messages (Re-Issue LP) jangly sound, and you can picture the hero of your film riding further explore both Fugazi and Wu-Tang Clan’s catalogues—I 4. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light A$AP 4. Earth – Angels of Darkness, away on horseback into the sunset after escaping some near might not have ever listened to Fugazi’s Instrument or ventured far 5. Dropkick Murphys – Going Andrew Roy – Writer Demons of Light catastrophe. Classic Soundtracks could be the backing music Out in Style 1. Ed Gein – Bad Luck 5. Coalesce – Give Them Rope beyond Wu-Tang’s 36 Chambers without it, and it has led me to Jason Young – Writer 2. Helms Alee – Weatherhead (Re-Issue) to any grind house film and it emulates everything that makes appreciate both groups even more. But seriously guys, consider (Top 5 Video Games) 3. Radiohead – The King of the Old West so eerie and appealing. using more than 50 seconds of “Waiting Room” next time. Ben Trentelman – Writer 1. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of 1. Radiohead – The King of Revelation Limbs Gavin Sheehan – –Jeanette D. Moses –Ricky Vigil 4. Various Artists – Blue Limbs 2. Aliens Infestation Valentine (Original Motion Office Coordinator/ 2. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce 3. The 3rd Birthday Picture Soundtrack) SoundWaves of The Committee Part Two 4. The Legend of Zelda: 5. Graf Orlock – Doombox EP UnderGround Podcast 3. The Cars – Move Like This Ocarina of Time 3D Producer 4. Deerhoof – Deerhoof Vs. Evil 5. Resident Evil 4 HD 5. Adele – 21 Grason Roylance 1. SubRosa – No Help For The – Social Media Mighty Ones Ricky Vigil – Coordinator/Marketing 2. The Suicycles – Sex, Drugs, and Death Contributing Editor 1. Strung Out – Top Contenders 3. The No-Nation Orchestra – 1. Deafheaven – Roads to 2. Nothington – Borrowed Time More More More (EP) Judah 3. Dave Hause – Resolutions 4. The Numbs – Soulburn 2. Pulling Teeth – Funerary 4. Pour Habit – Got Your Back 5. Top Dead Celebrity – 3. SubRosa – No Help for the 5. Face to Face – Laugh Now, Midwestern Rube Mighty Ones Laugh Later 4. Bomb the Music Industry! – Paige Snow – Writer Vacation Eric Scott Russell – 1. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness 5. Wugazi – 13 Chambers Photographer Blues 1. Cold War Kids – Mine Is 2. Adele – 21 Veg Vollum – Marketing Yours 3. Deer Tick – Divine 1. Sigur Ros – INNI 2. TV On the Radio – Nine Providence 2. The Aquabats – Hi-Five Types of Light 4. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Soup! 3. The Kills – Blood Pressures Other Clean 3. Radiohead – The King of 4. Friendly Fires – Pala 5. 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34 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 35 YUCK Self-Titled Fat Possum Records Street: 02.15 You’d be hard-pressed to find a review of Yuck’s self-titled debut in which the reviewer doesn’t mention the band’s admiration for ’90s indie rock. Fine. I just did it. But dwelling on Yuck’s meticulous sound doesn’t fully explain why this record was so beloved this year. After all, it’s not like they are the only ones who’ve been copping Dinosaur, Jr’s sound lately. From lead track “Get Away,” the sonics are going to scratch an itch for those nostalgic for pre-grunge guitars, but it’s during the pre-chorus when the song starts to burrow in. When Daniel Blumberg sings “No, I can’t get away,” even though the lyrics don’t exactly paint a picture, you know—from the way he sings and the way the guitar whines—exactly how he feels. It doesn’t matter that I’m a decade removed from the stuff that these 20 year olds are still going through: The songs communicate, without sugarcoating, the feelings of being a teenager— exuberance, infatuation, restlessness, angst—and do it in a supremely catchy way. Admittedly, the album is a bit uneven, but a good deal of the temptation to hit the skip button is to get to “Operation” more quickly. Simply put, Yuck has three or four of the best songs of the year on it. Not only do I get choruses stuck in my head, I get the whole album stuck in my head. I find myself singing some kind of Yuck medley like a crazy person. By the time the chunky, molasses-paced closer “Rubber” comes around, the answer to Blumberg’s singularly endearing and nasal “Should I give in?” is obvious. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go be a teenager again. –Nate Housley

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38 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 39 40 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 41 Fighting Misconceptions: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : Hilary Madsen By Johnny Logan [email protected] Male • Twitter: Victims @thejohnnylogan Photo: Katie Panzer

n the realms of domestic violence, myths can sometimes be the toughest barrier to overcome. The most common myths are that men can’t be victims or that men are always the perpetrators, but last year alone, there were 835,000 cases of domestic violence involving male victims (according to research done by saveservices.org). Breaking down destructive myths can be difficult, and it’s something Hilary Madsen deals with almost every day. Hilar ay I y Mad s a w s a Hilary Madsen is a licensed domestic violence counselor and certified anger t en opened Healing o offe Hope, Health & nce. management instructor who works with men and women in domestically violent r servi c viole ces to male victims of domesti relationships, and specializes in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. Last April, Madsen opened her own private practice (Hope, Health & Healing Counseling Services) because she “continually saw that there were no services for male victims,” she says. called the police in the first place, because it’s the man who is assumed to be the Hope, Health & Healing Counseling Services offers anger management courses perpetrator (though there are a few arrests of female perpetrators). Madsen says, for adults and teens, support group sessions for male victims of intimate partner “With women, I can advise them to call the police, but with male victims, I hesitate violence (every Tuesday night) and a variety of therapeutic services for individual to recommend this because so many men have reported being arrested when men or women, couples, single-parent families, blended families, plural families and they’ve called for help and the police believe her story over his. Without severe LGBTQ families … all on a sliding scale. injuries to clearly determine the predominant aggressor, police sometimes identify the victim as the perpetrator.” Madsen has worked with some women who admit to After teaching in Japan for several years, Madsen returned to the U.S. in 2001 and being abusers, and notes that there is very little being done to help violent women. went into social work. While earning her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, she was “They need help, they don’t need judgment. You can’t help people when you’re trained under the Duluth Model, a very gender-biased program which encourages judging them,” she says. the idea that domestic violence is based on male privilege, or Patriarchy. During this time, Madsen noted that this model didn’t allocate for male victims. “So many When the Violence Against Women Act, one of the most effective pieces of studies have disproved the male privilege theory, but everyone is ignoring that legislation against domestic violence, was scheduled for reauthorization, Madsen information,” she says. “Studies have revealed that lesbian women report some of was hopeful that some change could be made. She recently lobbied on Capitol the highest levels of intimate partner violence when compared to other relationship Hill with Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), a grassroots organization dynamics studied. It’s difficult to understand how male privilege accounts for that.” dedicated to providing services for all victims of domestic violence, where Madsen also works as their Utah Coordinator. SAVE proposed the creation of the Partner Throughout her time in the industry, Madsen has had many people tell her that what Violence Reduction Act, which includes services for male victims. Unfortunately, she’s doing is wrong. She’s heard some say, “When [men] start to own up to all of during that trip to Washington, she wasn’t able to make much headway. No one the abuse they’re perpetrating, then maybe we’ll recognize the two percent of male seemed interested in spending money on male victims. “We don’t need 50/50 victims.” It’s a mindset of misconceptions that she’s had to deal with in other areas shelters right off the bat, but why can’t we set aside funding for just one in each as well, but it’s those misconceptions and myths that establish a system ripe for state?” says Madsen. abuse. Madsen uses the example of a recent episode of The Talk where Sharon Osbourne and the other hosts laughed about an incident in California involving a To change people’s perceptions and work toward preventing domestic violence, male victim of domestic violence that ended with his castration. “If that had been a Madsen would like to implement early prevention education and start teaching youth female victim, nobody would have been laughing,” Madsen says. about domestic violence in a gender neutral way. Not just representing the reality in relationships, but teaching youth statistics and clearly defining all the different forms Utah is also a mandatory arrest state when it comes to domestic violence. Recent of domestic violence. After all, 50 percent of children who grow up in domestically studies have shown a 60-percent increase in homicide in the 22 states (along with violent homes grow up to be in a domestically violent relationship. DC) that enforce mandatory arrest laws. “Men go through doubt and skepticism when they come forward as victims. People can accept male-on-male violence, In the end, Madsen says, “I’m a stubborn redhead and I am not giving up on this sexually or physically, but there is this wall when it comes to female perpetrators of issue.” You can get in touch with Hilary Madsen through phone (801.696.3166), physical or sexual violence,” Madsen says. The main problem with our mandatory email ([email protected]) or online at utahabusedmensupportgroup.com. arrest status is that the male is automatically arrested even if he is the one who You can also get involved by volunteering with SAVE at saveservices.org. 42 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 43 [REJECTED]Words and Photos by Chris Swainston

Not one for watching puddles gather rain, Jerry Alvarado makes a front shove look pretty plain.

Two summers ago, I made a contact at Thrasher which turned into 15, but nothing ever seemed to and even though I got my sequence to Darkstar Magazine. It was just an email to one of their long- make the cut. They wanted big names like Adam first, they still bought the other one. The only time staff photographers, but it was an in, and I felt Dyet and Lizard King. It was understandable, consolation I got was an email that said, “I saw the like I had found a secret passage to the holy grail. but Dyet doesn’t live here and Lizard is like a ad, your sequence was better.” A nice pat on the The first photo I ever sent him was a sequence of ghost—catching an SLC session with him is like back, but still, nobody ever got to see my shots. Levi Faust. To my surprise, he wrote back to me finding a $20 bill on the ground. It stokes you Weeks turned to months, and winter was just and was actually stoked on the sequence. He told out all day, but it just doesn’t happen very often. around the corner when an email came to me with me to send him eight or nine really good ones and eight sequence shots picked out and a message he would help push for five of them to be posted The day I shot a sequence of Tyson Bowerbank, saying to send in each frame as a jpg in their own on the Thrasher website. It wouldn’t pay anything, I thought I had hit my ticket. I sent it in and a file with my name, the skater’s name and trick. but it was exposure. Being the ambitious photo couple weeks later, when Bowerbank turned Finally, I thought, after eight months of sending geek that I am, I started shooting as much as I Am for Darkstar, I got an email back saying I shots in, the sequence was actually going to run. could, sending him all the best sequences I should try and sell it to Darkstar for an ad—if they shot. That summer turned into one of the most didn’t want it, he would push for it to run in the A few more weeks went by, but I never heard productive skate summers I’ve ever had—going magazine. I was ecstatic, the thought of actually anything back and never saw anything out almost every day, sometimes with caravans selling a photo and seeing it in the glossy pages go up. I sent another email asking what of three cars packed 12 deep. As the weeks went of Thrasher was everything I’ve always worked was happening, and the reply was short: by, the best of the best were hidden away and toward. Sadly, it never panned out. Bowerbank “The mag is getting pretty picky these days.” sent to Thrasher. Eight sequences turned into 12, did it a second time with another photographer,

44 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 45 Sean Hadley, 50-50 pop out, it’s whatever. Reider would have kickflipped out.

In between making epic art like a giant paper-mâché wolf head,

Dirk Hogan throws down amazing tricks like this blunt pull in.

“IN OTHER WORDS, NOT HAPPENING.”

Feeble 360 shove doesn’t cut it. More rotations Bowerbank. Mike Murdock sums up what skateboard- ing is really about: pure enjoyment. In other words, not happening—and I knew exactly why: not because the skating wasn’t good enough, but because all the skaters were just “no name” local Salt Lake kids. After that, I stopped sending things in. Not because the ambition had died, but because I realized it was a futile effort. If you’re not Reynolds or Rieder, then your photos aren’t getting run. But what about the skating? Some of the best skating that has ever gone down in Salt Lake was just sitting on my hard drive. Nobody, aside from myself and a few friends, had ever seen the photos. These shots still had value. They were progressive and should be seen. If they never go out, the skater never gets recognition and the bar never rises. So after two summers of collecting digital dust on my hard drive, I have finally picked out my five favorites. The ones that should have been seen and would have if only the last names read Busenitz, Huston, Cole, Van Engelen and O’Neal instead of Bowerbank, Hadley, Alvarado, Murdock and Hogan.

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My Invisible Bubble Burst hard to think otherwise. I thought that By Esther Meroño maybe I was just one of those people [email protected] with an invisible bubble around them––if such people exist, and let’s It was a beautiful day in early Octo- be clear that it’s a very agnostic sort ber. I flew down 200 South with a grin of bubble. The funny thing about on my face and my legs pumping my accident is that I NEVER wear a just fast enough to get me to work helmet, especially when the weather’s with a few minutes to spare. Turning nice. My Bern helmet is actually more left onto 300 West, I was taking in of a snowboarding helmet than a the aroma of Café Trang’s lunch bike helmet, and it has earmuffs that special when the door of a parked clip in, but no ventilation, so I mostly car opened up to my right. My brain bought it for that and the fact that my processed this almost at the same tires slip on the ice and I gracefully time as some part of me or my slide to the ground at least once bicycle hit the open door. Landing on every winter. I’d started wearing the my side about five feet in front of the thing regularly about a week before I car, my messenger bag underneath got doored because one of my SLUG me, my helmet scraping over the co-workers got super messed up in asphalt, I thought for sure I was road a bike accident when his front wheel kill. As I laid in the middle of the popped off. I know, I must be pretty road, I moaned and gasped “I can’t stupid to get scared into wearing breathe!” in between painful breaths a helmet by mechanical problems while the poor fool who’d maimed and not by the big steel machines me stood in shock. Fortunately, there that barrel down the road next to me were plenty of medics and lawyers every day. I just figured that if a car hit who rushed to my aid, and thanks to me, I’m a fucking pancake with extra the padding of my stuffed Velo City syrup anyway, but if I got brain dam- bag and the big Bern head bucket I age because some spokes exploded was wearing, I was able to convince off my wheel, I’d be a really pissed off the paramedics not to take me on a vegetable. thousand-dollar cab ride and walked away with no serious injuries. Hopefully, this doesn’t sound preachy. I don’t really give a fuck I hate to admit it, but I thought I was whether you wear a helmet or not, invincible up until that day. I’ve been and I’ll be honest and admit that I’m riding my bike around town for about probably not going to wear mine four years now, had a driver’s license every day. It’s pretty much impossible for almost 10 and have been a lowly to ride my pink cruiser unless my pedestrian since I was nine months hair is free and flowing. Mostly what old. When you’re as terrible a car I hope you get out of this is to watch driver and as commanding of the out for car doors––you never know road on a bicycle as I am, and have when they’ll burst your bubble. never been in any sort of accident, it’s

48 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 49 •••• By Giuseppe Ventrella • [email protected] • Photos: Sam Milianta ••••

Like any good boyfriend, Garrison Conklin takes out the trash. Nosebonk.

Sean Winskowski nose manual to backside 180 out for his crush.

A few years back, I had the opportunity to interview legendary skateboarder Duane Peters. We discussed the finer things in life and how, even as you age, if you’re a “lifer,” skateboarding is always there. Sure, you get more responsibilities and different interests, and you might not skate as much as you used to, but it’s always there.

I was thinking about this particular conversation the other day and realized that my longest committed relationship has been with skateboarding. I’ve made “friends” with other things along the way— photography, motorcycles, music, etc.—but skateboarding has always been my number-one crush. In fact, it is the only relationship I’ve ever been able to make last.

All the friends I have now have come into my life because they were really my skateboard’s friends. It’s like when you’re with a girl and she has amazing friends who you end up hanging out with when she’s not around. That’s how skateboarding has been for Skateboarding is the only relationship where bar hopping is suggested. Garrison Conklin, Ollie. me. I moved to Salt Lake City with no real family to support me. Thanks to skateboarding, I have a whole bunch of “skate-in-laws” I can call during a 3 a.m. emergency.

When you are a skateboarder, you put so much time into skateboarding that you develop a sense of dedication. It can take days or months to land something (especially in my case). This dedication turns into a sense of loyalty toward your fellow skateboarders and friends. Unfortunately, this sense of loyalty is lacking in most people outside of skateboarding. It gets to be too much for non- Call it teenage love. Forrest Huber, wallie. skateboarders and the sense of loyalty scares some people, and is confused for gang mentality. I believe this is why so many non-skateboarders come and go from my life. I don’t want to over-generalize and alienate some of my close friends, but the people who exploring new cities for skateboarding potential. In The fact that someone’s only successful relationship with friends, even into my mid-thirties. If this seems call me on a weekly or daily basis are all my skate-in- these cities, I visit my “girlfriend’s friends” or “extended has been with a skateboard seems strange and kind emotionally unbalanced and sad, it means it’s beyond laws. skate-in-laws.” Any city I go to, instantly I have friends of creepy. However, I wouldn’t trade the experiences your scope of understanding. If having the world’s as well as an all-access pass to the city, just by I’ve had in this relationship for anything. I have had greatest group of friends is appealing, however, I This relationship I have with skateboarding is difficult carrying my skateboard. so many opportunities because of skateboarding would suggest you buy a skateboard and call me next to explain to people who haven’t experienced it. It and made the most loyal group of friends you could Sunday. I’ll introduce you to my in-laws, some of the permeates into so many aspects of my life. Travelling I’m sure it seems very sad to all the people reading ever imagine. I feel like I am the luckiest person alive best people you will ever meet. is one such aspect. My pioneering spirit comes from this who haven’t dedicated 18 years to skateboarding. to be able to skate around downtown on Sundays 50 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 51 52 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 53 Photo Feature right Photo and Words: Andy W

Rider: Will Tuddenham Location: Draper, UT Can you imagine seeing someone rocking a Jazz t-shirt outside of Utah? Do they even exist? I’d seriously love to see the sales numbers for Jazz merch beyond Mormon borders. What the hell does a kid think when he sees Will Tuddenham flying a bright green and yellow logo on his chest when he’s snowboarding? If I was a kid in this day and age, the first thing I’d think was that this was just another ironic t-shirt. But there’s no irony here. Tuddenham, like the rest of us who grew up with “Stockton-to-Malone,” is forever enslaved to fandom of the Jazz, a franchise named after a music scene that has not, does not and will never exist in Utah. Talk about irony! Back to the photo: It was taken in the deepest depths of Salt Lake’s suburbia. Actually, you can’t get any closer to Provo without being there, and it’s so boring that you have to bring your own props (notice the perfectly placed picnic table) to even make snowboarding interesting.

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SLUG: What do you call the sport(s) you SLUG: Once you moved here, how did you continue to SLUG: Aside from sending it off large objects, what do participate in? pursue your interest in the sport? you do for fun? Butler: Mainly speed flying and BASE Jumping. BASE Butler: I just kept jumping. That is the best way to Butler: In the summertime, I own an ice cream cart. stands for building, antenna, span, earth—which keep current. You have to prepare your mind almost are the things I jump off of. And speed flying uses a more than your body. Although, I still like to be the first SLUG: How does one get into that business? wing that allows me to descend from the takeoff and one up the hike to the takeoff. Butler: Well, I love ice cream and I hate bosses. I actually fly. I also skydive, but mainly as a learning tool built a cooler-trailer out of an old deep-freeze and I tow and to stay current. SLUG: What was your scariest moment jumping? it around downtown on my bike. Tattoo parlors and Butler: I have had multiple close calls, but none of taco stands are my best customers. I just roll up and SLUG: Did you start skydiving and work your way up them [were] that scary at the moment. You just go ring my bell and they pretty much drop what they are to the others? into survival mode and deal with it and correct it. doing. It’s a pretty good deal. Butler: I started out skydiving, but my first BASE was Sometimes you just gotta manhandle the parachute out at the New River Gorge at Bridge Day in West and make the turn. SLUG: Any interesting flavors? Virginia. I bought all the gear and made my first jump. Butler: I am still perfecting my personal recipes, but I was scared out of my mind. I didn’t know if I could SLUG: Can you describe one of those experiences? one day I hope to make some different flavors for sale. keep doing it, I was so scared. I thought if I couldn’t Butler: A recent jump at a spot in Eastern Utah, we Maybe some bacon flavored ice cream, or something keep my stuff together, I would have to sell all my jumped this cliff: We had scouted it out pretty good spicy. We will have to wait and see. gear. But then I made my second jump. A friend and and I jumped third. As I was falling, I discovered that it I climbed up 600 feet on this radio tower at night and wasn’t as sheer as I thought, it kind of stuck out a little For videos and more info on Butler’s dare-devil antics, jumped. As soon as my feet left the tower, I knew this near the bottom. So, I deployed my chute a bit earlier visit his website at theclaytonbutler.com. was it. I wasn’t gonna stop doing it now. We ended than expected. Well, when it opened up, it opened up up jumping that tower almost a hundred more times— backwards and I started heading toward the cliff. I it became our local object out at Virginia Beach. 56 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 57 Secret Snow Flying Machines: The Story Behind Skis By Shawn Mayer [email protected] Photo: Jesse Anderson Photo: Jesse Anderson

WuBanger staff, left-right: Howard Wu, Nick Wheeler and Scott Smith of WuBanger Skis. Scott Smith handcrafting a pair of WuBanger skis.

Somewhere in China and/or Europe, a huge costly equipment, Wu realized that the high- there can replace a trained eye and a skilled factory is spitting out thousands of skis. The end skis being offered really weren’t that pair of hands when building skis,” says Wu. materials are obtained for rock bottom prices, good. Figuring that said skis were geared the designs are flawed, andLaverne and Shirley more towards the average skier, Wu needed Due to an overwhelming positive response from carelessly inspect the product before flaking something for diehards, the 100-plus-days- all his buyers, Wu has no desire to branch out off in song and dance. Finally, the product is a-season skier. “Although I hated working into cheaper overseas production like other packaged and set out on shelves where the my engineering jobs, I still loved engineering. companies. Everything is done by people who local high school stoner convinces you that I’m good at science, I’m good at crunching live to ski and live where they ski. What they these skis are the right ones for you, because numbers, and I enjoy designing/building can’t do themselves is contracted out nearby. without the commission from the sale, he won’t things,” he says. After reading up on how to This can be seen most visibly in the graphics, be able to get high tonight. After one day on build skis, he decided to give it a try in 2007. which are designed by local artists. Although your new setup, you realize the skis suck, but Turns out he was pretty good at it! Using all next year he’s hoping to have a full line of skis, now you’re screwed—the skis are used and the money he had saved for grad school, Wu nothing will be done outside of Utah, where the can’t be returned. There goes a thousand invested in some equipment for his garage. quality could be jeopardized. Profits aren’t what bucks—FUCK! Enter WuBanger Skis. With the help of partner and fellow shred-head concerns Wu, just producing the best product Nick Wheeler, WuBanger (banger skis from a he can. This may seem like a disadvantage from WuBanger is the brainchild of Howard Wu. dude named Wu) was born in 2008. a business standpoint, but Wu isn’t concerned Once an engineer for NASA, who worked on with traditional business models. “We’re not just a “top secret flying machine,” the daily grind What makes WuBanger different is the hands- another ski company that wants a piece of the of a nine to five began to wear him thin. “Even on approach from start to finish—no mass action by doing the same thing. We’re trying to though the paychecks allowed me to buy just production involved. Wu uses his skiing and do things differently,” he says. By incorporating about anything I wanted, I was miserable. engineering backgrounds to target specifically the buyer into the design aspect, WuBanger is Being stuck in a cubicle in Los Angeles was what the skier needs and wants, and the changing the whole retail experience, and the torture, so I decided to quit my job and move process begins once the customer agrees difference can be felt in every pair of skis. This to Utah to be a ski bum,” says Wu. “What was on the proposed design. From there, the guts is what he hopes will make his company flourish. supposed to be a one-year vacation of sorts are glued, sanded, sidewalls inserted, base turned into a permanent stay. After one season and top sheets layered, epoxyed, pressed, This winter, WuBanger will be expanding its of skiing every day, I decided that I wasn’t polished and inspected. The process is actually name and reputation by sponsoring local events leaving. I wanted to ski all winter for the rest of a lot more complicated than that, but the boys and riders. WuBanger skis can be purchased in my life.” didn’t want to reveal too many of their secrets. Salt Lake at 2nd Tracks Sports, Christy’s Sports “Hand-built skis are the only way to go if you at Snowbird or online at wubanger.com. Be Over the next few years, the now 30-year- want skis that are of the highest quality. There sure to check their site regularly for upcoming old Wu spent his time skiing and working are so many variables that change, even when events, and always remember to support our in a rental shop. After constantly breaking building the same pair of skis. No machine out fellow snow riders!

58 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 59 Oakley Optics Brixton Fatheadz Fast Jacket Sunglass Memphis and Donez Tops Foley Frames Oakley.com Brixton.com Fatheadz.com In a fashion industry It’s funny how perceptions change, and that that’s quickly at one time, large, thick rimmed frames were churning out new, considered nerdy, or for that matter, “nerdy” was non-traditional tops considered a bad thing. I wonder if that change in that defy what once my perception came with age or whether it’s just was acceptable the age we live in. I was once resistant to wearing for a guy to wear, glasses because of the stigma attached, thinking it’s refreshing to I would be mocked. Now, maybe because know that there are of four-eyed heroes like Buddy Holly or the those out there who Descendents’ Milo Aukerman (or maybe now still know the old that I’ve been prescribed corrective wear of my way. Brixton’s long own), what was once a swagger death sentence sleeve wovens are is now, more than ever, an accessory to cool. Due both traditional and to my large cranium, I have a broader brow than simple, and while most, making it impossible to find frames that fit. it’s cliché to say The good folks at Fatheadz—no, not the people that an article of who make giant stickers for your wall—have finally clothing is defined solved my conundrum and produced frames that by the preferred fit even my bulbous noggin, and allow me to not lifestyle of those feel like a freak. In fact, when I put on my thick, who designed it, I plastic-framed Fatheadz with the stylish pinstripe guess I can get on board with the idea since I’m a down the side and vintage looking backwards simple guy and the simplicity of Brixton’s designs “F” that is the Fatheadz logo I feel pretty cool… is what draws me in. The Memphis is a cotton and almost Buddy Holly cool. –James Orme polyester plaid long sleeve with two chest pockets and small Brixton logo on the left chest pocket. Clicker The Donez is a mono-toned cotton flannel button- Universal Remote Control with up with two chest pockets and a small Brixton logo above the left pocket. These shirts may not Bottle Opener make any fashion statements, but they fit well and Myclicker.com look good and if you’re anything like me, that’s all Clicker has a great idea: taking the concept of The tireless innovators at Oakley Optics have you need. Hey Mom, Christmas is coming soon. “remote controller” to a whole new level. You see, outdone themselves with their latest release. The –Chris Proctor you take the “old-skool” model of the universal Fast Jacket is a new spin on the ever-popular Flak remote, throw in a crucial piece of metal, and then Jacket, and it incorporates a new technology to BAM! You have a universal remote controller with PODSTA a bottle opener on it. Programming the remote is make lens-swapping super simple. As an active Podsta.com outdoorsman, I like to change venues quickly and easy—you just follow the instructions and enter You know when you’re on a road trip, you stop I need a sunglass that keeps up. With Oakley’s in the appropriate code for whichever model of at truck stops to take a piss and end up looking Switchlock technology, changing from a dark television that you have, and you’re ready to sit through the bargain bin full of stupid, cheap shit? lens to a low light option is easy. On a recent on your rear and watch The Steve Wilkos Show. That’s where you would find this phone holder mountain bike outing in the hills of Park City, the Here’s the thing, though: Once you program it, that looks more like a dog toy. It can be used for trail went from wide-open sagebrush to thick there’s really not that much to experience with the video chatting, watching movies and hands-free aspen groves full of fall foliage. The sun no longer product other than turning the TV on and off and calling, and it’s available in eight different colors. lit the path and my vision was greatly reduced. turning the volume up and down. The remote has Personally, I don’t video chat or watch movies on However, with the Fast Jacket, I was able to flip a dark blue yet bright hue to it, which lends it a my phone, and I don’t know anyone who does to the switch and transition between my extra set of somewhat tawdry appearance; this product image the point that they need a holder. If you are super lenses. The Persimmon lens gives the wearer a (in conjunction with the bottle-opener aspect), stoked on watching Netflix on your phone for 20 low light alternative while still offering the same moreover, is conducive to being bought by college minutes till it dies, the PODSTA could be of use, great optical protection of the Black Iridium. While students who only use their Xbox 360 as their DVD but I have a TV for that. However, this chunk of my friends were forced to either ditch their shades player, as is the case with my little brother and foam holds my iPod perfectly. Put your iPod in, or deal with decreased visability, I pedaled into our roommate. The remote isn’t compatible with drop it in your car’s cup holder and you’re set— the forest with greater confidence. This pair of gaming consoles either … So yeah, it’s basically but I wouldn’t fork over $13 for it. The packaging sleek sunglasses also utilizes Oakley’s patented another remote in that regard, and, to be honest, says it’s a Smartholder for your Smartphone, but Unobtainium rubber on both the nose and the bottle opener is kind of second-tier. It’s the it’s really just a dumb person’s impulse buy. earpieces, ensuring that the glasses stay glued type of bottle opener that is on the side of a can –­­­ Eric Granato to my face, even over the roughest terrain. –Sean opener, which is awkward. But meh, I’m still Zimmerman-Wall excited to take it to Burt’s. –Alexander Ortega 60 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 61 Fitzpatrick may have the résumé of a highbrow artist, but his art tells a different tale: the tale of a man who loves the people and places of his hometown, Chicago. On his blog, Fitzpatrick discusses the many color- ful characters who weave around his life with such intense passion that you find yourself longing to know more. At first glance, “Angel of the Riptide Lounge” is about a busy queen bee buzzing around a party, playing host to onlookers. But as the artist describes The Riptide Lounge and the proprietor of this dive—the late, bouffant-crowned, Marie Wuczyn- ski—on his blog, it’s obvious that “November Moth” by Tony Fitzpatrick they hold a special place in his heart. “Marie was ten days older than dirt when I met her in the late ’70s. The Art in the Community Riptide was where you went if, at two By Mariah Mann Mellus [email protected] in the morning, you just weren’t drunk enough yet or if you were still looking Tony Fitzpatrick is a Renaissance for love. The Riptide is your bar of Man—a self-taught artist, poet, last chances. Marie herself would playwright, radio talk show host, pour you shots and have one with screen and stage actor, small you. She liked a jigger of Jaeger with business owner, publisher, father a Pepsi back. Only old Polish ladies and mentor—after the December drink like this,” he writes. Juxtapos- Gallery Stroll, this Chicago-based ing his special personal experiences artist can also add the Kayo Gallery with trinkets and found objects gives to his already lengthy resume. Kayo the viewer a glimpse into Fitzpatrick’s owner Shilo Jackson is pleased love of folklore and also pays hom- that she wrangled up Fitzpatrick for age to his friends and colleagues this show, “Tony Fitzpatrick’s work who have passed on. is in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Fitzpatrick’s approachability is one of MOMA in New York and the MOCA the many reason’s his work is sought in Miami. It’s a really big deal that he after. His admirers and collectors in- is showing his work in Salt Lake City. clude Kevin Bacon, Johnny Depp, The man is a living legend in the art Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, world and Kayo is thrilled to host one Bill Gates, Lou Reed and Martin of the great art events of the decade,” Scorsese. says Jackson. Once while speaking at a gallery Fitzpatrick’s work is like a midget opening in Rockwood, Maine, Fitzpat- wrestler arriving at your door—it rick said to a group of journalists that comes in a small package, but packs museums were where art went to die a big punch. Incorporating drawings, and that art needed to be kept in the etching and collage into the size of a community. Let’s welcome Fitzpatrick print, Fitzpatrick masterfully weaves into our community! Tony Fitzpat- Americana, beatnik and bohemian rick’s art will be at the Kayo Gallery themes together and frames the (177 E. 300 S.) Dec. 2 through Jan. subject with symbols like the hobo 18. Visit kayogallery.com for more info alphabet, postage stamps, old regarding the show’s reception. matchbooks and lyrical poems.

62 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 63 Dear Spam-a-lot, Let me tell you what cops do, since we know everything. When we don’t know, we read Wikipedia. That’s why we’re so smart. When cops hear about a carjack- ing scenario, especially when cops hear they’re promoting the scenario, well, cops read Snopes. I typed carjack into Snopes, and guess what? Up came your sce- nario. I’m not going to quote it, as you can read it yourself. Suffice it to say, it’s false. Ms. Spam, that doesn’t mean weirdo evil shit hasn’t happened. I’m sure it has, somewhere. In fact, if you can think it up, it has happened. Just like every possible stupid cop call you can think of, “911, what is your emergency?” “Do you know the temperature to cook a turkey?” or “911, what Illustration: Sean Hennefer is your emergency?” “Can you Dear Cop, send someone fast, please? My kid So I got this email forwarded to me won’t sit still for a haircut … HEY that stated it was a warning from the ASSHOLE, I PAY YOUR FUCKING police. Apparently, there’s a new SALARY, GET THE FUCK OUT OF carjacking scheme where people HERE, QUIT LAUGHING AT ME put a sticker or paper on the rear PIG. Johnnie please sit still or else! window of your parked car. I guess The cops are on their way (God I what they expect people to do is get wish my kid wasn’t so swarthy).” into their cars, start the engine, then I don’t want to scare you, but yes, look in their rear view mirrors and see just like the stupidest scenario you the paper. Once they get out of their can imagine has happened, so too car to take it off, the crook jumps in has the most sicko. the driver’s seat and drives away. It You sound cute, so don’t let your seems a little farfetched, and I could guard down. I don’t want your totally see a Carpool moment hap- cute Spam legs cut off. However, pening when the carjacker looks in if each cop warning email worries the back of the van and realizes he’s you for a year, you should prob- just kidnapped a bunch of snotty kids, ably filter to the junk file—even too, but I had one of those snotty though if you do, you could end up kids come knocking at my door the legless. I bet you are cute. And, I other day asking if I wanted to donate hate cute, legless Spams, so you money to the homeless shelter, after better read all the warning emails. which I watched him knock on a few Nevermind what I said about the more doors before making his way to filter. the dollar store and come back out I think I heard this year that some with a bag of candy. If a 10-year-old dude on Halloween opened his is that swarthy, I wouldn’t put it past door to trick-or-treaters and got someone to try and pull off a carjack- shot. Another lady did the same ing like this. Is this really something and got slashed. You better never, that’s happening, though? Or should ever entertain a trick-or-treater I send all of these paranoid emails to again. my junk mail? Last time I got one, I See how helpful I am! You learned spent a year worrying that every time I why cops know everything, how got gas at night, somebody might be we know not to believe anything, hiding under my car ready to chop my and how to keep your cute Spam- legs off … —Spam-a-lot a-lot legs intact. —Cop

64 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 65 By Tyler Makmell late roast. After the aroma sets in, [email protected] you taste balanced amounts of nutmeg, malty toast and more of The year 2011 has been a defining that roasted chocolate. time for the craft beer industry in Utah. In the past 12 months, we Overview: While the collaborative have seen “exponential” growth in brew is still new to SLC, it has been some of our out-of-state distribu- a creative staple in craft brewer- tion, arrived at the mutual under- ies across the U.S. This particular standing that design and beer do brew is a perfect example of how meet in the middle and fostered the two breweries can put their minds ever snobbering of your craft beer together and make an off beat palates, which keeps our brewers batch that tastes great. In the year on their toes. As there is no other to come, we can only hope to see way to represent the developments more of this growing trend working of the past year, we have a lineup with outside breweries, and hope- which highlights some current fully local breweries, to help grow trends that are keeping the con- this badass beer mecca of Salt sumer happy as a pig in shit with a Lake City. pint. Cheers. Radius Fermentation Without Brewers/Brewery: Desert Edge Representation ABV: 4.0% Brewers/Brewery: Epic Serving Style: On Tap Brewing Co./DC Brau Brewing Description: This true local brew ABV: 7.6% pours a light golden-yellow color Serving Style: 22 oz Bottle with a mild white head. The aroma opens up to soft toasted malts, bread-like aromas and a mild, spicy hop character. The taste is a softly balanced amount of toasted malt, subdued herbal hops and a crisp finish.

Overview: This is a regularly reviewed brew that has an ever changing batch flavor, as the hops that come in for this are ever changing in location of growth. Some of these hops are donated, wild harvested or simply found Description: Out of the bomber, around town. Larger than that, they this collaborative brew from Epic’s are harvested/brought in by local Exponential line pours dark brown volunteers that are willing to chip in, in color and gives off a small fluffy keeping this the most local micro head. The aroma leads into some around. In the end, that is what we squashy pumpkin, Christmas spic- want to see: community effort to es, and a solid amount of choco- promote some kickass brew.

66 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 67 By Jimmy Martin Top 5 Best Actors: Top 5 Remaining [email protected] 1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50) Potential Award-Winning What do you mean it’s time to do 2. Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar) Films of 2011: another batch of Top 5s for the end 3. George Clooney 1. The Artist of the year?!? Where in the hell did (The Descendants) 2. Young Adult 2011 go? I’m still crying over the 4. Michael Shannon 3. My Week with Marilyn loss of Corey Haim, and now with (Take Shelter) 4. The Iron Lady the deaths of Bubba Smith, Sid- 5. Brad Pitt (Moneyball) 5. We Bought a Zoo ney Lumet and Randy Savage, the tears may never stop! OK! For Top 5 Best Actresses: Top 5 Most Anticipated the greater good, I’ll buck up and 1. Viola Davis (The Help) spill the goods … or the terrorists 2. Anna Kendrick (50/50) Films of 2012: win. Are the cool kids still saying 3. Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur) 1. The Avengers that? While we still have time before 4. Naomi Watts (J. Edgar) 2. The Dark Knight Rises the one-year countdown to the end 5. Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy 3. The Amazing Spider-Man of the world commences (thank May Marlene) 4. The Expendables 2 you very much, Mayans), here’s the 5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey list of 2011’s best and worst movie Top 5 Worst Actors: 3. The Music Never Stopped offerings … so far! 1. Adam Sandler (Jack and Jill) 4. Red State

2. Russell Brand (Arthur & Hop) 5. The Guard Top 5 Movie Quotes: Top 5 Best Films: 3. Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four 1. “Caesar is home.” (Rise of the 1. Drive & Beastly) Top 5 Reasons to Never Planet of the Apes) 2. 50/50 4. (The Three 2. “Oh, no. This is Earth, isn’t it?” Christoph Waltz Have Kids: 3. J. Edgar Musketeers) (Thor) 1. Gnomeo & Juliet 4. Hanna 5. 3. “It’s coming out of me like lava!” Patrick Dempsey 2. Zookeeper 5. Super 8 (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) (Bridesmaids) 3. Dolphin Tale 4. ”Be better than The Gap.” (Crazy, 4. Mr. Popper’s Penguins Stupid, Love) Top 5 Worst Actresses: 5. The Smurfs 1. Adam Sandler (Jack and Jill) 5. “Go fuck yourself.” (X-Men: First Class) 2. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Top 5 Reasons to (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) 3. Zoe Saldana (Columbiana) Reverse the Vasectomy: Top 5 Pleasant Surprises: 4. Millia Jovovich (The Three 1. The Muppets 1. Larry Crowne Musketeers) 2. Puss in Boots 2. The Lincoln Lawyer 5. Mary-Kate Olsen (Beastly) 3. Rango 3. Tower Heist 4. Kung-Fu Panda 2 4. Drive Angry 3D Top 5 Best Remakes/Se- 5. Winnie the Pooh 5. Source Code quels/Prequels: Top 5 Visual 1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes Top 5 Disappointments: 1. Real Steel 2. Fright Night Accomplishments: 2. 30 Minutes or Less 3. The Thing 1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 3. Sucker Punch 4. Fast Five 2. Thor 4. Columbiana 5. Harry Potter and the Deathly 3. Harry Potter and the Deathly 5. Bad Teacher Hallows: Part 2 Hallows: Part 2 4. Super 8 Top 5 Worst Films: 5. Captain America: The Top 5 Worldwide Money 1. Jack and Jill Top 5 Worst Remakes/ First Avenger 2. Season of the Witch Makers (as of 11/01/11): Sequels/Prequels: 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal- 3. Beastly 1. Footloose Top 5 Remaining Popcorn lows: Part 2 ($1,327,828,650) 4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2. Cars 2 2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon 5. Red Riding Hood 3. The Hangover 2 Movies of 2011: ($1,122,022,953) 4. Arthur 1. Mission Impossible: 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Top 5 Documentaries: 5. Scream 4 Ghost Protocol Stranger Tides ($1,039,571,802) 1. Project Nim 2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 4. Kung-Fu Panda 2 ($663,024,542) 2. Senna Top 5 Films to Surface 3. Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop 3. Hugo 5. Fast Five ($626,137,675) 4. Life in a Day Post-Sundance: 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 5. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 1. Tyrannosaur 5. The Darkest Hour 2. Hobo with a Shotgun

68 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 69 in postproduction. I swear I hear some tion, rough spots or missed opportuni- with every tremulous note aching out keyboard action going on in there, so ties that can characterize underground of Andrew Milne’s tortured guitar if that’s a voice, color me curious and hip hop these days. From the jazz-flute bouncing off the walls in a strange, intrigued. As I said, this is a whole lotta laden intro track into the brass heavy hypnotic fashion. Their arrangements art, so indulge in your favorite mind- “The Return,” the record starts and altering substance, lean back and dig are simple, but their deeply groovy never really slows down. “Vigilante” has deep. It’s poetry time. –Ischa B. sound and loose, cavernous tone my favorite flow, while the percussive fills out the empty space between “DNA” keeps my hands slapping my Mayson Lee and the guitar strums. The focus here is on thighs with drum rhythms. If there’s any tripped-out, happy chords, and even Rock & Roll Space complaint, it’s that the groove is too the darker blues side of “Candyland” Studs consistent—the pace could vary a little and “Night Howl” are offset with bub- more—but what these guys do, they do bly highs. The latter is one of the great Seven songs apiece from SLC’s most Jookabox + Sly & The Family Stone gets to the point of low-end pretention. The Filthy Touch EP very well. Never stop, gentlemen! –Rio American Hitmen Self-Released tracks on the album, and the band under-appreciated band, All Systems In fact, JPO never sounds pretentious, Connelly Street: 06.11 takes well to raw, emotional blues, EP Fail, and Venezuelan anarchists @ even though they have every reason to Self-Released Mayson Lee and the Rock & Roll Parallax aided by Phelp’s choked-up wails and patia No. The ASF side showcases be. The whole record feels like less-is- Street: 09.01 Space Studs = HorrorPops + Mediums and Messages LP The Saintanne screams. songs that have been live favorites for more, street jazz perfection. So stop by American Hitmen = 3 Doors Down Creepshow + Deadline Kitchen Now Records Living With The Chills –Henry Glasheen a couple of years at least, and they Graywhale (or the mp3 retailer of your + Danzig + Deftones There’s ome pretty fun greasy pop Street: 12.17 Self-Released Mostly loud, raucous and at least a sound absolutely brutal on this slab. choice) and let JPO lure you into their punk with a little horror thrown in on Parallax = The Dillinger Escape Street: 9.15 Young Mindz little dark, I’d say American Hitmen You’d think that after almost 10 years world, where jazz is still played on street the EP from Mayson Lee. At first I Plan + Shai Hulud + early Cave In The Saintanne = Calexico + The The Milky Blaze would be considered a somewhat of ear- and mind-pummeling anarchist corners. –Andrew Roy didn’t think much of the female fronted Mediums and Messages was originally Big Pink Properly Puffin’ Productions modernized offspring of 1980s era hardcore, ASF would have begun to group—they sounded like a lot of other released on CD in 2006, shortly after The Saintanne is an interesting Street: 10.31 metal/thrasher tunes. Not so much show signs of slowing down, but that J-Real bands to me—but after a few listens, I the tragic death of Parallax vocalist hodgepodge of styles and a rarity in Young Mindz = Swollen Members like the metal creations who have is simply not the case—the songs on 4-5-6 was coming around and started to see Blake Donner. Five years later, the the Utah scene. Their performance at a + Snoop Dogg + Dr. Dre done away with melody and music this sucker are as fast, poignant and R3 ENTERTAINMENT that they may not be reinventing the band is reissuing the album on vinyl recent Localized at Urban Lounge was With The Milky Blaze, Young Mindz altogether—the “roll” in “rock n’ roll,” angry as anything else they have ever Street: 09.17 wheel, but they do know how to get it and playing one final show in Provo more thematic than musically engag- aren’t saying anything that wasn’t if you will. This EP seems to pay hom- released. The @patia No side delivers J-Real = T-Pain + Ja Rule + Nelly spinning. Their song “The Waterhole (with Jeff Jensen, who filled in on ing, which isn’t a bad thing. For a first said 15 years ago. The opening track, age to some of the original interpreta- one hell of a punch, as well. The vocals This is just bad marketing. So much of Hop” shows a lot of diversity and vocals for a year following Donner’s introduction to the music of this EP, it “Young Mindz,” features monotonous tions of the genre, aligning more with are entirely in Spanish, traded off Fox Van Cleef couldn’t have picked a this album is a waste of time. Not so the ability to slow things down if they passing) before laying Parallax to rest. was the only way to encounter it. Words letter-for-letter chanting of the group better title for their first full-length album. Alice Cooper and Def Leppard between Dis-style snarls and grind- much the music parts, more the cee-lo need to, and “Filthy Touch” gets down Experiencing Parallax with fresh ears like atmospheric and layered would name, lyrics about hyping the crowd, stylings. Personally, I prefer the roll in flavored grunts, and it’s not exactly dif- The five-piece ensemble have blended instructions, like your target market and dirty, and even a little bloody, (I had never heard the band before), be inadequate to describe the dense dissing other rappers and the usual elements of funk, psychedelic, rock and my rock n’ roll, so I do appreciate the ficult to tell that these folks are pissed. doesn’t already know how to roll bones with the best of them. The versatility Mediums and Messages stands out as landscape Tom Bennett and company self-promoting themes. While self- blues into a overwhelming concoc- fact that the vocals carry a tune and If you consider yourself “punk” and you curbside. “Million Dollar Swag” is spit of the guitar is impressive, jumping a metalcore album with substance in create on this EP. A liquid light show promotion has always and probably tion of music that doesn’t really match some of the songs lean on the light haven’t picked this up yet, please turn over the “Nissan, Honda, Chevy” beat, from country to rock in the same song a time when the genre was becom- on a moon canvas and heavily effected always will be a major theme in hip any other Utah band. The album has side. On top of that, when the lyrics in your patched and studded vest and and still doesn’t hold up to the other sometimes, and the rhythms are tight ing vapid. Donner’s lyrics and vocal vocals set the stage for my enjoyment hop, the great artists of our time use its share of short hooky numbers and and music do lean heavy, you can cut off your goddamned liberty spikes— 350 artist to spit over it. “All By Myself” as well as vocals, especially the low style are scathing, lashing out at the of the EP after the performance. Four this theme in an artistic way to the long influential jams, along with added know that it’s coming from a very real you’re officially kicked out of punk rock. is another almost-there attempt. This smooth growl of the girl up front. We conservative culture in which we all tracks don’t seem like enough. It will be point that it forces the listener to think place. These guys are US Marines, –Gavin Hoffman surprises like a horn section and guest self-reflecting, open honesty track is need more original bands like this in exist. “Temple Shadows” is especially interesting to see if the group can pull appearances from several established about what they’re saying. Young and they formed the band on the nothing new all the way around. We town. –James Orme excellent, and “Surgery Without Su- off a whole album in the same style of Mindz simply come out and say, battlefield in Iraq during some of the Blitzkrieg Witchcraft musicians such as Andrew Milne from get it, you’re on some other shit, bigger tures,” featuring spoken-word dialogue music. –JP Spell Talk and Josaleigh Pollett. The “Everywhere we go, people know who bloodiest fighting to date, Operation Recorded Live at Raunch than money and you stand alone. Got by Greg Bennick of Trial, fits with the we are.” Funny, when I’m at home or only downside that Prescription Tea rest of the album’s content surprisingly Phantom Fury. Alive and inspired, Self-Released it. This album hints at a serious Bar Spell Talk at work, everyone knows who I am, Party will have to face with audiences well. Donner’s impassioned vocals are they returned home safely and wasted Street: 10.01 Exam 3 influence. I understand the Touch It! too. As for the flow, the beats are is that it may be too experimental for bolstered by his technically proficient no time in pursuing their dreams—a Blitzkrieg Witchcraft = Void + desire to use someone else’s beat, Self-Released well crafted, “My Hip-Hop” being a much preferred way of dealing with Noothgrush + Dystopia original fans. Fox Van Cleef have grown however, when you use some of the bandmates, whose time changes and immensely as musicians over the past Street: 09.30 prime example with its lyrics being an PTSD. Rock it out! –Ischa B. A follow up on last year’s Burst of Fire most popular beats of our generation, breakdowns are performed in a way Spell Talk = The People’s Temple + three years, but now have little resem- exception to the general lack of sub- demo, Blitzkrieg Witchcraft continues people tend to take notice. J-Real is that is impressive, without being impos- Dead Meadow + The Black Keys blance to their original incarnation that stance. “Not 4 Sale” is reminiscent of digging at that crusty scab, coaxing a future pop sensation. I kid. –Jemie ing. To top it all off, the vinyl version Salt Lake City seems like the last place All Systems Fail/ drew crowds, which could be a turn off College Dropout-era Kanye West and a virulent anarcho-sludge blend to Sprankle has been remastered and features awe- anyone would expect to hear tunes like for many. Overall however, Prescrip- is another hit off the album. Young @patia No the surface, but opting for strained some new artwork. Check out the band Spell Talk’s most recent LP, but this tion Tea Party could be one of the finest Mindz will please some listeners, but 2011 Split LP atmospherics over speed. “No Faith” one last time and buy the record at combination of minimal, mellow blues albums composed in 2011. Lalage probably only for the first two or three Noseke Records is a wobbly intro that’s as doomy as Muse Music on Dec. 17. –Ricky Vigil and psychedelic haziness feels like a –Spencer Ingham Live on Sonarchy listens. –Chris Proctor Street: 09.20 it is unnecessary, but “Mais” picks it hot summer day in the valley. Punctu- All Systems Fail = Behind Enemy up, seething like a faster, sloppier Void Jack Straw Productions Street: 04.19 The Numbs & ated by Jared Phelps’ half-shouted Lines + Los Crudos + Severed practice tape. “Cisne” and “Lenta- Joshua Payne singing, Touch It! sounds like it was Check Out More Reviews At: Heads of State Lalage = Edna St. Vincent Millay + mente” are painful crawlers, the latter The Moth & the Flame Linus Stubbs recorded in a concrete basement, @patia No = Conflict + Phobia + Orchestra Brian Eno + Tycho SLUGMAG.com bellowing like a My War-era Rollins flay- Soulburn From Ashes Rise Zoom Whoa. This is a whole lotta art here. Self-Titled ing himself over the smoldering remains Earthburn Records After waiting for roughly a year and a Self-Released Lara Candland vocalizes her poetry Self-Released of a forgotten Sonic Youth b-Side, and Street: 11.11 Street: 06.27 half, this split LP has finally dropped, Street: 09.12 in various stylings over sometimes most of the lyrics are in Portuguese, lovely, sometimes strange and bizarre The Moth & the Flame = Soulburn = The Pharcyde + Ugly and boy howdy, it’s a fucking doozy. Joshua Payne Orchestra = Duke but it ends on a solid high with a strong background sounds, created along Radiohead/Snow Patrol - Coldplay Duckling + E&A Ellington + Charles Mingus What could be better than veterans Rudimentary Peni cover (featuring with Christian Asplund, her long-time As a duo that thrives on the subtlety of Zoom is going to be the record you put in their element? This collaborative Raunch Records’ own Brad Collins on partner and the other member of the ambient and fragile song structures, on the top of the pile, where your friends effort from scene-defining artists The skins) and a couple o’ snotty thrashers. duo known as Lalage. Additional vocals the presence of percussion on the will be sure see it. Each jammy, heavily are created by Asplund, but more as Numbs and seasoned beatsmith Some painful diversions (Grief just ain’t album was unexpected. The songs rhythmic, hooky tune is as good as or sound than word. The product of this Linus Stubbs has it all. The beats are everyone’s bag) but good overall. Peep definitely benefit from the addition of better than the last. You’ll find yourself experimental endeavor could perhaps rich, full of classic soul and Motown- their Myspace to snag a copy for $3. – drums, and some still maintain that humming melodies from “La La La” blend into the background as furniture sounding samples. Stubbs can make Dylan Chadwick or airport music, a la Brian Eno or Erik gentle, icy sound even with crash- and “SLUG” as if they were lyric-less simple boom-bap into a dusty funk primary songs written for Miles Davis’ Satie, but with some really odd and ing cymbals in the background. With sometimes disconcerting undertones songs like “How We Woke Up” and soundtrack, tight and gritty at the same Fox Van Cleef grandkids. The title track, “Zoom,” has time. The lyrics are what you’d expect an uncharacteristically straightforward more along the lines of David Lynch’s “Dreamer,” The Moth & the Flame Prescription Tea Party musical endeavors. Most impressive of for a group of emcees who’ve been drumbeat, which serves to fuel the slow proves they are equally as suited to be Self-Released all, though, is the assertion that all the an alternative rock band in the vein of trading mics for over a decade. Their Street: 10.29 build of the orchestra, until the bass variations of noise heard are created Radiohead. –Alex Pow characteristic complementary delivery Fox Van Cleef = Black Keys + takes over with a driving solo that never with vocals only, and then manipulated is totally fluid, without any of the hesita- 70 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 71 And So I Watch You cleared out by this band and this record. Kimya Dawson strong tracks, everyone who listens to –James Orme this album will have a different favorite, From Afar Thunder Thighs so take a listen and see what strikes you Great Crap Factory most. –Jessie Wood Gangs Gauntlet Hair Street: 10.18 Sargent House/Richter Collective Kimya Dawson = Belle and Street: 11.08 Self-Titled Dead Oceans Sebastian/campfire songs + Mayer Hawthorne ASIWYFA = Fugazi + Russian Street: 10.18 nursery rhymes How Do You Do Circles + Caspian Hey, remember The Moldy Peaches? Street: 10.11 You try to start attaching too many Gauntlet Hair = Cocteau Twins + Everybody was singing along to ‘’Anyone Universal subgenre tags to an original band, and hip-hop beats + Mazzy Star Everything that the Mexican Summer Else But You’’ ‘bout five years ago, you put a little too much shit with the Mayer Hawthorne = Aloe Blacc label has been involved with is pure gold, when the indie-liscious movie Juno steak. Let’s be clear, Gangs is huge. + James Morrison + Matthew from bands like , , came out. The female counterpart of the Gangs is hypnotic. Gangs is breathtak- No Joy Best Coast Morrison , awkward duo has busted out a plethora ing. A monolithic juggernaut pieced Tamaryn Washed Out, Wooden If you have ever struggled with finding , and , to this one, of solo albums, Thunder Thighs being together between festival appearances, Shjips Nachtmystium the kind of man you can bring home to Gauntlet Hair. This self-titled album is ra- her seventh. Kimya’s style is composed it’s a dualistic record, the genius of your family, search no more—Mayer diant, pure bliss, a reverb heaven. From of diary-like lyrics set to simple, cute which lies in its ability to occupy two Hawthorne is he. Hawthorne is the track one, “Keep Time,” I knew it was acoustic guitar, which makes for a pile of spheres: hard to place and instantly quintessential pop singer/songwriter— a gem. The vocals are similar to mediocrity that you have to dig through enjoyable. Indie, metal, electronic, dub Black side part, geek-chic glasses, vests and or other garage bands in that vein, for anything worthwhile. Thunder Thighs and anything with a “post” prefix comes Lips all. He comes to us with How Do You yet they are soaked in ambience. Bass seems to be an attempt to reinvent her- to mind, but it’s best not to get bogged Do, his third full-length album. While the notes pulse and explode under a warm self, with methods including having small down in all that blogger nonsense. title of “No Strings” may give off a more sea of sound. This album sounds like children sing along with her in “The Mare Circuitous riffing, bombastic rhythms and promiscuous vibe, Hawthorne wins us heroin or the best sex you have ever and the Bear,” and having hip-hop artist the occasional choral detour coalesce over with his crooning, silky voice and his had. It’s soft, wet and hot. It’s like a night Aesop Rock and the Olympia Free into one rockin’ slab of cerebral aggres- innocent melodies and playful lyrics. He with a lover on a blanket on a beach by Choir sing along with her in ‘’Miami Ad- sion. Don’t misunderstand me, this ain’t switches gears with the ballad “You’re a bonfire. If you love the new shoegaze vice.” Although they add a bit of variety, sludge and it never crawls. Hyperfast on Not Ready,” which is more diverse than experimentalist music that seems to be these attempts are not to any great avail. its feet, incorporating erratic blends of his previous, upbeat work. It is the kind flooding out from all over the states, then Most of the songs are long, uncaptivat- African percussion and Asian ambiance, of beautiful, soul-wrenching, love-lost get this album and blast it all winter. It ing, and make reference to weird things constantly flitting between massive and piece that every album should have. A will keep you warm. –Tom Bennett about pregnancy, like peeing on a stick. few other excellent, upbeat tracks in- more massive, never sacrificing melody I think I’ll pass on that. It might be time or texture, it’s a document of belligerent clude “Dreaming,” “You Called Me,” and for Kimya to pursue something other “Finally Falling.” Mayer Hawthorne is beauty from one of this era’s pre-eminent Kathryn Calder than songwriting, before she releases an instrumental trios. –Dylan Chadwick like your guy best friend—sweet, a great Bright and Vivid album about potty-training or some other time, and not taken advantage of nearly File Under: Music parental shit. –Kia McGinnis enough. –Kylie Cox The Brains Street: 10.25 Drunk Not Dead Kathryn Calder = Jane Siberry M83 The Misfits Stomp + Feist Hurry Up, We’re Street: 10.25 New Pornographer and former Im- Devil’s Rain The Brains = Gutter Demons + maculate Machine member Calder’s Dreaming Misfits Records the Rockets + Rezurex second solo album is an experimental Mute Records Street: 10.04 delight in both sound and voice. I don’t Psychobilly is a genre of creativity and Street: 10.18 The Misfits = The Misfits – Glenn know what it is about certain female originality, so when a band come out M83 = Depeche Mode + Washed Danzig + Balzac + Osaka Canadian singer/songwriters and their sounding just like Demented Are Go Out + Com Truise Popstar uniqueness, but this album brings to or any other of the defining names of M83’s Anthony Gonzalez has hit the Ever since Jerry Only rebooted The Mis- mind the joyous creativity of early Si- psycho, it’s disheartening to me, be- mark with his sixth studio album, a fits in the late 1990s, I haven’t given two berry. Born out of grief (Calder’s mother cause the spirit of this music is all about sprawling two-disc set that explores, in fucks about their output. The current ver- died in between the recording of her concocting your own mix. The Brains are his words, “what it means to dream.” sion of the band includes Only on bass debut and the writing of these songs), a breed all their own—it’s obvious to me He has said that the two discs are and vocals, former Black Flag member but with a definite pop exuberance to that they’ve got all the right influences, brother and sister, that each track has Dez Cadena on guitar, and Eric Arce them, the album’s 10 tracks benefit from but they also have the right idea as far a sibling on the other disc. This is, of Murphy’s Law on drums. The result the juxtaposition. Again working with her as not sounding too much like any of without a doubt, his most ambitious and is three washed-up punks in Toys “R” husband, co-producer , them. Drums and standup bass pump Colin Stewart accomplished release under the name Us costumes and fright makeup playing lead single “Who Are You?” is a great unrelenting rhythms while the tempos of M83. There is no weak track—every overproduced horror-pop. So is it bad? example of the happy marrying the sad, this record never drop below rapid, but song would be successful as a single, No, not really bad. A lot of what I always as the chirpy music belies the darker that is not to say the melody is at all for- something practically unheard of in liked about the Misfits is still there—the lyrics of “And when we die, our mouths gotten—the guitar sound is as rich and pop music. The classic reverb-soaked, 1950s pop-music influence, the punky will open up wide/And we’ll shake loose colorful as it is snarlingly aggressive. The noise-pop sound of M83 has been fine- doo-wop backing vocals and lyrics the hands we once had tied.” Offering a song “Six Rounds” is among the most tuned into something beautiful and more about the devil and his minions. These variety of music styles, from experimen- atmospheric psychobilly I’ve ever heard. emotionally resonant than his past re- features, coupled with a progressive tal folk to lush pop, Bright and Vivid’s These Canadian psychos change up the leases. With a wide array of guest stars, pop-punk soundtrack, actually create a constant is Calder’s amazingly pretty language with the French, “Pourquoi Me including Zola Jesus and two choirs, few catchy songs. This is especially true voice. Dean O Hillis Laisser” and throw down some Spanish – each song has a distinct sound while when gravelly-voiced Cadena takes the lyrics on “Gato Calavera.” Any stagnancy not taking away from the cohesiveness mic. But aside from these few moments in the psychobilly genre will soon be of the album as a whole. With so many of clarity, the rest is ill conceived, 72 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 73 overly polished and a little too Saturday Few bands can compete with the fury of morning cartoonish. I mean, do we really Parker Grigg’s agile, furious funk guitar, need a song about a monkey’s paw and and with each Radio Moscow release, it one about a mummy’s hand? As far as seems he becomes an even more char- punk music goes, this one is a little too ismatic performer. The Great Escape of Three Stooges. –James Bennett Leslie Magnafuzz ditches the high-fidelity sound of Brain Cycles and instead focus- es on Grigg’s impressive improvisational Orchestra of Spheres skills. The compositions on this album Nonagonic Now are wild and ambitious, breaking out into Fire Records hysterical jamming that never sounds Street: 11.08 forced, because everything the man Orchestra of Spheres = Neu! plays sounds so damn smooth. Keep x Can + Indonesian gamelan an eye out for these guys, as they like to music/street performances of tour through Salt Lake City, and they put Yogyakarta + AU + 60s science on a killer show. –Henry Glasheen instructional films I am STOKED about the recent resur- Star Fucking Hipsters gence of traditional music that is slowly making its way back in the public eye From the Dumpster to the thanks to labels such as Mississippi Grave Records, or the Ethiopiques collec- Fat Wreck Chords tions. And how refreshing it is to listen Street: 10.11 to the psychedelic modern spin of New Star Fucking Hipsters = Choking Zealand’s Orchestra of Spheres. This Victim/Leftöver Crack + Joanna debut pulls from many dated traditional Newsom + Desolate + The sounds, from eclectic free jazz to African beats, and successfully puts their own Distillers At the risk of being struck down by modern spin on these sounds without rat-tailed, crack rock-steady junkies, compromising the feel or integrity of the I’ll say this: Star Fucking Hipsters are music itself, which is weirdly delightful better than Leftöver Crack. Yeah, LÖC and danceable. For being such a rela- pioneered the sub-sub-genre, but the tively young and unknown group, they’re dynamics of From the Dumpster to the definitely getting noticed globally. My Grave evince Scott Sturgeon’s politics, favorites are the kinetic off-kilter stomp more so because of female vocalists and flange of “Spontaneous Symme- Nico De Gallo and Kelsey. FtDttG try” and the off-tuning and repetition of features switch-offs from “STRG”’s raspy “Boltzmann Brain,” a great gamelan- vocals to De Gallo’s matching timbre, driven earworm. –Mary Houdini which Kelsey supplants with her lilted melodies, highlighting the album’s wom- anly touches. “Death Is Never Out of Thee Oh Sees Fashion” boasts tradeoffs from all three Carrion Crawler/The singers, with Kelsey singing in español over skanky up-strums and “9/11 ’til Dream Infinity” hammers down a nasty dance In the Red beat while guest artist Boots Riley spits Street: 11.08 political rhymes. “The Broken Branches,” Thee Oh Sees = Sic Alps + Ty though, is the song that’ll have you Segall singing along with Kelsey: “The more I 2011 just wouldn’t be complete without learn, the less I know/The more I reap, a second album from Thee Oh Sees. the less I sow/The streets are paved with epitaphs/Sink the lifeboat, burn the raft.” Carrion Crawler/The Dream ditches the –Alexander Ortega poppy acoustic guitar lines and melo- trons of the previous release, Castlema- nia (not surprising, since that album was Still Corners pretty much a John Dwyer solo album) and returns to something more akin to Creatures of an Hour Warm Slime (without the 13-minute title Sub Pop track). The songs seem to involve more Street: 10.11 of a build-up and more guitar fills and Still Corners = My Bloody solos than previous releases, so it can Valentine + The xx get a bit tedious at times (especially dur- The difference between My Bloody ing “Chem-Farmer”) but all in all, it is an Valentine and bands that sound like incredibly solid release. The highlight of My Bloody Valentine is that the former the album for me was “Crushed Grass,” had a lot more going for them than just a rehash of a song featured on the Ty a sound. Still Corners succeed because Segall/Thee Oh Sees split released for of their attention to the fundamentals and Bruise Cruise last year. –Cody Hudson not just the sonics. Creatures of an Hour is a grower, and it will take repeat listens to fully appreciate how well the songs Radio Moscow are constructed out of basic elements— The Great Escape of simple guitar arpeggios, pentatonic melodies, oldies drumbeats. On first lis- Leslie Magnafuzz ten, my criticism was that the tunes were Alive Records too impressionistic to be memorable. But Street: 10.11 in the current landscape of in-your-face Radio Moscow = The Jimi promotion, Still Corners remind us of the Hendrix Experience + Wishbone virtue of being subtle. –Nate Housley Ash + Siena Root

74 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 75 Tuesday, December 20 Dustbloom, Huldra, We Drop Like Bombs, Chevalier – Kilby Biggest Ern, Mac Tendo, Mesa Billies, The Kevin Anderson Experience – Urban Utah Film Center Screens: Malls R Us – Main Library Happy Birthday, Liz Phillips! Happy Birthday, Thy Doan!

Wednesday, December 21 Send your dates by the 25th of the previous month: [email protected]. Donate one grocery bag to the Utah Food Bank Blue Man Group – Kingsbury – Brighton Resort Friday, December 2 Wednesday, December 7 The Black Heart Procession, Chelsea Wolfe – Fission Breakers, Show Me Island, Storming Holiday Stroll – Artspace Toys For Tots – Brighton Resort Urban Stages & Stereos – Kilby Amarillo Highway – Bar Deluxe Saviours, Ramming Speed – Burt’s Monday, December 12 DJ AaronKnute, Bullets and Belle’s, Fat Apollo Nutcracker Art Show – Blonde Grizzly Kory Quinn and The Comrades, Bitterroot Dan O’Connor, Tyler & Melody, Brian Bingham & The Cellulites, Red Bennies – Urban Thrillionaires – Brigham Larson Pianos – High West Distillery – Kilby Hour 13 – Cisero’s Talia Keys, Gemini Mind – Hog Wallow Klezmatics, Juana Ghani – State Room Thursday, December 22 Beats Antique – Depot Anthropology, Necromaniac, Noble Savages, Film: Trigger – Tower Trenton McKean – Hog Wallow Tim Daniels Music – Fahrenheit Lounge Private Partners – Kilby DIY Holiday Gifts with Craft Lake City Dead Pilots, Die Nasty, Cedars, Starvist – Kilby Wasnatch – Fats Grill Blue Man Group – Kingsbury – Garage Scotty Haze – Pat’s BBQ Stonefed – Hog Wallow Film: Trigger – Tower Tolchock Trio, The Rubes, The Watches Daisy & The Moonshines, Golden Sun, Coyote Hot Chocolate Social Tuesday, December 13 – Urban Fever – Kilby – Hatch Family Chocolates Cake –Saltair The Vision – Liquid Joes Spooky Moon, Black Hounds, Small Town Pierce the Veil, Miss May I, Woe Is Me, The Friday, December 23 Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Sinners, Tim & Hope – Urban Amity Affliction, Letlive – In The Venue Mannheim Steamroller – Abravanel Hall Poor Yorick Studios Holiday Show KRCL’s Night Out – Maxwell’s The Fling, Yukon Blonde – Kilby Zach Hillard Band – Hog Wallow – Poor Yorick Add a Dash of Local Art with Todd Powelson Guns N Roses – Maverik Center Folka Dots, Holy Water Buffalo, Trappers Dismemberment of Me – Muse – Trolley Square Whole Foods Café Other Lives – State Room – Kilby Boi-Lesque Revue – Paper Moon Film: Being Elmo – Main Library Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Silvertongue – Roy Eagles Thursday, December 8 The Soft White Sixties, Fox Van Cleef, Dirty Vertigo Venus – State Room Spitsofrantic – Saints and Sinners Brian Thurber – Hog Wallow Blonde – Urban Birthquake, Palace of Buddies, Giraffula A Man Enters – Salt Lake Acting Company Sons of Other Mothers – Hoppers Happy Birthday, Jon Robertson! – Urban Mirko Marton’s “Noir” – Salt Lake Art Center Whitney Blayne – Fat’s Grill Ozomatli – State Room Love Inks, Rain Rain Man, Chris Cavanaugh – Wednesday, December 14 Saturday, December 24 “Horny” by Nic Annette Miller Reception Kilby Donate a coat, gloves or pack of unopened And…Go! 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Film: Christmas Story – SLC Main Library The Porch – Muse Cirque De La Symphonie – Abravanel Hall Homemade for the Holidays: Writing for Gifts Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Miniature Tigers, Lady Murasaki – Bar Deluxe Friday, December 30 – SLCC Writing Center Urban Bleu – Summit Lounge Marinade – Hog Wallow Video Games Live: Bonus Round! – Abravanel Pin Me Up Charity Event – Bar Deluxe Utah Film Center Screens: Herb + Dorothy – Laissez Bear – Kilby Hall Stephen Kellogg, Jon McLaughlin Salt Lake Art Center Back Chat, Bus People, Don Juan – Muse SKPz – Hog Wallow – State Room Matteo – Why Sound Delphic Quorum, Prysma – Other End Dismemberment of Me – Kilby DJ Roots Rawka – Summit Lounge The Entrance Band, Spell Talk, Dark Seas Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Heartless, Full of Hell – Raunch – Urban Daverse – Summit Lounge Poor Ophelia, Tribes – Why Sound Falk – Why Sound KRCL’s Polar Jubilee Ocote Soul Sounds – State Room Spell Talk, Max Pain & the Groovies, Fucktards Juana Ghani – Woodshed – Salt Lake Hardware Building GZA, Pat Maine, Sick Sense & Skinwalker, – Urban Common Market, IAME, FSS, Dumbluck Kiliona, DJ Juggy – Urban – Urban Saturday, December 10 John Allred Holiday Show – Velour Saturday, December 31 Sugartown, Fauna – Garage A Kurt Bestor Christmas – Abravanel Hall Feed Me, Calvertron, Mark Yurm, Rokcity, Fu Jingle Bell 5k Walk/Run for Arthritis Forever is For Now, Framing Hanley – Avalon Saturday, December 17 Ju, Dipsy – Complex – Trolley Square Breakfast with Santa on the Moon – Clark Cirque De La Symphonie – Abravanel Hall Laserfang – Urban Planetarium Porter Robinson, R3hab, Steez, Aiden Chance, Sunday, December 4 Ulysses – Hog Wallow Jake Williams, Foxtrot – Complex Sunday, January 1 Buried At Birth, Behold The Kingdom, The Knux – In The Venue Noah Peterson – Dancing Yeti Coffee Company Happy New Years! Nurse that hangover and Graverobber, All Systems Fail, Burn Your Exit Strategy, Young Electric, Exit of the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Eccles (Park City) nurse it good. World, Drag Me Under – Burt’s Envious, Sparks Fire, Aviatrix, Almost October, Velvetones – Hog Wallow White Wives, Koji – Kilby Grey Fiction, Bus People – Kilby Macklemore, Ryan Lewis – In The Venue Monday, January 2 Lukas Nelson, POTR – State Room Blue Man Group – Kingsbury Mountain Hymns, North Valley, Old World, Holy Happy Birthday, Sumerset Bivens! Nathaniel Rateliff, David Williams, Sam Burton Chance Lewis, Apt, Yze, Prime Time Real Water Buffalo – Kilby – Urban Estate, MC Untytled, Crate Dwellers – Muse Parallax, Despite Despair, Hi Fi Massacre Tuesday, January 3 The Wicked – Post Theater – Muse South Pacific – Capitol Theatre Monday, December 5 Sister Dottie S. Dixon’s Hilarious Holiday False Witness, Tr3ason, Frontline Happy Birthday, Cody Kirkland! 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Friday, January 6 Deas Vail, Sick of Sarah, Now Now – Kilby Monday, December 19 Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Blue Man Group – Kingsbury Sunday, December 11 BLOOP, Fat Apollo & The Cellulites, Us Thieves – Abravanel Hall Film: Hell and Back Again – Main Library Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Lionize, – Kilby Roby Kap – Pat’s BBQ Evidence, The Grouch, Zion-I, Eligh – Urban Rodeo Ruby Love – In The Venue Happy Birthday, Ross Solomon! Pick Up the New SLUG – Anyplace Cool 76 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 77 78 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 79 80 SaltLakeUnderGround