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slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 23 • Issue #287 • Nov. 2012 • slugmag.com Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Marketing Team: Ischa B., Stephanie Editor: Angela H. 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You can check out some of his work in this month’s feature on PowderWhore Productions, and make sure to go online to read his descriptive winter sports film reviews. 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear Dickheads, Dear #fuckswag,

I would just like to point out a tragedy You’re not helping your cause that is befalling our youth and young by signing your letter with adults these days, and that is the a hashtag, hypocrite. SLUG “swag movement”. Skinny jeans have been around for awhile now, Mag certainly shares your you probably used to make fun of the annoyance with all the albino people that wore them until Lil’ Wayne frat kids with shags poaching started babbling and mumbling Native American patterns about them in his music. All of your on their sweaters and all Obey box logo shit? Stupid. Wear the rave wieners. There will something interesting, be more than always be normative fashion a mobile, brain-dead billboard. Your endless supply of snapbacks? Not trends in American consumer fresh. Outdated (Ice Cube did that culture—that’s why counter- shit first), and overdone. And your culture exists and is awesome. shoes…fuck. Oversized basketball If you’re this irked by people shoes have never, ever looked dancing in public areas, I good on anyone, especially all you sure hope Daddy’s trust fund scrawny, prepubsecent pricks. You doesn’t ship you off to NYC don’t look cool. I hate you. Stop listening to Nicki Minaj and Big Sean for you to ride your fixie down and do something useful besides the streets of Williamsburg dancing in the middle of a store, or in and study film, ’cause there front of the bank I’m trying to get into are people dancing in the while you listen to your shitty music on streets EVERYWHERE, sucka. your headphones. Some of us need Get off your high horse and to cash a paycheck so we can take let these kids be young and care of rent, not all of us have the stupid. I think you’ve been luxury of smoking weed and blasting Lil’ Wayne in their mother’s basement stuck in your head, sippin’ with our clone friends while we wait on your latte and listening to for the rave to start at The Complex too much Fun. lately. Get out everyday. And for the love of God, that angst in a mosh pit that please stop saying YOLO for fucking your undoubtedly bourgeois everything. You really do only live upbringing deprived you of, once, so you probably shouldn’t be and stop watching so many a douchebag in the process. Oh, and for the record, The Strokes did YOLO fucking Wes Anderson “films.” first, so fuck Drake, and fuck you too. YOLO.

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6 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 7 Brunch for the Ears: THE By Scott Farley NOVA [email protected] Chamber Music Series The new season of the NOVA that it is expressed as a memory Chamber Music Series began in of friends and family in the voices October with a perfect illustration of the of the instruments. “The second movement mission of this little arts group: pairing the most came very quickly last summer,” he says. classical of classical chamber music––Mozart–– in the music.” Chuaqui composes music for with two virtuosic (read: devilishly hard to play) orchestras and small groups, as well as for Using some DJ-reminiscent time changes and pieces by Utah composer Bruce Quaglia. electronic instruments. He has also collaborated on reverberating fades, he augments the normal interactive dance systems, and he helped develop ideas for these instruments, taking a set of musical The NOVA Chamber Music Series plays local software for interactive musical therapy systems accusations and then differently recounting the and very new music in increasingly close measure with the University of Utah Hospital. story. Now changed in the telling, he invokes a with the rest of the program’s adventurous, but meditation on memory and on the transmutation also canonical, repertoire. According to Jason Though he grew up in Chile, Chuaqui doesn’t from the known to the remembered––the creation Hardink, current artistic director of NOVA, this want to be “that folk tune guy.” He says, “Just of “Confabulario.” is a continuation of previous director Corbin like we don’t grow up with square dance, I Johnston’s vision for the series: “This makes didn’t grow up with that music, necessarily … As an innovative composer, Chuaqui says, “I’m NOVA a venue unlike any other musical presenter But we wear that rhythm on our sleeve … There in the fortunate position to be in demand.” When in town in terms of combining old and new music is always just something there with all the South not writing for traditional ensembles, he writes in a way that makes you hear them both differently. Americans.” But, he says, he is loosening up as pieces for electronics and instruments, a kind of It enriches your experience by putting a Utah he gets older and more sentimental. “I’m going bionic music. When he writes electronic music, composer’s piece beside a piece by Tchaikovsky, along writing, and I notice something in the music Chuaqui sees himself setting up tasks for musicians because you hear them both side by side. Unlike that reminds me of an old tune, and then I’ll use it inside an electronic sort of form, which the other arts groups, we try to be both old and new, like a jazz musician working a familiar part into musician has to see, to line up with and to interact and not just one or the other,” he says. an ad lib,” he says. On the question of difficulty, with––sometimes by playing into a microphone, or the virtuosic quality of a piece, he says, “[I] which changes the instrument in time or in sound, NOVA was founded in 1977 by Utah never set out to write music that is hard to play, other times by playing against pre-programmed Symphony clarinet player, Russell Harlow. but it becomes that way pretty quickly. Except for electronic events, and sometimes both. “From [Nova’s] first year, when it commissioned some children’s pieces, pretty much everything I a piece by Ramiro Cortés (who was write is challenging.” This season’s NOVA concerts include many major Stravinsky’s secretary and arranger), it has new pieces by other local and international been about the new, as its name implies,” says Chuaqui’s piece “Confabulario for Wind Quintet” composers. Fans of modern lied will be enraptured Hardink. The tradition of commissioned new music will be performed in the March 17 lineup. by the January 20 concert, pairing Schoenberg’s continues through this year’s penultimate show, “Confabulario,” he says, means “to make up “Pierrot Lunaire” with what will certainly be a featuring world premieres by two Utah composers: stories,” and the composition, as it evolved, was super wild piece of very contemporary music, Miguel Chuaqui and Morris Rosenzweig. filled with the memory of voices telling stories and “The Distance (This)” by Jason Eckardt. The arguing in the Chile of his youth. This composition Schoenberg, even though it is 100 this year, still We had a chance to talk to composer Miguel grew over a year and a half into a very personal sounds wild and new. The final show in April will Chuaqui, whose computer-aided musical work. “It began as a harmonically tight, little be a Utah premiere of Curtis Curtis-Smith’s electronics helped make last January’s rendition of piece. Then I loosened it up, let it breathe, and compositions for sonorous piano (meaning a piano “Anthèmes II,” by Boulez, such a monster. this became the first movement,” he says, adding played with a bow).

Chuaqui writes music, he says, “as an Don’t miss your chance to see these exciting interaction between who you are, new and newer works. The NOVA series your background and the runs through April and is held things going on in your Sundays at the Libby Gardner life at the time, and also Hall on the University of who you are writing for. Utah campus. Each show You are responding to is reviewed by yours truly a performer, and these on the SLUG website. two come together as For ticket information an inner experience … and concert details visit Which expresses itself novachambermusicseries.org. Photo: Gavan Nelson

Photos: Mikel Covey (L-R) Local composer Miguel Chuaqui and Nova Artistic Director Jason Hardink pose at the NOVA series’ venue, Libby Gardner Hall. 8 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 9 s you’ve likely noticed, Andy Patterson is were, and started a preliminary band, CTSC, with Although Døne has played a relatively small number A all over this goddamn city in the form of band the same drummer Patterson had replaced in Search. of shows since then—one at Burt’s, two more at membership. But hey, that’s because he’s been As history is wont to repeat itself, Patterson ultimately Urban and the second Crucial Fest—Patterson and playing music here since ’89. He grew up jamming replaced him to form the bass/drum duo, Døne, with Tolman’s minimalist musical approach puts the with the likes of bassist Cache Tolman, and their Tolman. “Basically, the same thing happened, but 20 cherry on top of their already tight delivery. When I long-standing friendship has been underpinned by years later,” Tolman says. ask Tolman why bass is the only melodic instrument their mutual love for playing music. Patterson says, in Døne, he says, “It’s just the heaviest one they “We’re brothers, man. We’ve been playing forever, Døne played their first show at the first Crucial Fest make … The other one’s got too many strings, and [and] it’s easy. Cache says, ‘I have some new songs,’ in June of 2011 … after zero proper rehearsals. it’s all little. And I’ve been doing bass since the and we get together and we make new songs.” The Being the musical friends that they are, Tolman and late ’80s. It served a purpose, and I figured out ease with which the two joke reveals that Døne’s Patterson booked time at Mike Sasich’s studio to how to do it sonically.” The two keep it short and to roots go deep. As Tolman says, “He’s like Meg, and simply lay down some tracks. “We went in, set up the point with songs generally under two minutes. I’m like Jack.” drums, set up Cache’s rig ... Cache showed me a riff, Not to say that the duo is lazy in terms of their I played drums to it … [One] song was done, so we composition, though—Tolman throws down some After Patterson got in trouble with his parents and moved on to the next song. I think it was, like, 11 or mad highs on that bass guitar of his (as he is also switched schools in 1989, the late Dave Runyan 12 songs later—four hours later—we had a record,” a closet guitarist), and his singing soars atop the Photo: John Barkiple approached him and suggested that Patterson join says Patterson. “Then I get a call from Cache saying, instrumentation in a controlled tenor timbre, while the band Advance, whose drummer had just left ‘Hey man, we have a show.’ I said, ‘What do you Patterson strikes on-beat to generate stoner rock- to tour with The Dead. Tolman played bass in mean we have a show—we don’t know any songs.’ influenced shots in the arm. Advance, and Patterson saw them open for Chain And he was like, ‘What do you mean? We have of Strength. Patterson says, “I saw that show a record!’” So, the day of Crucial Fest, Patterson Døne’s debut album (or first band practice), and [thought], ‘I don’t know what this scene is, but “practiced” by “standing around Bar Deluxe all day, Døne I, Døne ‘Em All, is available for donations I definitely want to be a part of it.’” He later joined waiting for all the other bands to play, listening to at donebandmusic.bandcamp.com, but you may the band in its incarnation as Search. From there, our record on earbuds, trying to remember how they want to wait for Localized to obtain it: They’ll have Patterson and Tolman continued to be buddies. went,” he says. “Even onstage, I had my iPod in, the album available on tape, which will be the Tolman engaged in his tenure as a member of and I would just skip to the next song and listen to first release of a four-tape campaign, which will Iceburn in the early ’90s, then moved to Los the first couple seconds of it.” Aside from one slip- culminate in a double-vinyl release with each tape Angeles, and finally to New York in ’98. “When up on a song that Patterson had skipped over, the album on a side of a slab o’ wax. After Localized, I’d come home from New York, I’d always go in two musicians demonstrated their comfort with each the two-piece will start tracking their sophomore the studio to hang [with Patterson],” says Tolman. other’s styles on the stage. Anderson continues, “It release, Døne II Much, But Not Enough. Aside from (L-R) Jeff Johnson, Jeff When Tolman returned to Salt Lake for good in was kind of a trial by fire. But we’ve been playing that, you’ll be able to find Døne “when something Anderson, Jesse Mills and Andy 2006, the first person he called was Patterson, to together for so long that we have a vibe [where] I cool comes up,” as Patterson puts it. get the jamming monkey off his back. As a musician, kind of know where he’s going with something.” Patterson use rock n’ roll as a come to recognize when song creation is contrived Tolman also has a proclivity to ‘play around,’ as it Localized mallet in Top Dead Celebrity. and when it’s genuine artisanship. Though Top Dead won’t be “reinventing the wheel” with this release, the By Alexander Ortega band has reached a point where they can integrate [email protected] aspects that aren’t necessarily slobberin’ sludge: “It’s going to be a Top Dead record, but I think it’ll be Saturday, Nov. 10, you’d better be thankful you live in a land where Zion’s rock n’ roll forefathers a little different,” says Anderson. “I have no ego to worked their asses off to give you the shows you have today. Localized will feature two of Uncle bruise, so I’m a little more comfortable doing some Andy Patterson’s outfits, Top Dead Celebrity and Døne, oozing heavy gravy all over you things different singing-wise, putting some acoustic turkeys at Urban. Openers Despite Despair will prep the big kids’ table with some electric-knife stuff on there, probably, so there’ll be some sad hardcore to kick off a raucous night of rock for you 21-plus music junkies for a small morsel of $5. bastard music on there … It’ll probably be different sonically.” Top Dead Celebrity plan to track each Photo: John Barkiple song as a distinct piece, a collection of works to eing wizened vets of Salt Lake’s music scene, out,” as Anderson puts it, having to juggle Top showcase rather than just an album that subsumes B Top Dead Celebrity’s temporal inception is a bit Dead with Thunderfist, and quit in 2010. Having tracks. Patterson notes that being older allows hazy for them, but guitarist/vocalist Jeff Anderson made tentative plans to go into the studio with musicians to be more comfortable with defying aural thinks it started somewhere in 2008. He was in a Andy Patterson, Anderson deferred their plans to genre expectations and being willing to experiment band with drummer Jesse Mills and former guitarist record a third album. Patterson knew that Cardenas’ with a band’s sound. In addition, he illuminates that Nate Moosman called Rifle Street Music, commitment to Top Dead Celebrity was waning. Top Dead Celebrity’s trust in one another and their which “was fizzling out,” says Anderson. After a He says, “As soon as I heard he quit, I said, ‘I’m fans is conducive to the band bringing sensible music Rifle Street Music rehearsal, Anderson, Mills and going to play guitar in your band.’ They said, ‘Do to the table that fits with how they’ve established Moosman stayed late to work on some material you know how to play guitar?’ and I said, ‘No. But themselves in terms of their sound. that Anderson had in his pocket. Their jam session I’m going to play in your band anyway.’” Patterson resulted in nascent Top Dead Celebrity songs, which states that he’s always wanted to play guitar, but took the form of an amalgamation of devil-may- given the general dearth of drummers and ubiquity “It seems like, once you stop giving a fuck, then you care Motörhead rock n’ roll and dense Black of guitarists, had never had the opportunity. Once start selling records,” says Mills, though Top Dead Sabbath stoner metal, unafraid to wield the guitar he got the “in” in August of 2010, he practiced Celebrity really has no qualms in terms of how many solo nor to employ gnashing screams. The three diligently for his first rehearsal. Anderson says, records they sell. Patterson says, “I think we just play rough-tracked a record to plant a sonic foothold for “I’ve never seen Andy practice so hard on his own, ’cause we like playing and we like making music … (L-R) Cache Tolman and Andy themselves with Anderson on bass, but he wanted to personal time for something.” Honestly, when it boils right down to it, any money Patterson: band buds for life. play his instrument of choice, the guitar. Anderson that I would make off a band that made money thus inducted bassist Jeff Johnson into the band, would go back into the studio anyway, so it would Although Top Dead Celebrity has access to the with whom he’d played in Stolen Marches. The just be a full-circle kind of thing.” plentiful, heavy-hitting equipment in Patterson’s quartet recorded their self-titled, debut record in studio, the band stays focused on what gives their this incarnation, and underwent a West Coast rock n’ roll its punch: songwriting. Not to say that After Localized, you may find Top Dead Celebrity at tour, after which Moosman quit. Afterward, they they haven’t or won’t take advantage of this amenity the usual spots—Burt’s, Bar Deluxe, Urban Lounge and toured as a three-piece yet again, taking Jeremy in terms of recording—“Whatever works and sounds hopefully the Shred Shed—and look for their third Cardenas, Thunderfist legend, on tour with them best wins,” says Patterson of creating a Top Dead release sometime in spring. For the time being, you as their merch guy, which eventually led to Cardenas record—but Anderson’s growth as the principal can purchase both of Top Dead Celebrity’s existing playing guitar for roughly two years and helping songwriter will shine through in a new album that albums for $1.69 at topdeadcelebrity.com—seriously, write their sophomore release, Midwestern Rube. the band is almost done writing. After having tried it costs more to ship the damned things. Cardenas got to the point where he felt “stretched for a certain sound in younger years, Anderson has 10 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 11 Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt

Things I am Thankful for tain my crazy cat-lady status without the crazy cat-lady smell, and I am thankful for that. By Mike Brown [email protected] My Mannequin Collection: Ever since my roommate/maid/non-homosexual life partner, Every Thanksgiving, as I begrudgingly sit Mike Abu moved back East, I’ve needed through another family get-together, jonesing something to fill the void of human contact in for a beer and struggling to find an appropriate my non-working life, without all the bullshit a topic I can talk to my Mormon family about (I real human brings. Slowly but surely, I’ve built can’t exactly tell them how the last Fucktards up a small but attractive set of mannequins and show went), a little unofficial tradition unfolds. random mannequin arms, legs and heads. They Usually, my dad starts it, and I’m sure a lot bring a unique ambiance to my apartment, of families do it. My dad starts off by saying keep burglars away because robbers think something like, “Alright, we are going to go someone is always home, and I can put one on around the table and each say one thing we my balcony if needed as a scarecrow for sluts. I are thankful for and why.” call that one a “slut-crow.” I secretly hope that I can somehow bring them to life like that crappy My brain instantly starts fishing for something ’80s movie and have wild mannequin orgies, family-friendly that I’m thankful for and it nearly or some unrealistically skinny girls to play implodes. I always find it a little ironic, being Scrabble with. an over-privileged white male living in the most gluttonous and wasteful country in the world, Tomatoes: After the last Mike Brown Fest to take a day to celebrate what I’m thankful where I sold tomatoes for people to throw at the for—all while sitting in my dad’s gigantic living Fucktards, I am very thankful for this vegetable. room, wasting enough food to make us royalty Or is it technically a fruit? Either way, I don’t in Somalia. care. I made more money off of tomatoes that night than I did selling merch or on the door This leads me to share with you readers some of cover, and for that I am grateful. The only other the things in my life that I am truly thankful for: person who probably loves tomatoes more than things that I can’t necessarily share at the din- I do right now is my friend Circus Brown. He Photo: Jesse Anderson ner table, but that make my already awesome grows just about every type of tomato imagin- life more awesomer. So often, my articles are able, and has a passion for the fruit that is Mike Brown’s mannequin ladies are baptized in negativity—I want this article to be unmatched. It reminds me of how Bubba felt also thankful he doesn’t have a girl- happy and positive, like a baby panda. Kind about shrimp. friend right now … we think. of the opposite of the “Fuck You” list that my zine, The Leviathan, has made famous. Let’s get Not Having a Girlfriend Right Now: I am Pound two beers and two shots of Beam and hit started! extremely thankful that, going into this holiday the lifts again with a whiskey-warm belly and season, I do not have a girlfriend or significant loosened limbs for some easy, breezy runs until Boobs: I am very grateful for and humbled by other. This means I can focus my spending hab- I feel like going the fuck home. Hopefully I won’t boobs. I am thankful that I can go to the Internet its and free time on me. There will be no one I have a girlfriend who wants me to show her any time, day or night, and see some. I enjoy need to buy gifts for or take out, and no one to how to snowboard. I have no patience for that, the warmth and comfort that seeing a nice rack yell at me for playing my Xbox all day and get- and teaching a girl to ride ruins relationships. provides for my life. Boobs sometimes seem to ting drunk in my underwear while the weather I’ve seen it happen a lot. But yeah, I am very be an extension of a girl’s personality, and can is nice outside. It just means more Mike-time this thankful for drunken snowboarding. even take on a life and reputation of their own. holiday season, and Mike-time trumps I am thankful for that. girlfriend-time. These are just a few things that make my life awesomer than yours. There are more things My Cat, Jet Pack: Pretty much everyone Drunken Snowboard Runs: This is truly I am thankful for, little things like the perfect knows how much I love my cat, Jet Pack— one of my favorite things this time of year. I’m wipe after a large dump and such. This holiday even though the little fucker cost me $162 this too old and uninsured to hit jumps and rails season, I hope you all take time to reflect upon week in vet bills for injuries he suffered in a on my snowboard, so now when I ride, my what you are thankful for, and remember that street fight defending my honor. Overall, it’s a routine is simple. Get to Brighton at around 11 the world will end soon and we will all die small price to pay for letting him shit outside or 12, take three runs, then head to Molly’s Bar. anyway, so it doesn’t really matter. and not having to own a litter box. I can main- 12 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 13 “A kiki is a party, for calming all your nerves. We’re spilling tea, and dishing just desserts one may deserve. And though the sun is rising, few may choose to leave. So shade that lid and we’ll all bid adieu to your ennui.”

These are the lyrics to the mega dance sensation, “Let’s Have a Kiki,” which was released this summer by the ultra-fab, super-gay group, Scissor Sisters. The devastatingly chic Ana Matronic, or Ms. Ana to her closest, sings a song about a defunct night on the town. It’s a rainy night, no cabs, and she has to take a train to the club in all her finery, only to find that the party has been shut down by the po-po, and she ends up at her friend Pickle’s house with some queens for an ol’ fashioned kiki.

Quite simply, a kiki is a party where you sit around with MY KIKI IS your besties and talk shit on people. It’s part of a vintage gay dialect created in the ’80s among the ghetto fabulous ballroom culture. The “Paris balls” are parties/pageants that happen every year, where the queens, gays and trannies sit in a rec center in Harlem and compete for titles: “Military Fierce,” “Daytime Realness,” “Wall Street Passing” etc. A BURNING! queen will dress as “fishy” (girly) as possible to pass for By Princess Kennedy • [email protected] a real woman, or a black dude will dress in an Armani suit and be judged by a panel on how well he could pass among the ad men of Madison Ave., all the while working a catwalk and striking crazy poses, called “voguing”––yes, like Madonna, she stole it from them (or borrowed, whatever). The idea is to out-model—or out-vogue—the rival. They are dead serious and fiercely competitive, and literally fight for their titles. It’s as crazy as it sounds, and now that I think about it, it’s like Toddlers in Tiaras meets Dance Moms, except with full-grown black and Latin men from the Bronx.

Balls still exist today, but at their heyday in the late ’80s, a Ms. Jennie Livingstone thought it would be interesting enough to make a documentary called Paris Is Burning, and I, for one, am glad she did, ’cause it’s one of the most important pieces of documented history of gay subculture. I’m going to try explain the movie, but if you want a more detailed description, then refer to our friend Wikipedia. The beauty of the film is that everyone gets something different from it. It follows the hardships these ballers endure, and the families within the “houses” into which they are eventually accepted, which become the teams, if you will, that compete against each other.

Some of the houses presented in the flick are The House of Xtravaganza, LaBeija and Pend’Avis. The houses, also called “families,” are groups composed primarily of the LGBTQ community, the majority of whom are African American or Latino, banded together under a respected “house mother” (sometimes a drag queen or a transgender person, but not always) or even a “house father.” This person is to be regarded as the god of the household. Nothing is done without their final say and approval. It’s endearing and, at times, tragic, but altogether fascinating to watch.

What is so important for us, a generation later, is that it goes through and explains a lot of the vernacular that we use almost daily, in detail. Like this word, “kiki,” which has exploded in use since the release of the SS melody. The reason I chose it is because people are over-using kiki, and in the wrong way. Yes, a kiki is a party, but it’s small. No such thing as having a nightclub kiki. I heard someone describe their outfit as kiki––WRONG! A kiki usually involves some cocktails, a lot of weed and a couch. THAT is a kiki, honey!

Now, can one have a movie kiki? I’m going to say yes just this once, especially on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Brewvies. I have finally talked the amazing Levi Elder at the Utah Film Center, who heads up Damn! These Heels­­­­––SLC’s gay and lesbian film fest––into getting us a screening of this legendary film, Paris Is Burning. What’s more is that he has procured the directress herself, Livingstone, to come with it and give us a fiercely real Q-and-A afterward. Oh, and did I mention it’s free? Dive, turn, WORK, bitch! Join Princess Kennedy for a kiki at Brewvies on Nov. 15 at the For the time and other fabulousness that the Utah Film Center screening of Paris Is Burning. offers, please visit utahfilmcenter.org. Photo: Brent Rowland Photo Edit: Maggie Zukowski 14 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 15 Photo: John Barkiple Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen: Headcheese Is Our Friend

By Alex Springer [email protected]

Oh Mai’s Original to open a second location in Holladay. Of course, Cold Cuts Banh Mi Holladay none of this would have materialized if the food didn’t deliver a unique dining experience. challenges the traditional 6093 S. Highland Drive sandwich experience. When I entered Oh Mai and beheld their vast menu Mon-Sat. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. of these authentic sandwiches, I soon realized that I wasn’t just preparing to sit down for a meal, but are days when the pork paté is applied too T. 801-277-9888 rather for a genuine cultural experience. The cashier liberally, which results in some goopiness during suggested that I try the Original Cold Cuts Banh the last few bites. Mi ($4.18), as it’s the most culturally authentic. I must admit that when I read the description of this Though it’s hard to branch out from Oh Mai’s stellar sandwich, I hesitated a bit. It touts four different selection of banh mi, it’s worth it. Oh Mai prepares incarnations of pork, including headcheese and rice and noodle dishes that come topped with paté, along with raw jalepeño peppers and pickled some of the familiar sandwich fillings, like curried

South daikon. I went for it, and in an effort to prove how chicken or honey-glazed pork. They also offer manly I really was, I spent an extra buck to get pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup that is prepared Salt Lake my sandwich adorned with a fried egg. My wife, with thin slices of beef, scallions and onions. Their who is less of a meat enthusiast, opted for the pho is available in both small and large portions, 3425 S. State Street Lemongrass Bean Curd Banh Mi ($4.18), which and can also be prepared with tofu. I stuck to my consists of sliced bean curd that has been prepared pattern of ordering the entrée that came with the Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. with lemongrass and caramelized onions along highest possible amount of meats, and ordered the with the pickled cucumbers, carrots and daikon Ribeye, Brisket and Beef Meatball Pho ($6.28 sm., T. 801-467-6882 present in all of their sandwiches. $6.98 lg.). Pho should be all about the broth— though it’s slightly different from place to place, Our sandwiches were delivered sliced in half, pho broth is a mixture of exotic spices steeped in exposing the inviting arrangement of the meat an earthy stock. I’m happy to report that the pho at ohmaisandwich.com and veggies inside. My first bite was nothing Oh Mai, while not earth-shattering, can definitely short of miraculous. The breakfast-centric flavors hold its own with some of the other pho restaurants of ham, egg and toast were most prominent, but in town. The noodles are cooked al dente, and it’s they were enhanced by the crunchy sweetness of fun to pick and choose among condiments—Thai the pickled vegetables and the assertive saltiness basil, bean sprouts and sliced jalapeño—that of the pork paté. After making short work of the arrive along with the steaming bowl of soup. first half of my sandwich, I had a few bites of have always had a profound admiration of the Lemongrass Bean Curd. The bean curd itself If you need a foil for your meat lust, the Vegan the sandwich. It’s something that borders on has the consistency of firm tofu, and the citrus Noodle Bowl ($6.28) is a great option. Though it’s I perfection with its simplicity. I’ve sampled flavors of the lemongrass complemented the a relatively simple dish, the Vegan Noodle Bowl much of what Salt Lake has to offer in the world pickled veggies nicely. As a person who enjoys features the wide range of flavors and textures of sandwich crafting, and I feel pretty confident meat in all its forms, I found this vegan-friendly that Oh Mai does so well. The soy dressing is both with my sandwich palate. However, my first visit sandwich to be just as hearty and satisfying as sweet and salty, while the increased quantity of to Oh Mai found me face to face with a pantheon the porkstravaganza that I had ordered. Despite pickled vegetables add a vinegary tanginess to the of sandwiches that not only challenged my the uniquely Vietnamese flavors, the banh mi dish. Combined with the cool vermicelli noodles, perspective of what a sandwich could be, but left comes couched in an 8” baguette, which gives the dish is satisfying without feeling heavy. me with a newfound appreciation of those who can the sandwich a deceptively familiar appearance. take a cultural staple like a sandwich and elevate According to Oh Mai manager Long Tran, the Oh Mai offers a diverse menu, with many options it into new territory. recipe for these particular baguettes is a closely that are under $5. That alone is reason enough for guarded family secret, which makes sense since any curious local to pay the restaurant a visit. With Owned and operated by members of the local they’ve managed to capture a near-perfect blend so many sandwich purveyors offering convenience family behind Salt Lake’s Café Trang, Oh Mai of crisp chewiness on the outside and pillowy over quality, it’s nice to have a local establishment opened its South Salt Lake location in March of this goodness on the inside. Occasionally, though, like Oh Mai that prepares unique food without year and has already generated enough business the consistency of the toppings is a bit off. There taking a bite out of your wallet. 16 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 17 Aproning Up: SLC Foodie By Johnny Logan • [email protected] Photos: John Barkiple

Let’s face it: Salt Lake City’s local food scene commonly gets ignored. Among the clutter of chains and fast food joints, it’s easy to forget the marvelous local food avail- able here in the valley. For a few years now, Becky and Josh Rosenthal, the creators behind SLC Foodie (theSLCfoodie.com) and Vintage Mixer (thevintagemixer. com), have been working hard to make sure we never forget that fact again. Their local food events, SLC Mix- ers, are bringing people and food together like never before.

The Rosenthals started simple with Vintage Mixer, which features seasonal recipes, utilizing ingredients one can find at a local farmers market and explaining how to cook them. “Right now, there’s lots of things with fall ingredients … you can get at the Farmers Market: butter- nut squash, pumpkin desserts, acorn squash, soups and stews, and all the fall recipes everyone enjoys and looks Becky and Josh Rosenthal are the couple behind local food websites forward to,” says Becky. As the local food scene has SLC Foodie and Vintage Mixer. grown, so has the need for a voice to advocate it, and SLC Foodie emerged, branching out of Vintage Mixer. the owners to tell the story of their shop through food. Another featured Indian food from The Tiffin Bus SLC Foodie maintains its focus on local restaurants, local paired with beers from Epic Brewing Company. Jim Santangelo of the Wine Academy of Utah led a class food sources and the local people behind the scenes. “It in selecting red wines to pair with salmon farmed from local seafood wholesaler Fog River, whose owners could be anyone from our friend Evan [Lewandows- were also present at another recent Mixer. “We really put a heavy emphasis on relationships. I think one of ki], who’s a winemaker [with Ruth Lewandowski Wines] the cool things about Utah is that … Salt Lake is in a position where, if you want to know the people who that’s just starting to make wine in Utah, to a restaurant are making your beer or making your food, they’re also excited to [get to know you],” says Josh. like Finca, that’s pretty new, and highlighting some of their dishes. It’s not necessarily a food critic site, ’cause All of the Mixers for November feature a Thanksgiving theme. The first, on Nov. 3, focuses on Thanksgiv- I’m not necessarily a critic—it’s more that I want to be an ing desserts with Hilary Cavanaugh from Rue de Lis. On Nov. 10, the Mixer will revolve around High advocate for the city, an advocate for local products and West, Creminelli, La Barba, Uinta Brewing and Beehive Cheese. The next event, on Nov. 11, will look into local people through the food scene,” says Becky. Thanksgiving sides with Victoria Topham from Piñon. The last November Mixer, on Nov. 17, will go over Thanksgiving entertaining and cocktails. There are also two SLC Mixers in December. The first will be on Toward the end of last year, Becky and Josh decided Dec. 1, and will feature Christmas cookies with Maria Lichty from Two Peas & Their Pod. The last, called to boost their direct involvement in SLC’s food scene by “Taste of Burgundy,” will take place Dec. 9 and include Jim Santangelo, who will teach atendees about wine hosting an event, and SLC Mixers were born. “We did on behalf of the Wine Academy of Utah. a wine thing with Evan, and we were just kicking the idea around. Into the spring of this year, we were doing Pricing for each Mixer ranges from $25 to $45. For tickets or specific information about each mixer, go them sporadically, but they were all selling out, and we to slcmixers.bigcartel.com or email [email protected]. Whether you’re interested in making the perfect thought, ‘Maybe we actually have something here.’ So, cocktail, putting together a fabulous Thanksgiving dessert or mixing up a batch of Christmas cookies, Becky we went into the fall with a huge calendar … just to see and Josh have prepared just the right event for you. Josh says, “By and large, it’s all about [shops that are] if people would come out for them,” Josh says. locally owned by someone who lives in the community trying to do something special for people who live in Salt Lake.” Each event is hosted at a different local restaurant, or a local business that deals with food, and each has its own theme. This creates a unique atmosphere for each Mixer. “Our heart and desire for the events is not only to help be an advocate for the local food, but also to gather people and bring the new online community offline, and have them actually sit across from each other at the table and get to know each other and have a conversation,” says Becky. “I feel like the dinner table is this common denominator, a great equalizer, and we can connect to all kinds of people from different backgrounds.”

Another goal behind the Mixers is to bridge the gap between the cook and the consumer. “A really important part of our events is storytelling, because we’re provid- ing an outlet for the person behind the food to tell their story. And some of these stories are really beautiful,” Local salmon farmed from Fog River was paired with red wine at a says Becky. One recent SLC Mixer at Caputo’s allowed recent SLC Mixer. 18 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 19 Masonography, Its Rules and Etiquette: Mason Aeschbacher Beyond Samba By Brian Kubarycz [email protected]

ans of the local world-music interactions between the dancers can be scene will be interested to hear created, controlled and destroyed, at will Fabout the latest project of Mason and on the spot. Aeschbacher. Aeschbacher is the leader of the series of productions, In addition to his drum teacher, another which include his wife, Lorin Hansen, powerful influence on the young of Brazilian drum and dance corps Aeschbacher was the time he spent in Samba Fogo. Aeschbacher’s latest the theater. “I was in a lot of plays as a production entails far more than kid,” he says, “and, later, films became Brazilian music, however, and the important for me, especially the work project should engage a far broader of Quentin Tarantino.” Films like audience. Aeschbacher calls the Pulp Fiction instilled in Aeschbacher style of choreography/directing an appreciation not only for complex improv “Masonography,” and the plots but also for scenes of supreme first production in this style is entitled tension. Perhaps the most significant Masonography, You May Ask Yourself. resistance Aeschbacher encountered during production was from the Masonography, You May Ask Yourself is dancers. Initially, they felt trepidation a full-length modern dance production. at the extremes of conflict and intensity It is the result of Aescherbach’s 12 of emotion, which Aeschbacher’s years of working as an accompanist penchant for narrative and psychology

for the Dance program at Utah Valley Photos: John Barkiple encouraged them to explore. University. Aescherbach regularly spent Masonography includes unambiguous three to four hours a day watching fight scenes, something not frequently and supporting dancers in training. seen in modern dance. “In the end,” These extended observations granted (L-R) Lessey Wentworth, Dani DeFrances, Mason Aeschbacher, Aeschbacher says, “it’s the music that him a unique perspective on dance, Lorin Hansen, Angela Gagliardi-Campos and Kimberly Campa will sold the dance to the dancers, the way one focused predominantly on the it allowed them to experience feelings audience’s emotional response. participate in Masonography, You May Ask Yourself on Nov. 16 and they were not expecting and had never Aeschbacher, who holds a masters 17 at the Rose Wagner Theater. experienced before in dance.” degree in Music from the University of Utah, sees himself at odds with formalist In its use of music and allegorical and expressionist theories of dance, as characters (Compassion, Creativity, well as the postmodernist mechanization Strength, etc.) to arouse powerful of this lively art. “Dancers are real people,” he insists, feelings, Masonography draws upon other, less-Western “though this gets lost in modern dance, which is too sources—in particular, Aeschbacher’s keen interest in esoteric, too abstract.” the culture surrounding samba. In the Brazilian Orixá cult, music is used to summon different members of the For Aeschbacher, the heart missing from the dance pantheon of African gods. The gods take possession of performances he observed was genuine communication. devotees and, through their chosen mediators, interact His intention has become to fill this void through the with the community. “People would come together to creation of characters and the exploration of narrative dance and sing,” Aescherbach says, “and wait for possibilities. Experiments along these lines lead directly the gods to take them over.” Here, music is not mere to the development of his “Masonography.” According aesthetic play—art for art’s sake—but rather the means to the rules of the Masonography series, dancers are through which a society asks its most profound questions chosen in terms of real-life personality and individual and resolves its most difficult conflicts. Aeschbacher’s stage presence. In this style, dancers function not as insistence that dance has specific thematic content mere props or mannequins for a choreographer to relates to his deliberate use of it as a medium of manipulate, but rather as living individuals meant to communication. He says, “I feel that I am now, as a represent general human types. Each dancer is then musician, making my first true personal statement.” assigned to a specific musical instrument within a small jazz ensemble, which simultaneously occupies the Still, the final goal of Masonography remains not stage. As the different instruments sound and interact, individual expression, but audience response. In the dancers simultaneously interact by this, Masongraphy, for all its free responding to the musical cues they experimentation and exoticism, remains hear. Or, as Aeschbacher conversely conservative, though in the very best phrases it, “the instruments give the sense. The actors, music and stage dancers a voice.” (L-R) Lessey Wentworth and Angela Gagliardi-Campos interact in a spectacle are not innately significant, dance-character narrative that follows Aeschbacher’s music. but significant only in relation to a Such a description immediately brings to viewer. If Aeshbacher is indeed his own mind ballet, in particular the pairing of ideal audience, the salutary effects of instruments and characters in the work Masonography are evidenced by his of Russian modernists Igor Stravinsky great enthusiasm for his project and his and Sergei Prokofiev. However, Aeschbacher’s use of post-classical musical pace of production. “I can complete a piece in one third of the time it takes most idioms allows for greater freedom and immediacy of creation. “I began playing choreographers,” Aescherbach says. “I work fast because I’m adaptable—less drums when I was twelve,” he says, “and my teacher encouraged me to listen to attached to the means than to the final result.” all kinds of music: classical, jazz, latin, hip hop.” In Masonography, Aeschbacher employs the basic conventions of jazz composition and performance to mold human Readers are invited to check their response to Aeschbacher’s labors when situations. As the ensemble moves through composed jazz charts, each containing Masonography, You May Ask Yourself appears in the Black Box Theatre of the Rose sustained improvisational sections and traded solos, physical and psychological Wagner Performing Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 and 17. 20 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 21 22 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 23 Running into Walls: The Return of IntoBy Gavin Hoffman [email protected]

Back in 1994, at the tender age of 17, with founding member and vocalist Richie to as “an almost stream-of-consciousness there was no bigger band in my mind than Birkenhead is somewhat of a consolation way,” while simultaneously seeking members New York City’s Into Another. At that prize … and a damned good one, at that. to round out the band. They were soon time, I was a naïve, young, punk rock kid joined by guitarist Peter Moses and bassist with a penchant for thrash metal and a Into Another was founded in 1990 by Tony Bono. “Peter came first, by way of somewhat closeted love of hardcore, but vocalist and composer Richie Birkenhead recommendation, and we were absolutely Into Another transcended all musical genres and drummer Drew Thomas, both blown away,” says Birkenhead. “Peter knew and affiliations I was aware of at the time. experienced musicians emerging from the Tony, and Tony came in and ripped—the Hell, I got the band’s 11-pointed star logo then-slowly-dying New York “Youth Crew” synergy was just magic.” The band’s first tattooed—massively—on my forearm at movement, having spent time in hardcore shows were in the fall of 1990 and, from the age of eighteen. I followed the band bands such as Youth of Today, Bold the start, they drew a fiercely devout and through their untimely demise circa 1997, and Underdog—all legends in their own passionate following, to quote Birkenhead. and was sorely disappointed to learn that right. “Drew and I were very close friends “We were doing something very real, and they had a fully recorded album that would throughout the ‘hardcore years,’” says sometimes a bit jarring and unsettling,” he never see a proper release. To this day, Into Birkenhead. “We played in different bands, says. “You either loved or hated us. That’s Another is a band that has influenced me on but we shared a desire to create music that still true and I wouldn’t have it any other many different levels. When I learned that was not restricted by genre or by anything way.” they were reuniting to play the Revelation at all. It also helped that we had very similar Records anniversary shows in California tastes in music and, where we differed As Birkenhead says, Into Another has always this past summer and New York this fall, in tastes, we complemented one another seemed to have an extremely passionate I was not only elated, but also dismayed, artistically.” Birkenhead and Thomas began fanbase. In his estimation, this is for two as my current financial situation would frequenting rehearsal and recording studios, reasons: “One, we weren’t trying to be not allow me to attend any of the shows. I and creating music in what Birkenhead refers anything. Not metal, not hardcore or post- suppose that the hardcore or alternative—we just were following interview who we were” he says. “Two, we >> Since their untimely demise in 1997, Into Another has reuinted to play shows in California and New York. © Nicole C. Kibert * elawgrrl.com

24 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 25 were creating something very visceral and Birkenhead confirms that, not only is Birkenhead. “Everything from Bowie, raw, and thus, very touching and moving the band “fully active” again, but future The Beatles, Queen, Black Sabbath, to those whom we reached.” Lyrically, recording and touring is planned, and the Pink Floyd and The Doors to Negative Birkenhead says he had never made himself band is attempting to finish the mixing and Approach, SSD and the Cro-Mags.” as “naked and vulnerable” as he did with mastering of the Soul Control album for said Adding a second guitarist well-versed Into Another. “I’ve neither held back nor proper release. in hardcore and a bassist with roots in contrived anything lyrically with this band,” psychedelic rock sums up the band’s he says. “I’ve poured out my pain, my joy, Tragically, original bassist Tony Bono passed influences in, essentially, two fell swoops. my wonder, my confusion, my desires, away after a heart attack in May of 2002. This, however, doesn’t discount the loss my anxiety, my revelations, my heart, and When I learned of this, any hopes I harbored felt by Bono’s absence. “Sadly, we drifted my soul.” Birkenhead admits that the high for the band to ever reunite were dashed. apart,” says Birkenhead, when asked if points of the initial existence of the band Bono was an integral part of what made he kept in regular contact with Bono after were virtually every minute they spent Into Another so amazing in my mind, and Into Another’s dissolution. “In addition to onstage or in the studio, and the low points I didn’t envision a way that the band could the regret I felt, and still feel, about that, were generally associated with business ever continue without him. It was nothing my reaction was utter shock and deep and record labels … and occasionally short of a jaw-dropping surprise to me when sadness. Tony didn’t have an unkind bone with egos and personalities.As previously I learned that Into Another would, indeed, in his body. He was a beautiful soul and a alluded to, Into Another recorded—but be reforming to play the Revelation Records brilliant, brilliant artist.” never released—an album with the working 25th Anniversary Shows in California this title of Soul Control in the late 1990s. “As past summer, and even more of a shock With great excitement, Birkenhead has with all things Into Another,” Birkenhead when shows in New York City in October confirmed that the band is once again fully says, “that unfinished album is either loved were announced. “Brian (Balchack, guitar) active, as stated earlier in this narrative, or hated (even among members of the and Reid (Black, bass) basically grabbed and his closing comment instills hope in me band).” Incidentally, the album had many us and made it happen,” says Birkenhead. for the chance of seeing the band live, at different titles thrown about. “I also called “They reached out through their musical least one more time. “Thanks for ‘hearing’ it Hoarse Platitudes,” says Birkenhead. In prowess and their desire to be part of this, me,” he says. “It’s been a pleasure. a nutshell, the album never saw the light and lit the fuse. We are forever beholden Come and be with us when we visit your of day because the band sued their record to them.” Balchack plays guitar in Southern hometown.” Indeed I will. label while the album was in progress, California’s Ignite, and Black is the bassist and Into Another was slowly disintegrating for psych-rock stalwarts Innaway. The Into Another will be performing Dec. 13 at due to many different factors. “It’s tragic, addition of these two, current musical The Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14 really,” says Birkenhead. “I love a lot of projects and influences included, makes at The El ‘N Gee in New London, Conn., those songs—particularly “Ether (More Than perfect sense for Into Another. “We each Dec. 15 at Union Transfer in Philadelpha, Anything),” “That” and “(If) Only.” I’d love to have such a broad scope of tastes,” says Penn. and Dec. 16 at The Bowery Ballroom finish mixing/mastering in New York. Check out at some point and to more photos of their recent release it properly.” shows by Nicole C. Kibert Into Another play the Revelation Records 25th Anniversary at elawgrrl.com. show at The Glass House in Pomona, CA on June 7, 2012. © Nicole C. Kibert * elawgrrl.com

26 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 27 Black Tusk frequently emerge from their swamp to unleash their Southern metal brutality. BLACK TUSK Photo: Geoff Johnson NEEDS YOUR BEER By Ricky Vigil • [email protected]

Last fall, Black Tusk broke forth from the swamps There is a definite groove to Black Tusk’s music, Even though the band has been road warriors of Savannah, Ga. once again to unleash their a driving sense of coolness that could only come for nearly a year, they still found time to record fourth album, Set The Dial, upon the world. from the South, and it is part of what makes their and release a split 7” with their fellow Savan- The album begins with the instrumental track, sound so inviting, not only to dedicated metal- nah swamp dwellers, Dead Yet?. May and “Brewing The Storm,” indebted not so much to heads, but to metal outsiders as well. the singer of Dead Yet? had previously been in their Southern metal brethren as it is to the ‘70s a band, and when the members of Black Tusk rock swagger of Thin Lizzy and ZZ Top. On Another key aspect to Black Tusk’s appeal is noticed that Dead Yet? began to pick up steam the album’s second track, “Bring Me Darkness,” their live shows, which May aptly describes as, in their hometown, they decided to team up for guitarist Andrew Fidler shouts “SIX! SIX! SIX!” “Sweaty, loud and very energetic—the way a decidedly diverse split release. “We’ve been repeatedly at the top of his lungs, and the party it should be when you go see a good show.” friends with those guys forever. They’re a punk really begins. Black Tusk have become known Even though Black Tusk only contains three band, so we thought it would be cool to do a for combining various aspects of aggressive mu- members, they put all of themselves into their live split with a band that wasn’t just another metal sic, whether it be stoner, sludge, thrash or punk, performances. As Fidler and Athon occupy the band,” May says. “Since we all live in Savan- and filtering them through their Southern roots front of the stage, beards and hair a-flyin’, May nah, we kept it all local, with a Savannah artist to create a style of metal as crushing as it is fun. manically pounds the drums behind them, all doing the cover art and put it out on a Savan- “I don’t just listen to metal music by any means. three of them shouting out lyrics at various points nah label.” That’s why we don’t just sound metal all the throughout the set. “Playing drums and singing time,” says drummer James May. “We don’t isn’t the easiest thing in the world,” May says. When I asked May if he had any fond memories hang out in graveyards or worship the devil. We “When you only have three people in a band, or special connection to Salt Lake City, since just do it in a fun way.” though, you have to make up for it with a big Black Tusk rolls through town so often, he told sound and doing more with what you have.” me the one thing that has become all too com- I spoke with May the day before Black Tusk mon in the between-song banter from touring headed out on their fall tour, which will stop in Black Tusk’s fall tour will reunite them with Red bands in our city: The alcohol content of our Salt Lake City on Nov. 20 with Red Fang and Fang, with whom they toured Europe earlier beer sucks. However, May was happy to report Indian Handcrafts. As his bandmates—Fidler this year. “We hit it off real good with that a group of good Samaritans (or perhaps bad and bassist Jonathan Athon—loaded the band. They’re one of the coolest bands we’ve Samaritans) in our fair city. “The past three times van, which they had been working on since ever toured with,” May says. Apart from their we’ve been in Salt Lake, someone has always 7:30 that morning, May took a break to answer coincidentally similar names, Black Tusk and showed up and hooked us up with good beer,” my questions with his amiable Southern accent. Red Fang seem like perfect tourmates—heavy as he says. It’s hard to ignore the inherent Southerness of hell, but fun as fuck. This tour follows the longest Black Tusk and the style of music they play— break Black Tusk has had since releasing Set Come to the Urban Lounge on Nov. 20 to see after all, Georgia is also home to Baroness, The Dial last October. “We hit it hard touring on Black Tusk unleash their Southern boogie storm Kylesa and Mastodon, who have infused this album. I don’t think we’d ever be home for upon the denizens of Salt Lake City with Indian various levels of swamp-inspired boogie into more than two weeks before we were out again Handcrafts and headliners Red Fang. While their music throughout their careers. “We are promoting it,” May says. “We thought about you’re at it, buy the band a few beers—bonus from the South … It definitely comes out in what staying home and writing a new album, but then points if you introduce them to our high-point, we do. You can’t change that part of someone this Red Fang tour came up and we thought, non-shitty local craft beers. when they’ve lived here forever,” May says. ‘Yeah, we’re definitely gonna do this one.’” 28 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 29 “If I could get up onstage and let people throw Hitchhiker—built and maintains the new ability to get early ’90s hardcore band Reality rotten vegetables at me while I tell awful jokes, local music website slchardcore.com. It focuses on the bill, too. Reality was never one of the I would. Instead, I try to get bands that I feel still on getting show information, videos, band most famous of the early Salt Lake bands, but give a shit about hardcore. It’s always given me interviews and other great, original content out they were definitely one of the most loved. Fast a voice, a place to feel welcome and a sense of to the masses. and dark, the band’s Something Hurts 7”, from purpose. I just want to try and give that back,” local label Flatline Records, is still a favorite says Foard. “It’s the one time of year I don’t feel “After a lot of Salt Lake’s better-known hardcore among collectors and SLCHC history buffs. “I like a total piece of shit because I can make a bands broke up or moved on, kids just stopped think we’ve all just missed playing together and difference.” coming to shows,” says Stout. “I created the site playing our songs,” says Reality vocalist Trent to inform people that we are still making music Falcone. “We’ve all done other bands since The Sub For Santa show is a two-night event and try to bring people back out. The more Reality ended, but these songs remain special this year. The first night, Friday, Dec. 7 will be people there are, the more fun we all have.” to us.” held at Kaffeneio Coffee (3300 S. 300 W.) and feature Reflect, Cool Your Jets, Hitchhiker, The site is still in its infancy, and Stout has a lot Foard is happy to have a revived scene and Prime Oppressor, Willows and Speak of great things planned for it, including a hard is doing everything in his power to make it Out. The second night, Saturday, Dec. 8 will copy zine called Staunch that will feature album as great as it ever was. As an added bonus, be held at Club Sound (579 W. 200 S.) and n 2004, hardcore blew up. Killswitch brothers dragging him to shows since he was doesn’t help that Salt Lake is eight hours in every reviews, articles and a calendar of events. The there’s going to be a very lucky family or two feature Sleeping Giant, Outspoken, Mean Engage released what would eventually 11, Foard has long since been one of the most direction from the next biggest city, either. first issue will be available just in time for the that come along with it. Season, One Choice, Tamerlane, Cherem and I become a gold record, Hatebreed was dedicated to a hardcore scene that always December shows. Reality. Both shows are all-ages events. For up- nominated for a Grammy and everything seems on the brink of collapse. He wanted to It got harder to book touring bands with an ever- to-date information, check out slchardcore.com. changed—again. use the newfound popularity of the music for growing audience to DIY venues that might not Using his connections from years of booking something good. That’s when the annual Sub even exist by the time the show rolled around. and touring, Foard has been able to get some Blake Foard, frontman and original Before that, hardcore and metal were the genres For Santa show was born. Given a choice between a promoter who does great bands back together or even make the member of Cool Your Jets, opening of the underground and the bands were kind of it for a living with money to spend, and a few drive from out of state to be a part of it. For for Trial at Foursquare like members of a secret society. They weren’t In December 2004, Aftermath of a Trainwreck, youngsters with a lot of heart but no way to the 2012 show, a slew of bands that haven’t earlier this year. afforded any mainstream recognition, and if you Skeiff D’Bargg and Grace from Gallows guarantee anything, the former usually won. played Salt Lake City for a long, long time are met someone who had also heard of an obscure played the first Sub For Santa show in the Booking and promoting shows is a frustrating coming out of retirement. He was able to pull a start-up band like Terror, Every Time I Die basement of Burt Murdock (Wagstaff) Music on endeavor with lots of hoops to jump through, few strings and get the ever-reclusive Tamerlane or Bleeding Through, you immediately knew 9000 S. and State St. It was a great turnout, and but at the end of the day, seeing a satisfied out of extended hibernation for a night—which you shared a bond. Then, all of a sudden, there there was a supplemental Texas Hold ‘Em poker audience is a reward that can’t be matched. was much harder than one might think, even if were TV shows like “Battle for Ozzfest” and tournament afterwards. “It was amazing how it the singer is his older brother, Jack Foard. Jamey Jasta was the new host of a revived all came together,” says Foard. “So many people come in to the scene, suck it

Photo: Frank Carroll Headbanger’s Ball. dry and take, take, take, but never want to give Cherem is also reuniting, playing their first Burt Murdock Music was a good distance from back,” says Foard. “Bands break up, promoters show in nearly six years. “I moved to New York Local hardcore shows, which had been downtown with really limited accessibility to realize it’s not as glamorous once they get into City in 2007 and logistically, we just couldn’t topping out at 100 people on a good night, those without a car, but it was the only option the thick of it and give up on doing shows.” make it work anymore,” says Bill French, were suddenly drawing upward of 400-500 at the time. There was a long string of venues singer and founding member of Cherem, who people. Things were good again for Salt Lake back then, some only lasting for as little as a 2012 marks the eighth straight year of the annual recently moved back to Salt Lake. “I know a City hardcore, the way they hadn’t been since single show. It’s a problem that Salt Lake City Sub For Santa show, and this year, Foard has lot of people have these delusions of grandeur the heyday when Clear and Triphammer has always faced. A mid-level, do-it-yourself teamed up with Dylan Stout to organize the that hardcore is supposed to be about massive were playing shows in the late ’90s. Nationally venue for heavier music never existed, forcing two-night event. Stout—currently playing with shows with people smashing into each other,” Tamerlane frontman Jack Foard at recognized bands were coming through town all a lot of bands to skip the city on their tour. It Foard in Cool Your Jets and his own band, says French. “When I went to my first show in Club Sound in 2008. the time and there were so many shows that local ’94 to see Bleed, it was 20 people packed into openers were starting to get the opportunity to an abandoned trailer. Hardcore has always play in front of crowds they’d never seen before. Trevor Hale, guitarist for Cherem been what you make of it. The scene is as alive and author of this feature, as it ever was.” It was great exposure for bands that were just at Vortex in 2006. starting up or had been playing under the With a re-dedicated lineup, French is excited radar for a few years. Bands like Pushing Up to use December’s benefit show as a new Daisies, Parallax, Gaza and Clifton were beginning and try to finish what he started with all building a solid local fanbase. Tamerlane Cherem way back in 2001—not just treating it and the vegan-straight edge band Cherem— as a one-time thing. both of which I spent a number of years playing in—were also gaining recognition and being “For me, the most important part of Cherem was invited to play bigger shows outside of the ones using our music as a vessel for breaking down put on by our small circle of friends. the myths that surround our way of thinking,” says French. “The idea that we’re individuals Once that started happening, Blake Foard, separated by air and space and that we’re not member of bands such as Aftermath of a part of the collective whole is a flawed and Trainwreck and Skeiff D’Bargg, and damaging idea. Sharing those ideas through longtime show promoter, saw an opportunity to this medium is what I miss the most.”

give a little something back to the community Photo Courtesy Trevor Hale Photo Courtesy Trevor Hale Maybe the biggest coup of all was Foard’s through the hardcore scene he loved. “Hardcore, to me, is helping out the people who matter most,” says Foard. “I figured I could utilize my connections and use it for the good of the community.”

Foard has been booking and promoting shows since October of 2000—when he was just 16— when he booked Figure Four and the post- Triphammer outfit Her Blacklist Disaster in a theater in the University of Utah Union building. Having grown up in the scene, with four older 30 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 31 32 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 33 “We don’t try to be loud at all, we just play at a volume that feels good to us,” says Oliver searches continued to end in disappointment, Robi Gonzalez also joined the band earlier With the band touring constantly, it’s amazing Ackermann of New York noise-rockers A Place To he took it upon himself to start tinkering and this year, replacing former drummer Jay that they manage to find any time to record Bury Strangers (APTBS). Ackermann supplies the building guitar effects pedals for himself. Space. Another noticeable change within the new material. “We love to record music, so any reverb-saturated baritone vocals to the group, who Once he grew confident in his building, he APTBS world was making the move from Mute chance we get, we do it. We live our lives to play have been labeled as the “loudest band in New began customizing equipment for friends and Records to the Dead Oceans label. “Mute and record music,” says Ackermann. This year York” by various music critics since their formation in fellow musicians. During 2002, Ackermann was a great label, and Dead Oceans is as alone has seen two releases from the group. In 2003. Over time, the label of loudness has become was trying to raise funds for a trip to Europe well. I think we changed as a band and wanted February, they released the EP, Onwards To The a bit of a nuisance for the band, along with the with his girlfriend. He had designed a pedal everything we were associated with to change,” Wall, and four months later, we were treated repeatedly predictable comparisons to shoegaze he called Total Sonic Annihilation and had the says Ackermann. with their third full-length, Worship. “I am a firm idea that he should try to sell his pedals. After believer of finishing things and moving on, so if Oliver Ackermann is the only original member of APTBS, a month of sales, he sold enough units to go The band has shared stages with Brian we release these records now, the sooner we having been with the band since their formation in 2003. on vacation. Upon his return from Europe, he Jonestown Massacre, Black Rebel can focus on where we are going in the future,” was greeted with an overwhelming amount of Motorcycle Club and even Ackermann’s says Ackermann. “The intention of each album legends like Jesus and Mary Chain and My requests and orders, which led to him starting beloved Jesus and Mary Chain. The live setting is pretty much just to document our lives and Bloody Valentine that they often receive. “We DBA. “I am so lucky I get to do what I love is a whole different medium. The band takes feelings as they come about.” play music, and I don’t think music should really be to do—I can’t complain,” says Ackermann. their time translating what they produce in the described,” says Ackermann. studio with what they produce live, onstage. At the time of this interview, APTBS was on DBA, which has expanded to include a music The stage is a canvas. “If something doesn’t tour in Europe. The band has played a variety While APTBS are certainly indebted to the shoegaze venue and live/work space, has gone on to work out live, we change it or rearrange it to of festivals and clubs. I asked Ackermann if he bands of yesteryear, APTBS has taken hold of the design guitar effects pedals for musicians like make it work,” says Ackermann. “I love being prefers the small setting over a festival crowd. “I fuzzy goodness past, reinvented it, and catapulted a Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, U2’s able to create music that I can listen to later, like small clubs, but a festival can be more fun. I new version of the noise into the now, and it deserves The Edge and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. In and I like to share the vision I have for what a just like being with the audience when playing. attention. The foundation of their music strategically 2008, DBA had the opportunity to design some live show should be with our audience.” When A show should be sweaty, messy and fucked.” incorporates droning, dreamy riffs, cascading walls equipment for My Bloody Valentine’s main man, APTBS perform live, you literally feel every bit Salt Lake should be able to provide an ideal of feedback and waves of highly distorted guitars. Kevin Shields. “He is a super-nice guy and of sound they produce through the core of your audience when APTBS stop by Urban Lounge on has been a huge inspiration over the years. It body. Their shows have become one of their Nov. 8 with the Philly garage group, Bleeding On APTBS’ latest album, Worship, the band offers is sort of a dream when you get to meet people biggest strengths—they offer up unexpected Rainbow. “[Bleeding Rainbow] are rad—such up their most accessible release to date, while who have been such an inspiration to what you executions of each track, which keep their a cool-sounding band,” says Ackermann. “You continuing to deliver pounding kicks to the cranium do, and he definitely has,” says Ackermann. audiences coming back for more. should definitely go and see them, even if you in static-laden doses of pulsing drum-machine don’t stick around for us.” beats and dashes of pop melodies buried deep Ackermann incorporates his industrial design beneath mountains of explosive guitars. The biggest talents into his work with APTBS as well, building A Place To Bury Strangers’ fuzzy noise-rock transcends genres. difference in comparison to their previous recordings a variety of new tools while making their latest, is the sharp production. The sea of noise is still Worship. “I designed a lot of new effects, a there, but the noise-pop battlefield has been nicely few different preamps, compressors and rack groomed, making it easier to catch the nuances. clippers for the recording,” he says. “Since we recorded for a whole year, I really started During the making of Worship, as a collective, the to get into designing rack gear. I’ve got some band headed up every role in crafting the album. good things for the future of DBA.” The biggest They tackled all jobs from the construction of their challenge with pushing Worship forward was amps and effects pedals to writing, recording, recording the drums. “We tried to do as much mixing, producing and mastering their own music. without editing, so the drums had to be played The songwriting took place over a two-month period, very precisely,” says Ackermann. “That probably and the songs were recorded over the course of a took up about 10 of the 12 months of recording. year. “All of the songs were written really fresh We were constantly going back and scrapping and off the cuff, and I like that. It was a very pure takes and having different drummers rerecord and raw way to work,” says Ackerman. “We got the parts.” The end result, however, is stellar. to experiment with the recording processes and let the album develop naturally.” Every song is built Over the last two years, the band has gone to stand on its own and designed to draw you in through a few changes, which include their from first listen. When asked if he favors any of the lineup. Today, Ackermann is the last founding member of the group. In 2010, longtime member tracks, Ackermann says, “I like them all … Honestly, Photo Courtesy Dead Oceans we don’t like to release filler—if we didn’t like it, we Jono Mofo parted ways to spend more time wouldn’t release it.” with his family, and was replaced with bassist Dion Lunadon, formerly of The D4. Lunadon Ackermann is also the owner of the now-successful came from the New Zealand garage-punk scene, amp and pedal manufacturing business, Death and his contributions on Worship run deep. He By Audio, where he is a designer and a maker took on the title of co-writer and played a major of extreme guitar effects pedals. A decade prior role in evolving the new direction of APTBS. to forming APTBS, Ackermann graduated from the He pushed the bass into the foreground and Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in managed to make it just as aggressive as the industrial design. Returning to his hometown of guitar. He also brought his influence of psych- Fredericksburg, Va., he formed the psychedelic rock, grunge and post-punk to the mix, which shoegaze band Skywave. Influenced by bands balances nicely with Ackermann’s already like Slowdive, Ride and Spiritualized, it was abrasive guitar work. “We were looking for a bass player and conned Dion into trying out. It

Photo: AHB while he was the guitarist for Skywave that his love and collection of noises began. He was always in has been so great playing with Dion—he is a search for the perfect fuzz and distortion. When his killer bass player,” says Ackermann. Drummer 34 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 35 36 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 37 Nicknames are a funny thing, and they rarely make any sense. I know several guys named Mike who are, for no reason in particular, known as “Big Mike.” Size-wise, these guys are all over the board: big, little, wide, skinny—yet there’s something appealing about attaching the word “big” before the name “Mike.” Then there are people like Derek Dennison, whose first and last names both begin with the letter “D.” Why does it seem so natural to refer to these individuals as “Double D?” I don’t refer to Alex Andrews as “Double A” or Brian Billick as “Double B” or Courtney Cox as “Double C,” and so on and so forth. The “Double D” exclusivity in this category of nicknames led me to investigate—which can only mean I did a Google. Lots of hits came up, but as a photographer, I’m naturally more of a visual person— reading is for writers. I switched over to a search by image and, well PHOTOBy Andy Wright • andywrightphoto.comFEATURE … “Double D,” that’s a good Google right there. Derek Dennison–Nosepress–Salt Lake City, UT 38 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 39 Photo: Jonah Howell

By Sean Zimmerman-Wall PowderWhore filmmaker and pro-skier Noah [email protected] Howell hiking Little Cottonwood ridge.

Action sports films have become the months, Noah realized that he would rather the essence of powder skiing and illustrate centerpieces of their respective industries. be knocking down big lines than knocking why it had such a stronghold on their souls. The defining moments of an entire season on doors. He packed up his suit and tie and The team created some wonderful works of are compiled into 60 minutes of adrenaline- returned to SLC to pick up where he left off. cinematography and was able to continue pumping cinema aimed at getting your selling off some of their footage to other attention. For nearly a decade, PowderWhore “Most of our friends were on telemark ski production companies. Over time, they Productions (PWP), a dedicated and gear, since that was the only way to access upgraded their equipment, improved their seemingly unassuming group of snow riders, the backcountry. It was the winter of ’99-’00, editing and dove deeper into the backcountry. has been honing their craft and delivering top- and we just filmed our buddies and produced “We hooked up with some friends in the caliber films for the discerning public. a small video,” says Noah. The video must free-skiing scene and fully dedicated our time have hit the mark because the footage got to this. We alternated roles and got better “It started out as group of buddies just ski passed around. Eventually, they were getting at skiing and filming. Jonah found that he touring around the backcountry. The name offers from other production companies to really enjoyed filming, and we figured out our was kind of a joke—we just couldn’t let it die. purchase their deep-powder footage. Spurred rotation,” says Noah. Now we are kind of stuck with it, for better by the thought that they were actually or worse,” says Noah Howell, co-founder producing something meaningful, Noah and Due to the small nature of PWP, each member of PWP. From humble beginnings, toting Jonah continued to spend countless hours had to take on a variety of responsibilities around their father’s camcorder, Noah and scouting new terrain and capturing each in order to make the machine work. From his younger brother, Jonah Howell, spent other enjoying the brilliance of skiing. The marketing and promotions to filming and their free time training the lens on their friends original cast also included Andy Jacobsen snow safety, the Howell brothers have become right here in Utah. “I graduated high school and Andy Rosenberg. Together, the four quite adept at carrying a lot of weight on their and got a job at Deer Valley. That is when amigos tripped around Utah to find the shoulders, both on and off the slope. I discovered powder and fell in love,” says steep and deep in an attempt to capture The first major film to be released to the Noah. Prior to his foray into skiing, Noah was public was PW05. “To see people connect a church-going Mormon caught up in daily with that film was a surprise. It was all-time,” life. With one year to go before his mission, says Noah. With the added momentum he found something that offered more than of their first film, the crew was able to religion ever could—deep snow. Over his focus on delivering a unique product. They first real winter, Noah realized the beauty continued to build upon the foundation of and tranquility of being in the backcountry, their company, which was simply to enjoy and the myriad of experiences it offered for skiing and everything that comes along with exploration. As he headed off to Montreal it. They were fully aware that not every day for his mission, he thought about what he is a powder day, and it takes patience and would have to leave behind. Within a few determination to get through tough times.

40 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 41 Photo: Noah Howell Photo: Noah Howell Snowboarder Seth Wescott in Antarctica during the shooting of PowderWhore’s Choose Your Adventure. Chris Davenport skiing Antarctica for Choose Your Adventure.

Year by year, the filmmakers and their small decided to head deep into the unknown. the jagged peaks into the sea. “It’s like you contingent of riders set out to find the most During their travels, they stumbled upon an are going to ski directly into the water,” says aesthetic places, the deepest snow and the abandoned mining town that provided a one of the featured riders. Even the penguins best stories. “What sets us apart from bigger unique backdrop for their adventure. “The enjoy the colorful costumes of the group companies is our ability to be nimble. We two Russians who were stationed there as they slip and slide down the precipitous have kind of a guerilla style, and we focus patrolled around on their ATVs and didn’t slopes. Other highlights of the movie include on the content rather than how it is captured. speak any English. They didn’t really care to snow cave dwellers, a man who has skied for That is also part of being on a budget,” adds speak to us, and just waved their fingers at 178 consecutive months, The Wizard of the Noah. Developing the strengths of each team us and told us not to go in the buildings. But Wasatch, horseback riding in ski boots, polar member meant that they could rely on each it was too tempting, and we couldn’t help but bears and some extremely creative subtitles. other and did not have to bring in a huge go explore,” says Noah. The segment wound It is a visually intoxicating film that warrants a cast. Keeping their numbers low enabled up making it into PWP’s latest film, Choose closer look. Check out powderwhore.com for them to move quickly and change their plans Your Adventure, and further added to the more info on the film or to pick up the DVD. at the drop of a snowflake. Filming in the interesting makeup of the movie. Besides their The film will also be screening in various Utah mountains is slow and arduous, and being excursions in Norway, the crew also goes venues in November and December. able to pick up and leave an area as a storm to the farthest ends of the Earth, and braves rolls in is critical. Travelling with tons of the swells of the Southern Ocean on their At the time of this publication, the Howell equipment and people when things turn for way to Antarctica. A seldom thought-of ski brothers will have just returned from a month- the worst is a recipe for disaster, and can be destination, the frozen continent accepts only long road trip across the West, showcasing costly in time, money and lives. the heartiest of souls. However, those who their latest work to hoards of snow-hungry make the crossing are treated to otherworldly audiences. Their accommodations are truly Since 2004, PWP has produced eight films skiing. Steep and technical lines fall from nomadic, and their modified utility trailer and regaled features handmade thousands of bunks and enough people with space for 45 compelling stories cases of beer, and images. courtesy of Big Speaking about Sky Brewing. one of his Returning to Salt favorite trips, Lake, they will Noah recounts re-evaluate what his adventure to is possible for the Norway. It is a coming season place so far north and hash out a that the sun never plan for the next sets and you can movie. Depending ski powder at on which way midnight. Their the winds blow original intention and where the was to spend a snow falls, the couple of weeks PowderWhores on a sailboat, may be coming to cruising the fjords a mountain near and picking off you to find the first descents. Photo: Jonah Howell goods and With some extra live the dream. time on their hands, Noah and his team PowderWhore filmmaker and pro-skier Noah Howell in a cloud of powder in Days Fork, UT.

42 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 43 PHOTO FEATURE

By Weston Colton westoncolton.com times to find the light I wanted. I called up Matt because, experience,in my he can usually produce whatever trick thatI throw at good. He’s him. Getting a photo before going into work in the morning— that’s what it has turned into. I’ll take what I can get. Matt Feeble–Provo, Fisher–Front Utah I have very little time to shoot skateboarding these days. I no longer have day-long skate sessions that cover half the shooting valley, photos here and there as we happen upon spots. These days, photos are planned out as much as possible to minimize the time taken away from familymy a grown-up). (yeah, I’m This photograph was imagined and planned out, down to every detail. I had an idea of which trick would look good on shot this bar, from this angle, with this lens. I scouted the location three

44 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 45 Another super cool thing about being a twin is always having a buddy to skate with. That always pushes a skater, and it shows in how far these kids have progressed. Nate and Jordan are only 19, and last year, the somewhat-unknown pair came down to the Summer of BROWN Death Roughside contest and blew the socks off some well known Salt Lake rippers. Nate actually won the whole enchilada that day. I don’t see this pair being unknown by anyone for too much longer.

These days, Nate and Jordan claim Annex Skate Shop in Bountiful as their headquarters. Ezra Moss, the shop owner, has been bringing them up proper in the skate scene and keeping them out of trouble. They both work there from time to time, windexing the display cases and gripping

decks for the local hood rats. Photo: Eric Scott Russell

Photo: Eric Scott Russell Photo: Eric Scott Russell Ezra and the rest of the Annex skate team do a great job taking BROWN the twins out on skate missions, Jordan Brown, back 180 switch nosegrind 180 out … Whew! Jordan Brown is the “kickflip guy” hitting untapped spots in the area, Nate Brown is the “heelflip guy” By Mike Brown and getting footage. Like most of the dynamic duo. in Team Brown. [email protected] sacred footy these days, it’s staying on your computer. Shop, Nate and Jordan share flow from Crux and secret until it can be released at the proper time, Stereo. They also get stuff from their Uncle Jason’s Oftentimes, when I go somewhere with Angela is a kickflip guy. Nate takes his power to big shit, imagine them learning to talk and walk at different and I wasn’t allowed to see any of it, which I take The twins make it to the big city of Salt Lake every new project, the Portland-based Red Clouds Brown, the Editor of this fine rag, people instantly and it’s safe to say that Jordan is a bit more of a times. When it comes to Nate and Jordan’s skating, no offense to. once in a while for skate missions, but as of yet, they Collective, which does a nice job mixing fashion, assume I’m her little brother. I’m used to it by now, tech rail killer. It’s probably a good thing that their they literally started the same time on the same day. have no plans to make the move south. This makes art and man purses. and try not to get annoyed. To compensate for this, styles differ so much. When they start popping up There is plenty to watch of Nate and Jordan on a sighting of the albino duo down here a rare and and to help people feel stupid, I always reply that in videos more, that might be the only way for I learned that they got into skateboarding from Annex’s YouTube channel, though. You all know pleasurable sight—like seeing a bald eagle—or I also wanted to know: If one of them goes pro down she’s my ex-wife, but kept the last name because people to tell them apart. their uncle, Jason Brown––the same pro how to use YouTube, right? You go on the Interweb more like seeing two bald eagles at the same time. the road and the other doesn’t, would they get mad of the power it holds. So, I’d like to start this piece snowboarder Jason Brown who started Capita and type in “AnnexSkate” in the YouTube search at each other? Nate and Jordan both agreed that by clarifying that I am not related to Nate and There are always tons of questions that you want and used to interview himself in international box, sit back and watch, and don’t spill your beer Aside from getting hooked up through Annex Skate would never happen. These brothers get along Jordan Brown—unless you go back far enough, to ask when you meet identical twins. Nate and snowboard mags. Jason was one of the first dudes tremendously, and I can’t see them getting mad at then I suppose we are all related. Jordan were nice enough to put up with my stupid to do hand rails on a snowboard, and used to each other for anything. twin questions, which are scattered throughout this claim that he wasn’t a snowboarder, but a skater Nate and Jordan Brown are a pair of identical article. When I asked them what twin question they who likes to snowboard. Talent definitely runs in Another twin question we twin skate rats hailing from Kaysville, Utah. Initially, get asked the most by people, the answer was this Brown family. When I asked the twins if they are all dying to know is when putting together this piece, I had fantasies of simply, “Are you guys twins?” thus, proving how snowboarded, the reply from Nate was, “Yeah, if they have ever pulled taking them out shredding and making them do the stupid humanity is––but Nate and Jordan were but I’m a skateboarder. Snowboarding’s lame.” a switch-a-roo on a chick same tricks at the same time. But, even though they good sports about the whole thing. before. Like, how it used look alike and talk alike, and at times, they even to get done in bad ’80s walk alike, they actually have different skate styles. Although their skate styles differ, I still had to ask sitcoms. Nate and Jordan the obligatory twin question: Are they connected told me that they didn’t think There’s an old saying that men usually prefer two telepathically? They can actually finish each they could pull it off given types of women: You are either a Mary Ann man or other’s sentences, but I think this may be more the fact that Jordan’s hair a Ginger man. The same is true of skateboarding. coincidence than actual brain waves connecting. is scummier. But seriously, if A skater is fundamentally either a kickflip man or Ironically enough, though, Nate informed me that they both wore beanies and a heelflip man. Nate is a heelflip guy and Jordan he and his brother are planning on putting together the same clothes, it could a video called Twin Telepathy where, totally work. “It’s going to be me and my brother hitting the same shit,” he said. Now, for some obligatory shout-outs and thank yous. Then I wanted to know how the twins’ Nate would like to thank telepathic powers transfer over into the following shred heads: their skateboarding. “Once Nate Matt Mia, Red Pants and learned back tails, I learned them,” Burke Nixon. “I also want said Jordan. They can’t telepathically to give a shout out to SLUG tell each other how to skate, but when Mag! Ezra and the whole one of them does take a gnarly slam, Annex shop and team, my the other does feel the pain. How’s sponsors Stereo and Crux (flow) and Red Clouds,” he

Photo: Ezra that for some twin shit? Photo: Eric Scott Russell Photo: Eric Scott Russell said. Jordan would just like I’d imagine identical twins do a lot to thank Nate. Jordan Brown, frontside indy at Fairmont. of things at the same time. I can’t Nate Brown, frontside 180. Nate Brown, nollie sequence.

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Giving Cranks: Pedalin’ Away The Holiday Blues By Esther Meroño • [email protected]

When it came time to sit down at night––depression is a luxury. The scavenger-hunt-style bike race where know this and they can buy the kind and write this month’s column … I only thing that’s going to peel you off you ride to different grocery stores of food people will eat, ensuring had nothing. Not because there’s those cushions and dust the crumbs and buy food, which is donated nothing goes to waste.” a lack of bicycle happenings—fall off your chest is the realization at the end. From places like New in Salt Lake is always packed with you’ve got it pretty damn good as a York City and Chicago, to small Perhaps the dealmaker in this race events ’cause it’s pretty much the lower-to-upper-middle class yuppie–– towns in the Mid- and Southwest, for all the selfish, egotistical bastards only time of year when you can bike even if your boyfriend’s fucking your and even Puerto Rico, some form of out there, myself included, is that you somewhere and arrive relatively dry bestie and your boss is a misogynistic Cranksgiving is happening this year. can literally buy yourself a win. The from sweat and/or melting icicles. I douchenozzle. I don’t wanna get all Salt Lake has served as host to this more cash you donate, the more time guess I just didn’t feel like going to Relief Society on you, but I don’t have event annually since I joined the is subtracted from your time at the any of them. As Megan Follows’ to, ’cause it was Gandhi who said, scene a few years ago, organized finish line. For someone like me, who characterization of Anne of Green “The best way to find yourself is to by a variety of individuals, but it is plagued with flats at every alleycat Gables dramatically exclaimed in lose yourself in the service of others.” was Christy (who is also responsible I compete in, $100 may very well get the 1985 CBC mini-series (you’ll only In pretty much every photo I’ve ever for the popular Tweed Rides and the my slow ass into First Place! That’s get this reference if you were a doe- seen of that guy, he’s grinning like a ladies’ Kopchovsky Cat) who stepped less than the bottle of Oxycodone I eyed, 8-year-old girl pre-’00s), I was hyena––either he was a pretty happy up to take charge for 2012. “No one could buy from my neighbor to numb in the “depths of despair.” person, or someone was feeding else raised their voice to spearhead the holiday pain, and way more of him Percocet. it, so I decided I would make it an ego boost. Unfortunately, I won’t I know I’m not the only one who happen come hell or high water,” be burning off too many baguettes sinks into the couch during this time I’m not the most charitable person I she says. in the process, as Christy is securing of year, literally feeding depression know, especially in the global sense, some tasty local food for the with sourdough baguettes (the not- but I say yes when the cashier at Salt Lake’s Crankgiving is on Nov. after party. so-secret ingredient for becoming Whole Foods asks if I want to add 17 and will be a little different an FBG). The holidays are stressful, a dollar to my over-priced purchases because (as everyone should be Whatever your motivation, I and if you’re like me, the 20-degree every once in a while, and I bought doing) she actually did her charity guarantee Cranksgiving will cheer temperature change happened way an Invisible Children DVD at a research. Rather than buying up you up. “A service-based alleycat lets too fast for you to buy a good pair Thrice show once. It’s hard to get cans of spam and pork beans along you get out into your community and of fuzzy slippers, so your feet are self-motivated enough to make a the route, riders are asked to bring think about helping someone besides perpetually cold and it’s making you difference in your own life, let alone $10 in ones––cash to be donated at yourself,” says Christy. “When you grumpy. Now, if you’re like me, go someone else’s––which is why I each stop. You see, the Utah Food participate in Cranksgiving you get to ahead and slap your stupid fucking admire organizers. Bank can buy food at wholesale race your friends and get bragging face as hard as you can for being prices for much less than you can rights, but you also get the chance such a selfish, ungrateful little bitch. Christy “Punkin Pants” Jens at the grocery store, so the $1 you to reach out into the community and I drive by the homeless shelter every and the SaltCycle crew are some of spend on a can of green beans might help those who are less fortunate day, where people are huddled up those do-ers, and have put together buy two cans if it’s in the hands of the than you.” against the fence cradling their dirty an event for you to lose yourself food bank. A lot of the food people kids wearing fuzzy slippers as REAL in (a manifest will be provided so donate also goes to waste because, Cranksgiving will start and end at shoes in 30-degree weather––and you don’t actually get lost) and apparently, some of us (I blame Saturday Cycles (605 N. 300 W.), I’m complaining because it’s making rack up some dopey endorphins Romney) think the less money in the title sponsor of the ’cat, on me sad I can’t fit into my in the process. Every year around your wallet, the lower your taste- Saturday, Nov. 17, from 2-5 p.m. skinny jeans? November, cyclists across the bud count. “Just because someone is You can check out more on the nation group together for their own poor doesn’t mean they want to eat national event at cranksgiving.org. If you’re reading (or writing) this two-wheeled holiday tradition, the can of spam you donated––they Come ready to ride “hell or high column––if you own a bicycle, a coat Cranksgiving: the alleycat that gives want to eat the same food everyone water” and PUT. THE BAGUETTE. and have four walls to hang out in back. Traditionally, Cranksgiving is a else eats,” says Christy. “Food banks DOWN. 48 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 49 Contract Snowboards Circus Ladies Model contractsnowboardsUSA.com

goddamn comfortable. My girlfriend absolutely hates the way they look, but I find that they accentuate my that you can merge the basic geometric shapes available collection of morbidly designed band T-shirts quite well. on Craft Room to create pretty much any form or design While the Domo is never my first choice when I’m trying to that you can think of. Unlike larger Cricut cutters, the mini look fashionable in any way (sorry, I don’t own a yacht), requires access to the Internet and a computer in order they’re the perfect shoes to slip on as your hungover ass to function, but costs and weighs half as much as larger stumbles out into the world. I admit that I like the shoe Cricuts. The Cuttlebug is a cute, portable, hand-powered from a comfort perspective, and I will confess that my embossing press, great for adding a texture and design mom thinks they make me look “rather handsome,” but the element to your paper projects.The compact case folds Domo doesn’t quite meld with my personal style. That said, down to create suction on whatever surface it is sitting if you like Jimmy Buffet and/or ironically dressing like on, keeping the Cuttlebug stationary and secure while a rich, white guy from the 1980s, I recommend the Domo you use it. The hand-crank process was easy and oddly wholeheartedly. –Ricky Vigil satisfying, and the finished product looked clean and professional. I did find myself wishing I knew how to make Logitech my own embossing folders so that I could move beyond the Ultimate Ears 900 supplemental materials, but overall, it is a great product. ue.logitech.com The Cuttlebug’s small stature does limit the size of paper you can use, but its compact design (handle included) Here’s a sad truth about Apple: We’re years away from makes it perfect for people with limited space. Ultimately, getting rid of the “one size fits all” earbuds they have for both machines were fun, easy, compact, and worked everything. They don’t fit all, the quality is barely passing, fabulously with their intended materials. –Eleanor Scholz and they die within six months. They are the shining High fives to Contract Snowboards for bringing the female example of disposable audio, which is what inspired UE shredders a fantastic all-mountain board called the Circus. to create this pair of earphones for the audio-obsessed Zensah This lightweight and flexible board allowed me to just Apple user. The sleek, blue cord, the wraparound plastic, Compression Socks do my own thing on the hill and have fun. With the twin- the foam tips: This pair was partially created to get zensah.com shaped deck and thick, heavy center beneath my feet, I attention. Aside from all the awesome technology they Someone told me the other day that your brain stops was able to shred through shaky terrain with confidence put into their audio products, the real selling point for this growing when you turn 25. I’m nearing 26, but that didn’t and control, yet still feel the snow roll beneath me. It’s hard UE model is the foam tips that conform to the size of your really bum me out—I’m sharp as … something sharp. to find that ideal deck that gives you the right amount of ear and create a near soundproof seal to give you just the What really put a damper on my day was when, a year stiffness and flexibility, but that was one of the first things audio. The iPhone cord works perfectly, adjusting audio ago, my doctor did an ultrasound of my achy legs and I noticed about the Circus. The board provided a perfect and taking calls—it even works with the voice commands told me I have the stems of a 40-year-old man. The things I give-and-take relationship between the snow and me. By and Siri, even after the iOS 6 update. Here’s the one could have done with a pair of skinny ankles and knobby the end of the day, I was much more aggressive—playing downside: You’re going to find out how shitty your audio knees! After getting old-lady vein surgery to help with my in the trees and attempting new tricks—but could also focus is. Most audio sounds watered down in an Apple pair— circulation, I still come home with swollen cankles and sore on my style and pop. Another great thing about this ride with the 900s you’ll be able to hear what kind of quality legs. Then Zensah Compression Socks came into my life. is that it is fast. It helps having a fresh coat of virgin wax your music/podcast/video is coming in, and it may make The science behind compression socks is pretty simple: on the flip side of the stick and sharp edges, but that just you rethink whether listening on your device is the best They put pressure on your veins, which constricts them and affirms how necessary it is to keep your setup in the best experience for certain types of media. The $400 pricetag forces the blood to move back up to your heart, where it condition possible for the season. Two or three sessions may make some people wary, but after you total up how should be, not pooling in your legs and getting sour (which on the Circus took me from a good rider to a better one, many pairs of earbuds you go through in a year, it’ll end is what causes the achiness). I’ve worn compression socks and got me more excited about shredding. I don’t think up being worth the price. –Gavin Sheehan before, and they totally helped, but like my doctor said, any ladies out there would be disappointed with this ride. they were made for senior citizens. They were always ugly –Lauren Ashley Paul Provo Craft and bulky, and after wearing them for a couple days, I Cricut Mini and Cuttlebug found myself eating dinner at Village Inn and driving 10 GBX Shoes provocraft.com miles under the speed limit. The Zensah Socks are made for people of all ages, and especially target athletes. I Domo The Cricut Mini is a small, electronic cutting machine that wore them on a bicycle race under some skinny jeans, cuts out tiny pieces of paper for projects. With the aid of gbxshoe.com and found that, not only did they keep my legs from the Cricut Craft room—the free, online design program There’s no denying it: These shoes intensify the wearer’s getting sore, the moisture-wicking fabric also kept them used for creating Cricut projects—which was simple and douchefactor tenfold. The Domo is made up of a whole from getting sweaty! I actually wore them to bed after, full of fun, pre-made designs to choose from—I enjoyed this lot of navy-colored leather and is somewhere between paired with an oversized shirt, and lemme tell you, ladies, contraption in its entirety. This tiny machine is a veritable a boat shoe and those weird moccasins that your dad my spry young beau couldn’t wait to get wrapped up in paper (and vinyl, and fabric)-cutting powerhouse, and it always used to buy from K-Mart. They look a little bit those argyle-clad calves, which no longer had to remain seems to delight in cutting precise, consistent and intricate funny, and the leather smell never quite goes away, elevated all night. If only Zensah had something to soothe forms at impressive speeds. My favorite discovery was but once these bad boys are broken in, they’re pretty my creaky back … –Esther Meroño 50 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 51 By Mariah Mann Mellus [email protected]

I know it sounds cliché, but as I get older, time seems to pass faster. I’ve settled into who I am, and I have a better appreciation of and perspective on life. I am even be- ginning to understand and revere wisdom and experiences over tight skin. However, as work, friends and family commitments multiply, and summer becomes fall and fall becomes winter, this train of time A close look at a portion of keeps chugging along. I can’t help Ryan Harrington’s larger but wonder: Is there a way to slow work, “Time Peace.” it down? Maybe I need to get off message and true to his craft––all the fast track and take it down to virtues we need to be reminded of a stroll. Sure, strolling sounds like at the end of a major election year. something old people do through a park on a sunny day, but fortunate- Ah, the good old sitcoms of my ly for this multi-tasker, strolling can youth. Who’s The Boss?, Small also involve viewing art, meeting Wonder, Mr. Belevedere––not people, checking out the merchants award-winning programs, but they in my city and, if I’m lucky, doing a shaped our expanding view of little shopping. the family unit and provided some good life-coping skills. Artist Gentry The Salt Lake Gallery Stroll takes Blackburn loves invoking nostalgia place the third Friday of every with obscure references to pop month (with the exception of De- culture. Anyone can find an image cember, but more on that to come). of old television families, but Black- Having this sort of marker for each burn takes it to new levels, finding month is great for slowing down the angles and arrangements that and checking in with friends and make us remember the characters the local arts scene. So, you’ve and our relationship with them. “I carved out the time, called up a want people to think, ‘I remember few friends and are ready to stroll, that!’ but for it to still be a quality but where? painting they would want to hang in their house,” she says. After Tonight, we start at the Kayo Gal- closing up shop at Frosty Darling, lery with artists Ryan Harrington Blackburn has re-focused on her and Gentry Blackburn. Kayo painting, shown at the 2012 Craft recently remodeled and expanded Lake City and has returned to her into the old Frosty Darling space old space, now the Kayo Gallery. on 177 E. Broadway (300 S.), “I’m still around, I just went into offering viewing areas upstairs and recovery mode, and now I remind down, giving these prolific artists myself to paint when I get home plenty of space to spread out and each day, and I’m looking forward set their tone. Mixed media artist to showing at Kayo and to getting Ryan Harrington repurposes found out there with my work.” objects to convey his views on American culture, faith and war. As I mentioned, November bleeds His Weapons of Mass Distraction into December and December’s show at Blonde Grizzly last fall Gallery Stroll gets a bump up created quite a buzz, blending war because of the holidays. In order propaganda and weaponry with to see Harrington and Blackburn’s everyday hobby and household show, you need to stroll between items. Harrington is skilled at tak- Friday, Nov. 16 and Wednesday, ing a subject and flipping it upside Dec. 5. If you wait, you will have down and on its side, leading missed these two, though I know the viewer on a ride through the you will find something to love and proverbial rabbit hole. His work probably buy at Kayo’s small works finds a balance of colorful and show (Dec. 7-Jan.). See? You even poppy while staying honest to the have to hurry to stroll. 52 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 53 A.B.A.Q. – Issue 1 comix and no record reviews—just Dylan Chadwick great photos, clever captions and the and Keith Lucius occasional trash-island, art-school Self-Published nonsense. Train hoppers, graffiti Street: 09.01 nerds, naked swimmers and any rabble-rouser in the cracks: Don’t A.B.A.Q. is a relatively thin zine, but sleep. On sale for $2 plus $2 for what it lacks in number of pages, it shipping at diamondtooth.bigcartel. makes up for in quality. The content com, or email [email protected] is everything one would expect in –Dylan Chadwick a zine, especially the first issue—in- troduction, top 5s, reviews and an interview (this one with Kansas City Filler – Issue #1 hardcore band Sorry Excuse). Trevor Hale What makes this stand apart from Old New Records other zines I’ve read is the wit. Street: 08.11 Is it weird that the burnt heretic smells like bacon? A.B.A.Q. is put together by and written from the hearts of Chadwick The Witcher 2: Inquisitor (who also writes for SLUG) and Lu- Assassins of Kings Cinemax cius, and they’re some damned funny Reviewed on: PC (Exclusive) CD Projekt/Warner Bros. dudes. The “Headlines” section itself Street: 09.05 Interactive is worth the whole break-the-bank Resurrecting a genre almost forgotten Reviewed on: Xbox 360 American dollar they’re peddling this in gaming, Inquisitor provides a take Also on: PC for, but my personal favorite piece is on action role-playing games that Street: 04.17 the review of one of the latest “look- hasn’t been seen in over a decade. Every time I venture into the vast how-the-mighty-have-fallen” releases expanse of a fantasy RPG, I entertain If you’ve played the original Baldur’s on the once-great label, Southern the fool’s hope that this will be the Gate or Diablo games, you’re going Lord—Xibalba’s Hasta La Muerte. game that redefines the genre instead to have a fairly good idea of what To quote: “This record blows,” and of being yet another Tolkien rip-off. you’re getting into. Taking place in an “Southern Lord was better when it The Witcher 2 was not that game. In alternate-history version of the Middle tried to be a spunk rag for hipster fact, calling it a Tolkien rip-off is a bit Ages where monsters and demons of of an undeserved compliment, since legend walk the planet, you play a metallers with neck-beards.” Amen, Middle Earth was populated by well representative of the Inquisition on a good fellows, and keep this zine go- developed characters and an engag- holy mission to conquer evil wherever ing! Purchase it online for a buck at ing storyline. In The Witcher series, you go. A major part of the game drugdogszine.bigcartel.com. –Gavin the player takes control of Geralt consists of text-heavy questioning Hoffman of Wherever-The-Hell, a monster of town denizens, each sprawling hunter who has undergone a series conversation giving clues to cases of Diamond Tooth of unsavory experiments to become heresy and general wrong-doing to Margaret McCarthy and Filler has a lot of … filler. Poetry/ a superhuman warrior. In the second build a case for arresting the accused, Jacob Barta prose coat the first and last pages of installment, Geralt’s primary quest is occasionally providing opportunities Self-Published the zine, some about beach kill, oth- ers about super powers. The poetry to clear his name after being falsely to torture suspects for information. Street: 08.02 Despite the promise of sophisticated has strong word choice and is almost accused of murdering the king to A collaborative photozine project investigation, however, most quests tactile. There was clearly some social whom he swore his allegiance. Along between Margaret McCarthy and end up being solved by old-fashioned commentary woven into the poems— the way, Geralt can wander through Jacob Barta, Diamond Tooth vies for dungeon crawling. To this end, the I’m just not sure what message the wilderness gathering herbs and the distinctive indentity of “a free completing mundane side quests that click-based action is a bit clunky, they’re trying to convey. Hale, who livin’ summer magic zine.” Delicate help increase his abilities. As far as but still satisfying. The worst of it is also wrote the Ghosts of Hardcore pics of city kids gettin’ silly via drugs, supporting characters, all the regular the inclusion of a stamina meter that Past story in this month’s issue of nudity and the occasional four-letter fantasy tropes and clichés are present: drains with every attack or defense, SLUG (p. 30) knows what he’s doing, obscenity­—it’s a sparse and (dare I dwarves with husky Scottish brogues, and stamina regenerates too slowly on and he should be proud of his work. say) tasteful rag, more suitable for a elves who are mystically close with its own to be more than a hindrance The soft innards of Filler is a pair of quick piss and a morning commute nature and wizards who can shoot without potions. Items don’t stack, interviews: a motorcycle vendor and than a drawn-out shitter binge. It’s fireballs by wiggling their fingers. so larger dungeons are impossible a photographer. Some of the web the kind of typewriter tome that’ll add Though I find these fixtures of the without a backpack literally filled with addresses in the zine were either out a spritz o’ zesty chutzpah into your fantasy genre to be grossly overused, healing and stamina potions. If you’re of date or yet to be bought—not sure craving old-school gaming and you’ve 9-to-5 and won’t bore you trying the main flaw of The Witcher 2 is the which. Also, Candace Jeans’ art already played everything else that the to shoot ropes of pretentious Jim aggravating combat system. Instead in the zine was very lightly scanned, gaming world offers, give Inquisitor Morrison-isms all over your mug. of being able to hack and slash your so I would urge the reader to check a try. It takes a while to figure out its F-words abound, the most apt being way through a horde of enemies, out the artist’s website (candacejean. obtuse systems, but once you do, there “fun” and “fancy free.” This is a Geralt is limited to attacking them one com). There was no clear theme for at a time in an absurdly slow, duel-like is plenty of loot-hoarding and demon- zine for peepin’ when you need that the zine, except for “introduc[ing me] fashion. Despite the mediocre storyline clicking joy to find. –Matt Brunk bug-eyed reminder that your 20s and to some people [Trevor] knows.” If and the frustrating combat system, The 30s are there for livin’ and breathin’, so, then Hale has some cool friends, Witcher series has a steady fanbase, suckin’ down life’s marrow like Jell-O More reviews and I hope to hear more from them. which would be surprising if not for shots at the dollar bar, not perched in Pick up a copy for $3 at oldnewsre- the inclusion of a trump card that online at front of YouTube trying to relive past cords.bigcartel.com. –Alex Cragun few nerds can resist: lots of pixelated SLUGmag.com glories that never actually happened. boobies. –Alex Springer There are no articles, no recipes, no 54 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 55 “you’re allowed to leave class if your teacher doesn’t show up within 10 minutes” type of rules. I know you’re not an engineer or a lowly TRAX cop, but do you have any insight on this matter? By Tyler Makmell Wet n’ Wyld [email protected] Brewery/Brand: A trainwreck of emotion, Uinta Brewing Co. The year is wrapping up and our ABV: 4.0% Thomas the Tank brewers have yet to settle on their Serving Style: On Tap Now Thomas, Mr. stock beers (beer drinkers, kneel and Description: On tap at Brewvies give thanks to your drinking deity of and elsewhere, this pale poured like Topham Hat and Percy choice). With even more beers on the original Wyld, with a soft orange will be very upset with the horizon—and given my current color and an off-white head. The you baggin’ on trains. sobriety level—I figured a muddling of aroma is a grassy, fresh citrus, with a That aside, I am in selections is in order. A fancy themed little resin-y character in the follow- complete agreement set of reviews seemed all too simple. through. The flavor is really smooth with you. In fact, just We have lined up for you a long with a moderate hop bitterness that the other day, I was sit- overdue addition to RedRock’s bottled is not all too overpowering and gives ting on 400 S. and Main series, a twist on a Uinta staple which your palate a fresh “green” citrus (eastbound), and the ought to make you wet and a Pro-Am aftertaste. train that came around hopeful that was sent off to the Great the corner had so many American Beer Festival. Overview: Wyld has been a long- time favorite of mine, and I abso- cars, I died of thirst Bobcat Nutbrown fuckin’-lutely love seeing a little mix-up waiting for it to pass. Brewery/Brand: in the game. Uinta managed to get I came close to just RedRock Brewery their hands on some pretty dank, wet Illustration: Sean Hennefer driving into the side of ABV: 6.1% (undried) Simcoe hops, which are Dear Cop, it—I was so angry with Serving Style: 500 ml Bottle very hard to find these days. Then how it disrupted my life. And they tossed those into the brew at 4 I live in what is now called the all the vehicles piled up due lbs. of hops per barrel of beer (31 “River District” of Salt Lake City, to the week-long wait, which gallons per barrel). The final product on the northwest side of town, fucked up the intersection for is a fresh, resinous hop juice of amaz- completely locked in by train tracks. the next … Well, it’s probably ing. This is out on a limited basis, and I say “locked in” because anytime still fucked up a week later. hopefully will still be pouring around I want to go out, or get home, I run Now, as I step outside my town at any place that gives a fuck into a road block. Sure, there’s the selfish lifestyle and consider a about craft beer. bridge now on North Temple, but few things, I’ll admit that all Rated X Mild once good ol’ TRAX is finished, the people I saw on that mile- Brewery/Brand: there’s another train I have to stop long train indicate a thousand Hoppers for. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not so fewer cars on the road. That Description: This high-point brown ABV: 4.0% ADHD that I can’t handle waiting, means less congestion for ale pours a rich, deep garnet color Serving Style: On Tap but I don’t think I should have to wait us all, even though I’m still with a thick head of tight, persistent Description: This mild comes out longer than a stop light’s worth of pissed at my wait. Also, trains tannish foam. The nose is full of of the tap deep brown in color, and time for a fucking train, and my wait mean less smog and numer- piney American hops with a rich, gives a medium-sized, white head. always exceeds that time by about ous other life improvements— toasted-bread character emerging The aroma is mellow with pleasant 10 minutes, which, in my world, but I’m still selfishly pissed. as it warms. The style is aptly named notes of toasted malt and a soft, nutty is the difference between being because the overall effect evokes nuts finish. The flavor is easy, yet complex, on-time or unemployed. Here’s what I’m no traffic cop, so I tried and trees. The flavor takes these initial with a toasted malt base, fruity hops I’ve identified as the problem: 1) to research your question on impressions and refines them into an in the middle and a dry hop bitterness There are too many fucking cars on Google. What I discovered excellently balanced ale, both malty with some more of that nutty toasted each train—even if it’s going at full is a federal train law (Title and bitter at the same time. Hints of malt that lingers on the palate. speed, when the train is five miles 18 USC Section 5319009), citrus and herb from the hops blend long, it’s going to take forever to get which says the local police or into the burnt toast and chocolate fla- Overview: By the time this hits, the through a crossing. 2) The trains are transit enforcement should vors typical of a brown ale. A little bit GABF Pro-Am will be over, and hope- never going full speed. On almost immediately be notified (non- of alcohol ties it all together, helping fully, Dallas Barlow (homebrewer/ to meld what seem like disparate ele- creator of the original recipe) is smil- every occasion, I end up stuck in the emergency line) if a train ever ments into a dangerously sessionable ing with a big-ass medal on his chest. middle of a line of cars waiting for stops on a public roadway. 6-percent beer. Last year, we featured Pro-Am compet- a train that’s either inching its way They will respond and cite the itors from Utah with their sponsoring down the track, or sitting completely conductor or caboose man for Overview: This ramped-up version breweries, and we came away with stopped in the middle of the road. aggravating your day. I sug- of RedRock’s classic Nut Brown ale a win! Hopefully this will pass some 3) We have airplanes and cars in gest you start calling tomor- is much more hop-centered than the luck on over. This mild up for show is this day-and-age, why in the name row. I’m gonna. Word. I also original, but no less enjoyable. In fact, a tasty balance of toasted malts and of Henry Ford are we still using found an Indiana state law I’d say this is a brown ale for IPA lov- fruity, mellow hop characters. It’s a trains to transport anything, and (IC 8-6-7.5) that clearly states ers. The resinous, puckering notes that beer worthy of being on tap, I’d say. why for Wilbur Wright’s sake are if your teacher is 10 minutes hop-heads crave get expressed slightly Not to be forgotten, locals Chris they running through town?! Here’s late, you can leave class with differently in a darker beer, creating Detrick (with Uinta Brewing) and where you come in: I’ve heard that Scott Hunt no penalty. a complex character with hints of (with Epic Brewing) will it’s actually illegal for a train to be tea, carob, rosemary and anise. Fans be competing as well. Cheers to our stopped in the road, and that I have Have a question for the cop? of either genre will find much to like local home brewers, and let’s hope a right to call the cops if that hap- Email [email protected] about this latest release. –Rio Connelly they’ve swept the medals! pens. But, this might be one of those

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Argo Bring on The Mountain escapes from death and jeopardizes Warner Bros. Megaforce everything. Johnson tinkers with your the pumpkin In Theaters: 10.12 On DVD: 07.03 imagination and ability to process coherent thought as he hurls you into an Patron saints of rock n’ roll swagger, incredible world of creativity, stunning the bald and beautiful Danko Jones visuals and utter chaos. Gordon-Levitt, peel is back! and brother-in-band John “JC” with the assistance of facial prosthetics, Calabrese have been gyrating from fully embodies Willis’s mannerisms, coast to coast since 1996, as the band from speech patterns to pursed lips, bearing Danko’s namesake. The 2-disc to an uncanny degree. It’s inspiring to DVD release, Bring on The Mountain, is only $30 know that filmmakers like Johnson still anchored by a 90-minute documentary exist and are willing to step over the followed by the first video collection line of normalcy and strive to deliver {$40 value} released by the band, a perfect originality for audiences who rarely combination for any Danko Jones fan experience it. –Jimmy Martin or general rock n’ roll enthusiast. The documentary itself consists of a retell- The Raconteurs Live At benefits ing of the history of the band by both • helps to slough off unwanted or dead surface cells SKINWORKS Danko and JC, punctuated by endlessly Montreux 2008 • helps stimulate collagen and elastic production school of advanced skincare fascinating archive footage showcas- Eagle Rock Entertainment ing the equally endless charisma and • improves moisture • fights free radicals by the original. The timeless black-and- On DVD: 06.19 energy of the duo. From being little Jack White getting together with • softens the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles 801.530.0001 kids getting Mom to buy them KISS white animation blends perfectly with Burton’s gothic ambiance, and it’s touch- Brendan Benson and forming the • helps lighten hyper-pigmentation records, to college students hanging out supergroup The Raconteurs, along with www.skinworks.edu Say what you will about some of his act- in campus radio stations, to their rise as ing to see the director reunite with previ- ous cast members Catherine O’Hara, Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence ing decisions in the past, but I defy any- unsigned underground heroes and then of The Greenhornes, has to be one one to deny the talent Ben Affleck has genuine international rock stars, it’s a Martin Short, Winona Ryder and the incredible Martin Landau, who of the best ideas to take place in the shown behind the camera as a director success story about guys who deserved indie-rock world. In 2008 The Racon- with Gone Baby Gone, The Town and it and got it. It’s worth the cost of the all provide first-rate vocal performances. Draped in sincerity, deviousness and teurs played the premier Montreux Jazz now his third directorial achievement. collection itself, but then they decided to Festival in support of their sophomore Declassified by President Clinton, add in an exclusive short film cut of The stocked with a plethora of old-school cinema references, Burton recaptures release, Consolers of the Lonely. Four this true story revolves around six Ameri- Ballad of Danko Jones, 14 videos of live years later, the 90-minute performance cans who escaped the Iranian embassy performances and all 19 of their music his own grace that’s been sorely missed in his recent releases. –Jimmy Martin has made it to DVD. The 16-song hostage situation in 1979 and the CIA videos. This is the ultimate collection to performance is comprised of key songs agent, Tony Mendez (Affleck), who date of Danko material, and a damned taken from their two albums, Broken risked his own life to rescue them. With good tribute to the first 16 years of their Looper Boy Soldier and Consolers of the Lonely, the help of producer Lester Siegel career. –Matt Brunk FilmDistrict along with the cover, “Keep It Clean,” (Alan Arkin) and special-effects artist In Theaters: 09.28 originally by Charley Jordan. The John Chambers (John Goodman), Frankenweenie If you’ve had more than a five-second camera work is spotless—the band Mendez created a fictitious science- Disney conversation with me, you know my two appears to be performing inches away fiction movie production entitled Argo In Theaters: 10.05 favorite movie genres are time travel while the stage lighting creates the that was used to disguise the escapees’ In a time when the majority of films and hitman. Both have been a fascina- perfect atmosphere. Each and every as a Canadian film crew. Blending being released are either adaptations tion of mine since I saw Back to the Fu- instrument, from the lead and rhythm archive footage with his own, Affleck or remakes, it’s not too often that the ture and Leon: The Professional. I always guitars to the keyboard, bass guitar and effectively walks the tightrope of recreat- filmmaker delivering the repurposed joked about cross-breeding the two and drums was detailed and articulated. ing a sense of authentic terror, while project was the original’s creator. Tim making a time-traveling hitman movie, The DVD starts off with the title track poking fun at the absurdities of the Hol- Burton ended his short-film career so when I heard Rian Johnson (Brick from the sophomore album, “Consoler lywood lifestyle, without falling off on for feature-length productions with the and The Brothers Bloom) was actually Of The Lonely,” but it’s the hard-driving either side. As the intensity consistently 1984 live-action tale of a boy who used directing one with two of my favorite rock of “Hold On” that grabs the crowd escalates with every passing second, his intellect to revive his dead dog, actors working today, you could say my by their throats, gaining attention and Affleck refrains from wasting any screen and 15 directorial titles later, he has eagerness was slightly above normal. respect through the remainder of the time on unnecessary storylines. While decided to dig up the past and bring Set in the year 2044, time-travel hasn’t performance. White and Benson bring Affleck takes on the responsibility for the story to life with stop-motion anima- been invented yet, but 30 years into the an energy to the live performance that’s the majority of the plot’s tension, the tion. In this retelling, Victor Frankenstein future it has. Deemed too dangerous not experienced on the albums. White rousing antics of Arkin and Goodman (Charlie Tahan) is a socially awkward and made illegal, the only individuals periodically makes use of assorted never disappoint and are a reminder kid whose best friend is his dog, using the technology are mobsters who equipment to create various sound that every gloomy tale can have some Sparky. After a terrible accident takes send their victims back in time to be effects, including tweaking with a micro- light without upsetting the ultimate tone. Sparky’s life, Victor uses his love for sci- killed immediately by loopers. Since phone. One highlight is the Wurlitzer Even with its Hollywood embellishments, ence to revive his companion, but once the deceased doesn’t exist in that time transitioning smoothly from “Level” into it’s fascinating to observe a story that’s the neighborhood kids discover Victor’s period, the body can never be traced. “Steady, As She Goes.” The guys of The so bizarre and exhilarating and to learn anomaly, the experiment becomes the When a looper’s contract is canceled, Raconteurs are hard at work—this is that it wasn’t created in the mind of a newest trend—with disastrous results. It’s their future self is sent back in time to business as usual with very little interac- writer in the City of Angels, but was evident that this is a passion project for be killed by their unknowing younger tion with the crowd—but no one seems orchestrated by a government agent Burton as he pays tribute to the classics versions. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to mind. –Courtney Blair in Washington, D.C., which begs the that have inspired his career, as well as has made a small fortune working as a question,“Who are the better deceiv- his earlier films that were made possible looper, but all of it might be for naught ers?”–Jimmy Martin when his future self (Bruce Willis) 58 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 59 OK Ikumi Alpine Sequences Hel Audio www.tempestcouture.com Street: 07.30 OK Ikumi = Teen Daze + ARP + Tangerine Dream

long list of collaborators. Whether it’s Ammon Waters plete the rest of the blend. As a whole, I Artisan the quick and ultra-dense “That Sample” was thoroughly inspired. The only thing The Way You Are EP or the back-in-the-day vibe of “Mikey that can top their performance on this Self-Released Was the Best” (my favorite song on the Fashion album is seeing them live in all of their Street: 08.30 album), Atheist’s lyrics are tight, heavily drunken, surging splendor. –LeAundra Ammon Waters = The Smiths + referential and a blast to listen to—his Jeffs David Bowie history as a battle rapper is clear. Other highlights include the guest appearances One day, when we humans have & by Yze, Diggabeatz and Show Me Joshua James ceased to exist either by the flash-bang Island’s Lauren Hoyt as well the From The Top Of Willamette of nuclear fission or slow poison of Accessories emcee-laden “Sleazy,” which sounds like Mountain climate change, robots will gather and the dirtiest school-yard rap cipher ever. Intelligent Noise recreate our natural sounds: washes of This local album will probably make my Street: 11.06 synths representing the crashing waves, Men & Women Top 5 for the year, and it’s available for Joshua James = Josh Rouse + chirping electronics and blips of data free download at 801atheist.bandcamp. Xavier Rudd + Desert Noises imitating birds and insects heard on a com. Don’t miss it! [The Shred Shed: track redundantly contains a slow start If you’re from Portland, Ore., the way perfect afternoon in the Wasatch Moun- 801.486.1188 11.16] –Rio Connelly and build-up, which ultimately leaves Street: 08.11 Joshua James pronounces “Willamette” tains. Until then, we have Alpine Se- a lot of dead air that sandbags the Fat Apollo And The Cellulites = in the album’s title track will bug the quences, the closest thing to bridging the album’s flow. Moreover, the dream-pop Phish + Gorillaz hell out of you, but his voice will calm analog/digital divide. Alpine Sequences The Awful Truth element is a bit untailored and leaves 1305 South 900 East Opening with a fictionalized account of you back down. What has set James is rooted in classic, repeated arpeggios, Birthright a lot of aesthetic gaps during the more Salt Lake City, the band’s origin, it’s pretty clear right apart from other singer-songwriters is which Karl Jørgensen massages into Self-Released crucial sections of tracks. For instance, off the bat that Fat Apollo and the Cel- his smooth, hoarse singing voice—think 20 fragments of some of the warmest- Utah 84105 Street: 08.01 “Shadows” would be an incredible lulites don’t take themselves particularly Don’t let the pretty girl with a pink The Awful Truth = Neutral Milk a melodic, adolescent Tom Waits sounding electronic tones put onto tape Beach House-ranking track if it had seriously. Coming on strong with a play- umbrella on the cover of this record fool Hotel + Jose Gonzalez with vocal chords slathered in butter. (it is released on cassette). Moving more of a pop hook to maintain focus ful sense of hip hop rhythm infused with further away from his earlier chiptune, you like it did me. I was expecting to Whether it’s intentional or a happy James’ unique voice remains the same instead of losing listeners in the texture. a heady dose of soul, it all starts off on 8-bit zaniness, Alpine Sequences is a hear a female voice—instead, I heard accident, the release date of Birthright on From The Top Of Willamette Mountain Nonetheless, Ground Zero is decent and the right note. Unfortunately, there are slow-burning record in classical minimal- the crooning vocals of Ammon Waters, seems very well timed to me. By this, I as on previous Joshua James releases, indicative of a lot more potential, which only six genuine tracks here and only ist fashion with close attention paid which are similar to those of Mor- mean it’s possibly one of the best fall but the album feels evolved and sounds could easily be achieved before they about 25 minutes of music—every other to overall mood (unrequited, slightly rissey. After initial surprise, I found albums I’ve heard in a while from a lo- more dynamic than its predecessors. become legal adults. In the meantime— track consists of out-of-place tribal chant- nostalgic) which never compromises the myself impressed with this three-song EP. cal artist. Tracks like “Words Were in the While much of the album still has the stay gold, ponyboy(s). –Gregory Gerulat ing and pagan sermons. It doesn’t give albums overall aesthetic. Jørgensen has The release opens with the catchy tune Way” (featuring guest vocals from locals acoustic folk feel, rhythm drives songs enough time for the group to find them- never sounded better. –Ryan Hall “The Way You Are,” which reminded me like Joe Castor from Mathematics Et like “Queen of the City” and “Sister” selves or fully develop their good vibes. of the Iggy Pop song “Fall in Love with Cetera and Jess Davis from S.L.F.M.) Curseworship with prominent bass and drums. A Each bizarre spoken word interlude Me,” from his 1977 album Lust for Life. provide decreasingly warm and sunny piano-powered waltz called “Surrender” Self-Titled (Cassette) throws off the album’s flow and gets in Show Me Island The following two songs, “Sunflowers foundations sided with loping percussion Crucial Blast reveals a growing range in James’s the way of what you really want—more MV: MMXII and Tuberoses” and “Static Love,” offer and navel-gazing lyrics. “Birthright” is a Street: 09.10 songwriting. And Portlanders, don’t music, less filler. –Matt Brunk Self-Released more of the same, upbeat ‘80s pop rewarding ace-in-the-hole track, which Curseworship = Swans + take offense—Willamette refers to Street: 04.20 sound. Although there isn’t much infor- showcases ‘90s indie rock sensibilities Tragedy + Wolf Eyes James’s Utah farm, not the river that cuts Show Me Island = old No mation about Waters floating around the without renouncing the album’s core Many bands have tried—and many Hectic Hobo through Portland. –Steve Richardson Doubt + Save Ferris + Dani Lion Internet, I enjoyed the mellow sound of sound. Band frontman Brent Colbert bands have failed—to blend genres We Lost Our Legs In The War, Yay, ska! This underappreciated genre this album, and look forward to hearing manages to empathetically craft hypno- as seamlessly as Curseworship has We Just Can’t Remember Which The Myster-E seems to go through waves of popular- a full-length album from him in the near tizing songs within the conventions of been able to on this three-song release. T.A.M.I.A.J. 1 ity, and as I’m a sucker for a swanky future. –Jory Carroll folk without having to rewrite any rules. The band is able to flow in and out of War Rekanize horn-section melody, I’m always happy Even though the local folk scene is a relatively harsh noise (à la Wolf Eyes), Self-Released Street: 04.27 to see it embraced. Show Me Island Birthright crusty metal and straight tone-worship Street: 01.06 Atheist highly contested one, gives The The Myster-E = Bone Thugs-N- aren’t breaking new ground (when has without batting an eye. The recording Hectic Hobo = Blitzen Trapper Awful Truth the extra bump in stature that Harmony + Goodie Mob that ever been a priority for ska?), but Thanks For The Burgers helps them stick out from the rest. is muted and heavy, and unlike other x (Violent Femmes + Baguette Self-Released Quartet) The Myster-E opens T.A.M.I.A.J. 1 with they are pulling it off with more style –Gregory Gerulat releases from bands who desperately than I’ve seen in a bit. It’s easy to feel Street: 08.08 We Lost Our Legs would be a perfect the dark, robotic beats of “It’s About attempt to achieve the effect of this rushed in the genre, like you have to Atheist = Common Market + soundtrack to knapsack-toting, train- Time.” On the track, the local emcee release, the vocals are set fairly far back play super fast for anyone to get into it, Skee-Lo + Mickey Avalon Creature hopping, grime-collecting adventures. drops a line about “hip hop morphine,” in the mix, which only adds to the expe- but the classic two-step rhythms are just I was blown away by this release, Old-timey piano creates a dusty mixture and yes, indeed it was—I was out Double Feature rience of the listen. Curseworship can, as danceable at SMI’s slightly more re- straight up. It has everything I love in when paired with undulating accordion cold. The mixtape starts off slowly and at the same time, come across like the laxed pace. Frontwoman Lauren Hoyt a hip hop record: rich and dusty beats Ground Zero riffs. Hectic Hobo utilize a drum set, tam- sleepily, but gradually grew in quality soundtrack to a Takashi Miike film, lets loose with her distinctive and sultry from classic source material, tight verses Self-Released bourines, an occasional washboard and and depth on tracks such as “These and the much more evil bastard child of voice while trombone and saxophone by the main emcee and more than a Street: 07.22 basically any solid object imaginable for Daze.” I wasn’t terribly impressed with SunnO))) and His Hero Is Gone. An melodies swing over tight rhythm-section few collaborations. Produced by the Creature Double Feature = Avi percussion, generating a unique busking The Myster-E’s monotone delivery or the Buffalo + Slowdive excellent release from these fellows, and chops. Favorites include the bouncy illustrious likes of Fisch Loops, Wes vibe. Their second track, “Revolution in scattered production (from Instramen- Davis and Mason Johnson aren’t hopefully a taste of even greater things “Live Love” and the almost Streetlight Thompson, Yung Rip, Mike Booth a Dress,” exhibits punches of Spanish tality and Laryngitiz), but there was only brothers, but also are an example to come. –Gavin Hoffman Manifesto-esque horns of “Mo(untains) and more, the album references old Star influence. Hasen Cone’s gravelly voice an honest effort and lots of love for the of today’s precocious youth—the kind lehills.” At only six songs, this release Trek, Ninja Turtles and classic vinyl, all lends to the imagination, allowing you to Salty City within the tape, so I can’t hate that terrifies old people. Ground Zero is is short, but shows a lot of promise. I while holding a cohesive sound that per- Fat Apollo And envision this group as a pack of grubby on that. Still, T.A.M.I.A.J. 1 is lackluster an impressive digital dream-pop effort, can’t wait to don some suspenders and fectly complements Atheist’s tight, slightly vagabonds. Cadence changes in every and confusing. I’m hoping to see more especially considering the bandmates The Cellulites go check out their live shows. Pick it up! nasal flow. Speaking of which, this Cali- track add complexity and keep a level from The Myster-E, but perhaps with a are just 17 and 14 years old. However, –Rio Connelly fornia transplant manages to remain the A Twist Of Rhyme appeal throughout the conclusion of different producer and theme. –Meera it still has room for improvement. Every Self-Released highlight of every song, even with the every number. Rockabilly pickups com- Masud 60 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 61 Acid Witch way of looking at the ordinary is the mood for the rest of the album: bossy, in charge and unapologetic, Witchtanic Hellucinations fully intact, especially on the pretty “Disappeared” and “Labrador.” just like Oprah. With its bouncy Hell’s Headbangers but disgruntled synths on top of Street: 10.23 Like these gems, “Soon Enough,” a smooth drum beat, the track Acid Witch = Witchfinder “Crazy Town” and especially “Red made me do the Bee Gees’ General + Autopsy + Flag Diver” have splendidly catchy shuffle all over SLC. Another track I Motorhead choruses, until you realize how couldn’t help but get down on was Don’t let the “equation” fool serious their subjects are. “Living ”Missile.” In the beginning, this you—just because Acid Witch A Lie” is a gorgeous duet with clave-sounding sample smacks you is laced with influence from the The Shins’ James Mercer and into attention, then these robotic, bands listed therein doesn’t mean while there are a few ballads here militant synth melodies come they’re anywhere near as good. (“Barfly” and “Slip and Roll”), it’s into play, taking the whole track Oh, sure, there are enough heavy mostly upbeat. Even when Mann’s to the next level—it’s produced riffs and “evil vokills” on Witchtanic urging the loser in “Gumby” to call beautifully! My favorite song, “I’ll Hellucinations for the metal masses his estranged daughter, you’ll be Bobby Joe Ebola House You,” shows the house side to shoot their collective wads to, tapping your foot in time. of Boys Noize, starting off like but the schtick is wearing a bit thin, –Dean O Hillis and the Children the original track by the Jungle even though this is a re-release of MacNuggits Brothers, but with Snoop this album which was originally Andre Williams Bone Dagger b/w Take On The Dogg’s voice instead. Out of the unleashed in 2008. Plodding Life World 7” Black is seriously an album for any drums, down-tuned guitars, and Alive Suckerpunch Records music lover, and a must-have for the occasional synth peeking Street: 10.02 Street: 09.04 anyone who listens to electronic through can’t hide the fact that Andre Williams = Barry Bobby Joe Ebola and the music! –Mama Beatz this release is nothing more than White + Ike Turner + the Five Children MacNuggits = Arlo Du-Tones a passable attempt at over-the-top Guthrie + Steve Martin + Brother Ali stoner doom, which—let’s face As I’ve been able to say several Ronnie James Dio it—is getting just a wee bit old. It’s Mourning in America, Dreaming times over this past year: For It still baffles me how these guys not all bad, it’s just nothing that I’ll in Color an elderly former junkie, Andre haven’t caught on here in our be listening to in the future. Ever. Rhymesayers Williams sure is prolific—this is fair city of salt. Bobby Joe Ebola –Gavin Hoffman Street: 09.18 his fourth album to come out since and the Children MacNuggits Aimee Mann January. This is also his fourth Brother Ali = Common write some of the most catchy, Market + Immortal Technique Charmer backup band. Once I started to fun and rockin’ music that I’ve SuperEgo Records listen, my mind kept going back heard in almost two decades, and Mourning in America begins Street: 09.18 to the difficult question of whether they do so strictly in the name of with a gritty bass-line, paired Aimee Mann = Elvis Costello or not we really needed another fun. This awesome, albeit short, with a heartfelt shout-out to the + Suzanne Vega + Squeeze Andre Williams record in 2012. release courtesy of Suckerpunch American populace to get off A few songs in, though, and it Records highlights one of the their skeptical asses and provide was clear that this one was quirky band’s most excellent songs to productive changes to better their enough to merit its own release. date, which tells the story of a communities by standing up to The first song to really stick out is hero who finds a dagger (made of blind oppression and injustice. “Blame it on Obama”—a treatise bone, duh) with mythical powers, “Letter to My Countrymen,” as well aimed at naysayers that try to lay and who, in turn, does everything as the rest of the album, provides every misstep in their personal lives from slaying a dragon to kissing a a biting portrayal of the blatant on the current president. The song goat. I don’t think any more needs mess we find ourselves in today in is certainly timely, but it lacks some to be said other than you should the United States. Subjects ranging of what Williams is known for. He pick this fucking thing up, like, right from paying the bills and the redeems himself with a pair of love now. Oh, yeah—the B-side is a struggles of raising a family, to the songs, “Stuck in the Middle” and sweet-ass cover of a Judas Priest consequences of war are sprinkled “It’s Only You that I Love,” both song. –Gavin Hoffman throughout old school, funk/soul of which feel like they’re aimed inspired back-beats. A spiritual straight at your heart. The best Boys Noize epiphany in Mecca inspired a new song on the whole disc, though, is outlook in Ali, which he portrays “When you’re a charmer, the his take on the old R&B standard Out of the Black with a personal and genuine tone apples fall,” sings Mann on her Boysnoize Records “Shake a Tail Feather.” This is a without feeling sententious. Ali’s aptly named—not to mention Street: 10.16 song that Williams wrote decades flow goes balls to the wall. He half quite welcome—new album. Her Boys Noize = (2007) Justice + ago (made famous by Tina spits and half sings relevant, starkly songwriting, the production and Crookers + Deadmau5 Turner), and I believe this is his political sentiments. As his fourth a slightly upbeat delivery make first stab at making it his own. And, There must be something in the release, Mourning in America plays this one of her poppiest-sounding man, does he nail it! One more water in Germany, because music hopeful and mature while still efforts. But fear not, friends, her notch in the bedpost for modern like this just isn’t coming out of the keeping the twisted style from The lyrics remain rooted in the real soul’s sexiest crooner. States currently. Opening track Undisputed Truth intact. world’s inhabitants, and her clever –James Bennett “What You Want” immediately sets –LeAundra Jeffs 62 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 63 Correatown guy at an anorexic convention. A achieved a dull effect overall. It lack of trying. Each song blends beginning to finish, it is a bright point, with closer “Raising the Pleiades vinyl or cassette version may be was refreshing to hear the unique elements of rockabilly, surf rock and cohesive release. The lush Dawn” capping things with a more Highline Records extra tasty as well. So strap on sound of Dolfish, but I was only left and prog, which provide a wide instrumentals are calming and decayed sound. When you want Street: 10.16 some clean undies and get ready with a question mark in my head, range of musical style, but it also inviting, even when they build to put on your Neurosis hat, this fits Correatown = Portishead + to have your ass kicked into next trying to make some sense of what create a lack of cohesion. This to a feverish pace. The glitch just as nicely as the rest. Blonde Redhead + Coldplay week, because this is some blissful I had just heard. –Jory Carroll stylistic mash-up is most prevalent synths and melodic bass-lines, –Bryer Wharton noise not quite dished out by any on the final track of the album, though somewhat repetitive, other folks this year. Dordeduh “Journey to the Center of Guitar are continuously built upon in The Orb featuring Lee –Bryer Wharton Dar De Duh Center,” a psychotic exploration each track, and each song is Scratch Perry of a guitar’s inner soul that increasingly complex (and in some Prophecy The Orbserver In The Star House Diva Street: 11.13 reminds the listener exactly what cases includes a string section, e.g. the instrument is capable of. “Eyes Forward”). –Cody Hudson The End Records Moon Moods Dordeduh = Enslaved + Street: 08.28 Critical Heights Drudkh + Ulver Regardless of the group’s musical abilities, Western Violence should The Orbserver = Mad Lion + Street: 10.09 Midnight Nightmares On Wax + be a chaotic tour of disparate Diva = Phil Collins + Bjork + Lovers Left Alive. “The More She Complete and Total Hell Prefuse 73 never repeated—that keeps the Star Wars musical elements instead of a Burns the More Beautifully She Hell’s Headbangers listener’s ear hooked. Passion is playlist comprised of clichés This collaborative album is not Electro-beats, xylophone-like Glows” features one of the film’s Street: 09.25 high and raw, but on repeated usually reserved for B-movie stars, Tilda Swinton, reciting a Midnight = AC/DC + for casual fans of either reggae spins, it does lose some of its effects and a slightly wavering soundtracks. –Alex Springer but lovely voice begin the album poem over pulsating feedback— Darkthrone + Nunslaughter luster. There are some standout vampire romance. Not my realm elements that I really enjoy—the on “Wanna Get To Know You,” Grape Soda For the first decade of the and it’s a fair indicator of what of interest, but there’s obviously new millennium, Cleveland, drumline on “Wild Eyes,” the soft Smooth, delicious, drive-along-a- Diva has to offer. The electro-pop Form a Sign an audience for it. I’d prefer if the Ohio’s Midnight were about as opener on “The River,” the album dusty-road melodies, a buttery material is odd but beautiful, the Kindercore Records record was entirely instrumental. underground as a band can get, opener itself, “Sparks”—but they’re voice, and simple, unobtrusive vocals breathy but controlled, the Street: 11.06 Van Wissem’s lute takes the lead but following 2011’s absolutely mixed with just as many clichés Grape Soda = Pixies x lyrics define this ambient electro- lyrics drawled but still pleasant, on the title track, and it is quite masterful Satanic Royalty, the and seriously uninspired moments (MGMT - M83) pop album. Angela Correa has and most of the weirdness seems pretty, but the calm noise of band’s sleazy brand of black n’ roll that hold the album down. The created a beautiful collection of to be on purpose. Diva Dompe Form a Sign is a respectably well “Flowing Light of the Godhead” is was thrust unto the metal masses, lyrics are particularly lacking in work here, flirting among several originally recorded the songs on rounded and unique effort for the album highlight. –T.H. complete with a US tour with poetry (song “Atlas” being the genres, including pop, folk, Moon Moods on 8-track, but later Once the former members of Grape Soda’s first LP. Brothers thrash darlings Toxic Holocaust. only exception), and while I love Americana and, most expansively, re-recorded them digitally. Along Romanian black metal crew Mat and Ryan Lewis form a duo JJ Doom Make no mistake, though— vocalist Winston McCall’s electronic ambient. Material from with the new clarity achieved in Negura Bunget announced that cuts out all the unnecessary Key To The Kuffs Midnight plays straight-up, no deliciously brutal screambox, he the project’s previous four full- the technological realm came their creation of Dordeduh, the gibber-gabber, and end on a Lex bullshit, filthy-as-fuck hard rock, needs to stop getting his inspiration from quote-of-the-day websites. length albums and two EPs has the decision to move away from hype was already stirring. Two perfectly matched concoction of Street: 08.20 and this compilation proves that or electronica—this is for those already appeared on several heavily effected vocals on most years ago, the band released a drums and keyboard. “Subtle” JJ Doom = Buck 65 + Dr. they’ve been doing it for the better Hearing overused phrases like enthusiasts who have been “nothing to fear but fear itself” mainstream television shows and of the material, which is probably two-song EP only increasing the is not in their vocabulary. Mat Octagon + El-P (Cancer For part of a decade. Combining the waiting for dub pioneer Perry movies, and I’m sure we’ll hear why her voice seems to sway a hype. The wait is over, as the full- either wails painfully, or semi- Cure) band’s entire pre-Satanic Royalty only draws power from the songs. to lend his characteristic vocal Overall, it’s an enjoyable, if not some of these new easy-listen little more than I’m used to hearing. length has arrived and the hype raps monotonously over energetic London producer Jneiro Jarel back catalog (roughly) into one talents to virtuoso production. The tracks setting the mood on many The result is perhaps accidentally is worth it. The full-length is one percussion. Overlaid, surreal neat, little package, this is not a particularly memorable effort that, has provided the most bass-heavy, electro-pioneering duo The Orb if polished in the future, could more shows in the future as well. fresh—that magic that happens balanced majestically—equally keyboard elements (such as on electronic soundscapes MF Doom new release as such, but it is an (triple-pioneer action!) provide this “Further,” the album’s lead single, when an artist tries a new medium dark and cold, pumped with “Hot Toes”) often become chaotic excellent introduction to the band, really hit you in the solar plexus. has yet rapped over. The beats backdrop effortlessly. Recorded –Megan Kennedy is a fairly straightforward before getting bogged down by atmosphere and melody conjoined unexpectedly, keeping you on your are overwhelming with samples and an easy way to catch up on from a set of jam sessions in Berlin, electronic ambient song, moody the rules and regulations. Even in with plenty of black metal and folk toes until the final phantasmagoric everything you missed prior to that grab my attention individually the songs often showcase their Peace yet hopeful, and will probably get its freshness, the influences of ‘80s bits. It all combines into a massive discordancy of the album closes. before I can recognize the entire their lone full-length … unless you improvisational nature, having into your psyche via one of these electro-pop are clear, and whether undertaking of a record that shows I’m now anxiously awaiting a rhythm. Doom’s music has always happened to pick up the Complete a free-form structure that feels The World Is Too Much With Us routes (commercial, TV show, etc.) that’s on purpose or another a blatant attention to detail. In the release of another effort. I would been full of social commentary that and Total Fucking Midnight very organic. For all the album’s Suicide Squeeze before you download it, but I’m consequence of the technological metal climate where things are like to see where the Lewis brothers makes me think twice, and Jarel’s compilation in 2005. Get on it. – pedigree and represented talent, it Street: 10.16 telling you, go ahead and throw it transition is debatable, but I morphing constantly, Dordeduh can go from here. –LeAundra Jeffs eccentric production complements Gavin Hoffman can be very hard to listen to. The Peace = Interpol, stripped in the mix already. Pleiades is a thought it was fun. –Ischa B. pays homage to the roots of black Doom’s maniacal lyrics well. Being loose approach leads to rambling down + Sonic Youth’s Murray first-rate release, with great metal and offers a whole goodie Jozef Van Wissem & that he’s currently unable to return Neurosis sets of lyrics and moments where Street guitars material, great performances and Dolfish bag of new tantalizations. Album Jim Jarmusch to America due to visa issues, this Honor Found in Decay the production breaks into The opening track of this instrumentation, great production, opener “Jind De Tronuri” is over 16 I’d Rather Disappear Than Stay The Mystery of Heaven album has its share of both comical Neurot awesomeness, then fades into Vancouver post-punk band’s and a clearly defined brand— The Same minutes, and it seems to go by in and profound vocal samples. Street: 10.30 another idea too rapidly. I hesitate Ischa B. a flash. There is a mass amount of Sacred Bones worth a listen for sure. – Afternoon Records Doom says it best on “Bite The Neurosis = Isis + Bloodiest + to even place this release into metal and other grandiose musical Street: 11.13 Street: 10.30 Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Thong”: “JJ Doom go pop? It’s not A Storm of Light the larger world of pop music— D.I.S. Dolfish = The Mountain Goats exercises be found here. so irrational.” I didn’t think Doom it might feel at home in more –Bryer Wharton Jarmusch = Marc Ribot + If you are a Neurosis fan, this long- Becoming Wrath + Nick Drake + Jay Reatard Daniel Lanois could make a club hit, but “Wash awaited album is apt to please. avant-garde company. Whether Deep Six Your Hands” is as close as he gets. it belongs with obscure art music After putting out his debut EP last One of the things the band has Street: 11.01 Double Naught Spy Car The five songs that comprise The This is another Doom collaboration or the reggae productions that year entitled Your Love Is Bummin’ always done best since—and D.I.S. = Discharge + Western Violence Mystery of Heaven are minimal, classic. –Justin Gallegos are its roots, The Orbserver is an Me Out, the debut full-length LP even a bit before—their switch to Entombed + Heresy 11 Foot Pole Records treble-heavy soundcapes relying interesting experiment by some of from Cleveland’s Max Sollisch pioneering post-rock is their ability Street: 10.16 on Jarmusch’s use of contained the best there ever were. If this is Becoming Wrath, I’m pretty bummed me out for all the wrong Lymbyc Systym to set tones and atmospheres. Double Naught Spy Car = Mr. guitar feedback and Wissem’s –Rio Connelly afraid of what wrath actually is. reasons. If you have not listened repeating single-note lute Symbolyst Honor Found in Decay is, as the title Don’t add any doilies under your Bungle – Mike Patton Western Vinyl subtly suggests, a sluggish record to Dolfish (the moniker of Sollisch) progressions. Minus the lute, these Parkway Drive teacups for this one—frills, twists before, it may take a while before Typically, surrealist cover art and pieces are musically similar to Street: 09.18 with explosive moments. It all or tinkering will not be found here. you get used to his unique, high- song titles that allude to ’80s pop the scores for Jarmusch’s film The Lymbyc Systym = Talk starts out featuring minimal guitar Atlas I have to say this makes the new pitched style of singing. And culture hint at an album that will Limits of Control—performed by Demonic + This Will Destroy and some electronic tinkering with Epitaph Napalm Death seem subdued. even after listening to a couple of You opener “We All Rage in Gold,” Street: 10.30 deliver a memorable listening Sunn O)))—and Neil Young’s sophomore full-length set my The main guitar tone is nasty, but songs, his bizarre, rambling lyrics which later jumps into the intense Parkway Drive = August experience regardless of the work on Dead Man. I imagine that This album, by brothers Michael expectations high: “Your Hand not too tuned out to sound like a and mediocre guitar playing on bits. The orchestration seems more Burns Red + Emmure material’s quality. Double Naught The Mystery of Heaven is a sort of and Jared Bell, was recorded In Mine” is moody and romantic bad Dismember album. There’s this album failed to keep my ears’ prevalent, setting up an almost Spy Car’s third release has both preview for the music that he and and shared via email and There’s an interesting hybridization without being lame, and its simple definitely a more hardcore than attention. Even though his debut soundtrack/score type vibe. The of those aspects going for it, Van Wissem have composed for compiled over the course of three going on—with familiar metalcore riff and straightforward beat makes metal vibe here—that is, until the EP received some good reviews, but the end result is surprisingly Jarmusch’s upcoming film, Only years. Despite the recording mid-album duo of “My Heart for elements and a smattering of guitar solos chime in like a fat the 12 songs on this record only forgettable—though not from process and time lapsed from Deliverance” and “Bleeding the other techniques and instruments, Pigs” is easily the record’s strongest 64 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 65 it catchy as hell. It was hard to Death + Brutal Truth + upbeat reprieve it brings. And Witch Cross get into the rest of the record, Agoraphobic Nosebleed the final cut is more a traditional Fit for Fight reprise than it is a remix of which is a blur of monotonous Oh ye despoiler of swine! Hell’s Headbangers “Dreams.” –Dean O Hillis sing-talking over diverse bass and Your contributions to grind are Street: 10.23 drum grooves and oblique guitar numbered above most. It took Witch Cross = Mercyful Fate + noodling. Don’t get me wrong— you five years to follow-up the Tweak Bird Accept + Venom The World Is Too Much With Us (a Undercover Crops fanta-orgasm of violence that was Leave it to the folks at Hell’s title lifted from a Wordsworth Volcom Entertainment Phantom Limb, but the wait was Headbangers to dredge up an poem) has plenty of skilled Street: 10.12 worth every pestilent second. The almost 30-year-old gem from instrumentation and a few standout band is best at creating maniacal Tweak Bird = Dead songs, such as “Winterhouse” and Confederate + Dead Meadow Danish rockers Witch Cross. I was records that have the pacing of an a bit too young in the early ’80s the dark closer, “Tattoo.” But after incontinent old man at a Chuck-A- such a great start, the record just to spend my time searching out Rama, flowing like golden honey European heavy metal imports, Get your event listed for free in print, online and on our new iPhone app! Sign up for a free SLUG Calendar account at SLUGMag.com/calendar left me waiting for more of the for the gods of brutal, cohesive but if I would have been more Friday, Nov. 2 Rose I Am The Ocean, Young Turks, Garage lovesick magic of the first song. glory. The grooves are heavy here. Alarmingly Charming, Raquel Page-To-Stage Festival - - advanced, this release is one I Pick up the new issue of Clausius - Why Sound Wagner Collin Creek - Shred Shed Terrance Hansen Trio - To borrow from its lyrics, “Where “The Diplomat” is a prime example would have fought tooth-and-nail SLUG anyplace cool! Stereo Fidelics - Woodshed Manning Up - SLAC Green Pig is the glory? … It’s ‘Your Hand In of what to expect on Book Burner: Mine.’” –Cody Kirkland to acquire. Originally released Happy Birthday, Craft Sabbath - SLC Main Generationals, Races - Urban Rage Against The Supremes thick, raw and punishing groves in 1984, Fit for Fight is every bit Nancy Burkhart! Saturday, Nov. 3 Library Y Mountain Productions - Hog Wallow that morph into frenzied chaos and Pet Shop Boys ’80s metal, but it stands apart Ghostwriter, John Ross Boyce Rhapsody In Blue - Abravanel Sera Cahoone, The Parson Showcase - Velour The Faint, TRST - In The Venue disdained distortions. This follows from the rest of the glut of bands & His Troubles - ABG’s Charles Ellsworth, Vincent Red Heads, Desert Noises Hoodoo - Why Sound Andrew Jackson Jihad, Future Elysium Phantom Limb in the territory of from that era simply due to how Rhapsody In Blue - Abravanel Draper & The Dirty Thirty, - Urban DJ Matty Mo - Willie’s Of The Left, Jeff Rosenstock Astralwerks having a bit more structure than the well it has stood the test of time. The Lottery - Ballet West Daisy & The Moonshines, Lady - Kilby Street: 9.11 early records without the sacrifice This is, put simply, a great heavy Changing Lanes - Bar Deluxe Murasaki - Bar Deluxe Monday, Nov. 5 Thursday, Nov. 8 American Hitmen, Hour 13, Pet Shop Boys = The Human of chaos that makes it grind metal record, whether from the Ben Best, Orem Owls, PTO, Cover Dogs - Brewskis Happy Birthday, David Williams - Bar X When The Fight Started, League + OMD - Kraftwerk mayhem. Pick this book up and it ’80s or the aughts. Sure, the band Deadtooth - Black Pyramid Black Rose Phantoms, Blue Kristina Sandi! Tater Famine - Burt’s Poonhammer - Liquid Joe’s Abravanel Capitol Theatre Main Library will burn—get going and melt your slaughters the English language Joel Pack & The Pops - Moon Bombers, Mayson Lee Fresh Beat Band - The Lottery - Ghost Bird - Brewskis & The Rock and Roll Space DJ Godina - Bar X Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, Hectic Hobo - Mojos face with it. –Bryer Wharton On my first listen to Undercover for the most part, but they make Crops, I had a hard time getting Riva Rebels, Simian Greed Studs - Burt’s Film Buff Night - Brewvies System Divide - Complex Luna Lune - Murray Theater up for it with well crafted, tongue- Burt’s Capitol Theatre Muse Taken By Trees past the robotic repetition of the - The Lottery - Black Skies, Caltrop, Dwellers Expansion Team Soundsystem, Battle Of The Bands #5 - in-cheek evilness, and cover art The Lottery - Capitol Theatre Toadies, Helmet - Depot - Burt’s Chali 2na, Common Market Gruv Kings - Outlaw Saloon phrase “Everyone is paranoid” on Other Worlds that looks like a Manowar album Lights, Arkells - Complex DJ Kayper - Downstairs Iwrestledabearonce - In The - Depot Matthew & The Hope - Poplar Secrety Canadian “Moans,” leaving a taint on the had a few beers and fucked a Ailey II - Eccles Center Monica Campbell & Dancers Venue DJ Danny Boy - Downstairs An Evening with Carrie Fisher Street: 10.02 rest of the listening experience. Do Budgie record. Pretty goddamned Big Al Goodwin, Leif Skyving, - Egyptian Theatre Tyler Ward - Kilby 8MM, Lady Murasaki - - Rose Wagner Taken By Trees = The yourself a favor when you listen to awesome. –Gavin Hoffman Kathleen McCann - Tony Holiday, The Velvetones Battle Of The Bands #1 - Muse Garage Connect - Salt Lake Arts Hub Cardigans + El Perro Del Mar this album and just go ahead and Egyptian Theatre - Garage Community & Family Night Caveman Boulevard - Birthquake, Giraffula, skip that first track. The rest of this YOKOKIMTHURSTON Group Show: All Dead - FICE Guitar Cats - Green Pig - Springville Museum of Art Green Pig Shrugboat - Shred Shed EP is actually pretty impressive, Self-Titled Crushed Out - Garage Triggers & Slips - Hog Wallow Brent Hill, Haunted Know Ur Roots - Hog Wallow David Williams - Tin Angel and is loaded with scratchy, Green Pig Mod Sun - In The Venue State Room The Moth & The Flame, Dubwise - Urban Chimera Music Hell Caminos - Windchimes - Danny The Skeleton Horse, Smoking Popes, Luther - Urban Whiskey Tooth, Inland - Jazzy’s Robert & The Carrolls - Velour metallic guitar reverbs as if the Street: 10.02 Holy Water Buffalo - Hog Wallow Madison Lights - Jazzy’s Typhoon, Laura Gibson, Lost Tina Ferguson, Michael horsepower has been cranked up YOKOKIMTHURSTON = Sonic P Town Comedy Show - Eilen Jewell - Jefferson Hall Tuesday, Nov. 6 Lander - Kilby Jenkins - Why Sound on some sick-ass ride. Tweak Bird Youth + Plastic Ono Band It is hard to pinpoint exactly what marinates their sound with the likes Jazzy’s Big Blue Ox - Johnny’s Happy Birthday, Skeletonwitch, Havok, Howl, Samuel Smith Band - doesn’t quite add up here— of classic rock, which is cool, but Many of Sonic Youth’s best, most Koffin Kats, Mayson Lee, The Tilly & The Wall, Icky Westin Porter! Early Graves, Merlin’s Beard Woodshed because while an underwhelming I’d like to see them get a little more musically-transcendent moments, Slick Shifters, The Cotton Blossoms, Green Arrow - Kilby Deathface, Gravytron, - Mojos Ponies - Kafeneio Tom Butler - Mo’s B33tsware - Bar Deluxe Battle Of The Bands #4 - Saturday, Nov. 10 release for the dynamic duo, it creative with their riffs that are were instrumental. Their worst often duplicated in different tracks. were anything that resembled Drowning Men, Mason Jones Tainted Halos, Koffin Kitten Pork Torta, Tupelo Moan, Muse Music Chivers Timbers - 5 Monkeys remains a decent effort—but my Kilby - Mojos Burt’s Pitch Nic Premiere - –Brinley Froelich Beat-inspired spoken word. For & The Get Togethers - Gnurfis - Fischer Conducts Bolero - guess is that swapping a few of The Last Wednesday, Nathan Despite Despair, Baby Ghosts, Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl Rose Wagner Abravanel the duds for the wondrous B-side every piece of Glenn Branca- style noise or progressions— Spenser & The Low Keys, Problem Daughter, Cuddleslut, In A Coma - Depot Oxcross, Orphans, Huldra, Decorate Di Dancefloor - “A Certain ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’,” or Various Artists Outside Infinity, Joe Rock Eli Whitney - Muse The Green - In The Venue Damaru - Shred Shed Bar Deluxe often beautiful and unsettling at some self-editing would have made Kitsuné Maison 14: The Pernod Show - Liquid Joe’s Mile Marker 6 - Outlaw Saloon Battle Of The Bands #2 - Muse From Taste Buds to Pen: Food Mullet Hatchet - Brewskis once—there was a “Small Flowers this a bigger winner. Speaking of Absinthe Edition Title Fight, Pianos Become The Monovia - Poplar Spiritual & Religious Art of Writing - SLCC Community Folk Hogan, Lonesome Shack that first single, “Winner,” it fits Crack Concrete.” It’s difficult not Teeth, Single Mothers - Mojos Page-To-Stage Festival - Utah Entries - Springville Writing Center - Burt’s “Languid” and “relaxing” come to Kitsuné to appreciate Yoko Ono. She’s into the context of the album, but mind when listening to the latest Street: 10.12 Eidola, Mountain Ears, Sister Rose Wagner Museum of Art The Infamous Stingdusters, The Lottery - Capitol Theatre been involved in the avant-garde Muse SLCC State Room is arguably one of their weakest release from Victoria Bergsman Kitsuné Maison = Peter & The Sky, Haley Hendrickson - NaNoWriMo - Election Night: Jonathan Lake Street Drive - Foreign Beggars, Emalkay, art world for decades, has a kind- Mile Marker 6 - Outlaw Saloon Community Writing Center Horowitz Exhibition - UMOCA A Place To Bury Strangers, Illooom & Decay - Club Sound ever, with the aforementioned (ex-Concretes). Inspired by a Magician + The Chromatics B-side completely outshining seeming presence, and has always Tereance - Poplar The Mother Hips, Honey Pine ReRae, Brian Bingham Band Bleeding Rainbow - Urban Baby Bash - Complex recent trip she took to Hawaii, the The rise of retro-future trends often followed her own vision. This Dia De Los Muertos - - State Room - Urban Upward Origins Concert X-Dance - Depot it. Not all is lost: “Leaving” is album plays out like an extended catchily moody, “A Face Like holds romantic notions of the big album marks the first collaboration Rico Warehouse Will Roney - Tin Angel Brandon Sanderson - Series - Velour Miss DJ Lux - Downstairs dreamscape of dubby waves— city life, where focuses on fashion between Ono and Sonic Youth’s Page-To-Stage Festival - Folka Dots - Unitarian Weller Book Works Paula Poundstone - That” sublime, and the last three almost like the ultimate, chilled-out tracks, “Memory Of The Future,” and clubbing entice massive Kim Gordon and Thurston Rose Wagner Universalist Church Friday, Nov. 9 Eccles Center version of a chill-out album, so Father John Misty, La Sera, Wednesday, Nov. 7 “Everything Means Something” crowds. This kind of vision allows Moore. YOKOKIMTHURSTON’s six Grantseeking: A Crash Course Joe Buck Your Self, The Hooten Joe Buck Yourself, Hooten pacifying and breezy are its first for Nonprofits - SLCC Jeffertitties Nile - Urban Clay Creations: Kindred Hallers - ABG’s Hallers - Garage and the suave “Requiem In Denim me to easily classify this collection tracks are a mix of primal yelps, few tracks. Lead single “Dreams” of songs as an embodiment of that moans, recitations, and oddly- Community Writing Center Arcadians, Book On Tape Spirits Workshop - Art Access Fischer Conducts Bolero - Brother Chunky Band - and Leopardskin”—which features is a bit more of the “present” and Poor Moon - State Room Worm, Seafinch - Velour Cobra Skulls, Elway, Danger Abravanel Green Pig one of Tennant’s most delicate kind of glitz and glam, with an ear tuned guitars. Album opener, “I yet retains a lovely detachment. keen to electronic manipulations. Missed You, Listening” sounds Rylee McDonald - Tin Angel PinkDot St. George - Hailstorm - Burt’s Salt City Sirens Three Ring Jack + Jill - Hog Wallow vocal treatments ever—are all First Friday Event - UMOCA Vernon Worthen Park The Lottery - Capitol Theatre Peep Show - Bar Deluxe Zangiev, Birthquake, Giraffula Working with producer Henning “True Romance” by Citizens! is just as most might expect from divine. Sadly, “Your Early Stuff” David Bazan, Stagnant Pools Red Light Commandos, Martin Sexton, The Sun Tanglewood - Brewskis - Jazzy’s Fürst to create these backgrounds, this collaboration, for better or sounds unfinished and half-formed comparable to the glory that is - Urban September Say Goodbye, Parade! - Depot Resistant Culture, All Systems (Tony Holiday Band - Johnny’s Bergsman’s little-girl vocals are house music by Pet Shop Boys, worse. “Running the Risk” features while “Hold On” is ill advised and mostly cooed and whispered, like Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll Erasmus, Via Versa - DJ Chris Shields - Downstairs Fail, IX Zealot, Chainwhip Seizures, Fever Dreams, embarrassing. –Dean O Hillis and the remix of “Sun” by Two readings from what were likely - Various Galleries Why Sound Talia Keys, Brian Ernst - - Burt’s Hitchhiker, Burn Your World a lullaby. One exception to the Door Cinema Club definitely nearby news headlines. 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Neighbors - Velour Bar X Quiz - Lucky 13 - Depot Surrender, Farewell To Fontane Street: 10.22 swagger that, upon repeated Saint Michel fitting the bill. – I wanted to enjoy this, but was Add A Dash Of Local Art Awna Teixeira - Garage Battle Of The Bands #3 - Muse DJ Dolph - Downstairs - Mojos Pig Destroyer = Napalm listens, is appreciated for the Brinley Froelich mostly just annoyed. –T.H. - Whole Foods Trolley Morrissey - Kingsbury Jesus Or Genome - Poplar Gentlemen Jesse & His Men (Continued on next page) 66 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 67 Kils, Dope Thought, Atheist Cranksgiving Alleycat - Happy Birthday, Sunday, Nov. 25 Tower Theatre Geography - Velour - Shred Shed Saturday Cycles Robin Banks! 35th Annual Messiah Sing-In Joshua James - Velour Bronze Museum - Why Sound Tuesday, Dec. 4 Sean Hayes, Birds Of Old Port & The Religious David O. 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Evan, This Story Must Be Told - World, Racist Kramer, The Chance Lewis & Apt - Velour Friday, Dec. 7 Kingsbury Hung Ups - Bar Deluxe Funk & Gonzo - Woodshed Pick up the new issue of SB Dance: Cultural Ballet Folklorico de Mexico SLUG anyplace cool! Confidential - Rose Wagner - Kingsbury Saturday, Nov. 24 The Coup - 11.21 at The State Room Pour Horse, The Chickens K’Nanna - State Room Unfinished Spaces - Happy Birthday, Mary - ABG’s Blank City - UMOCA Main Library Catrow! Film Buff Night - Brewvies Gallows, DJ Elvis Freshly - Robert & The Carrolls, Chris Debussy, Ravel - Abravanel Metz, Koala Temple, Nathan Red Fang, Black Tusk, Indian 35th Annual Messiah Sing-In Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Urban Wilson & Planet Earth - Muse Max Pain & The Groovies Spenser, The Low Keys. - Handcrafts - Urban - Abravanel Dying, Suicide Silence - Joshua James - Velour Monovia - Poplar - Brewskis Urban Fetish Night: Tattoo - Area 51 In The Venue SB Dance: WTF! - Holy Water Buffalo - Wednesday, Nov. 21 Kill Devil Hill, I Am The Friday, Nov. 30 Rose Wagner Copper Club Monday, Nov.12 DSCO//MNSTR 2nd Annual Ocean, Armpigs - Bar Deluxe Tuesday, Nov. 27 Whiskey Fish - ABG’s Megadeth, Kyng - Saltair Punch Brothers, The Milk DJ Godina - Bar X Lady Gaga Party - Bar Deluxe Sounds Like Teen Spirit - The Salt - Burt’s A Scottish Symphony - Dane & The Death Machine, Carton Kids - Depot Channel 801: Episode 2 - Codi Jordan Band - Brewskis Brewskis The Biggest Tour Ever Ever Abravanel Amassing Massive Mass, Jim Sleepy Hollow - Brewvies Future of the Left - 11.09 at Kilby Court with Andrew Jackson Jihad Royal Bliss, American Hitmen Of What May Come - Burt’s - Complex GLife, Sunspot Jonz, Pigeon Fear - Shred Shed Egyptian Theatre Delta Spirit, Fidlar - Complex - Depot R3hab - Depot Walk The Moon, Pacific Air John - Bar Deluxe David WIlliams - Tin Angel Hell Caminos - Green Pig The AP Tour - In The Venue Craft Lake City Artist Shaky Trade - Copper Club Samantha Ronson - Downstairs DJ Chris Sheilds - Downstairs DJ Fashen - Downstairs - Kilby Starmy, The Pleasure Thieves Jingle Bell Run for Eric McFadden - Hog Wallow I Love Ibiza: Hector Romero Workshop Series - West The English Beat - Depot Michael Kelsey - Marinade - Green Pig Honey Pine, Erik The Red Trey McIntyre Project - - Brewskis Arthritis - Trolley Square No Bragging Rights, Alters, - Zest Elm Marinade - Garage Egyptian Theatre Joe Brooks, Joseph Vincent, - Garage Kingsbury The Front - Burt’s Max Pain & The Groovies, Forever Came Calling, DJ Matty Mo - Willie’s Gamma Rays - Green Pig Revolver - Garage Mike Mains & The Branches Tim Daniels Band - The Faceless, Revocation, The DJ Craig Robin - Downstairs Folk Hogan, Richard Cory & Skiesdie In Wonderland - Tuesday, Nov.13 Adam Gussow - Hog Wallow American Hitmen - Green Pig - Kilby Hog Wallow Haarp Machine, Machines Of Park City Shows... Our Talent The Sole Shakers - Urban Mojos Make Me Famous, Ice Nine Thursday, Nov.15 Streetlight Manifesto - Stonefed - Hog Wallow Big Shiny Geek Show Pub Dreamland 7 - In The Venue Man, Dethrone The Sovereign - Egyptian Theatre Eidola, Empirates, Temples The Porch - Muse Kills, Arsenal Of Destruction, David Williams - Bar X In The Venue Mayday Parade, The Maine Quiz - Lucky 13 Quiet The Titan - Jazzy’s - Mojos The Red On Black - Garage - Velour What It Is - Poplar Skiesdie In Wonderland - Damn These Heels: Paris Is Butcher Babies, Gemini - In The Venue Jesus Or Genome - Poplar Puddle Mountain Ramblers Edhoculi, Year Of The Wolf, Carbon Gypsys - Green Pig Otter Creek - Why Sound Dan Waldis - Rose Wagner Mojos Burning - Brewvies Syndrome - Kamikazes Marinade - Johnny’s Nathan Pacheco - - Johnny’s Scalps - Shred Shed Marinade - Hog Wallow The Hung Ups, Problem El Ten Eleven, Michna, Yourself Vivace: Mozart, Mahler, & Creature Double Feature, Stag One Way Life, Show Me Rose Wagner Tom Butler - Mo’s Jonathan Coulton - State Room Yazzi, Shaquille, Taylor/ Sunday, Dec. 2 Daughter, MoneyPenny - and The Air - Urban Hilary Hahn - Hare, Lake Island, Your Island, Standing Solo, Still Dethklok, Machine Head, All Cotton Ponies, Atomica, Vile Gibson, Def Quo - Kilby Joshua Payne Orchestra - Shred Shed De Jong Concert Hall Meteor - Kilby Sea, The Vital - Kilby That Remains, The Black Dischord, 12 Soap - Mojos Wednesday, Nov. 28 Narraka - Muse Bar X Rylee McDonald - Tin Angel Wednesday, Nov. 14 DJ Danny Boy - Downstairs Bludgeon Muffin, Rated, Arte Eric Church - Maverik Center Dahlia Murder - Saltair Wild Country - Outlaw Saloon Red Bennies - Burt’s American Hitmen - Poplar DJ Chris Shields - Downstairs First Friday Event - UMOCA Happy Birthday, Utah Craft Brewers Dinner VSOP, Staxx N’ Waxx, Miss Tom Butler - Mo’s The Coup - State Room Matthew & The Hope - Poplar Yellowcard - Complex Flight Of Fancy - Rose Wagner Black Pussy, Yaktooth - Dubwise - Urban Lindsey Morris! - Finca Mindy, Cristalz, Padrino - Through The Fight - Mojos David Williams - Tin Angel Exigent Records Showcase DJ Chris Sheilds - Downstairs Hectic Hobo, C.E. Wright, Shred Shed Salt Lake Gallery Stroll - Clay Creations: Kindred Telluride Meltdown - Green Pig Liquid Joe’s Tri-Polar Bear, The Danger Electronic Battleship, Youth In - Shred Shed Adestria - Kafeneio John-Ross Boyce & His Tommy Castro & The Various Galleries Spirits Workshop - Art Access Mathew & The Hope - The Pillar, The Meteor - Mojos Kids, The Signal Sound, Sepia Eyes, Fisch Loops, Chance NaNoWriMo - SLCC Big Shiny Geek Show Pub Troubles - Shred Shed Painkillers - State Room Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll Maoli, Ray Leger, Spencer Hog Wallow Tighty Willis - Muse Ria - Muse Lewis & Apt. - Urban Community Writing Center Quiz - Lucky 13 Stephen Valdean - Tin Angel - Various Galleries Johnson, DJ Seanny Boy - Alpha & Omega, Born From Silver Tongue - Outlaw Saloon Silver Tongue - Outlaw Saloon DJ Matty Mo - Willie’s Rylee McDonald - Tin Angel Jesus Or Genome - Poplar Lorin Walker Madsen & The Monday, Dec. 3 Downtown Provo Gallery Stroll Bar Deluxe Pain, The Beautiful Ones, Hectic Hobo - Poplar Minx - Poplar Thanksgiving Eve with Zack & The Future Of The Ghost, Sea Unbound: A Book Club for Art Hustlers, Triggers & Slips, DJ Godina - Bar X - Various Galleries The Pillar, Killscreen - Burt’s Speak Out - Kafeneio RDT: Time Capsule - RDT: Time Capsule - Jace - Zest Monster - Urban Lovers - Springville Museum Mason Jones & The Get Film Buff Night - Brewvies Winter Battle Of The Bands: DJ Chris Sheilds - Downstairs Andrew McGuire’s Art Project Rose Wagner Rose Wagner Any Other Way - Woodshed Mike Sartain - Tin Angel Togethers - Urban Winter Battle Of The Bands: Round 5 - Velour - Kilby Blueprint, Mad Dukez, Fresh Nas, Lauryn Hill - Saltair Thursday, Nov. 22 Wild Goose Chronicles - Mindy Gledhill, BC Round 1 - Velour

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