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Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Ben Melini, Bob Plumb, Chad Brian Kubarycz, Brinley Froelich, CONTRIBUTOR LIMELIGHT: Editor: Angela H. 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ugarhouse is unrecognizable to those with The Annex’s brunch dishes. of us who hung out there in the ’90s S and early 2000s. The funky, bohemian The Pastrami-cured Salmon ($9) is more like neighborhood with coffee shops, record stores a painting than an entrée, with vibrant peach and used book stores where I started reading petals of salmon, pink pickled radish, dabs of SLUG Magazine are long gone. In their place, crème fraîche and a layer of bright-green pea trendy restaurants, shops and condos fill the shoots decorating the plate with three slices of streets. While this gentrification is hard to housemade lavash bread. Each bite was heav- swallow, there have been huge improvements enly—the salmon was peppery and flavorful, to the culinary landscape. One of those im- complemented by the mellow crème fraîche, tart provements is The Annex, a gastro-pub by Epic pickled veggies and fresh-tasting pea shoots. , which opened a few years ago. A more hearty brunch option is the Maple- Serving every single beer brewed by Epic Brined Ham Biscuit ($10) with layers of melt- alongside a menu of intriguing dishes, the res- in-your-mouth, sweet ham from Christiansen’s taurant, surprisingly, received so-so reviews. Farm, tangy Beehive Cheddar Cheese and The imagination was there, but something was a fried egg between two scrumptious home- missing in the execution, leaving diners under- made biscuits. Served with breakfast potatoes, whelmed. The arrival of Chef Craig Gerome it’s a filling dish, perfect to nurse a hangover from San Francisco this year, however, has or begin a busy day. rocked this gastropub. The Annex is now more like a fancy restaurant with lots of great beer. Moving on to lunch and dinner, there are many delicious options for appetizers and Selecting from the 39-plus beer options is the small plates. The Deviled Eggs ($4) are a tasty most challenging (and fun!) part of your meal way to begin a meal. Hardboiled eggs have at The Annex. Beers are organized in Classics never been so tempting—each half is filled (think basic, good beer like Spiral Jetty IPA), with a velvety yolk mixture and topped with Sherer Photos: Talyn Elevated (fancier beers that show off their tal- fresh tarragon and smoked paprika. These are ent, like the deliciously dark 825 State Stout) not Grandma’s deviled eggs—they are fresh and Exponential (for true beer enthusiasts, like and bursting with flavor. The most impres- the Double Skull Dopplebock, a rich and filling sive small plate I’ve enjoyed is the Steamed (Top–bottom): The Annex’s Deviled Eggs, beer). Prices range from $1 for a taste, $5–$7 Mussels ($9 for a half order, $17 for a full Pastrami-cured Salmon and Steamed Mussels for a pint, and $7–$12 for a 22-oz. bottle. Your order). Bouchot mussels are grown on a rope, (paired with a Berliner Weisse) exhibit the server is more than happy to suggest pairings resulting in more tender meat and less grit. gastropub’s expertise in contemporary food. with your meal, but don’t be afraid to experi- Not fishy at all, the mussels are briny like the ment—you can try up to two samples at a time. ocean. The presentation is alluring—a layer of thin, crunchy, golden fried potatoes top the My favorite beers are those that have been dish. Steamed with beer, butter and parsley, and yams were unexpected and made the dish luscious. During that same aged in barrels. Both Brainless on Peaches the flavor is out of this world. meal, I enjoyed vibrantly flavored Brussels sprouts dressed with lemon, and Brainless on Raspberries are delicious, garlic, capers and parsley. I’ve eaten Brussels sprouts all over this town, made with real fruit and aged in French Char- I could not keep my fork away from my hus- and these were the best. If they’re on the menu, be sure to order them. donnay casks, giving them a taste reminiscent band’s entrée, The Bavette Steak ($18): Thick of wine. If you don’t want fruit in your beer, steak fries topped with slices of tender, me- Dessert options change from time to time. Definitely order the donuts— you can’t go wrong with the Big Bad Bap- dium-rare steak dressed in a rich Bordelaise the little orbs of served warm with a dipping sauce are a per- tist, with notes of vanilla and coffee aged in sauce (a traditional French sauce made from fect note on whcih to end a meal. I’ve had the Lemon Zested Doughnuts a whisky barrel. Another beer you can’t miss butter, bone marrow, shallots and dry red ($6), which are dipped in a raspberry purée and were delectable. I’ve is the Smoked & Oaked Belgian: It tastes of wine) proved irresistible. Each stolen bite was heard rumors of other flavors, and I’m sure they’re just as good. smoke and whisky. rich and dreamy. The food is top notch, but there are more things to enjoy about The The Annex is an ideal weekend brunch spot. The Annex does meat well, but their vegetable Annex. The service is excellent—each server I’ve had is friendly and Order a Beermosa ($4), a cheery combina- dishes are also on point. While not currently on knowledgeable about the food and beer. The restaurant itself is spa- tion of fruity beer and orange juice. Not as the menu, last winter I tried the Chickpea Fries. cious and inviting with exposed brick walls, twinkly Christmas-light cloyingly sweet (and boring) as a mimosa, Made from chickpea flour, the fries are more accents and high ceilings. It’s a pleasure to dine here—The Annex is and more refreshing than a bloody Mary, like strips of dense polenta served with sautéed the whole package. Beermosas are a delightful option to pair carrots, figs and yams. The sweetness of the figs

6 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 7 8 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 9 bands used alternate versions of songs from their something to send out so we could get the word out I remember the huge Death By Salt V takes on the resurgent genre of psych/ records,” he says. “One fun memory was getting about how awesome the Salt Lake music scene is. I garage rock. As Content Consultants for SLUG, Mooseknuckle on the comp. Mooseknuckle was remember the huge sense of accomplishment it was sense of accomplishment it Matt Hoenes—record store clerk and musician a joke band I did with Tyler Smith. We were to hold those finished compilations in our hands—the was to hold those finished extraordinaire—and fellow Graywhale Records inch of alt recording the Form of Rocket Lumber record weight of them, how great they looked and sounded! employee and concert promoter Jon Christiansen, and we would work late into the night, and we’d We were so excited to share them with the whole compilations in our hands—the consulted with Brown on the new one: “Angela, Jon A History of Death By Salt be pretty hammered, so we would make songs. I SLC scene.” and I had a hand in choosing the theme, selecting played guitar and drum machine, and Tyler would weight of them, how great they which bands to invite, and whittling submissions ‘sing.’ I heard that some people were mad that our Local musician Eli Morrison, who assisted Brown looked and sounded! We were down to the final track listing,” Hoenes says. “We song was on the comp because they didn’t know it with the complexities of DBS III’s vinyl manufacturing also helped choose artist Sean Hennefer for the was a joke band.” process, recalls his contribution: “A track I did by so excited to share them with visual aspects, gave direction on themes and concepts a band called Kick The Dog [‘Suck Beat It,’ DBS the whole SLC scene. for the art. And a bit of my doodles were added.” By Stakerized! • [email protected] || Photos: Chad Kirkland Patterson recorded the bands in his studio as III] is the only track we ever released.” Morrison is SLUG’s Lead Designer Joshua Joye helped tie it all needed. “I wasn’t ‘mastering’ the songs,” he says. also on Purr Bats’ “Alaughing Til They Bepissed –Rebecca Vernon together with his design work. A psychedelic moire “I didn’t want to mess with the sound of any of the Themselves” (DBS II), The Wolfs’ “Finding My Way pattern behind shimmering lines like ripples in a pond, here had never been anything like it: Released in 2004, SLUG Magazine’s tracks. I just wanted the comp to flow well and Home” (DBS II) and Ether’s “Untitled,” (DBS III). together with Joye’s mod font, make for a cover that first Death By Salt compilation offered an overview of a wide array of local adjust volumes of different tracks so the listening “Many of the bands featured in the series had little exclaims, “This is a great expression of psych music!” experience was consistent. I guess the biggest or no recorded releases outside these compilations,” seemed totally culturally relevant and validating to musicians as never seen before. It was a snapshot of the Salt Lake music scene challenge was to not to screw up anyone’s hard he says. “I think many of these bands might not have me, and seemed to just totally celebrate a scene in a “After that, we made sure the mastering, vinyl in the early 2000s, featuring bands ranging the entire spectrum of musical work by messing with the overall sound of each even recorded without encouragement from the public way that no one else could have ever done. It production and artwork came together, along with genres, which have had a profound impact on the music and cultural environment track.” magazine. A few—Eagle Twin and SubRosa, for was amazing. SLUG seemed to hit on something very Angela and Josh,” Hoenes says. “I’m excited to be of Salt Lake and beyond. On the verge of releasing the fifth volume in the series, example—went on to even greater success. As such, dear to me, which is just a clusterfuck celebration of part of something that will hopefully expose a chunk Local artist Trent Call provided the artwork for the I think the series stands as a very important historical the music.” of the excellent garage/psych/post-punk DIY scene it’s time to reflect on the growth of the compilation and SLC’s local music scene. first two comps along with design work by Shon document of underground music in Salt Lake City.” we have here to new audiences.” Christiansen says, Taylor of 24Tix.com, Bottlerocket Manufacturing Guitarist/vocalist Ryan Fedor, featured on The “Salt Lake has always been a hotbed of musical SLUG Editor Angela H. Brown recalls that, when digital download included. DBS IV (2008) was one and the newly opened God Hates Robots gallery. DBS III artist and musician Dave Styer (Blackhole, Pentagraham Crackers’ DBS V track, “Santa’s talent, and this series, in past and in present, is an she first bought the magazine in 2000, she wanted CD of local noise/industrial acts, featuring art by “Creating the little sculpture dude that was inside Tarn) says, “It was always very exciting to be a part Little Helper,” and on five previous tracks—two from excellent showcase of that. It’s been seven years, so to renew its focus on local bands. “It was the ’90s, Cien Watson. the salt shaker was pretty fun,” Call says. “I still of Death By Salt. I looked forward to their release Tolchock Trio, one from Buttery Muffins, The it’s about time we resurrect the damn thing. Comps and nobody [outside of Utah] gave a fuck about have him around some place. We shot all the stuff and shows. It got our music in the hands and before Wolfs and a solo project, 1h86335—says, “It’s are a great way to spread the word on overlooked Salt Lake,” she says. “I wanted to bring back the Rebecca Vernon of Violet Run, SubRosa and down at Monk’s [now Bourbon House], drinking the looking globes of those who wouldn’t normally always an honor to be selected to be a part of Death bands, so I’m excited to get some fresh ears on these cool things about the old-school ’80s punk scene— Stiletto was SLUG’s Associate Editor from February martinis.” Recalling the process, Taylor says, “The pay attention.” Local musician and co-owner of S&S By Salt. I feel like Death By Salt really helped to get killer tunes.” people were moving out of state because we didn’t 2002 to July 2005, and she helped organize and design was somewhat dictated by Call’s salt shaker Presents, Kilby Court, Urban Lounge and Rye Diner & a lot of local bands some new fans that may have have a sustainable local scene.” Death By Salt was get the word out for Death By Salt I and II. “We sculpture. It was great to have something physical Drinks Will Sartain (Redd Tape) says, “It meant a missed them otherwise. Plus, it provided some short- It’s been a labor of love in support of a local music intended not just as a way of supporting the scene wanted to put together a compilation where we put to riff from and work around. The project was fun lot to us as young musicians to have a chance to be lived but great local bands with a physical release scene that has grown and matured to become but also of documenting it. a lot of thought into the art and sound quality,” she because it allowed me to work with lots of people on that compilation. A lot of my favorite local bands of their work.” nationally regarded. “Now is an incredible time in says. The entire SLUG staff met for hours, listening who I knew but hadn’t ever actually worked with,” were on it. In retrospect, it makes me realize how SLC’s local music scene,” Brown says. “There are Death By Salt was a three-CD box set with a booklet. to every track all the way through, and the decision- including SLUG photographer Russel Daniels important it is for local entities like SLUG Magazine to Several Death By Salt musicians have passed away. countless fresh, new projects emerging from up-and- A call for entries netted hundreds of submissions, making process was intensive, to arrive at a and Atheneum Press’ (now The Mandate Press) Ben spotlight and promote our local music scene.” Eccentric art/folk music icon Bob Moss, whose comers as well as seasoned vets. It’s my hope that from which 59 bands’ opuses emerged, including collection that faithfully represented the local music Webster. “Working with friends can sometimes DBS I track “Movie Man,” was recorded by Mike with the release of Death By Salt V, we may empower yours truly’s “Get Stakerized!” DBS II (2006) scene. “For DBS II, we decided to tone it down a bit be challenging,” Taylor says. “Working with these Dave Payne, of Red Bennies, Glinting Gems, Kirkland of SoundCo Records and the New others to participate in building our spirited music featured 42 tracks across two CDs and included and put out a double-disc compilation, making it a friends was a pleasure.” Purr Bats, Sleeping Bag and Coyote Hoods, Evils. “‘Movie Man’ is a song written by Clint community.” trading cards of all the bands. By DBS III (2007), it bit more competitive for bands to get on.” says, “I was very proud of the one with collectible Wardlow and myself,” says Kirkland. “Bob could went genre-specific, with 10 rock tracks spanning Brown and Vernon sent out press releases and sent cards, ’cause I was somehow able to sneak in with have submitted one of his own songs, but I think he Death By Salt V’s two release parties will be held a vinyl record and sleeve artwork resembling a Sound Engineer Andy Patterson did much review copies to national music publications. “My tons of groups—I remember that Death By Salt was liked the fact that Clint was involved in writing the at Urban Lounge (Friday, June 12, 21-plus with Soviet-style depiction of Brigham Young and of the recording and mastering on both DBS I main passion behind helping with Death by Salt truly epic. It was also a great recording victory for song and he wanted to promote his involvement.” Dark Seas, Breakers and Albino Father) and the Mormon Temple in the background—designed and II. “I remember a lot of bands coming in was twofold,” Vernon says, “to document the Salt me, having all my productions in there. The collection Moss and other former Death By Salt contributors Diabolical Records (Saturday, June 13, all-ages with by Paul Butterfield and Dave Styer—with a just to do one song for Death By Salt, and a few Lake music scene at a particular point, and to have totally rocked my world, made me feel important, who helped build the creative community continue to Koala Temple, The Nods and The Troubles). inspire the new generation of artists and musicians.

Initiated in 2004, SLUG’s Death By Salt compilations have been a welcome showcase of the diversity, creativity and community of the Utah music scene.

10 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 11 5. JAWWZZ!! 8. Pentagraham Crackers 10. Koala Temple out as they dance their asses off throughout the night. “Blooming” “Santa’s Little Helper” “Beverly Musick” –Gavin Sheehan Chaz Costello – guitar, vocals Jesse Ellis – drums Craig Murray – guitar, vocals darkseas.bandcamp.com Chris Copelin – bass Matt Hoenes – bass Josh Brown – bass Madison Donnelly – drums Ryan Fedor – guitar, vocals Taylor Clark – drums, vocals 12. Super 78 Wren Kennedy – guitar “Further Than Stars” JAWWZZ!! = New Order + Andrew W.K. Pentagraham Crackers = Tolchock Trio + Cesar Reyes – vocals, guitar Salt Lake trio JAWWZZ!! certainly know how to make Albino Father + backyard graduation party Koala Temple = Tame Impala + Foxygen Rocky Maldonado – drums rock n’ roll fun. Their frenetic, lo-fi, pop-saturated ga- – jerks Koala Temple’s trippy style of rock takes nothing seri- Sean Vincent – guitar rage-goth maladies crash like rolling whitecaps over Forming what could best be described as a mixed- ously, rambling and staggering like a fuzzed-out hippie their cult-like following at live shows, where they em- genre supergroup, Pentagraham Crackers feature three on an endless DMT trip. Under the haze of drug-in- Super 78 = (The 13th Floor Elevators x ploy armfuls of party favors (usually in the form of con- of SLC’s most interesting and gifted musicians as they duced powerchill lies a rock-solid foundation of com- The Yardbirds)^Phil Spector fetti cannons) to stir klutzy kids into a community of fren- take their various loves and styles of rock to make a petent songwriting and performance. On “Beverly Mu- The kaleidoscopic sound of Super 78 reflects the ever- zy. Singer and guitarist Chaz Costello and drummer nerdy garage rock group of epic proportions. This is sick,” Craig Murray’s half-mumbled vocals and angular shifting roster of musicians working on the project. The Madison Donnelly laid the groundwork for the group’s that group from your bar’s “battle of the bands” who guitar strums take the lead, with punctuation from Wren sole original member, Cesar Reyes, started the band in Joy Division–meets–John Hughes (and marries made it to the finals, but didn’t really give a shit if they Kennedy’s meandering rhythm guitar providing an ex- 2009 after changing the name of his high school band Jock Jams) approach in 2012 and, with the addition of won or not. They’re just there to play an awesome gig tra layer of cool to the mix. Meanwhile, Taylor Clark The Whirlings. “Further Than Stars” captures the Chris Copelin’s solid bass grooves the following year, and get pizza after—by the slice, no less. They are provides the rhythmic backbone of the band, pulling band’s lush, laid-back groove with a swell of droning, JAWWZZ!! became leaders of the Salt Lake pack. every bit the genuine music lover’s “favorite live band,” together weirdly satisfying drum sequences to construct hypnotic guitar. Rocky Maldonado’s tight beats keep File “Blooming” nearer to your parents’ hidden stash often giving double encores after a night of fantastic a catchy beat. Josh Brown’s bass grooves round out the the swirling haze of Reyes’ and Sean Vincent’s guitars SLUG’s Death By Salt V release parties happen June 12 and 13 Urban Lounge of new wave 7”s—it packs a tight punch of strident rocking out, done with great precision. Recorded in package rather nicely. Always spontaneous and striv- from spinning off into the aether, allowing the groove drumming, rollicking bass riffin’, kaleidoscopic guitar the basement of Dave Payne (Red Bennies) and ing to outdo themselves musically, their random clash to continue with its distant, non-aggressive tone. Who and Diabolical Records, respectively. The record features some of the best and just enough malaise in Costello’s voice to pull you engineered by Mike Sasich, the band cast their debut of musical inspiration produces results that are both knows what new patterns will emerge from Super 78 as garage and psych that Utah has to offer, and we reviewed each track of this under the party tide. Book them for your next prom, but album, Live! From The Palace Of Payne, unto the world unexpectedly cohesive and blessedly unconventional. the kaleidoscope continues to turn? –Henry Glasheen compilation in the liner notes and here. remember: It ain’t gonna be your momma’s sock-hop— in May 2013. It is rare that one finds a band that will –Henry Glasheen facebook.com/Super78slc JAWWZZ!! might just devour you. –Christian Schultz please the crowd so much that they’ll belly up to the koalatemple.bandcamp.com jawwzz.bandcamp.com stage and ask for thirds, but these guys have crafted 13. Color Animal SIDE A: the secret formula for everlasting musical fun, which 11. Dark Seas “Heal Me” 1. Swamp Ravens Dave Newlin – drums 6. The Nods they’re more than happy to share. –Gavin Sheehan “Comin Down” Andrew Shaw – guitar, vocals “Queen of the Hive” Ikaika Cox – bass “Sufferette” thepentagrahamcrackers.bandcamp.com Irvin Martinez – bass Felicia Baca – bass Courtney Holman – drums John-Ross Boyce – vocals, guitar Connor Christensen – drums Kyle Wilcox – vocals Seth Howe – guitar Jared Soper – guitar Ryan Moore – guitar, vocals Joey Mayes – guitar 9. Beat Hotel Levi Jones – guitar Tyler Ford – drums Kristin Maloney – bass Rocky Maldonado – vocals “Juan Lennon” Rhett Hansen – drums Mikey Blackhurst – guitar, vocals The Troubles = Tom Waits + Hank 3 + Travis Adamick – bass Dijana Zviera – bass Color Animal = Pixies + Psychic Ills + Led Zeppelin Rocky Maldonado – guitar, vocals Dark Seas = Tame Impala + ’90s-era Death Cab For Cutie The Nods = Spacemen 3 + Dead Skeletons Sean Vincent – drums The Moody Blues Swamp Ravens = Dead Boys√The Sonics “The Plague” bursts out of the gate with equal parts The term “alternative” gets tossed around more than “Queen of the Hive” is a frantic, angular expression whiskey, beer and Dionysian swagger, a sonic pes- With a nonchalant, droning style and a deadpan Terrence Warburton – guitar Having originally formed as a Joy Division cover the word “hipster” does at a coffee bar, but this SLC- from Swamp Ravens that is full of ire. The band exudes tilence no doubt born from knocking back tall, cold presentation, The Nods take a single bass groove band, Dark Seas dropped the post-punk tribute gigs based group are the very definition of the genre, as a punk attitude with their brand of “psychedelic scum ones at Provo’s ABG’s. Known in a previous incarna- and spin it into “Sufferette.” Robotic drums carry a Beat Hotel = Amen Dunes ≤ in early 2011 and started creating their own take on they’ve woven 10 kinds of rock into an alt-rock tapes- rock n’ roll,” per their Bandcamp page. Guitarist and tion as John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles, these steady beat, occasionally battering the crash cym- The Jesus and Mary Chain ≥ The Byrds psychedelic rock with a surf-rock tone. The echoed vo- try. Garage, indie, surf, modern, pop/rock and other vocalist Mikey Blackhurst floods his aggravated shout- Satanists of outlaw country have imbued their tunes bal with an explosion of sound, while stripped-down A shimmering jangle introduces “Juan Lennon,” spin- cals and ’60s guitar licks made them a massive stand- variations come together, with each individual member singing with wet reverb, and his and Jared Soper’s with a gritty, hard rock edge at the helm of Boyce guitar licks pierce through the monochrome haze. ning a whirring, psychedelic daydream into the youth- out in a period where having a psych band in SLC bringing their own attitudes to the floor to make music messy, Cramps-like guitars crack bassist Kristin Malo- and his guttural croon. “No need for pentagrams, Incomprehensible shouts and moans reverberate ful language of rock n’ roll. With the aid of Terrence was as common as owning a torn baseball T-shirt. The you could simultaneously chill and bounce to. Andrew ney’s hollow bass lacquer. This track generates anxiety no need to light black candles,” growls Boyce over sporadically throughout the mix, layered in loosely Warburton on lead guitar, Dijana Zviera on bass and group quickly joined up with Midnight Records and Shaw’s silvery voice seals it all together, neither domi- with drummer Courtney Holman’s bouncy beat, and complementary fiddle and guitar from Angela and with reverb and heavy delay effects. This six-minute Sean Vincent on drums, Beat Hotel wrangle ’60s-influ- labored over their debut album, Hawkes Court, which nating nor overtaking, but quietly invoking a passionate Blackhurst’s scratchy screams invoke the likes of Gerry Ryan Moore, respectively, while the gut rock rhapsody jam session rebels against the flash and spark of enced shoegaze into a minimalist’s understatement. was released in April 2013. Shortly after its release, response from the listener. The group paired up with Mike Sasich Man vs. Music Vi- Roslie with the disposition of Stiv Bators. Each gui- swells behind them, courtesy of Ikaika Cox’s rumbling modern rock n’ roll with its relentless cycle of drone Rocky Maldonado’s unadorned vocals float through the tragedy struck the group as their original guitarist, at to produce their EP, sion Lies tar’s disharmonious riffing encapsulates a band who bass and Dave Newlin’s hammerin’ drummin.’ When rock aesthetics. “Sufferette” keeps your body moving mix and percolate up into bubbles of warbled bursts, Colton Ericksen, passed away in a car accident , in mid 2013, followed by their first full-length Bubble Gum turns the garage genre on its head for a dark bricolage the Wasatch Fault finally opens up and the Great along to its irrepressible, seemingly endless groove. while the warm, drone-fuzz of guitar propels the group while on tour that July. But rather than be consumed album, , in July 2014. In their nearly three of rock n’ roll congenial with being “whiskey drunk.” Deceiver rises up to take us home, “The Plague” will –Henry Glasheen forward. It’s as if Beat Hotel were found in a long-lost by tragedy, the band reflected on the changes thrust years together, the group has enjoyed its status as a –Alexander Ortega be playing over the loudspeakers. –Christian Schultz facebook.com/thenods crate of 7”s dug out from from your grandfather’s attic upon them and regrouped to release the Toner EP (in hardworking foursome that doesn’t rely on gimmicks or swampravens.bandcamp.com music.troubledtunes.com and revived by a group of disaffected, anorak-sporting tribute to Ericksen) in November of 2013. Dark Seas trends to get over with an audience. They’re the best romantics. ¡Viva Beat Hotel! –Christian Schultz are the cure to the average concert-goer’s attitude, forc- kind of musicians, and they damn well deserve your 2. Breakers 4. Foster Body facebook.com/theebeathotel ing them to put their phones down and their cigarettes undivided attention. –Gavin Sheehan “Tanqueray” “Content” coloranimalrocks.bandcamp.com Aaron Wilkinson – drums, vocals Dyana Durfee – bass SIDE B: Andrew Milne – bass, vocals Jeremy Devine – drums Brooks Hall – guitar, vocals Korey Daniel Martin – guitar 7. Albino Father Color Animal Dark Seas Robin Banks – vocals “Rats” Breakers = The Gories + Hot Snakes Andrew Shaw – bass The aptly named Breakers apply the head-banging Foster Body = Parquet Courts^Iceage + Bryant Gordon – guitar, keyboard panache of punk to the upbeat melodies of surf rock. The Cars Kris Green – drums Aaron Wilkinson’s pounding drums punctuate the Foster Body poised themselves for a coup d’état of the Matt Hoenes – guitar, vocals gang-shouted vocals of “Tanqueray” while Brooks local SLC punk scene in 2014 with their tape and digi- Hall strums guitar carelessly over the mix. Andrew tal release of Landscapes and subsequent tour. “Con- Albino Father = The Cramps / Koala Temple Milne’s deep bass groove keeps this dance-inducing tent” begins with choppy, discordant guitar from Korey Albino Father are the type of psych band who get the tune from going off the rails, but just barely. All three Daniel Martin, whose light strums lend the song an ee- dance bug itchin’ … ’cept it’s for a spooky dance. contribute their wildly different vocal styles to the track, rie tone. Drummer Jeremy Devine lets the snappy rock Drummer Kris Green’s kick-syncopated backbeat from harsh screaming and wailing to a sneering, punk beat build alongside Dyana Durfee’s rolling bass lines, opens “Rats” with the stringed instruments punching in drone. Compressing barely contained energy and a with which she gathers up the disparate elements of the a groove, and the lead guitar’s high notes and riffing no-frills approach to songwriting into just under two track and carries it to its decisive close. Always one generate anticipation. Frontman Matt Hoenes sneaks

minutes, “Tanqueray” is the kind of track that gets to surprise and forego sticking to a formula for long, in with effects-laden vocals, and the cymbals crash to Photo: Kari Ann Haskell your blood pumping with a triple dose of adrenaline. frontperson Robin Banks exhibits a vocal delivery more rope in the party. “Rats” is a balanced track wherein –Henry Glasheen indebted to Devo than any hardcore vocalist, as evi- each instrument fills its role at the proper time, and the breakersslc.bandcamp.com dent on the first half of Landscapes. The song effectively band synergistically doesn’t fix what’s not broken about broods at a more contemplative pace, which indicates rock n’ roll. “Rats” demonstrates that simplicity rewards 3. The Troubles Foster Body’s intelligent and artful songwriting process a band with catchiness, a quality for which Albino Fa- “The Plague” and forward movement. ’Tis the age of Foster Body. ther have a penchant that proves successful, time and Angela Moore – violin, keys, fiddle, –Alexander Ortega time again. It’s the hooks, baby. –Alexander Ortega

vocals fosterbody.bandcamp.com albinofather.bandcamp.com Photo: Colin Fugit 12 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 13 PARK CITY’S New Namesake Brewery By Mike Riedel • [email protected] fficer Jeremy R Photos: Michael Portanda eer O ay, O f B ger pe hie e Mana Jeff Pet ra Park City Brewery – 2720 Rasmussen Rd. C anc way tio ry Fin an ns e y, d M – Park City, Utah – ew a S a r R al n B n e a y ia s g it r M e B a r C r n S k e a c r g g o a a e t P n t r ) a H R R a M u – y L d , ( m o K o n R i g p h

a t . T ark City holds a special place in the hearts of Utah’s beer lovers. It was there that Utah’s craft beer revo- P lution began back in the late ’80s when the Schirf Brewing Company opened the Wasatch Brewpub, becom- ing the first place to brew beer commercially in Utah since Salt Lake City’s Fisher Brewery had closed up shop in 1967. It’s been a tough go for many that have sought to set up shop in the old silver mining town, though. The rent in Park City isn’t for the timid, so when I heard that there was a new brewery in the works, I was ecstatic but also a little worried for the new owners. The people of Park City love their beer—they deserve a brewery with some staying power. I think they’ve found it.

The story of the Park City Brewery begins in Kentucky with the Ray brothers, a couple of guys who love skiing and discovered Park City, Utah. Like many Utah transplants, Scott and Brian Ray fell in love with the area, and de- cided to hang their hats here. “I moved out here in 2004 brother from the Ray clan—who was still living ness makes it a quencher while being active. for the mountains and the mellow summers,” says Scott, the in Kentucky—to be the head brewer in this new Breaking Trail is for skiing and winter driving force behind the brewery. “I love beer, and I thought family business. Jeremy picked up the brewing activities. Its lighter malt profile and subtle it was odd that this great town didn’t have more to offer in bug 12 years ago in Kentucky after his frustra- satisfy but don’t fill you up too much. the way of locally made beer. Sure, there’s Wasatch, but tion over the lack of craft beer in their hometown the other places [Red Rock and Squatters] were just ship- of Frankfort drove him to start home brewing. There was one beer I couldn’t make the outdoor ping up their beer from Salt Lake. We wanted something the “I was working on my own idea for a brewery connection with, though: their Hooker Blonde locals could get behind that was made in their backyard.” back home,” Jeremy says, “but it wasn’t working Ale. “That’s a funny story,” Scott says. “A hook- Once the brothers decided to commit to building this new out, so when Scott and Brian told me of their plan er is a type of fly fishing hook. We were going brewery, they had to settle on a name, and the name they in Park City, it was the perfect opportunity.” Brian to call it ‘Hooker Light Ale,’ but if we called it initially wanted, Park City Brewing Co., already sounded a adds, “I love Jeremy’s beer. There’s no other guy a ‘light ale,’ we’d to have list the calories on little familiar (Moab Brewing Co. owns it). Scott says, “We I’d want out here brewing with us.” it. The Federal agency in charge of labels sug- tweaked the name to Park City Brewery and got it all worked gested we just call it a ‘blonde ale,’ so that’s out with those guys and have owned the name since 2012.” Park City Brewery’s love for the outdoors sets where the name came from.” This beer is light them apart: “We all have degrees in environ- and toasty—perfect for when the sun is beating The next task was to acquire a facility in which to brew. Ex- mental studies, and our concept is to pair our down. The guys have made a big impact al- pensive real estate and tight zoning restrictions have been beers with the outdoors instead of food,” says ready in the short couple of months that they’ve an obstacle for many startup breweries in the past, including Scott. The four beers that the Rays have debuted been brewing. The taproom at the brewery is the old Park City Brewing Co. and Shades of Pale Brewing Co., with reflect that attitude, down to the brewing of usually filled; tap handles for their are pop- which recently relocated from Park City to South Salt Lake. sessionable 4-percent ABV beer and recyclable ping up in bars all over that Wasatch Front; and “We literally acquired the only building big enough to house aluminum cans. Combining that philosophy with their cans are currently making their way into our brew system,” Scott says. The place they now call home a Utah outdoor-sporting mecca, success is all stores around the state. It’s all coming together is just off I-80 near Kimball Junction. “We had originally but assured. “Boogy Water, our brown ale, for three Kentucky transplants who just want to hoped for something a little cheaper and closer to town, but comes from Jeremy’s award-winning homebrew have good beer and enjoy all that Utah has to our proximity to I-80 is perfect exposure,” says Scott. “It’s like recipe,” says Scott. “That one pairs with the offer. “It’s very important to us to make drink- having a million-dollar billboard for the tourist entering town water and kayaking.” This beer is a little malt able beers,” Scott says. “As a beer lover, I’d to see.” A perfect place and a lot of space are great things, forward, which provides added carbs for en- much rather drink three session beers than one but a brewery needs a brewer. Fortunately, theses guys didn’t ergy. The Last Pitch IPA was designed for hiking alcohol bomb. That’s easy math to me.” have to look far. They tapped Jeremy Ray, yet another and camping. Its light body and high-hop bitter-

14 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 15 THE WHEEL OF BEER By Mike Riedel • [email protected]

When a bar offers 300 beers for sale to its customers, the options can become a bit overwhelming to even the hardiest of beer

drinkers. With practically every beer style under the sun at our Illustration: D. Bradford Gambles fingertips, our brains can turn to mush fast, and the same, old, tired beers tend to creep their way back into our glasses. That’s one of the issues that The Bayou’s owner, Mark Alston, was trying to work out when he was revamping The Bayou’s menu and website. “Sometimes, I’d just get in a rut with the beers I was drinking,” he says. “I’d forget about all of these great beers that were sitting in the fridge or to revisit styles that I had steered away from for one reason or another.” His answer was to develop and integrate a random- beer generator as part of The Bayou’s new website. “The Wheel of Beer provided a fresh set of eyes and made me look at the menu in a new way,” he says. “It reminded me of why I loved craft beers as a whole, and it helped steer me away from my comfort zone when I needed to break away from the usual beers. I hoped my customers would find it useful as well.”

Well, the timing couldn’t have been better, since every palm in North America now has a smartphone surgically grafted to it and the real-time menu and website are easily accessible from the bar or table. Sure, the paper menus are fine, but there’s nothing like having a real-time digital menu at your fingertips. After a few months, with little feedback on this tiny option in a tiny corner of The Bayou’s website, something odd began happening. A group of The Bayou’s regulars began using the Wheel of Beer option on their smartphones, and took the random-beer generator to the next level and made their own little drinking game out of it. “When I first heard about how some of the customers were using the Wheel of Beer, I thought that it was pretty cool,” says Alston. “Ever since I opened The Beer Nut (a homebrew supply store) in the mid-’90s, I’ve tried to educate people about beer and what sets it apart from other adult beverages. I’m glad that customers are taking to it as enthusiastically as they are.”

The concept is simple. Using your smartphone, tablet, laptop or whatever, locate the Wheel of Beer link under the beer header on The Bayou’s website, utahbayou.com. Before touching the “Wheel The Bayou owner Mark Alston implemented “The Wheel of Beer,” of Beer” icon, you must commit to a number. Instead of randomly which randomly generates lists of 10 beers from picking a number, it was decided by the mob (rule makers) that The Bayou’s menu in real time on players should use the digits on your device’s clock to help you Quadrupel. utahbayou.com. randomize the randomization even more. Since the Wheel of He’s not too happy. Beer randomly generates 10 beers and the clock time is based on “I fucking hate quads,” he numerals, you’re going to use the last number of the time displayed. says, but Bryan and I are laughing hard Basically, if it’s 9:07, your number is 7. It doesn’t matter if you as he runs his hands down his face. “I’m not spin together or one at a time. Each participant must use their own drinking this all by myself.” We gladly help him device. This ensures that every list of beers will be different—no enjoy his beer. My spin earns me a Rogue Double 10 beers will ever be the same for everybody, which adds more Chocolate Stout. I like mine—it’s like chocolate suspense to each individual outcome. There is no time limit in mousse in a glass. Kent was a little bummed, between spins, but you need to inform at least one of your friends but Bryan and I drank ours (along with a bit of that you’re spinning to avoid cheating. Feeling a little squeamish? his) with stupid fucking smirks. Like any game of You get one mulligan a week. Don’t piss it away. chance, you win some, lose some—that’s why we play them—but since this is beer we’re playing Now, let’s “spin the wheel!” Remember, 7 is our number, counting with, there really are no losers. from the top (or bottom, if you prefer). Take a look at the handy example we’ve provided. In this scenario, your selection would be “I’ve currently got our new electronic menu Anchor Brewing an Anchor Liberty Ale from in San Francisco. Many board showing some random beer selections, consider this beer to be the original American IPA. This is the beer if you want to bypass the phone idea,” Alston you’ve committed to drink—or take a mulligan on, if you haven’t says. “Ultimately, it would be nice if I could used it yet. In order to keep your wits and your ability to get home just rig a button or something cool like that for intact, share your beer if needed. It adds to the camaraderie and people to use.” Once Alston implements that, keeps you honest in the game. the cheers and jeers that made our night better can be shared throughout the bar! He is also Kent Bryan One night, I hung out with and . Both men are regulars working on a Bayou app for iOS and Droid The Bayou at and know the beer menu fairly well. First up, Bryan spins, devices. To begin playing Wheel of Beer at The Big Sky Brewing and his beer is Powder Hound from . “Yes!” Bryan Bayou, visit their website at utahbayou.com. screams. “Love that beer.” Kent is up next. His beer is a Koningshoven

16 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 17 117 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL: @clancycoop

THE Photo: Shane McConnell, proprietor of The BARRELHOUSE Barrelhouse, has created a haven for Tyson Call • @clancycoop craft beer aficionados in Ogden.

Jack Kerouac somewhat derisively called Salt The bar is in the basement of a building built in 1914. Lake City “a city of sprinklers,” implying that it is Ogden locals will recognize the giant bronco-riding too squeaky-clean. Of Ogden, one of his characters cowboy mural on the outside—though few likely in On The Road says, “It’s the place where most of know that the building also houses a giant Gatsby- the boys pass through ... you’re liable to see any- esque ballroom featuring velvet flock wallpaper. The body there.” Almost 70 years later, Ogden remains room is now in disuse, after serving as a roller rink in SLC’s sister city, though she wears darker makeup the 1970s. The ground floor is inhabited by McCon- and smokes with her friends in the ladies’ room. It’s nell’s sister business, The Century Club, a nightclub/ within this often overlooked city where one can find bar/live music venue, as well as Craftburger, which Utah’s newest entry to the craft beer bar scene: The serves their signature fancy burgers both up- and Thomas Barrelhouse. relhouse has kind of a clubhouse feel, despite its size. downstairs. The space is garnished with Edison “The wood [on the walls and ceiling] kind of has a –style visible filament bulbs hanging on cus- The new bar is located just one street over from the dual purpose—to warm up the space and also to help tom plumbing pipe chandeliers, which look like they Jules Verne The walkable and historic, “Two Bit” 25th Street, which the acoustics out,” says McConnell. “I got to choose were salvaged from ’s Nautilus. At Century Club, retains many of its beautiful early 20th Century build- from three piles of wood—one from an old barn, an- “We have live music nights, and we ings, but has ditched the brothels, gangster wars and other from a bridge that was torn down and the other have nights where we have DJs,” says McConnell. speakeasies it was known for long ago. from these 20-foot-high barrels ... as soon as I heard “Essentially, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., there’s the res- The Century that, immediately I said, Okay that’s the wood.” taurant that runs each day, and then [ The bar is the baby of Shane McConnell, a soft- Club] transitions into a nightclub. A lot of the seating spoken man who wanted to bring some additional Longtime SLUG contributor and beer expert Kyle area gets cleared for a dance floor.” choice to the Ogden bar scene. “[The Barrelhouse] Trammel was the primary influence in ensuring that The Barrelhouse is a little more like something you would see in the selection of beers is both plentiful and varied, The bar inside is large with plenty of Park City or San Francisco—something that Ogden serving in that capacity until his passing in January stools facing the backlit wall lined with glassware and doesn’t have a lot of—and there were a lot of people 2015. McConnell says that The Barrelhouse cur- a few TVs. The staff is trained to serve the beer with the that were really wanting that,” he says. rently offers 117 beers, 12 of which are on tap— correct glass, so patrons can rest assured they are get- enough to make any beer nerd cry hoppy tears ting the best out of their beer. The lengthy beer menus The Barrelhouse got its name from the dark, re- of joy. Brew selections include: Rogue, Roosters, are clipped to a thick wood plank clipboard and are claimed wood lining of the ceiling and pillars of the Squatters, Wasatch, New Belgium, Red Rock, Epic, listed according to type, which should make it easy basement it inhabits, which was sourced from barrels Uinta, Moab, Kona, Pelican, Bohemian, Deschutes, for even budding connoisseurs to find something they used to make Molson beer in many years Hoegaarden, Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada, Boulevard like. Large glass-door refrigerators sit at both ends and ago. There are monochrome pictures on the walls and many others. are filled with an eclectic selection of bottled beer to that show the giant barrels being used in the Cana- choose from, for those who like to see the labels. dian brewery’s heyday. Any person looking to find the place will need a little The Barrelhouse cunning, because due to Utah’s notoriously wacky li- is yet another offering in Ogden’s now The Barrelhouse itself is rather large and open, offer- quor laws, the entrance is in the back of the building. formidable list of unique and locally owned food/drink Funk ’n Dive Lighthouse ing more group-friendly elbow room than most bars. The reason? There is a church across the street, and destinations, which includes , Lounge Roosters Brewing Company Slackwater There are pool and foosball tables, dartboards, shuf- there is a Utah statute preventing any bar entrance , and Grill fleboard and even Atari arcade cabinets boasting from being within 200 feet of a church. Apparently, . These combined make Ogden a legitimate Millipede and Asteroids. McConnell says they lawmakers figured the temptation of a sabbath cold Friday-night alternative for Salt Lakers looking for can seat 110 people and have a fire code one would be too much for any churchgoer on a Sun- something they haven’t tried before—we capacity of 334, so space is not in day afternoon. The inconspicuous entrance gives the may have previously been unaware short supply. Overall, The Bar- bar a slightly Prohibition-era feel, though no secret of Ogden’s foodie and drinkie knock or password is needed for entry. boom.

18 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 19 THE BEER COLLECTOR

By Mike Riedel • [email protected] • Photos: @clancycoop

If you grew up in Utah like me, you probably received collectables’ names may be unfamiliar to most Utahns, or so of these locally, of which only a handful exist a fairly detailed historical education of the state. There like The Salt Lake Brewing Company, Becker Brewing today. Pieces like this remind me that part of our past is, however, an aspect of our history that doesn’t get and Fisher Brewing Co. These were some of the more has been obscured throughout the last century, like the as much press as other stories: beer. It was a major prolific local producers of advertising swag in their fact that at one time, Brigham Young and many Latter player in our state’s early development. Through the time, and there’s a charm and a quality that reflects the Day Saints were in the alcohol business here in Utah.” advertisements and use of the pop culture references magic and glamour of that era through the presence of of the early 20th Century, we can see that the history Utah breweries. Few have seen the Gallegos Collection because it’s of our state may have had a little more color than a private collection, but as 78-year-old Carlos says, some historical black-and-white photos would have People know that if they come across a special find that chuckling, “You can’t take it with you. I’m getting up us believe. I had the pleasure of meeting someone is Utah-related, Carlos is their first contact. “I’m often there in years, and it’s getting to the point where it’s who has spent the past four-plus decades of his adult contacted when someone comes across anything from time to share some of what I have with the rest of life collecting the relics of Utah’s beer history and Utah, whether it’s for info or if I’m interested in buying.” Utah. I’m going to leave a few with my grandson, saving them from disappearing into obscurity: Carlos It’s this expertise that has turned Carlos into a bit of a who has shown a great interest in collecting Utah’s Gallegos. After many years collecting, Carlos local historian when it comes to Utah’s brewing past. breweriana. The rest I’d like to go to a select group of became known as the “Utah Guy” among his fellow “There are so many breweries that were lost to time individuals that truly care about Utah’s beer history.” collectors in the breweriana world—that’s what they in the early days of the Utah territory,” Carlos says. One of those stewards of Utah’s brewing past is call their hobby of collecting beer memorabilia. “There are some historical documents and photos that Beerhive owner and author of Beer in the Beehive, Del still exist from some of them, but there are only a few Vance. Carlos says, “I know the pieces we sold to him Carlos has spent a good deal of his life here in Utah. tangible items that have survived to the present that are in great hands.” I asked Vance about the pieces He and his wife, Lilly Gallegos, have raised a show how our local beers connected to the people of he bought from Carlos. “Some of these pieces are in family (including grandchildren), and have made a Utah and reflected how they lived.” One of the prized mint condition, and they are truly works of museum- comfortable life for themselves in the Salt Lake Valley. pieces from the Gallegos Collection is a pre-Prohibition quality art,” Vance says. “There are a few that I’ll As a member of the United States Air Force and as an commemorative mug from Pabst Brewing Company, keep in my home, but some of the more remarkable aviation contractor, Carlos has enjoyed a well-traveled adorned with an image of then-Governor Brigham pieces I’ve chosen to display at the Beerhive for career that has taken him to many destinations Young. “I’ve done a lot of research on this mug,” anyone to see.” The Beerhive Pub is already known around the world where he’s enjoyed a little of the says Carlos. “Pabst has no records authorizing its to be a museum to Utah’s beer history, and the added “local flavor” on his down time. He developed his production, but it clearly has their authorized stamp on Gallegos memorabilia just adds to the appeal—it’s appreciation for beer while stationed at Ramstein Air the bottom. I think they only produced a couple dozen located at 128 S. Main Street in Salt Lake City. Base in Germany, where he still believes the best beers in the world come from.

He began to appreciate not only Carlos Gallegos boasts a comprehensive collection the beer but also how the cans of Utah beer memorabilia, aka “breweriana.” and bottles reflected the regions he was in. “I was really drawn to the diversity and the artwork of some of the beer advertisements that I was coming across,” says Carlos. “Every trip away, I’d come home with a few cans or bottles and display them in the house.” Now, the walls, shelves and display cases that inhabit the Gallegos home are a historical tribute to the forgotten breweries and beer that played an important part in the development of Utah and the Intermountain West. “I started collecting the whole world, but there’s just too much,” Carlos says, “so then I downsized to just America, then to the Western U.S., and finally to the Intermountain area: Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. That’s what I concentrate on now.” He’d previously seen local labels like Fisher Beer and Lucky Lager as a young adult, but never had much interest in beer until after he broadened his horizons during his posting in Germany. Now, many of his brewery

20 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 21 BREW CL HOME UBS Pioneers (not that k : Utah ind)

By Rio Connelly

[email protected] LAUTER DAY ZZ HOPS BREWERS Photo: Lizette McPhie Photo: Rio Connelly ith the passage of HB51 in 2009, Utah became the 46th state to fully When approached by The Annex to do a collaboration beer, members legalize homebrewing. Gone are the worries about getting arrested split into six different teams and each submitted a draft-strength candidate. W for wanting something new to taste—they have gone the way of the As the oldest homebrew club in Utah, ZZ Hops are true Utah The Lauter Day Brewers are Utah’s largest homebrew club, with 60 The brewers at Epic Brewing/The Annex picked from among them a pale private club. Now, we have craft beer in the grocery stores and we have the beer pioneers. members of varying brewing proficiencies. ale–fermented 100-percent with a wild yeast called Brettanomyces, Internet. There are several homebrew supply shops fighting to get better prices which has been brewed several times to critical acclaim. The club also on imported ingredients, and there are bars with dozens of local drafts and recently acquired a couple of oak casks from Beehive Distilling, who had over 20 local breweries to visit. But none of this has changed the DIY attitude used them to hold and age their Barrel Reserve Gin. When presented of ZZ HOPS. with, remembers helping to start the club’s newsletter, The Flying Carp, which also hen I contacted the Lauter Day Brewers homebrew club to do an interview, with such an opportunity, the club came together to work on a group project to fill the casks. It takes many homebrewers working together to The Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative Society is the oldest brewing club in lends its name to an annual competition among the members. Due to the somewhat they invited me to one of their group brewdays. As an experienced fill one 60-gallon cask, let alone two, but two beer styles, an IPA and a Utah, which makes them pretty special when you think of how this state used to dubious legality of homebrewing at the time, many members were uneasy, and the W homebrewer, I’d brewed with plenty of folks before, sometimes in groups, farmhouse saison, were decided upon and brewed in sufficient quantities be. When walking into places like Beer Bar and Beerhive where, as beer lovers, club took on an almost clandestine aspect in its operations. “I remember Dan was but had not envisioned something as large as this. It turns out that LDB is Utah’s largest to fill the casks all at once. our cup quite literally “runneth over,” it can be easy to forget that not too long religious about only using first names in the newsletter,” says Schmuck. But the club homebrew club, with around 60 dues-paying members, which ensures that every one Mike Hahn ago, everything was different. Back when it was started in the late ’80s, ZZ continued to flourish and attract new members. , the club’s current of their events is crowded. I walked into current Club President Clay Turnbow’s Mark Alston HOPS provided a much-needed oasis in the land of private clubs, state liquor president, joined in 1994 after hearing about it from , a beer lover driveway and was instantly overstimulated: There had to be around 25 people there Such efforts seem pretty par for the course around here. “It’s all about The Beer Nut The Bayou control and almost zero local breweries (Wasatch Brewery, Utah’s oldest active himself who started in 1994 and in 2002. already and at least half a dozen different beers being brewed. There were several learning and having a good time,” says club Vice President Andrew microbrewery, was started in 1986). For the few proud beer drinkers in the complete brewing setups or “brew sculptures” arrayed around Turnbow’s backyard, Ayers. Working together, inspiring each other, backing up your friends Almost 30 years after its inception, ZZ HOPS is going stronger than ever. With state, selection was almost nonexistent. “There were something like two or three and everyone was helping, talking or sampling beer in a garage that had been and constantly tasting new things seems like a pretty good deal to me. between 20 and 30 active members, monthly meetings, internal competitions and imported brands in the liquor stores,” says Frank Schmuck, a first-generation converted into a bar/laboratory. With so many members present, I wondered, “How Member and media officer Brian McKray agrees, saying, “I’m just so group activities like brewery tours and barrel projects, the club is often on the cutting member who joined in 1992, “and that was it.” many is too many?” excited to have a community of likeminded people to learn from and grow edge of what’s happening in the Utah beer scene. SLUG spoke with a few of the with.” When I left Turnbow’s backyard that day, another three brews had current members about the group, and, these days, everything seems to be about Faced with a beer desert, grassroots efforts began to fill the vacuum. After “Sixty members is not a problem but an opportunity,” says Club Founder Michael been started and members filtered in as others left. I’d tasted a couple realizing that people would pay money for the ingredients to make their own constantly upping everyone’s game. “The club inspired me to expand my brewing dozen beers and met at least as many brewers. If passion always burns horizons,” says Dave Mahaffey. This sentiment is common. Hahn, as President, Pezley, who started LDB around two and a half years ago. Their name references beer, Art Frewin started Art’s Brewing Supplies on a little side street in Salt Lake brightest in the presence of other passion, this casual brewday for the LDB helps the club plan out meetings two years in advance and then schedules specific both the dominant religion here in Utah and the step of lautering during the brewing City in 1987. Before that, Schmuck says, “We had to mail order everything from process. “The entire reason for this club was accessibility,” he says while handing was a bonfire of enthusiasm for all things beer. catalogs.” Out of a small but dedicated group of customers, a club of enthusiasts beer styles to be discussed at those meetings. Any member who wants to can bring their version of the style and have it judged by the entire club, in true Beer Judge me one of the countless and varied beer samples I tried that day. Agreeing, Turnbow began to emerge. Dan Robison, the earliest joining member SLUG spoke lauterdaybrewers.org facebook.com/LauterDayBrewers Certification Program fashion. Several of the members are indeed certified BJCP says, “This club is all about education and inclusion. To a novice, brewing can seem Join the club at and . judges, which is not as simple as just liking beer. Particularly good beers earn their like a tall glass to stomach, and these guys were attempting to bridge that gap by brewers points in the annual ZZ HOPS “Brewer of the Year” competition. lending their resources and years of experience toward making it go down smoothly to the last drop. The club includes members of all experience levels and abilities. The aspect of rigorously judging beer is one that several members find particularly While I was there, several members were showing two relatively new members how attractive about the club. “To pick out a specific fault was new,” says Jerry McPhie. to do a full all-grain brew, and others were talking yeast cultivation. “Helping diagnose problems elevated my brewing ability.” The group isn’t focused on the negative, though, and all input is welcomed. Says Troy Jaskowski, “We The smells of boiling wort (beer before yeast is added) and grilled meat filled the don’t all exactly agree about what kind of flavors we pick up.” The subjective nature air, creating a party atmosphere as I mingled with the members, asking questions of what one tastes is part of anyone’s love of beer, but when brewing for other and letting the attitude here speak for itself. Everyone had homebrew to sample or people’s consumption, different points of view are essential. The honest feedback commercial beers they hoped to emulate and learn from. The level of feedback and in a positive and constructive environment has created a club where many of the discourse was positive and almost joyous. “Nobody tells you your beer sucks,” says members have won medals in both local and national homebrewing competitions, member Cameron MacFarland. “Nobody turns anybody away. They say, ‘This is but the drive toward education doesn’t stop there. “We sample, evaluate and talk what you can do about that.’” This kind of energy can be intoxicating, and I was soon about everything,” says Joe Aruscavage, one of several members with technical engaged in discussions about the correct balance for a doppelbock and lending mine backgrounds and the group’s lead yeast wrangler. For each meeting, a member is to the chorus of friendly voices warning of a boilover at one of the many simmering assigned to research a topic and present it to the group, whether it’s a beer style, a brewing technique or a broader topic like water chemistry. pots. With so many members, meeting new people at each meeting can be a real feat, but with such a laidback tone to these gatherings, it doesn’t seem like a problem. Recently, members have done tours of the upcoming 2 Row Brewing started by Longtime member Scott Selfridge summed it up well: “There’s no pretension,” he for mer member Brian Coleman, and checked out the new canning line at the says. “It parallels playing music in that you never know what level people are at.” Utah Brewer’s Cooperative. They’ve managed to acquire a whiskey cask from Epic Brewing that was used for their Imperial Stout, which they filled with a sour That isn’t to say the LDB doesn’t focus on rigorous improvement and educational dark ale and a few dozen pounds of black currants. They’ve worked together opportunities for its members. “We tap members to do demonstrations, and topics on a collaboration beer with The Annex and have more planned with other local range widely,” says Pezley of the information sessions held at every official meeting. breweries. That spirit is the same as when Schmuck joined: “The principal thing You can imagine that finding a venue to host that many people can be a chore, but it was experimentation—always pressing against the limits on things,” he says. hasn’t been a problem so far. Recently, Shades of Pale Brewing opened the warehouse While beer selection in Utah has improved, when talking with this thirsty club, one of their new Salt Lake City facility to host such a meeting, and the turnout was great. gets the impression that it will never be enough. 22 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 23 By Mike Riedel • [email protected]

and packing it all up, which took a couple of days. With about five tons of stainless steel, a mile of piping and a coolant system stuffed in the back of the truck, Brian hit the road, and DeDe flew home to get back to their kids. (L–R) DeDe and Brian “It was a long trip,” Brian says, “rain, tor- Coleman have moved nadoes, cheap hotels. It was actually kind of 2Row Brewing from garage fun.” Upon returning to Salt Lake and unload- homebrewing to a full- ing their big purchase into the garage, Brian scale, commercial-brewing said, “I guess we’re in the brewing business.”

Photo: John Barkiple operation. After months of looking, the Colemans found the right place for the brewery, located at I love being a beer nerd. If you’re one, too, Last year at about this time, Brian was doing 6856 S. 300 W. in Midvale. Brian had always you definitely get that special something about what so many homebrewers tend to do: look- referred to his garage as the 2 Row Brewing, the complexity of this simple beverage that ing at “beer porn” on the Internet. Brian had named for a type of barley used in brewing snags unsuspecting people into its web. When always held that image of having his own beer. “I saw no reason to change it, and I was the craft beer bug bites, it hits people in many brewery in the back of his mind, but the big surprised that no one else had used it already, different ways, and some people are more dollars of real life tended to keep that dream so I went with it,” Brian says. Much of the last drastically affected than others. That’s basical- out of reach. Brian made the fortuitous “mis- year has been the slow process of applying for ly the way that Utah’s newest brewery, 2 Row take” of looking at the “for sale” section in a permits to convert the building into a proper Brewing Company, came about. In a short five beer industry website. There he came across brewery. “I can’t believe how many people years, founder Brian Coleman went from a a small and affordable yet professional brew have offered up their time to help get things casual beer lover to a “beer baron.” Now we system in Georgia. “Brian asked me to ‘Get up and running,” Brian says. “It’s made the get to reap the benefits of his obsession. over here and check this out!’” DeDe says. whole process easier and more enjoyable.” 2 It was a small three-barrel fermenting system Row Brewing is debuting with four beers, all Like many men and women, it starts out with with four six-barrel fermenters. Brian made of which will be above the standard 4-percent chasing the perfect brew, then creating the the call. He says, “I told the guy that we’d be ABV Utah beers. Look for: 24K Golden Ale, a perfect brew. “Credit or blame for the monster booking the next flight to Georgia and to hold light but flavorful hopped 5.7-percent-ABV ale; I’ve become goes to DeDe [Coleman],” Bri- the system. I don’t think he thought I was seri- The Accelerator IPA, an aggressively hopped an says of his wife. “She bought me a Mr. Beer ous,” Brian chuckles, “but after a little explain- American IPA, full of juicy and fruity bitterness Kit on a whim about five years ago, and it was ing, he began to understand that we were, in at 7-percent ABV; Random Double IPA, the big all over after that.” Mr. Beer Kits are about fact, coming.” brother to The Accelerator but with rotating as basic a homebrewing kit can get and are hop combinations at 8.5-percent ABV; and often the gateway for many home brewers. “I They met with the seller of the brew system, Dangereux-Farmhouse Strong Ale, a 9-percent- had no idea he’d take to it like he did,” DeDe which was part of a brewpub that was still ABV Americanized Saison with assertive hops says. “Within months, he’d outgrown that tiny open for business and still making beer. After and Belgian spiciness. All of 2 Row’s beer is in Mr. Beer kit and moved on to five-gallon buck- a little negotiating, they agreed on a price 12-oz. bottles and is available at the 2 Row’s ets.” Brian, as it turns out, had quite the gift and finalized the deal. “The guy basically brewery bottle shop and at better beer bars for homebrew and the brewing process in gen- shut down the brewpub the next day, inform- around the Wasatch Front. Due to the fact that eral. Over the years, his homebrew setup be- ing the staff of what had happened,” Brian these beers are small batch beers (three bar- came more complex until it occupied a good says. “I felt a little bad for the employees, but rels per release) and Brian is concerned about chunk of real estate in the Colemans’ garage. my mind was already on the task of dump- their freshness, for the time being, they won’t Brian says, “People I know—who I trust and ing all of the beer that was fermenting in be sold at DABC stores. [who] really like good beer—gave me a lot the tanks and taking this whole thing apart, of good feedback on what I was making, and with no tools!” Well, they bought tools, drove “I just love making beer for people that love that drove me to get better and better.” three hours to find the only suitable rental beer,” Brain says. “To see the looks on their truck, rented a crane and began dismantling faces—there’s no better feeling.”

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(L–R) Elliot Secrist, Charles Bogus and Kory Quist of The Ditch And

The Delta will make their Crucial- johnnybetts.com fest debut on June 19. Photo:

ne of the lovely things about Salt Lake’s heavy around and we all looked kind of bored at prac- They are all veterans of the live show and have a Oscene is getting to see familiar faces in new tice.” Thus, they continued experimenting until they few shows under their belts with this act, but as all and exciting projects, and there may be no bet- reached the band’s current sound. It throws a twist musicians know, this doesn’t equal perfection, and ter example of that than The Ditch And The Delta. on typical sludge or doom bands by incorporating the band is still constantly working with their gear Though they only formed a few months ago, and time changes, melodic riffs and song structures that and tones to achieve the thick brutality of their EP. their members—guitarist/vocalist Elliot Se- are reminiscent of post-hardcore or another, more “We literally did a back-to-back Friday and Satur- crist, bassist/vocalist Kory Quist and drummer “technical” subgenre. These additions do nothing day show, and it was probably one of our best Charles Bogus—have contributed to multiple to soften the dirtiness of it all, but only seem to shows followed by one of our absolute worst,” says beloved acts like Parallax, Making Fuck, make it stick to your ribs all the more. All this is Bogus. Nonetheless, the band is confident about Worst Friends and Maraloka. Now the trio combined with the dual vocals of Secrist and Quist their performance and is excited to be a part of has come together to form something new: dark to create some sort of dusty desert hymn that really Crucialfest 5 in this current incarnation. They are sludge, heavy with melodic riffs and coarsened feels like it couldn’t have been inspired anywhere all longtime friends of Exigent Records owner with Western-inspired accents. They’ve sharpened but Utah. Both Secrist and Bogus have flourished Jarom Bischoff (Secrist is his bandmate in Worst their barbed-wire sound live at a few shows al- in their new roles. “It’s been cool to see Elliot’s vo- Friends), and they feel like the fest is improving ev- ready, and now they’re gearing up to hit the stage cal style develop, especially when we were in the ery year as experience grows. For show-goers who at Crucialfest 5 this June. studio,” says Bogus. have not yet had the pleasure of seeing The Ditch And The Delta live, Secrist says to expect a “really This act has a lot of familiarity to it, with the mem- The Ditch And The Delta released their first EP, We heavy, oppressive” atmosphere—“the heaviness of bers having a long history growing up in Provo Rust, this past February on cassette tape and digi- doom, but with a mid-tempo.” Members are stoked together and being a part of the scene, and Secrist tal download, and it’s available on Bandcamp. The on the enormous and awesome list of bands de- and Bogus being bandmates in several bands. But cassette tape revival has been quieter than the vi- scending on Salt Lake for Crucialfest. “Cicadas there are some interesting firsts: This is the first time nyl movement, but is still attractive for many bands. always blows me away,” says Bogus. Secrist has played in a band that is “straight heavy For The Ditch And The Delta, releasing their EP on metal” and done vocal duty, the first return of Bo- tape was a decision that was both pragmatic and Like so many talented people in this city, these gus to the kit in almost a decade and the first time romantic. “CDs don’t sell, really, but it’s nice to be dudes are busy. Secrist is “on call” for Worst these three old friends have teamed up together on able to make a product you can hold—an artifact, Friends and God’s Revolver—both of whom a project. There is an attractive mix of comfort and rather than just a download,” says Bogus. “This are also playing at Crucialfest—and attending uniqueness for both the listener and these musi- way, it’s a cool way to sell the download with an school for music; Quist is readying for an al- cians, who benefit from years of trust and the ego- artifact. Putting out vinyl is awesome, but it takes so bum release with Making Fuck, set to drop in killing environment of a tight-knit three-piece act. long and so much money.” Going straight digital October; and Bogus is working on a career as would have been even cheaper, but the band re- a tattoo artist, currently working at Ironclad Tat- The band didn’t have any specific plan for their fused to give up on the feeling of having a product too. Nonetheless, the group is planning a short sound when they began the project, but built it to hold and put on one’s shelf. They released the Northwestern tour starting in late June and writ- through trial and error and instinct over the course album through Gypsyblood Records, owned ing with the goal of a finished full-length in the of almost five months. “We didn’t plan any of it,” by guitarist Stavros Giannopolis of The Atlas near future. The Ditch And The Delta are sched- says Secrist. “The first few songs we had written Moth, whom Quist met when he toured alongside uled to headline Friday, June 19 (Day Two) at were soft and really effect-heavy, and [had] like them and SubRosa. Area 51 on the 21-plus stage at 4 p.m. one repeated melodic soft part. But I would look

26 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 27 Tales of the Beer Cocktail By Cody Kirkland • [email protected] Photos: Russel Daniels

Made at Bodega, the Gabacho, garnished with a rosemary sprig, and the Simpatico, with a lime wedge, are two of Salt Lake City’s t its simplest, a beer cocktail innovative/transcen- is merely this: a drink with dent beer cocktails. A beer in it. Since there are no known texts on beer cocktails and no formal taxonomy that I know of, I’ve developed three categories of them. The first is Beer-Plus. This is the most two previous categories and expanded its square footage and its list of food and drink basic and old-school type of beer establish themselves as something offerings, and has become a drink destination in its own cocktail, which is just beer with stuff more than just a drink with beer in it. right. Bartender Tristan Loughlin suggested a couple of added to it. The michelada (beer, For research purposes and, ultimately, his creations: the Gabacho (gin, lemon juice, IPA, fresh lime juice, hot sauce, salt rim) and to find a Transcendent/Innovative beer rosemary) and the Simpatico (almond tequila, orange juice, the boilermaker (beer with a shot of cocktail, I set out on a multi-day bar lime juice, hefeweizen). Although these are both variations whiskey in it) are prime examples crawl in Salt Lake City. After spending on the classic Collins or fizz (spirits, lemon juice, sugar, of this style. The second category nearly $200 and throwing back several soda), they were so delicious and unique-tasting that I put is Classic Beer Swap. This type disappointing drinks, I did experience them in the Transcendent/Innovative category. Loughlin manifests when beer replaces an some excellent beverages. says that the Simpatico was his variation of the Brass otherwise fizzy component in a Monkey (malt liquor, orange juice, Beastie Boys), but classic, spirit-based cocktail, or My first stop was O’Shucks, home of the the balance of Almendrado almond tequila with lime when beer is simply added to $3.50 quart of beer, and I knew it would juice really elevates it. Aside from the Simpatico and an existing cocktail. The final be the perfect place to drink some Beer- Gabacho, Bodega has a super-spicy michelada and classification is Transcendent/ Plus drinks. After my drinking companions several interesting boilermakers I’ll have to try. Innovative: beer cocktails and I finished our requisite quarts of beer, I that somehow go beyond the bought us all a round of the classic—albeit A few days later, I made my final stop: Avenues Proper. trashy—boilermaker, the Irish Car Bomb I usually go here specifically to try Rio Connelly’s (stout, Irish cream, whiskey). We dropped our newest beers, but this time, I ordered all three of the respective shot glasses of half Bailey’s and half menu’s beer cocktails. Although two of the three fell Jameson into our glasses of Guinness beer and flat for me, the Proper Shandy (house Sam Dogger swallowed them in three seconds flat. I asked Lager, St. Germain, dandelion & burdock bitters, the bartender, Ronan, his thoughts on the whole lemonade) was amazing. The shandy (beer, thing. “I don’t judge,” he said, which must mean lemonade/ginger beer) is a classic Beer-Plus drink that he actually does judge, as do I—this drink for people who don’t like the taste of beer in the sucks, and everyone knows it. It’s not Ronan’s or first place, so I was surprised to actually enjoy this O’Shucks fault, though—we should have stuck updated version. Instead of masking the flavor of with great beer at a great rate. a great beer, the additional ingredients greatly enhanced it. At risk of seeming too agreeable, I’m Beer Bar was my second destination. My first drink, putting the Proper Shandy in the Transcendent/ made by bartender Britt Jursik, was great. It was Innovative category, too. the Dark and Stoutly (Gosling’s black rum, lime juice, simple syrup, ginger juice, stout), a Classic Beer I wanted to visit every bar in town and try Swap version of the Dark and Stormy. It uses Red every beer cocktail they’d make me, but Rock’s oatmeal stout instead of ginger beer to provide that would have been beyond the reaches fizz and volume, and replicates the original with a of my budget and my health. Like I said, boost of warming malt flavor. Jursik says that a good this is an incomprehensive guide—I did the rule of thumb for beer cocktails is to match lighter spirits footwork, and now it’s your job to follow with lighter beers for refreshing drinks. For warming, up. Sometimes you’ll think you should feel-good beer cocktails, Jursik suggests dark spirits and have stuck with beer, but when you dark beer. After the rum and stout’s fortification at Beer find a good one, you won’t forget it. If Bar, I traveled onward for more. drink research and taxonomy isn’t your thing and you’d rather just drink, meet Walking into Bodega, I didn’t know that there I would me at Bodega’s monthly beer cocktail find the best beer cocktails in Salt Lake. When they events throughout the summer. Follow first opened in 2013, the street-level tavern was fun and @bodegaslc on Instagram or check out quaint beer bar—but basically a glorified waiting room bodega331.com for details. for the downstairs cocktail bar, The Rest. Bodega has since

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By Dylan Evans • Instagram: @dyltah Erik Anthony, noseblunt.

Erik Anthony is just about as raw as they come. The streets of Ogden pole-jamming into some chunked-concrete rides, gap and stair-flip-tricking and even a aren’t kind, and he’s been handling them for years. He’s spent his entire alleyway. Fact: Anthony rips. The rad dudes at few tranny tricks in there. Check that and get adolescent life there, finding his feet on the board and discovering the Crossroads get the point, having put him on the your hands on a copy of the more recently odd world that lies within Ogden Skate Park. Now 18, Anthony is on a team years ago—now he’s rocking that fresh released Spliff House, available at Crossroads. tear, leaving his mark all over his hometown and landing some coverage new Crossroads Britney board, compliments If Anthony’s two parts, ripped clothes and in the process. He’ll 50-50 the rail in your front yard and tail-drop the of the shop. One a month isn’t going to be who-fucking-cares attitude don’t show you wall in the back. Neither the local church’s 10-stair nor the schoolyard’s enough for him, though—someone hook the the true skate rat he is, stay tuned for the next bump-to-gap are safe when this kid’s around. Erik Anthony, handplant mute wallride revert. kid up! One of his favorite things to skate is installment of the Shithouse videos, Shits ‘n’ a handrail, and I swear he could lock into Gigs. Anthony even mentioned that a Kyle I first saw Anthony skating the Ogden Park when he was probably 11 a 50-50 on any one of them, but Anthony Wilcox production is in the works, in which or 12, so I’ve watched him grow from a little skate rat to, well, a bigger doesn’t stop there. Crooks, smiths, back- he will have footage. skate rat. With his clothes torn and board chipped, Anthony has never lips—you name ’em, he’s got ’em. He’s even cared about the small things. His first experience on the board actually got noseblunts on lock now. Though he’s got Apart from ruling on the board throughout

kept him off it, as he recalls pushing around on the neighbor’s board: WestonColton.com a number of moves in his pocket, Anthony Ogden and the Salt Lake Valley, Anthony turns “I was riding on my knees, fucking smashed my face,” he says. “[I] ran doesn’t necessarily have a favorite or go-to to the abundant ditches and dry weather that inside and told my mom to never buy me a .” Except Momma trick. He skates by one rule: “Get smoked, sit the Southwest has to offer when on the road wasn’t having that—who wants a kid that rides a scooter? “She got me down,” because there’s no such thing as a go- with the Shithouse crew. He’s been down Photo: a board that Christmas,” he says, laughing. Anthony got his start on that to in Anthony’s mind—just straight going for it. with the ditches lately, so naturally, Vegas is fresh-ass Kryptonics board from Shopko, and he’s been hooked ever the next spot on the trip list—and you know since—shout-out to his mom! When Anthony’s not hopping on handrails, Anthony and his boys will go to all the Sin City he’s doing a frontside 360 shove it on that spots! With two videos under his belt, one or From there, it was Ogden Park sessions and the older dudes that kept him WestonColton.com gap you’ve always looked at—take a look at two in production, and plans for Vegas, the hooked on pushing wood—he first admired local legends like Omar his video parts. He’s had two, one in each of following months are looking pretty damn Budge and Ryan Coleman. Anthony remembers getting stoked on his Shithouse crew’s videos, Shit House and good for him—Anthony anticipates “all the

Rodney Mullen back in the day, which I thought was funny. Then, Photo: Spliff House. The former shares the same name antics and good times with the homies” that he mentioned that he was a Pig Wood Slaughterhouse diehard, and it as said crew, and his full, eight-minute part are sure to go down. all made sense. Anthony says, “Growing up watching Slaughterhouse from the video, and the video itself, can be and all those gnarly dudes” made quite the impact on his approach to found on YouTube. Just search “Erik Anthony When all boiled down, it doesn’t matter what skating. Learning from a video like that would make the softest kid tough, Shithouse”—easy as that. Those eight minutes you put in front of Erik Anthony—he’s going and make him tough it did—well, that and blasting Black Sabbath are filled with some gnarly clips, much of to skate that shit. No crusty, six-foot run-up and heavy rock n’ roll most of his life. Just imagine Electric Wizard them on the Ogden streets. As I’ve mentioned, asphalt is going to stop him—not even a starting up as he front lips a steep-ass handrail. those spots aren’t kind—a fat crack before the denim-shorts-wearing douchebag threatening rail, a pothole in the landing, and the ground to call the cops would put this kid off. He’s These days, the homies keep Anthony hyped to skate. “All my friends usually sucks ass. Whatever it is, Anthony can an all-out charger, plain and simple. He’s raw skate now,” he says. “It’s been the shit—always!” His friends kill it, fuckin’ charge it—as you’ll see—dropping and he doesn’t give a fuck. Check his parts too. Anthony rolls heavy in the streets, skating with the likes of Aiden in from the top of Ogden’s infamous white and be on the lookout for what’s to come from Chamberlain, Marcus Helmer, Tanner Oliver and Remy walls (if interested, you can find those on 25th Anthony. He surely will not disappoint. Gerard—forming the Shithouse crew. He has the right approach to Erik Anthony, tow in to frontside shove it. Erik Anthony, backside smith . and Grant—good luck). That part really has —he just has fun with it, except his idea of fun involves it all: countless rail hammers, sketchy ditch 30 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 31 Buying a brewpub and hitting a hole in one in golf are each difficult feats—so is Hoppers is also working on reintroducing draft and bottle distribution. They’re plan- winning a million dollars. Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co. owner Jason Hargett has ning to get drafts and tap handles in the four Ruby River Steakhouses in Utah in done all three. Five years ago, Hargett won 1 million dollars in a hole-in-one contest the next few months, and aim to get drafts in local bastions of beer culture such held by Hole In One International. This enabled him, along with his brother and co- as The Bayou, The Beerhive Pub and Avenues Proper. Regarding bottling, “It’s defi- owner, Brandon Hargett, to purchase Hoppers from its erstwhile corporate owners, nitely a goal, for sure,” Jason says. He speculates that eventually, Hoppers high-point Sizzling Platter (Dunkin’ Donuts, Little Caesars, Sizzler, Red Robin), “in a roundabout beers will hit state liquor stores in the ballpark of about one year, depending on the way,” he says. “We were able to leverage that with Zions Bank to where success of their draft distribution—they’re also looking at appropriate bot- we didn’t have to go out and get investors.” As of May 19, 2014, tling equipment. Hoppers’ previous bottled beers have also earned Hoppers became locally owned, and Jason and Hoppers Brew- them accolades: “We used to bottle and make an Oktoberfest ermaster Donovan Steele have since been broadening the Märzen,” Steele says. “That did really well, too. It also won brewpub’s horizons. a gold at GABF.”

Steele was content working for Hoppers under Siz- After fortifying the menu upon Jason’s ownership, zling Platter, but Jason’s acquisition of the brewpub Hoppers recently reinstated their $2.50-pint Tues- has bolstered the “brew” aspect of their identity. days, “[which] went away for a while,” says Jason. “The focus was more on the restaurant, and now “We extended it to $2.50-pint Sundays, so we’re I think we’re moving toward bringing more doing both days now.” Jason started as a busser emphasis on the beer and incorporating more for Sizzling Platter 21 years ago and worked his of the beer into what we do,” says Steele. “I way up to regional manager before he bought would say we have a little more freedom now the business. With that background, he’s found to create [with] some new beer styles.” Case in that customers have been excited about the point: When I first came toHoppers , their New changes. “There’s a little more of a buzz going Zealand draught (made with lager yeast) was on,” he says. “We’re seeing more regulars than their seasonal brew. About a month later, I saw we used to, [and] they’re coming in more often it on the permanent roster alongside the Orange than they used to. They do feel like they have Honey Wheat, Uno Mas…, This is the Pilsner, Pale a say in the beers. They give us the input, and Morning Ale, Red Ale, Madame X Stout and the we take the input and make things better.” Jason Irish Baghandler and Blackened Tan beer blends. values what Hoppers customers have to say and the “Some seasonals have gone extremely well, [and] have “local feel” that that dynamic generates. He also cred- gone on to that permanent [spot],” Jason says. its boosted sales and customers’ increased appetites to the overhaul that he has enacted with the menu—about 30 Former Hoppers Brewmaster Tim Barr passed the brewmas- changes. “We added two steak items,” Jason says. “I think the ter torch to Kevin Ely (now Uinta’s Head Brewer) in 2003, shortly best change we made was [that] we went to fresh burgers immedi- after Steele joined the team, and Ely passed it to Steele in 2007. Steele ately. It was frozen burgers before. … That’s a huge difference.” They’ve maintains a legacy of masterful brewing with Hoppers: They have won 36 medals also focused on Saturday and Sunday brunch, having added five different items and since 1999, and Steele has spearheaded 19 of them, including three gold medals modified other selections on the brunch menu, which they serve between 10 a.m. and and one bronze medal from the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). They’re not 2 p.m. on weekends. easy to come by. “Our most medal-winning beer is [the] pilsner: This is the Pilsner,” he says. “Helles Fest Bier was a seasonal—it’s still kind of a seasonal. We bring it Hoppers is located at 890 E. Fort Union Blvd in Midvale. For those who are just thirsty back for festivals. It took gold at GABF and a silver last year at the North American and want an excellent beer, they have a tavern license and a bar area for draft-beer- Beer Awards … It’s really popular, and once we put it on tap, it goes quick.” Each only purchases. Be sure to keep your eyes and mouths open for their quickly rotating Hoppers seasonal lasts only about two to four weeks, and they swap one out per seasonal and offsite drafts, as Steele plans to “keep using all the great quality grains month. “With anyone that comes into the brewery [who] are true brewery fans, and hops that we use,” he says. Jason esteems Brewmaster Steele and the continued they’re always gonna ask, ‘What’s your seasonal?’” Jason says. Seasonal brews talent and experience that he embodies for Hoppers. “I love to drink beer,” Jason constitute Hoppers’ list of new beers—Steele says, “We’re always working on some says. “Donovan’s always been great with beers, and he’s the talent behind the brew- new seasonals coming up.” ing operation. I’m just letting him run the show.”

(L–R) Hoppers Brewmaster Donovan Steele and co-owner Jason Hargett are helping continue the brewpub’s legacy of outstanding beer. Photo: John Barkiple

32 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 33 Proper Brewing Company By Sean Zimmerman-Wall [email protected] Beer Reviews great staying power. The nose has nice grapefruit-peel aromas along By Mike Riedel with orange and pine. Sweet malt is [email protected] barely present beneath the hops. The Utah beer drinkers have our work cut out for us. We must constantly tell It seems like we got a rare mega spring taste starts with a light-malty base that WE out-of-state buddies (and tourists) how the not-so- this year, due to our lack of a proper quickly transitions to grassy and citrusy clear liquor laws influence our drinking habits. winter. Because of this wimpy weather, hop flavors. Some honey notes round Trying to make sense of the legislative intricacies it seems like the spring seasonal beers out the back end, but for the most part, this ale finishes fairly dry like an of our system is at least a three-beer ordeal. But have been around forever, making our Sherer Photo: Talyn coming this fall, those who imbibe will have a new summertime beers less unique. American IPA should. new place to take those curious sorts when they Well, this month’s beer selections are Overview: This is a session IPA, so ask, “So what’s up with Utah beer?” definitely summery in every sense. From its malt profile will be on the lighter light and dry to tart and fruity to hop side. I should also point out that this From the creative souls that brought us the bombs, we’ve got your summer sippin’ IPA should not to be confused with Avenues Proper Restaurant & Publick House comes situation well in hand. Goose Island’s “Goose Island IPA”— a salient new concept to keep beer enthusiasts this is “Goose IPA,” a very different entertained. The trio of Andrew Tendick, Liam Birthday Suit: and unique offering. Connelly and Rio Connelly is embarking on Sour Plum Abbey Ale their latest business endeavor and longtime goal Brewery/Brand: Patio Pilsner of creating a full-scale craft brewery. Proper Uinta Brewing Co. Brewing Company is set to break ground this fall Brewery/Brand: ABV: 7.6% and promises to deliver an engaging drinking Roosters Brewing Co. Serving Style: 750 ml corked experience. Bringing together all the elements ABV: 4.0% and caged bottle of their various backgrounds, the team is Serving Style: excited to develop the concept and 500 ml bottle / draft create an exciting offering for the Utah craft beer community.

April 2015 marked the second anniversary that Avenues Proper has been Brewmaster Rio Connelly is providing a unique dining expanding Avenues Proper operations and drinking experience to This location has the zoning with Proper Brewing Company, the people of Salt Lake City. permits to allow for a legitimate alongside partners Liam Connelly “The community response 10- to 15-barrel brewing-and- and Andrew Tendick (not pictured). thus far has been positive, manufacturing facility that could and this has been our best year also encompass a tavern and [quarterly], but it is clearly time to restaurant. Breweries outside of Utah Being able to produce a variety of beers to This sour ale pours a brilliantly clear, expand,” says Liam. are the inspiration behind the construction, actually bottle and sell them on property and light-apricot color with a tinge of pink, in that they create an experience for the visitor through distribution channels is one of the probably from the plum. The head is This offering from Roosters has been The current brewhouse at Avenues Proper is only by making them feel like they are part of a overarching goals of Proper Brewing Company. nice and white, which quickly fades to around for quite some time, but it has a five-barrel system with limited storage space, community. “It should be about a balance— Of particular interest is the crew’s ability to use nothing. The nose is acidic with some now been given a new life and packag- which means that beers come and go quickly. living life and drinking beer,” says Rio. With the Avenues Proper‘s brewhouse as a testing facility oak and fruit notes. Spicy yeast is also ing. I thought it might be useful to take Rio is a busy Head Brewer, taking the job totally tavern portion of the facility, they aim to provide for new beers. Creating small batches and being present in the back. The taste starts with another look at this lager. It pours a upon himself to create stellar beers the way he a unique atmosphere of fun and camaraderie. able to help them reach a larger potential is an tart plum right off the bat. Nice lemon clear-golden color with a medium and wants them. “Since I was a young brewer, it has Liam says, “I can’t get too specific at this point, asset they will use to their advantage. One of Rio’s notes from the base beer are also creamy head that lasts for quite some been more about the process than the product,” but skeeball is definitely going to be part of the objectives is to see a resurgence in regional styles, present. The phenolic spices from the time. The nose is bright with toast, apri- says Rio. His affinity for crushing grains and show.” Also being considered for development something missing from the U.S. since Prohibition. Belgian yeast come next, adding a bit cot, grass and spicy European hops. combining unlikely ingredients has made his beer are real barroom games and the possibility of By starting slow and steady and maintaining more depth, complementing the plum The taste starts with lightly toasted sought after all over town. prizes. their boutique feel, the trio is confident that their flavors. The end is spicy and sour with a malts. There are also some berry notes brewery is going to establish its place in the nice dry finish. as well. Honey and grass come next, Avenues Proper’s evolving in-house beer selection In addition to the tavern and brewhouse, there community. The team has also applied to have Overview: I thought the plum would with a smack of spicy Czech hops has encompassed a variety of styles over the will be a stand-alone restaurant on premises. This both a club license and a Type 5 Package license, take on a more medicinal flavor paired rounding out the malt sweetness. The years. For Rio, it is a constant but rewarding is going to be set up as a simple food concept which will allow them to sell cold, high-point beer with the Abbey yeast strain, but it end is slightly sweet with a hint of but- challenge to produce flavorful and compelling store that provides tasty burgers and other fare to right from their door for consumers to take home. doesn’t at all. This is a nice, dry, fruity, tery malts. The finish has a slightly sul- beers while adhering to the 4-percent ABV pair with their latest beers. The culinary delights sour ale that has more dimensions than furic bite. required by the state for draft beers. “Just imagine that the restaurant delivers should be less complex “This is a lifestyle business, and it is something a typical sour mash beer. Overview: This is a nice drinking what will happen when the leash is taken off and than the offerings at Avenues Proper, but there is we want to continue doing,” says Rio. He goes pilsner. It kinda reminds me of a pre- he can brew full-strength beer,” says Liam. no doubt that they will be equally delicious. on to elaborate on the strong sense of belonging Goose IPA Prohibition lager with its mineral profile. to the larger whole of craft brewing in Utah. His Brewery/Brand: You’ll find this on tap at Roosters’ Og- As the summer begins, the trio is aligning their The “Proper Compound,” as they refer to it, will mentors and partners have nourished his creative Goose Island Brewing Co. den and Layton locations and in bottles interests in creating Proper Brewing Company. eventually host live music, events and festivals. tendencies through the years, and it’s time to give back by developing something new. ABV: 5.9% at select grocery stores. They are investing in the renewed Central 9th Imagine listening to local bands under a starry Serving Style: District around 900 South and Main Street, sky with your friends, having a cold brew and Cheers! an area that will hopefully grow up to be a a hot sandwich, freshly made on the spot using Keep your eyes open for more details, and look for 12 oz. bottle / draft celebrated part of the city and attract diverse prime local ingredients. “Quality is paramount to new styles to appear in places like Avenues Proper This beer pours a clear-golden honey Read more reviews at visitors. what we are,” says Liam. and City Weekly’s Utah Beer Festival. color with a big, sudsy head that has slugmag.com 34 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 35 36 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 37 actual furniture, there were plenty of secondhand shops (ec.lec. walking in to Elementé is a sense of how each piece of indi- tic, Crackers, Elementé) for groovy coffee tables, funky lamps vidual furniture can be integrated into a room. You can wander and sofas reminiscent of your grandmother’s living room. Of through the shop’s “vignettes,” seamlessly touring through one the aforementioned places, only Elementé remains in place, room scene to another, each one as unique and interesting as doing what it does best, with the full zest of the bohemian spirit the individual quirky pieces that make them up. Years before still intact. But now they are about to close. Ikea reimagined the showroom, Bullen and Bell were hosting a floor whose every sightline brought up new possibilities for Elementé began 27 years ago, when friends Kate Bullen decorating and fertile imaginings of what you could call home. and Patrick Hoagland were having a conversation about the secondhand furniture scene in Salt Lake. Bullen had gone The 20th Century produced so many design-oriented, quality- to interior design school. She’d had some jobs, but she knew made items, and they have lived long, well-cared-for lives. she just wasn’t the type to work in traditional interior design. They are still ready to be repurposed, to live new lives with Crackers had opened in January of ’88 on the corner of new people. However, the era of great used stores is coming to 9th East and 9th South, and Bullen was saying to her mom, an end. So many of these fine and interesting pieces end up on “Wouldn’t it be great to open a store like that?” Her mom websites like Ebay, but there isn’t any technology in Elementé. turned to them and said, “Well, why don’t you?” A store and “People come in and say, ‘Can’t you look me up?’” says Bell. LEMENTÉ a partnership was born. They found a location on Pierpont— “We can, but it will be somewhere in a binder. We aren’t on E an off-the-beaten-path, sort of “Wild West” location at the a screen.” The place is not brightly lit. Customers are encour- The Last of the time—on the edge of town and bordered by the railroad on aged to come and stay awhile to experience the vibe. There is 400 West that shook the building as the trains went by. It was a poetry corner, a shrine and an outdoor space in the back in SLC Bohemians three or four years in when they finally decided to put up a which to sit down for a friendly chat. sign—which was a major break from the original Artspace By Scott Farley philosophy of a simple storefront—but it was their declaration Both agree that a store like this is a labor of love. “It’s like [email protected] that they intended to survive. they say,” says Bullen. “If you can make it two years or three years, you’ve made it, and then four years rolls around and Over the years, the business changed. Bullen and Hoagland you wonder, ‘Have we made it?’ Before you know it, it’s 20 In 1988, Salt Lake was a fun place to be poor. parted ways and Bullen took over, nurturing the shop and the years. What is so great is every morning just turning a key and It was easy to live on small wages, and it was customers who also, more often than not, became friends. A coming into a place that is just so creative.” It was not planned, easy to have fun with a few spare dollars. The sign hanging in the back reads: “Who of us would not give this closure. The property has been sold. The fees were go- transition from the free-spirited ’70s to the up- an instant to be surrounded by objects with the magical power ing up dramatically. The rents will certainly go up later. Sign tight new conservatism of the Reagan years to invoke passion and reflection?” As Bullen says, this is the up or move on. In the end, even though they are profoundly left a lot of young people feeling like we had spirit of the store. sad to be letting go, they also leave with a profound sense of something to rebel against. The “Who Cares” gratitude. Party was running the University of Utah stu- Teresa Bell blew in with the tornado that ripped through dent government; I had a Downtown, three- downtown in 1999, and together, she and Bullen have curated As Bullen is turning off the lights and getting ready to lock up, bedroom apartment for $210 a month, and Elementé into the unique place it is today. Seeing through the she points out a newly acquired table stacked in the front of the there were plenty of places to furnish a non- haze of possibilities into what a room can be requires imagi- store. “I know we are supposed to be clearing things out, but I conformist lifestyle: coffee and poetry at The nation and editorial savvy, and as Bell puts it, “Kate is a born just couldn’t help getting it. It was the perfect size.” Painted Word, check-your-own beer and punk editor.” Buying a piece of furniture, used or new, is one thing. rock at the Speedway Café and after-show Knowing how to make it work in your space with all your other Elementé will close June 30. brains and eggs at Bill and Nada’s. For your stuff is another. One of the best things you can get from just

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40 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 41 The Beer Garden

If there ever is a zombie apocalypse, I’m so fucked. the war on slugs are all locally crafted out in Midvale, slug-slaying challenge. It was hard to tell. It was Like a doughnut in a police station, I’ll be the first Utah. One thing that I really like about Bohemian is early spring at the time of this writing, so there’s no one eaten. I can barely cook, I don’t own any guns, how concentrated their beer selection is. Instead of vegetables yet. Maybe that was part of the problem. and after watching four seasons of The Walking trying to make a ton of different beers to satisfy everyone Or maybe it actually did work, like the beers were like Dead, I’ve realized that gardening is important to like a lot of breweries around the nation do, they seem tiny scarecrows—or beercrows, if you will—and they facilitate humanity. Gardening won’t stop zombies to choose to focus on brewing just a couple genuine actually did their job by scaring away all the slugs. from barging into your compound, but growing food lagers, and they brew them right. is necessary, I guess. So, to be honest, none of these beers killed a single The Cherny Bock is their black lager. It’s not too slug. I don’t blame the beers, though—I blame my For this Beer Issue, SLUG gave me a challenge that thick and heavy, and I can drink this faster than most lack of gardening skills. The only gardens I’m truly sounded easy on paper but proved difficult in real other black lagers. In fact, Cherny means black in familiar with are beer gardens, which maybe is where life—or IRL, as the kids like to say these days. They Viennese. You know how I know that? I Googled it. that term comes from: people using beer to harvest wanted me to use different beers to lure slugs out of [Editor’s note: “Cherny” means black in Czech. Also, precious vegetables and peeing on the soil to kill slugs. my roommate’s garden and review the beers based Viennese is not a language.] off of which beer killed the most slugs. Apparently, just Garden slugs evaded Mike Brown’s like actual SLUG readers, IRL slugs are attracted to the The Viennese Lager is crisp and drinks fast, too. It’s efforts to drown them using Bohemian sugar in the beer—but they drink too much, get drunk not as heavy as the Cherny Bock. I went to Vienna Brewery’s beers. and drown in the beer. It’s an old gardening trick to once to find Beethoven’s grave and the Arnold protect your vegetables by killing the slugs before they Schwarzenegger statue and memorial. I’m not munch your harvest. Just like me, the slugs like beer sure if that even exists, but I looked anyway. more than their vegetables. The last beer to review is the Bohemian SLUG is at the point where they want to kill other Pilsener. Light and crisp, it reminds me of slugs. I didn’t really know how I felt about that. I drinking rays of sunshine on a beautiful thought SLUG would be allies with all other slugs, but spring day. Although I liked all three of for the Beer Issue, nothing is sacred. these beers, if I were a slug, I would go for the pilsner first—no doubt about Like I said, I know nothing about gardening other than that. that a tomato is actually a fruit (did you know that?). I didn’t know that slugs like gardens. But everyone gets After three days, I went to see hungry. Eventually, a garden turns into a salad, so it’s which beer was winning the important to kill these slimy things, or you won’t have a chance to toss your salad some day.

I have no idea how a slug actually eats, though. Do they even have mouths, or just, like, absorb the vegetables with their slime? Hell, how do they procreate? Is a slug asexual? So many questions, so little time. I do know about beer, though. I’ve drunk a bunch of it in my lifetime. I was hoping that my knowledge of beer would outweigh my disknowledge of slugs and growing things.

I was given a six-pack of Bohemian beers with three different flavors to pit against each other, to see which one would annihilate the most slugs. The Bohemian Czech Pilsener, my personal favorite of the three; Bohemian Cherny Bock, a delightful dark beer; and the Bohemian Viennese Lager. They’re all fine local : D. Bradford Gambles craft beers, but could they kill slugs?

The idea of using alcohol to kill a living creature made me reflect on my own life choices for a minute. So I decided I’d better drink at least three of the beers Illustration so I wouldn’t think so much. I cut the tops off the other cans and gently placed them in the dirt pile and waited for the slugs to come. I waited. And I waited. Then it rained, and I waited some more.

These different beers chosen to battle each other in 42 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 43 Jann Haworth’s feminist-influenced pop art will be on display at Modern West Fine Art beginning June 19. Showing Dad a Passemard, Mark Slusser, Stock Schlueter, Toni Williams and Bryan Thing or Two Mark Taylor. The show opened May 15 in conjunction with the May Gallery By Mariah Mann Mellus Roll and will run through Aug. 7. There [email protected] will be an Open House on June 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in conjunction with Typically in June, I write about the June’s Gallery Stroll. Utah Arts Festival or tie my column into SLUG Beer Issue to ’s with art and beer Thank you, Dad, for introducing me to parings. It only recently occurred to me The Beatles, from Revolver to Abbey that in my many, many years of writing Road and all their amazing albums. Gallery Stroll the column that I don’t recall Think of how thrilled Dad and you would ever mentioning the correlation of June be to meet the original artist of the Sgt. Gallery Stroll and of Father’s Day. and Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band cover? Father’s Day coincide every year on the You’re both in luck—Modern West Fine third weekend of June. Now that I think Art Gallery, located at 177 E. 200 S., of it, it seems preposterous that I’ve never will play host to the immensely talented, made the connection. What better way multifaceted, Grammy-winning cover to see awesome and inspiring art than to artist, Jann Haworth. A pioneer in the share it with the man who informed your British POP movement, a prolific artist, Neil Diamond appreciation of and educator and mother, Haworth is and red rock landscapes? This Father’s Day, continues to be an inspiration for female I suggest that you give good old Dad a empowerment in the arts. This show is call and take him on a nice stroll. titled Round Trip, and will showcase work from her remarkable 40-plus year As Dad might say, “Back in my day, career. The show opens with a public people just went out and painted in artist reception on June 19 from 6 p.m. the good old plain air.” It’s true that to 8 p.m. Dad might not have walked uphill both ways, but the art of plein-air painting When Dad grew up, they had something (painting in the great outdoors), is a called communes—today, we call that method passed down from the French Spring City. Pioneers settled this town in Impressionists. In his day and ours, 1852, but nowadays, it’s known for its people do paint using the plein air peaceful landscapes, simple living and technique. This method allows the artist highly collaborative arts and creative to connect with the landscape and types. Forbes voted Spring City “Prettiest capture a singular moment in time. In Town” for two years in a row. This plein air painting, Mother Nature is the month, the Rio Gallery, located at 300 S. artist, and the painter a messenger of Rio Grande Street, welcomes the artists her grace and beauty. This month, the of Spring City. The show will feature Slusser Gallery , located at 447 E. 100 dozens of Spring City artists, but will also S., will feature the best interpretation pay homage to the city itself. The show of Mother Nature’s masterpieces in opens June 19 with an artist reception. their Annual Plein-Air Group Exhibition Eileen Brown Anastasia featuring , Strolling down the street, experiencing Dukhanina Susan Gallacher Rick , , new things, reminiscing about the old— Graham Randall Lake Carolyn , , what more could you want from a date Hesse-Low Jeff Mauger Patty , , with dear old Dad? Enjoy the Stroll, and McGeeney Rita Pacheco Antonin , , Happy Father’s Day. 44 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 45 mentioned possible laws that could mandate their use, but if they did that, they’d have to pay for them. I don’t see that hap- pening or really being necessary. Departments on their own are equipping officers without laws mandating their use.

The truth about body cameras is that they exist to record evidence of crimes committed. They’re not to police the police or to be a fo- rum for public discussion of the evidentiary content. Most likely, unless you’re on a jury or you’re suing a police officer or depart- ment, the normal citizenry won’t have any access to the content. The District Attorney office, who also has access to the material, may have other policies of which I’m not aware. Obviously, with In all the recent news and media about anything in Cop World, there are the way officers are conducting them- exceptions. We’ve seen it recent- selves on the job, I wanted to ask an of- ly in officer-involved shootings in ficer’s perspective about police precincts or counties around the nation starting to order to potentially corroborate utilize required body cameras for their claims from possible witnesses. shift. Privacy concerns make regular generalized release impossible, Is the adoption of body cameras (or however. mandatory body cameras) set in place more for police work and to better moni- I believe that body cameras will tor officers at work, or to help show the force changes, not just in police general public who may not know much departments, but in how regular about police work that officers are work- citizens interact with law enforce- ing to make changes to some of the ar- eas they have been scrutinized for in the ment. Since the advent of body media? cameras, procedural complaints about police conduct have de- What are other possible reasons for clined. Many times now, when the sudden rise in the adoption of body those filing a complaint learn that cameras at a time where the police are the encounter was recorded, they being heavily judged for there actions often retract formal complaints. by the general public? In this age of anti-surveillance, Dear Citizen, I’ve wondered: Why the huge public support to adopt hun- Only in the last couple of years dreds of thousands of mobile has digital recording and battery cop-surveillance platforms cross technology advanced enough to country? I guess the answer is make body cameras functional. necessity. I believe that now, cops I’m lying if I don’t admit there are crazy to hit the beat without were a lot of “Hell no, I won’t one. The conversation about the wear that” sentiments when police force being corrupt or un- body cams appeared. And I’m trustworthy has forced police not really sure why. Over 20 departments to use body cam- years ago, law enforcement eras to demonstrate that most put dash cams in police cars to officers are honest and true. The gather evidence related to DUIs other small percentage of officers and other traffic offenses with no will self-record evidence through hesitation. Really, a body cam is body cameras resulting in their no different. Also, law enforce- arrest, conviction, and they ment bosses have incorrectly should no longer be a cop. promoted body cams as an “I’m –Cop watching you tool” to cops on the beat. Some of them still do. Have a question for the cop? Today, body cams are not man- Email him at datory. The state legislature has [email protected]. 46 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 47 A Book About The Film catalogue will only drive other engaged readers to ask about a third. It hints at Monty Python And wordplay and intellect in the way many The Holy Grail: All the writers in the ’70s wrote, which, in turn, References from lined the walls of college dorms and sent many a young spirit out to explore the in- African Swallows to credible world right out their back door. Zoot Bravo, Fahey—I hope to hear from you Darl Larsen again soon. –Benjamin Tilton Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. The First Collection of Street: 03.06 Criticism by a Living If you’re a Monty Python fan of any Female Rock Critic generation, you’ve most likely watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail about Jessica Hopper a dozen times or so. But as anyone ob- Featherproof Books sessed with the film will tell you, you just Street: 05.12 can’t always catch all the jokes. It has nothing to do with intelligence or history or even that it’s British—the film simply has too much material in it for every- one to get each reference. Well, now you can! This book has everything, all the way down to the most meaningless phrases, explained in detail as to why they’re there in the first place and why you should find it funny. Examples would be: why King Arthur and his knights avert their eyes from “The Lord,” why the monks bash their heads with wooden slabs, why it is called Castle Anthrax, why Lancelot hacks and slashes his way through the wedding, and all that use- less information about swallows. Plus, the book goes scene by scene, in order, so you can follow along for however many hours it takes you to read and watch it. This book is thicker than many dictionaries and is not for the timid fan. Tread wisely, Dennis. –Gavin Sheehan If you appreciate women and have even the slightest interest in music, this is the most relevant piece of literature you Dogshit Park & other could pick up. Hopper has created a atrocities book that reads like a memoir, though it Todd Brendan Fahey is a collection of critical, stimulating es- Far Gone Books says on music and pop culture, ranging Street: 03.31.14 from R. Kelly’s rape allegations and ac- quittal to M.I.A.’s views on middle-class Todd Brendan Fahey’s book Dogshit Park America. Working for two decades as a & other atrocities was one of the most music critic for several publications, in- fun and quotable books I’ve read in cluding Pitchfork, Hopper has acquired some time. Fahey has created a series of an apt perception of what it means to be laughable shenanigans and presented female in the music industry—whether them with a strong authorial finesse— it’s as an artist, writer or 15-year-old leaving nothing for the reader’s mind fan in the crowd at Warped Tour. “Us but to wander. It drips and haunts, with girls deserve more than one song,” she drug nuance a-plenty, and, depending writes. “We deserve better songs than on your side of the fence, it could be any boy will ever write for us.” As it is equal halves hilarious and terribly, ter- portrayed through her approachable, ribly frightening. The story moves you fierce pieces, ladies and gentlemen forward, but Fahey’s way with words alike must decide whether or not to is clearly the star of this production. It’s put up with this underrepresentation. descriptive and verbally illustrative in a –Kia McGinnis way that we are drawn into this world to the point that our heels seem to leave marks behind us. Fahey will have you, Read more reviews at despite the nuisance of your better judg- slugmag.com ment. This second book in the Fahey 48 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 49 BOXBOY! WILL FIGHT FOR FOOD

Bunnybox, bunnybox—does whatever a bunnybox can. This is my fuckin’ turf, Iron Man lookalike!

Borderlands: The Handsome levels, each with a new gimmick or skill to master. Pyrodactyl Learning each new mechanic is cake, and each level Reviewed on: Steam Collection reinforces that new skill until you’ve mastered it. If you get stuck, there’s a hint button—it’ll cost a play coin, Also on: iOS 2K Games Street: 04.22 Reviewed on: PS4 and it only shows you what the end result should be, not how to get there. As you progress, you can get cos- Also on: Xbox One It’s unclear what Will Fight For Food is trying to ac- tumes for your box, some of which actually help you complish. Plotwise, it involves a disgraced, homeless Street: 03.24 out—the adorable bunny ears help you jump higher, wrestler named Jared Dent who wanders around town The Handsome Collection includes both Borderlands 2 and the ninja costume helps you speed through levels. looking for something to do—or, at the very least, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! from the Borderlands The levels are quick, making the game feel short, but someone to wrestle. The clever writing and dialogue series. The graphics have been remastered for your it’s amazingly addictive. You may blast through the provide some entertaining cutscenes, but the bulk of viewing pleasure, maxing out the processing power game in a few hours, but you’ll love every minute of it. the game appears to be in the midst of an identity and pixel resolution of both Xbox One and PS4. This –Ashley Lippert crisis. On one hand, it makes sense to call the game collection is a really great deal if you have a hard a parody—the absurd dialogue customization and ri- time paying $60 for just one game. Both of the games Toukiden: Kiwami diculous side-quests poke fun at RPGs, and bestowing in this collection are great, and you really don’t need Dent with the ability to slap on his old wrestling mask to have played the first Borderlands to get the story- Koei Tecmo and beat the hell out of anyone who happens to be line behind either game. I will recommend that you Reviewed on: PS4 onscreen offers a nihilistic take on what it means to be play the Pre-Sequel before playing the second game Also on: PS Vita a video game protagonist. That being said, it’s tough just because I think the second Borderlands is the best Street: 03.31 to tell whether this game is a decent piece of absurdist game in the series. You really don’t want to follow art or simply a low-budget brawler with some snarky In Toukiden: Kiwami, an innumerable, soul-devouring it up with any disappointment, should you choose to writing. This dilemma is largely based on the game’s army of Oni has come into existence. They’ve ravaged play it first. If you aren’t familiar with the Borderlands production value—if the controls were a bit tighter the land using their miasmatic pollutant to create the series, all you need to know is that it is a fantastic and the graphics a bit less sloppy, Will Fight For Food Otherworld throughout the Midlands, devouring souls role-playing first-person shooter with a space/West- might be something worth an evening of debating of fallen warriors in their wake. The outnumbered ern/science/fantasy theme. I know that seems like a video game semantics. –Alex Springer Slayers are equipped with numerous upgradeable whole bunch of mixed themes thrown together, but the weaponry, armor and ethereal Mitama (weapon storyline is strong, and the writing in the game is just amplifiers), and have been forced to defend and Worlds of Magic brilliant. You get to choose from a variety of differ- eradicate the Oni threatening their last stronghold, ent characters with varying skills and personalities, Wastelands Interactive Atakata village. Akin to Monster Hunter, you and your each with their own hilarious catchphrases and one- Reviewed on: Steam NPC companions—or player-controlled friends—are liners. The NPCs are just as entertaining and hilarious, sent on various missions to deal with the supernatu- Also on: iOS if not more so than the playable characters. If all of ral threat and take out massive bosses. Every mission Street: 03.19 that awesomeness wasn’t enough, the series also has has a generous time limit, as most missions take about a unique comic book art style that really just makes Worlds of Magic takes on its own life through battle- 10 to 15 minutes, but as you progress further into the this series one of a kind. I absolutely recommend The hardened heroes, exploration of different dimensions lore-ridden story, the enemies and bosses become Handsome Collection to anyone who is new to or fa- and gaining prestige for sorcerer lords. The large, progressively more difficult to defeat, demanding miliar with the Borderlands series. –Nicole Stephenson sprawling maps are littered with abandoned camps, more strategy and patience. The combat is a great temples and libraries—all guarded by knights, owl- mix between action and JRPG mechanics, making for bears and spirits. Each race, from high men to elves, BOXBOY! a fun, satisfying experience. As a re-release of the possesses their own strengths, weaknesses and unique Hal Laboratory, Inc / Nintendo PS Vita exclusive (Toukiden: The Age of Demons), Koei troops and buildings. These malleable options allow Reviewed on: 3DS (exclusive) Tecmo has updated the graphics, packed it with more for completely different gameplay—dwarves build missions, characters, weapons, Mitama and a more Street: 04.02 fast but take longer to replenish while high men are refined co-op mechanic. Although it’s a solid game, generically good but lack specialty and ranged char- Go buy this game right now—it’s probably the best you should probably hold off for an imminent price acters. Wasteland Interactive has created a worth- 5 dollars you’ll ever spend on a game. It may have a drop. –Trey Sanders while game that is fun and simple, yet complex and simple look, but it’s not a simple game by any means. detailed. Once you get over the learning curve of You control a small box with eyes and legs named Will Fight For Food: casting the proper spells, summoning demons and Qbby who is trying to save his boxy world. Being Super Actual Sellout: supplying armies with enough food and gold to pre- able to create more boxes around himself lends itself vent desertion, magical multi-dimensional domination to some interesting solutions to the teasers in each lev- Game of the Hour becomes a truly realistic thing. –Barnabas el. There are over 20 worlds, each with five to seven 50 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 51 Das Horn a standard anodized aluminum in a variety of colors ($16) and the indus- Ultimate Drinking Horn trial strength, scratch-resistant H-Type dashorn.com in charcoal black and metallic silver ($20)—and a super strong neodymium magnet, the GrOpener is an excellent addition to your fridge, grill, bar or any metallic surface. Wherever you like your brews, keep a GrOpener handy. –Christian Schultz

GrowlTap GrowlTap works—with a stained wood base growltap.com I’ve never been a growler guy. Schlep- and a classic-style opener, it is sure ping a jug of rapidly warming beer to The GrowlTap takes your standard to look good on your fridge, washing my house or to a party and trying to growler and turns it into a personal machine, bathroom vanity or any other drink it all before it goes flat doesn’t party ball filled with your favorite lo- surface in your home. Before getting seem ideal. Plus, beer growlers evoke cal or home brew. The idea behind the In the spirit of standing out from the rest the DropCatch, I didn’t like drinking out images of Keen sandals, olive-green GrowlTap is to keep your beer fresh by of the boozehounds, I jumped at the of bottles because of the sound they zip-off pant/short combos and The carbonating it, which prevents it from chance to take this oddity out for a few make when you toss them, but now it is Who stickers. Gross. I hate to admit going flat over time. GrowlTap does beers. After my first drink ended with a kind of more fun to drink out of glass. it, but I’m a growler guy now. Port- this by injecting food-grade CO2 from face full of ale, the novelty had worn –Granato land Growler Co.’s ceramic vessels a 16-gram canister into a closed system off, and I had to learn the proper way are slip cast by hand and are topped that attaches to any standard glass to swig out of it. Das Horn is basically with large swing-top lids and rubber growler. A few key items that make a hollow plastic bull horn with a neck GrOpener gaskets. The model I tested—the 64- the GrowlTap worthwhile include its strap and stand, because gravity. It’s oz. satin-grey Sprocket—is massive. H-Type Black GrOpener storing and portability for outings or great for all the frat brothers and young Even empty, the thing weighs over 4 gropener.com parties, its ability to attach any stan- Vikings alike, but horns don’t stand lbs, but all that mass is a good thing, dard glass growler and a price point without help, and it would be a pain as ceramic is a much better thermal around $50, (which includes one CO2 to tote its stand around while drinking. insulator than glass. After filling up canister). One great aspect that Growl- I may be knocking this product, al- the Sprocket at the Red Rock Beer Store Tap incorporated into the design is though I can actually see myself using it and spending a couple hours drinking the over pressure valve—a round yel- at upcoming barbecues and pool par- in my sunny backyard, the last glass of low dot on the housing that attaches ties, but, as I found out, it is probably beer was still pretty cold—and I didn’t to the growler—which prevents the not a good idea to take it to the bar. If even chill the growler before filling it. user from turning the GrowlTap into you want your summer party name to Plus, thanks to the lid’s air-tight seal, a beer bomb by over pressurizing. I be reminiscent of your Nordic ances- the last beer was surprisingly just as took the supplied 16-gram canister of tors, go to dashorn.com. –Granato carbonated as the first. Though the CO2 and pressurizing tap apparatus jug is heavy when filled and tough to and attached a local Avenues Proper pour its contents into a glass with the growler filled with their English Golden DropCatch glass in one hand and the growler in Ale, attached all the components, and the other, the sprocket-like shape of Pilsner Bottle Opener pressed the brass button to pressurize the handle helps to get a good grip. dropandcatch.com the system. Soon after, I found that the Another problem I found is that when Most beer drinkers can agree on two beer dispensing valve was leaking, but Though the GrOpener may look like pouring beer one-handed, the swing- things: Bottled beer just tastes better, only because part of the fitting that was your run-of-the-mill bottle opener, there’s top lid can swing around the neck of and it can be a pain keeping an open- made to come apart for easy clean- more to it than meets the eye. Made the jug into the stream of beer, and er handy. DropCatch is an ingenious ing was loose. Once everything was from aluminum extruded in Clearfield, the metal swing-top cage starts to bottle opener that you can mount the tightened down, the GrowlTap worked Utah, and then crafted in the Denver scratch up the growler’s ceramic finish old-fashioned way—or use its internal perfectly. One problem I noticed was area, the GrOpener is a handy device after a few uses. These are minor com- magnets to keep it in place. The box the amount of slack in some of the that makes one-handed bottle opening plaints, though, even at its steep $69 says the magnets can hold up to 60 solid fittings from the CO2 valve to a cinch. Simply your index finger retail price. Growler fills can be much bottle caps, and over the course of the growler fitting, but other than that, through the GrOpener’s hole, your mid- cheaper than bottled beer, so after a one weekend, I was able to get to 40 the GrowlTap is a solid “growler-ater.” dle finger over the hook underneath, couple dozen fills, this jug just might before they reached the floor. It was –Joshua Joye rest the opener end over your bottle pay for itself. –Cody Kirkland hard to believe that magnets could cap and exert some pressure, and hold a bottle opener in place while you’ll be popping bottles with finesse. If prying metal off of glass, but this thing Portland Growler Co. cans are more your thing, the GrOpen- Read more reviews at has staying power to say the least. er’s hook can take care of those pesky The Sprocket Growler The DropCatch looks as good as it tabs as well. With two sleek styles— portlandgrowlercompany.com slugmag.com 52 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 53 Inside Out the teacher who gets it, the exploration of high school cliques—the excellent Directors: Pete Docter, supporting cast keeps the narrative Ronaldo Del Carmen fresh. Greg’s parents (Connie Brit- Disney ton and Nick Offerman) add an In Theaters: 06.19 eccentric jolt of parental weirdness to their scenes, and The Walking Dead’s After three films, Pete Docter has per- Jon Bernthal takes archetypal cool- fected the art of making grown men teacher role into some original terri- cry while watching his animated proj- tory with his tattoos and battle-scholar ects—the end of Monsters Inc., the be- vibe. While I found myself wanting ginning of Up and now with multiple more in regard to Rachel’s character, scenes in Inside Out. The story follows the film’s treatment of her friendship Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias), a with Greg is both darkly funny and carefree teenager as she moves to San realistically somber. This is one movie Francisco, but the real story is inside her that is safe to see regardless of its head. The audience is introduced to her soon-to-be huge commercial appeal. emotions, which include Joy (voiced –Alex Springer by Amy Poehler), Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith), Disgust (voiced by Pitch Perfect 2 Mindy Kaling), Fear (voiced by Bill Hader) and Anger (voiced by Lewis Director: Black). Docter explores how memories practical effects are mind-blowing, and Elizabeth Banks In what may be one of the most aptly affect emotions and what happens to a every single frame of the film is worthy Universal Pictures named films at this year’s Sundance teenager’s behavior when Joy and Sad- of hanging in the Smithsonian. To be In Theaters: 05.15 Film Festival, Slow West is in no hurry ness are removed from the equation. honest, this is Theron’s movie, and she’s to tell the story of Scotsman Jay Cav- Here’s a hint: She gets very moody, like fantastic—she knows how to throw a While I never saw the first installment endish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and ANY teenager. This feels like the first punch and commands the screen with of this franchise, it wasn’t too difficult to his continent-spanning quest to find Pixar film that was not designed with alluring authority. Hardy is one of the put the pieces of this mediocre puzzle Rose (Caren Pistorius), the long- children as the primary target audience. greatest actors working today because together. After becoming renowned in lost love from his hometown. Things It’s exceptionally imaginative and com- he always offers something new rather the a cappella community, the Barden get complicated when a desperado plex with its examination of the psychol- than being a one-note performer. From University Bellas become a global em- named Silas Selleck (Michael Fass- ogy of children. With that said, children beginning to end, Miller brings the barrassment after a wardrobe malfunc- bender) decides to accompany Jay can enjoy the wacky characters and world a game-changer with this mas- tion with the President in attendance. on his journey—possibly to cash in vibrant colors, and teenagers can relate terpiece that is 100–percent brilliant Now, the group must win the World on a bounty that hangs over Rose’s to the main character, but parents will madness. –Jimmy Martin Championships, a feat never achieved head. Taking a cue from neo-West- appreciate the content on a much dif- by an American team, in order to be re- erns like Jim Jarmusch’s Dead ferent level. Once again, Pixar raises instated. With eight actresses involved, Me & Earl & the Dying Man, Slow West uses the chaotic the bar on the capabilities of animation, you would think at least one would landscape of the American frontier and I shake my fist at Pete Docter while Girl have the capability to lead a film, but as an allegorical exploration of love my other hand wipes away the tears. such is not the case, since this cast is Director: and death. There is something surreal ­–Jimmy Martin composed of only supporting talents. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon about seeing the Old West interpret- In fact, someone needs to take Rebel ed through the lens of New Zealand, Fox Searchlight Wilson aside and whisper in her ear, Mad Max: Fury Road where the film was shot, and it added In Theaters: 06.12 “You’re not Chris Farley.” The only to the story’s dreamlike tone. The im- Director: George Miller laughter comes from the side char- It would be easy to criticize the fact that mensely watchable Fassbender ex- Warner Bros. Me & Earl & the Dying Girl acters, including Keegan-Michael appears to udes some serious Han Solo vibes as In Theaters: 05.15 Key, David Cross, John Michael have been genetically engineered to be he guides Jay through the unforgiving Higgins and Elizabeth Banks, who It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years a summer box office moneymaker. It’s wilderness while trying to act like he actually directed the film, so it’s not sur- since we’ve had the pleasure of joining an adaptation of a young adult novel doesn’t give a shit. McPhee’s boyish, prising she gave herself all of the fun- Max Rockatansky on an adventure. The about adolescent friendship in the midst innocent appearance is ideal for a niest lines of dialogue. If you were to role has now been placed in the hands of terminal illness, which is hot shit in character whose belief in true love The play a drinking game where you take of the gifted Tom Hardy, and director Hollywood right now, thanks to has guided him so far into the lions’ Fault in Our Stars a shot every time a montage happens, George Miller proves that, like a fine . Basically, I went in den. While the film’s ending is sure you would be dead at the halfway wine, he only gets better with age. The to this film wanting to despise it for its to polarize audiences, it was a ballsy point. All in all, this film comes across story follows Imperator Furiosa (Charl- utter marketability. Upon seeing it, how- way to emphasize the point that the like a bad episode of Glee, except Glee ize Theron), a war rig driver who be- ever, I was reminded that movies can frontier was an ecosystem all its own, would only waste an hour of your life. trays her leader, Immortan Joe (Hugh be commercially successful and good indiscriminately filling some hearts –Jimmy Martin Keays-Byrne), by rescuing his mul- at the same time—and that’s OK. The with purpose and others with bullets. tiple wives, who’ve been forced to bear film chronicles the senior year of Greg –Alex Springer his children, in order to take them to (Thomas Mann), his friend Earl (R.J. Slow West “the green place.” After this 10-min- Cyler) and Rachel (Olivia Cooke), Director: John Maclean who has been diagnosed with leuke- ute setup, Miller delivers a nonstop A24 chase sequence that refuses to let off mia. Though all of the teen dramedy Read more reviews at In Theaters: 05.15 the accelerator until the credits roll. The tropes are present—awkward parents, slugmag.com 54 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 55 AudioTreats problems, and neither do Baker Street weareallghosts Disforia Vol. 2.5 Blues Band—they just provide the nice Street: 11.03.14 The Age of Ether breeze that gets the bullshit out of your Self-Released Christopher Alvarado = Self-Released eyes. –Benjamin Tilton Street: 08.05.14 Little Sap Dungeon + White Street: 06.28.14 Light Monorail + M.Nomized AudioTreats = Cashmere Cat Bird Eater Disforia = Iced Earth + + Takagi Masakatsu This remix release shows many differ- Blind Guardian + Dead Mothers Make The Sun AudioTreats’ Vol. 2.5 is filled with crispy ent, talented artists translating our lo- Into Eternity Set cal, world-renowned producer and mu- hi-hats, claps and solid bass lines that Black Market Activities carry the album. It’s a sugary sound- sician’s work. My least favorite was the Street: 02.10.14 scape that indulges one in a temporal opening track, “I Can’t Take Time,” a Bird Eater = Ennio Morricone sense that can leave one with a slight remix done by Silentport—it sound- + Gaza + Iota toothache if they’re not careful. “Fare- ed good, I just do not prefer them mak- well Part A.” is a great opening track ing ambient music. I feel that words to the album and really catches your provoke thought and distract our minds ear. “Farewell Part B.” has a big-room from the sounds we are hearing. In this sound that’s capable of being played style, the music is what should be tak- on and off the dance floor, due in part ing us on the adventure. On the other to its musicality. “Love” has the best hand, the calming, soothing sounds of breakdown of the bunch—it’s sinfully the remaining tracks are very comfort- decadent. Overall, I thought the first ing and relaxing. The soothing waves half of the album was stronger than the and what appeared to be a subtle vio- second. The last half was more predict- lin—or flute-type sound—in “Prelude to Life Forms” mix by Symatic Star able, but “Token” saved the day. It’s I’ve had the pleasure of following this carried me away from the stresses of like a Miyazaki film meets late-night act for some time, and it’s incredible daily life. I recommend meditating in ‘90s infomercial. Haein Lee is clearly to see how exponentially better, more water with this one—it will take you a talented musician as well as a skilled polished and more professional they back to the simplistic time of the pri- producer in the Salt Lake community. become with each release. The Age mordial soup. –Mistress Nancy We’re lucky as tits to have him around. The band is now defunct, and this al- Of Ether is a beautiful, soaring dis- –Kamryn Feigel bum was delayed three years on its re- play of melodic, power and progres- lease, so this is an unusual review. That DiseNgaged sive metal with sci-fi lyrical themes. Baker Street Blues said, it is still a must-grab for anyone Mass Grave John Yelland’s vocals are flat-out Band starving for more of Salt Lake’s unique Another Element Recordings mind-blowing, and he makes a pow- brand of rusty, heavy music. Overall, Street: 12.20.14 Ep (Demo) erful partner with Hansi Kursch of this album’s barbed-wire riffs and howl- DiseNgaged = Autopsy + Blind Guardian, who provides guest Self-Released ing vocals create a Western-tinged at- Overkill vocals on “The Dying Firmament,” Street: 02.13 mosphere that feels like authentic fron- and Brittney Hayes of Unleash Hold on to your butts, death metal Baker Street Blues Band = tier insanity. The organic songwriting the Archers on “Lunar Sunrise.” The fans! This may be a short five-song EP, The Doors + Grateful Dead + style and clever use of sound effects guitar work is detailed and, along with but from the eerie dirge opening of Muddy Waters allows room for breath and suspense, keys, builds a sonic landscape that got “Unearthing” to the grating thrash of “I and this only makes the heavy mo- my blood pumping. Production values Blues music is always exciting—not that Am The Devil,” DiseNgaged’s newest ments hit harder. Songs range from the on this album are insane. These dudes it has a particularly motivating sound, release will satisfy what ails you. The death metal grind of “Never Buried” to are in it to win it, and they are one of just that its return is always a welcome cozy old-school elements of the genre the lonely faraway dirge “Gather” with the most promising bands in this state. one. Baker Street Blues Band aren’t for are all present and accounted for, with narrative ease. The only glaring flaw –Megan Kennedy crying over your beers. It’s music for the band foregoing any “core” or new- is the uncredited (at least in the press saying, “Oh well,” and getting anoth- er-generational elements that so much kit) insertion of what sound like Na- er beer. If current music is a series of death metal includes nowadays. Dez DulceSky tive American ritual chants on certain energy drink rip-offs, then this is find- Troy’s vocals are super engaging, a Spies Of The System: 03–14 tracks. This is both unnecessary and ing a full glass of whisky the morning crazy brutal mix of Randy Blythe of Nueve Music inappropriate, especially with no con- after a rager and watching anything Lamb of God and more traditional Street: 06.05 text, and the tracks in question would other than the world passing by. Baker death metal screeching that is more DulceSky = Depeche Mode + have sounded perfectly great without Street Blues Band play the blues well, understandable than not, giving listen- Alcest + The Cure + them. Remove the imperialism and but if you saw them in person they’d ers a chance to connect with the lyrics. Echo and the Bunnymen this is one sick and satisfying album. look like something from an old Pearl If you’re looking for that dependable –Megan Kennedy DulceSky and their “best of” album, Jam photo, with long hair and cloth- old-school sound, look no further—but Spies of the System: 03–14, encapsu- ing that’s not supposed to impress you. let’s pester these gents to put out a new lates everything I love about rock that This demo is solid and shows a great Christopher Alvarado full-length soon. –Megan Kennedy deal of potential from our indie-rock- Modified by Inertia has a new wave/gothic feel to it. Al- saturated local scene. Blues music (waag RMX 002) though the band consider themselves never took anyone away from their to be shoegaze (and they do have mo- 56 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 57 ments that fit into that category), their Ant + Hieroglyphics Aaliyah to Mary J. Blige all the way your dark side.” There is a fullness and use of melodic structure, clean vocal to Bob Marley. On one hand, I hear depth to the tracks on There Is A River, Linus Stubbs’ newest release is an al- style and electronic elements definitely a lot of rhythm and blues with flowing amplified with a Wurlitzer and well- bum consisting of eight instrumental hearken back to a sound popular in hip-hop rhymes straight from the streets placed backup vocals that make just beats created for the filmDegenerate the 1980s. This doesn’t mean that the (“Key to Reality”). On the other, we enough of an appearance to leave a Art: The Art And Culture Of Glass Pipes, album contains any of the cheesy ele- may find roots-y, reggae-infused num- savory feeling of longing. In “Ready To and with its mix of calm instrumentals, ments of that time period. Considering bers with upstrokes and oceanside flair Turn Around,” there is a build of tension masterful sampling and ’90s under- that their songs do have a somber tone (“I Like You”). One noteworthy number that makes for tactful composition and ground hip-hop feel, the album couldn’t to them, the music and lyrics never get is “Out of the Studio,” which has some highlights the tight relationship between fit the film and its subject matter more if to be whiny or laborious to sit through. funky guitar and warm-toned guitar fills the drums and bass. There Is A River it tried. The album’s true standouts are In fact, this is an album that would be à la Santana, with some great lyrical features rad cover art from locals An- “Low Light,” with its calming xylophone perfect to listen to by a fire, with a nice tongue-twisters delivered impeccably. drew Shaw and Mary Toscano. and mesmerizing beat; “Revenge” and bottle of red wine and a mood for se- “I Like You” ratchets up the sunny-island –Kia McGinnis its use of Eastern European–sounding rious introspection. If compilation al- sound with charming vocals, bright gui- brass horns; and “How I Feel,” which bums are designed to attract new fans, tars and bouncy bass to round out the Various Artists beautifully samples Nina Simone’s then as far as I’m concerned: MISSION rhythm. This is great stuff from a great Knowing Jesus “Feeling Good.” These instrumentals ACCOMPLISHED! –R.G.B. Robb up-and-comer. –CJ Morgan The Rock Music would sound great with any hip-hop Street: 11.22.14 artist, but what really makes Degener- Intra-Venus & The ate Beats stand out is that each track Squash The Rock Music = Cosmonauts can stand alone without lyrics. For Self-Titled Night Riots + Shania Twain Forgotten Stars anyone reminiscing over the ’90s un- Self-Released Angels & Airwaves + Hollow Earth Recordings derground hip-hop scene or just look- Street: 12.08.14 Although I am not the target demo- Street: 12.09.14 ing for something to relax to, head to Squash = Dave Brubeck + graphic for an album whose music Intra-Venus & linusstubbs.bandcamp.com and down- George Gershwin + is syrupy-sweet Christian pop rock, I The Cosmonauts = load Degenerate Beats. –Connor Brady Bernie Worrell + am a professional! So ... why not? In Love and Rockets + The String Cheese Incident clinical terms, the album’s production is amazing. Everything sounds crystal The Black Angels M.Nomized & Bitches Brew by Miles Davis was an clear, and the levels are set to allow Christopher Alvarado album that changed the landscape for a dynamic listening experience. of what jazz music could be seen Sad Moon The guitars are distorted and loud, as. Although the self-titled release by Self-Released the rhythm section is tight, and the Salt Lake City’s Squash doesn’t sound Street: 08.31.14 vocals are extremely on-key. Yet, one like that record specifically, it too has M.Nomized & Christopher man’s gold is another man’s garbage. also changed the terms of what jazz Alvarado = Iszoloscope + I could see why this would appeal to music can be. Filled with utter genius, Little Sap Dungeon + Numb a certain group of people. The chord especially on songs like “Lucky Zuc- progressions, although put together in Local artist Christopher Alvarado shows chini Girl” and “Antannae,” Squash such a way to gain optimal sweep on here that there are no bounds of his cre- take elements of conventional jazz and the emotional factor, are a bit generic ativity and his vast networking skills, as combine them with a rhythm section and predictable, causing their music to he teams up with France’s M.Nomized. (comprising bassist Jake Bills and lack many of the elements of rock that I This release shows a perfect splicing drummer Chris Petty) whose playing enjoy (danger, edge, unpredictability). of talent with the finished product be- borders between the traditional and I refuse to discuss the lyrics. They are ing an intriguing and stimulating, dark, a jam-band feel. Keyboardist Alec This Kickstarter-funded album of goth somebody’s beliefs, and who am I to downtempo and ambient style. It ap- Jackson’s playing is breathtaking. rock/post-punk tunes got a big boost judge? An album for some, just not me. pears that our local artist is making He constantly walks a fine line be- when its members snagged David J –R.G.B. Robb himself well known globally, and he is tween jazz, classical and elements of of Bauhaus to produce it—and ap- not going to slow down anytime soon. Hammond organ funk, allowing for a parently, the legend wound up adding Version Two “Last Rotation” had me envisioning my- truly unique listening experience. If you vocals, instrumental accents or lyric self on a mine cart, journeying through love jazz music, then you must listen to #Manimals modification to every song on the al- its shafts on my way down through the this release and allow yourself a new Beergrass Records bum. The album came with a press depths of hell. It was as if I were lis- look at this classic American art form. Street: 01.31 release detailing this story, which is tening to the metal wheels of my cart –R.G.B. Robb Version Two = Hi-Fi Murder a great one, but it makes me feel like grind down the railways as the wind + The Hung Ups + these dudes were nothing but studio howled through the tunnels. As I came Strong Words Descendents musicians on their own work. Nonethe- closer to my destination, it seemed as There Is A River, less, the album is a well-polished and As a good punk rock demo should be, if I was hearing the screams of the con- beautifully mixed collection of dark, There Is A Choice Version Two’s is raucous and abrasive demned. Much to my delight, this track psychedelic tunes that would be right Self-Released with vocals and melodies reminiscent was dark, horrifying and torturous. at home on a deathrock playlist. Scott Street: 05.02 of early ’90s pop punk. This demo is –Mistress Nancy M. Stringham has just the right vocal Strong Words = a compilation of distortion coexisting with guitar melodies—“Brother” and style for this type of sound, and while Pedro The Lion + RunAway Blues “The Good Life” set their melodies the lyrics are not particularly engaging Tegan & Sara up frontfront and show off vocalists or deep, his performance certainly is. Self-Titled There Is A River is a blossom of a Ty Norton and Reagan Perry’s The inclusion of an acoustic version of Self-Released sophomore album. The opening track, raspy yet harmonious vocals. “Mor- “Love Like Morphine” showcases the Street: 01.16 “Before The Sweetness,” immediately mon Song” stands alone, though—it band’s range. This band is just another RunAway Blues = Wakane establishes an eloquent sense of ma- is just hilarious, fast and satirical (the example of how diverse SLC’s talented + Alicia Keys turity that is notably progressive from NOFX approach is what I call it). Ver- scene can be. –Megan Kennedy There are plenty of acts who undercut Strong Words’ first full-length release, sion Two better go on to create bigger themselves with poor production val- Come Clean. Vocalist/guitarist Cathy and better things beyond this demo. Linus Stubbs ues, but this is not so with RunAway Foy seems to have found her lyrical –Eric U. Norris Degenerate Beats Blues. You can hear the bluesy guitar legs, with words that are sweeping Self-Released and smooth, soulful vocals in shimmery and splendidly bittersweet. In “Coast Street: 03.15 ultra-sound. A crosscut of their sound Along,” she sings, “Drive yourself Read more reviews at Linus Stubbs = Pen Pointz + might reveal influences ranging from home / To feel the electric lights flood slugmag.com 58 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 59 Agnostic Front first track, “Babylon,” is an ode to the will no doubt appreciate, but it doesn’t to ’s work on Angels scarlet woman and her sacred rela- offer anything mind-blowing or even of Light’s album We Are Him. Gib- The American Dream Died tionship with the number seven. Track have anything I’d consider a “stand- son nonchalantly explores new ter- Nuclear Blast 2, “Freaksnake,” reminds me of Soft out track.” It is enjoyable—though I ritory with Carnation, and the result Street: 04.07 Cell’s “Baby Doll” and is a stomping don’t see it winning them any new fol- is a textured, sophisticated album. Agnostic Front = Judge + track. Some of the songs are sung in lowers or making any year-end lists. –Kristyn Porter Madball + Cro-Mags Spanish, which keeps things sound- (Kilby 0 7. 2 6 ) – Gavin Hoffman The Godfathers of New York hardcore ing fresh. The most disappointing Dfalt have returned with another pulver- thing to me is that there are only five Communions Blackbook EP tracks and that Mentiras is really a izing, politically outspoken record. Self-Titled Plug Research mini-album. On the upside, it’s avail- The album starts off with an enticing, Tough Love able on limited clear or black vinyl Street: 04.21 goosebump-inducing mix of air raid si- Street: 06.02 Dfalt = Kodomo + rens and political speeches that decry and limited cassette. Recommended! –Mort Kilgore Communions = Cassettes Won’t Listen American society, all of which extend (The Stone Roses x into the ferocious title track with fast- Hailing from Los Angeles, Dfalt is a The Drums) + (The Cure x paced, mosh-provoking rhythms and Bouquet dark reflection of the electronic scene. Merchandise) Roger Miret’s signature gutter vo- In a Dream Like a city’s dream, Blackbook is a shift- cals. Agnostic Front have not lost their Ulrike Records Rising like a Madchester sunrise over ing, unpredictable experience that brutal edge—“Police Violence,” “Only Street: 03.31 the throbs and throttles of Copenha- somehow feels both recognizable and unfamiliar. The entire EP is a mood In America,” “Old New York” and “No Bouquet = gen’s Posh Isolation community, piece that reflects the ominous feeling War Fuck You” all pummel to get their Melody’s Echo Chamber + Communions are a Danish four-piece message across, each taking less than who’ve traded in Northern anxiety you get wandering home drunk at five- Architecture in Helsinki three minutes to do so. It’s clear that for sincere naïveté and youthful, sen- o’-clock in the morning—wondering if after 30 years, these guys have not Take a dreamy interlude in your day timental pop songs. Akin to 2014’s you’re going to actually make it home. forgiven this country of its disgusting and make In a Dream your escape. “So Long, Sun” / “Love Stands Still” Its hip-hop influences lend a grooving nature, as expressed by Miret: “Every- With instrumentals in line with the sig- single—which is to say, more polished feel to tracks, particularly in “Fresh- thing we stood for as a country is going nature etherealness of Beach House, and anthemic than their Posh Isolation kicks” which was my favorite on the down the drain. But we still somewhat this duo’s soundscapes took me to a EP Cobblestones—this five-track EP is EP—a drippy, downtempo adventure have our freedom of speech. We’re ex- place where I could get carried away Communions’ dazzling flirtation with that sounds like the Super Mario under- pressing it all through this record while with cliché imagery of a sunny, care- the limelight. Vocalist Martin Re- ground level theme song with smears we can.” –Eric U. Norris free summer day. “In a Dream” starts hof has turned the dial on his voice of demonic rapping. The beats are out this quick EP with beats that im- up from post-punk chant to Bernard what stand out to me throughout the Boan mediately drew me in, while “Over Butler–esque croon, relishing in the EP, even if not much else does. Not the Mentiras Mountains” is a pop ballad that kept higher registers on tracks like “Rest- most original release of 2k15, though. me hooked on Carolyn Penny- less Hours,” and transcribes straight –Kamryn Feigel Holodeck packer Riggs’ otherworldly vocals. from the Robert Smith songbook, Street: 06.09 –Brinley Froelich while the group’s urgent, late-’80s/ear- Dinner Boan = Book Of Love + ly-’90s–influenced guitar pop envelops ADULT. Three EPs, 2012–2014 Coliseum all around. When Renhof’s verse me- Captured Tracks Anxiety’s Kiss anders from the gauze on “Out Of My Street: 04.14 World,” the world will stop to listen. Deathwish Inc Dinner = Orchestral –Christian Schultz Street: 05.05 Manoeuvres in the Dark + Coliseum = Young Widows + Daughn Gibson Ariel Pink Torche + Leatherface Carnation Danish producer and singer Anders I haven’t been what you’d call the big- Sub Pop Rhedin of ’80s pop-influenced Dinner gest fan of Louisville, Kentucky rock is a chrome-y, space-age jukebox with Street: 06.02 outfit Coliseum since their 2005 EP, heart eyes. A gathering of pop muta- Daughn Gibson = Nick Cave Goddamage—they seemed to lose a tions, it starts out with sizzling “Going bit of their edge and ultimately wan- + Mark Lanegan Out,” which sets the listener up to be dered into uninteresting territory fol- Co-produced by Randall Dunn of captivated Because of that thick, deep, lowing that release. That said, I’m at Sunn O))), Daughn Gibson’s third al- emotive vocal affectation of the era least mildly impressed with Anxiety’s bum, Carnation, holds a unique place he’s emulating, in “You Are Like LA,” he Kiss. Somewhat surprisingly, it re- in Gibson’s discography. Most of the comes out saying “You are like Las An- minds me a great deal of mid-to-late tracks on Carnation narrate strange jiiulez.” As a synth-heavy compilation, I really enjoyed this album on first ’90s melodic hardcore as opposed and morbid tales over dark noir-pop baleful, romantic pop influence is defi- listen. Boan have captured a way to to the crusty hardcore they seem to ballads and lightweight guitar har- nitely the founding structure, but there’s make electronica seem new but retro. be mainly associated with: more Hot monies. On the opening track, “Bled a certain eclecticness that speaks to a They have a full, dynamic sound, and Water Music than Cursed, really. to Death,” Gibson chronicles dying modernity that gives it a shine of new- found a way to warm up the coldness Anxiety’s Kiss is a fine sing-along rock and being unwillingly brought back ness. What’s so catching is that he often associated with synth music. The record that current fans of the band to life with a style that sounds similar picks apart the dated cheese crumbs 60 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 61 (throaty baritone, simplistic synth) and the first 10 minutes, this album crawls throughout the album to make sure release, but hopefully, a proper physi- pours them into a new mold. His ex- quietly under the covers with haunting, that you know who they are through cal release is upcoming. Verdict? An perience with production may be help- glassy piano, followed by folky-time- their chants, one of which pays hom- incredible release in this fanboy’s eyes. ing out—this compilation doesn’t mess tea acoustic joys, then spasms of hot age to The Casualties’ intro to “Die –Gavin Hoffman around, brimming with groovy, consis- coffee fuzz metal. Its acidic, mauve Hards”—“We’re Hard Left! We’re Hard tent brilliance that’s playful like a poke bass tones and tangerine stanzas over- Left! We are, We are, We’re Hard Imperial Triumphant in the ribs. –Erin Moore whelm the senses, thus waking you up. Left!” “Hand in Hand,” “New Year” Abyssal Gods For just being two songs, this EP puts and “Red Flag” execute the messages Aural Music/Code 666 Eskimeaux you in the mood to conquer all the of standing united as a society and Street: 03.10 O.K. Fucked Up adult stuff you gotta do. If taking stands against such issues as Imperial Triumphant = Double Double Whammy you ever wanted to wake up and start corruption, conformity and obsession Deathspell Omega + Street: 05.12 spooning King Buzzo, pick up this with profit. We Are Hard Left is a blis- Gorguts + Artificial Brain Eskimeaux = (Alvvays + pick-me-up. –Alex Cragun tering punk record whose mission is to The Pains Of Being Pure At invigorate rebellion and call people to Abyssal Gods plays out like the musi- Heart) x Frankie Cosmos GoFight action. –Eric U. Norris cal fantasy draft of anyone who grows tired of finding new ways to say that What do you get when you combine Napalm Baby Hints an album is enjoyable but not unique. hazy, transcendental vocals atop Pulseback If you could find the right elements to dreamy, bedroom-pop instrumentals? Street: 04.10 No Regrets in Old English construct an attention-grabbing album, You get Eskimeaux—the next genera- GoFight = Self-Released Abyssal Gods is that concoction. Com- tion of ethereal pop. On the surface, + Front Line Assembly + Street: 06.09 plex and dense, but quick to open up O.K. seems happy enough—there is KMFDM Hints = The Smiths + with repeated listens, Abyssal Gods is plenty of bubbly orchestration and sug- Merchandise + The Church Once again, GoFight bring attention to engrossing and expertly composed, ary, crisp vocals. But beneath its pop many political and sexual topics with From Brooklyn, New York, Hints’ long without being fatiguing. Most impor- exterior lies an extremely heartfelt and their music. Frontman awaited debut EP is everything you’d tantly, it’s not weird for weirdness’ sake emotional core, one that details deep has always pushed the boundaries of expect and want from these talented and is surprisingly accessible. With despair and longing. What keeps me sexual taboos and various issues of the new-wavers. No Regrets in Old English all of its technicality, bizarre chording from tears is Gabrielle Smith’s calm, world. This is an extremely politically truly sounds like something lost from and death metal influence, the guard- positive outlook toward her tragedy, driven, interesting and sexually open- the mid-’80s, with rhythmic and hyp- rails implied by the black metal tag are although lines like “Nothing in this minded band. The topics here cover notic instrumentals that any fan of The thoroughly shredded—Imperial Trium- world is holier than friendship,” will war, bisexuality and the pressures Church or The Smiths could appreciate, phant’s van of atonality careens into challenge you not to tear up. Use this of being gay in Russia. Their sound and vocals that can rival Morrissey’s. the ravine, pulling free jazz and warm album to get over a breakup sans the is original, as it splices many genres Picking only one song to highlight is death riffs with them. There is some- self-pity. –Allison Shephard together. The track “Only Gay on the tough because No Regrets in Old Eng- thing to be said for being a sentinel Dancefloor” is a perfect example—it is lish sounds like a greatest hits album. for the purity of a style of music, and Fort Knox Five a naughty, humorous track that meshes All of the tracks are that bit of comfort- there’s another for obliterating conven- Pressurize The Cabin a myriad of styles—the electronic ing darkness you’d welcome with open tions and composing honest, heavy, Fort Knox Recordings sounds of dubstep and industrial, com- arms. Though, if I had to pick just one crushing, genre-bending MUSIC. Im- Street: 04.28 piled with cowbells and nasty guitar song to listen to, it would be “Swans.” perial Triumphant are doing just that. Fort Knox Five = C2C + riffs that had my ears in ecstasy. I was It starts with a haunting buildup and –Peter Fryer Daft Punk + Cypress Hill astonished by its variety, and it showed bursts into an energetic piece of art with me that there is no limit to their musical beautiful vocals and memorable guitar Joey Fourr D.C.’s Fort Knox Five have returned talent. This album is fresh, freakishly riffs. Hints are coming out strong with To The Floorr after scouring the earth with pep in groovy and will have you wanting to their first EP—No Regrets in Old English MÏLK Records their step. Their album Pressurize The dance and join a peace movement. is a modern new wave masterpiece. Cabin is well-produced, and its sound –Mistress Nancy –Connor Brady Street: 04.01 has a light airiness to it. Each song has Joey Fourr = Mac DeMarco / its own rhythm, ranging from ’90s-era Hard Left Into Another (Alex Calder + Latin hip-hop grooves to sitar melodies Connan Mockasin) to Celia Cruz–esque dance tones— We Are Hard Left Omens EP The self-declared pop wonk of London all built upon a base of continual funk Future Perfect Records Ghost Ship Records three-piece Joey Fourr bears a notice- trumpets, trombones and other brass Street: 05.12 Street: 04.14 able resemblance to the dreamy rock instruments. The collaboration blends Hard Left = Cock Sparrer + Into Another = Iron Maiden and roll that Mac DeMarco strums to well together, and the funky grooves Para Elite + The Business + Handsome + Supertouch perfection. Press play on “Gold Boy,” pave large avenues in the mind for This could easily be counted among the and you might think you’re hearing an summer. –Barnabas most anticipated releases of the last 20 interpolation of any one of Demarco’s years for me. Into Another were a band tracks from 2 with the rhythm sped up a Fucked Up that formed from late-’80s New York notch. Despite its similarities to DeMar- Year of the Hare hardcore bands Bold, Underdog co’s music and other twangy-guitar-riff Deathwish Inc and others, and created music that, loving Captured Tracks artists, To Street: 06.16 for all intents and purposes, hardcore The Floorr is incredibly fun and less Fucked Up = (Mclusky + kids should have hated. It relied on serious than the aforementioned art- The Evens) / Ceremony metallic guitar solos, semi-operatic vo- ists’ material. “Dirty Hole” and “Cross cals and Pink Floyd–esque strange- Dresser” are highlights, with the latter Fucked Up have been in the process of ness. Long story short, their last album, employing Joey Fourr’s fuzz roots to releasing their annual EP correspond- Seemless, was released in 1995, and create a surfy pop anthem via guitars ing to the Chinese calendar—this is the they still have an unreleased album, that romp like a pack of monkeys at the Year of the Hare. Even though Sufjan Soul Control, floating around the neth- beach. Play this record with an open Stevens did something similar years erworld. That said, Omens is as strong mind, and you’re bound to fall in love. ago (I’m not the first person to real- a comeback release as I’ve ever heard –Justin Gallegos ize this), this project trumps Stevens’ from a band. The EP’s intro, “Crossed,” early work with its depth and fury. The “Hard Left Rules OK.” With song titles could easily have been lifted from the Knxwledge title track would be the perfect “alarm like that, you can safely assume that band’s 1994 masterpiece, Ignaurus, Hud Dreems clock” song for people like myself who they are confident in themselves and and “Ominous” from 1992’s Creepy Stones Throw need a gentle shove out of bed. For their music. Hard Left do their best Eepy. So far, this has only seen a digital 62 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 63 Street: 05.05 with what I heard. Los Crema Paraiso harmonized layers of a metal song, gum together. It’s a short sugar high, Knxwledge = Flying Lotus + is made up of Neil Ochoa (Si*Sé, as if reimagined and bolstered by its as the album is less than a half hour, J Dilla Chicha Libré), Jose Luis Pardo transposition to Tanner Anderson’s but it’s easy to fix by pressing repeat. (Los Amigos Invisibles) and Ál- electric guitar. Aria’s atmosphere is These songs are contagious and The term mellow jams comes to mind, varo Benavides (Pedrito Martinez amber-tinged and intentionally anach- capture that vivid ’90s and late ’80s though that hardly begins to cover Group). They deliver a stunning com- ronistic, but embraces the bardic lilt nostalgia, especially the strangely it. In his debut album, DJ Knxwledge pilation of traditional Venezuelan mu- of medieval melody with warmth and bittersweet memories brought up by has created 26 tracks of instrumental sic that blends jazz, rock, funk and gentle subtlety. Obsequiae have craft- “Princess Castle 1987” and “Sailor hip-hop that play as if they are one electronica. This results in far-reaching ed a damn near perfect specimen of Moon,” a totally perfect cover of the extended composition—the transitions examples of bossa nova, modern jazz black metal majesty, a stunning con- Sailor Moon theme that is relaxed, fun are so natural, it seems that they must and warm, groovy atmospherics that tribution to a year already brimming and cute. “Shampoo” is the best show- have been written one after another are perhaps best defined by the track with quality releases in the genre. er song because it’s relevant, revital- in succession. The jazz and funk in- “Sleepwalk.” De Pelicula also hosts sev- –Henry Glasheen izing and makes showering fun, plus fluence in his tracks are obvious but eral covers that pronounce this unique singing along with Allie Hanlon’s not overwhelming, using juicy bits of style. Some notable ones that Western Part Time voice on this song is especially cleans- samples that are just enough to high- listeners might be able to distinguish Virgo’s Maze ing and uplifting. Peach Kelli Pop don’t light the beats and instrumentals. With would be Depeche Mode’s “Per- take themselves too seriously, but the Burger Records a background in producing (ahem, he sonal Jesus,” sung by Si*Sé’s Carol music is all well-crafted by Hanlon, Street: 05.19 is one of the geniuses behind Kend- C, and Tears For Fears’ “Everybody which makes for easy and light listen- rick Lamar’s latest, To Pimp A Butter- Wants to Rule the World,” sung by Part Time = Steely Dan / ing. There’s no particular category fly), he has a knack for writing music Argenis Brito (Señor Coconut). (Donnie and Joe Emerson + for Peach Kelli Pop, but they’re sweet that is subtle but impossibly interesting. –Nick Kuzmack Ariel Pink) twee, throwback power girl-pop, In an age of instant downloads, Knx- Virgo’s Maze marks the first time Da- and just overall sugar and spice. wledge has made a work that should Morgoth vida Loca, of Part Time fame, has –Taylor Hoffman be listened to from beginning to end. had complete artistic control over an –Kia McGinnis Ungod Century Media Records album. Luckily for fans, it’s a double Rachel Grimes Leviathan Street: 04.07 album and features 20 tracks re- The Clearing Morgoth = Entombed + corded over the last five years. “My Temporary Residence LTD Scar Sighted Jamey” is taken from a 7” split with Street: 05.22 Profound Lore Records Cancer Gap Dream released last year, and Rachel Grimes = Balmorhea Street: 03.03 Morgoth unleash a wave of relief on marks the kitschy synth pop that Loca + Speaks Volumes–era Leviathan = Mayhem + the death metal world on Ungod, their has nearly perfected. The rest of the Nico Muhly + Rachel’s Lurker Of Chalice first full-length album in 19 years. Their album reveals Loca’s musical journey straightforward classic death metal ap- as he defines the middle ground be- As a longtime Leviathan fan, I can say proach is a refreshing contrast to the tween breezy yacht rock and sleazy with confidence that Scar Sighted is over-saturated, highly technical realm ’80s nightclub ballads. Loca’s Part the most fiendish, terrifying and kick- of today’s death metal. Karsten Time project oozes with ’80s vibes of ass album released under the project’s Jäger’s understandable-but-gross vo- hazy nights with red lipstick and leath- name in years. Perhaps what sets Le- cals (not unlike Chuck Schuldiner er, and Virgo’s Maze contains some viathan apart from other one-man BM on Death’s Leprosy) team up with the of the dreamiest hooks Loca has ever acts is Jef Whitehead’s (or Wrest, lo-fi guitar tone to deliver a sound that put to tape. “Ganz Wien” is a perfect as he goes by in the band) dizzying would be comfortably at home in the example of Loca’s musical codeine à drum skills—not to mention his more mid ’90s. The drums are less punchy la it’s synthesizers, and just one of the guttural vocal delivery and the feel- than they could be due to too much reasons Virgo’s Maze is already on my ing of utter dread that his music in- compression, especially on the snare year-end list. –Justin Gallegos flicts. “The Smoke Of Their Torment,” and cymbals, but the guitar tone is de- drenched in samples and complex lightfully clear, and the audible bass is instrumentation, shows a promise of Peach Kelli Pop definitely a plus. Marc Reign’s per- III brutality for the rest of the album— cussive accents tastefully spice up the a promise that’s kept by Whitehead Burger Records riffing. Morgoth’s variation in songwrit- There has been nothing that I have until the last second. He’s never been Street: 04.21 ing gives each track its own sound, heard recently that has been as grip- afraid to get groovy or jazzy through- making Ungod a great album to blast Peach Kelli Pop = Soko + ping or cathartic as Rachel Grimes’ out his career with the project, and he in its entirety while doubting the pro- Architecture In Helsinki + newest solo album. Every time I listen certainly hasn’t abandoned this some- gression of society. –Madi Smith Talulah Gosh to it (tapered down to about one time what unconventional yet highly dis- per day now), I am held under its sway comforting aura on Scar Sighted. I’ve Obsequiae of emotive/half-improvised, percus- literally (not the “figurative-literally” so sive piano lines, swelling strings that often used nowadays) listened to this Aria of Vernal Tombs ring out with crystal-eyed intent and a album every day since I got it … and I 20 Buck Spin gut-wrenching saxophone solo on the literally shit my pants every time I do. Street: 05.12 “The Herald” that forcibly evacuates –Alex Coulombe Obsequiae = Summoning my spirit from my body every time it + early Rotting Christ + comes on. Rachel’s always kept post- Los Crema Paraiso Aquilus rock and classical music in productive De Pelicula While their debut album, Suspended tension with each other. Stripped from Cutuprá Productions in the Brume of Eos, merely hinted the auspices of post-rock, however, a Street: 05.05 at greatness, Aria of Vernal Tombs Rachel Grimes solo record is every- Los Crema Paraiso = demonstrates Obsequiae’s mastery thing you expect it to be: a genius, Tears For Fears + Si*Sé + of their uniquely medieval take on cohesive 21st Century composer’s Pedrito Martinez Group + neoclassical black metal. Their style exploration of wordless landscapes, DC Fontana incorporates elements of neofolk and evocative temperament and flawless dark metal, but these two elements Peach Kelli Pop has given me a few production. –Ryan Hall I was inspired to check out this record clash and combine with deliberate cavities with III—their off-set pop and due to the rad look of the vintage B- precision. Oftentimes, the melody high energy is like mixing Pop Rocks, movie-collage-styled album cover from one instrumental track of medi- WARHEADS and Juicy Fruit till they Read more reviews at art—and I am pleasantly satisfied eval harp music will wend into the slugmag.com 64 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 65 slugmag.com 67 - Salt Lake Acting Co. Happy Birthday, Dusk One! Karen Hakobyan - Rose Wagner Monday, June 29 Kottonmouth Kings, (hed) p.e. - The Royal Jordan Young - Garage Orgone, The Nth Power - State Room Small Skies, Bellrave, Nick Johnson, Who Will Guard the Guardians? Film CrucialRest - MusicGarage Shooter Jennings, Watmore’s Outlaws, Leo Cody - Metro Screening: Brazil - UMOCA Matthew & The Hope, Ghostowne An Evening with Delta Spirit and Friends Monday, June 22 - The Royal Tuesday, June 30 - Urban Happy Birthday, Skye Galley! Group show curated by Adam Bateman Bobaflex, Penrose - The Royal Bright Whistles, Deadtooth, Officer Jenny Pins, Secret Abilities, Alarm Call - Kilby - UMOCA Scott H. Biram - Urban - Velour Maudlin Strangers, Lany, Oh Be Clever Radio Moscow, Claire Elise, Emilee Holgate - Why Sound - Loading Dock Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Urban Wednesday, July 1 Disentomb, Cerebral Effusion, Delusional Park City’s Last Friday Gallery Stroll Mondo Genrator, King Parrot, Muckraker Friday, June 19 Parasitosis, Iniquitous Deeds, Embodied - Various Galleries - Area 51 Happy Birthday, Benjamin Juell! Torment, Deicidal Carnage, Intercorpse Summer Battle Of The Bands: Night 5 Eddie Izzard - Capitol Theatre Big Shiny Robot Variety Night - 50 West - Metro - Velour Rose’s Pawn Shop - Garage Hillfolk Noir, Porch To Porch - ABG’s Summer Battle Of The Bands: Night 1 Zombiecock and Friends - Woodshed Kayo Dot, Dust Moths, Get your event listed for free in print and online! Sign up for a free SLUG Calendar account at SLUGMag.com/calendar Crucialfest 5: Cult Leader, Rosetta, - Velour The Ditch and The Delta - Kilby Ides of Gemini, Norska, Dethrone Saturday, June 27 The System - MusicGarage Friday, June 5 Courtney Act, DJ Robbie Rob Preservation Hall Jazz Band Perish Lane, Never Before, Monday, June 15 the Soverign, Disforia, The Ditch and Tuesday, June 23 Tyler, The Creator, Taco - Complex Myriad Dance Company: Creator’s Grid Rooftop Concert Series: - Metro - State Room Records On The Wall, Hooga Craft Lake City: Last Call For the Delta, Castle, Demon Lung, Happy Birthday, Eric Granato! JCRD: Multi-Bout Weekend - Golden Spike - State Room Joshua James, Sego, Quiet House The Pelicants, Jack Ruby Stroller Tours: Panopticon, - The Royal Performer Applications Oxcross, Odium Totus - Area 51 Death Grips - Complex Candy’s River House - Hog Wallow Breakers, Quiet Oaks, Strange Family - 100 West & 100 North, Provo - MusicGarage Brian Patterson - UMOCA Death By Salt V: Dark Seas, Electric 6, White Reaper, Human Traffic, Snakeoids, DJ Reverend 23, The Stone Foxes, Band On The Moon Clawson, Mista Ice Pick, Dr.Grimm, - Urban 90s Television, Dost - ABG’s SLC Ballet: Don Quixote The Life And Times, Mystic Braves, Breakers, Albino Father Telepanther, DJ/DC - Area 51 DJ Mistress Nancy, DJ EvilK, - Loading Dock Sami Automatic, SIR, FLO AKA SIR FLEEZY, Mae, All Get Out, Mike Mains & - Rose Wagner Magic Mint - Urban - Urban Alex Calder, Lemon & Le Mule DJ Madame Macabre - Area 51 The Agrestix, Flak Jacket, Drunk As Shit, Und3rstyl3, Lyrical Assailant - Kamikazes Thursday, July 2 The Branches - Area 51 HVDD: Sirens of Steel vs. Sugar House Art Walk - Kilby Way Down Wanderers, LSDO - MusicGarage Trails and Ways, Waterstrider, RKDN - Kilby Cache Valley Cruise In Max Pain & The Groovies, Rollin’ Rebellion - Shove Shack Thursday, June 11 - Various Galleries Arsis, Black Throne, Ontic, Somewhere In The Attic - Brewskis Lenka, Nick Howard - Urban Utah Arts Festival - Library Square - Cache County Fairgrounds Red Telephone - Brewskis Cirque, Life+, Panama - Sky Happy Birthday, New Shack, Seve vs Evan - Velour Darkblood - Metro “Rhythm Paintings” by Cary Griffiths Summer Battle Of The Bands: Night 2 Thalgora, Winter Burial, Hisingen, Night Demon, Visigoth, Deathblow, Art Krug, Leland Klassen Mojave Nomads, Manuel Aguilar! Autostigmatic, Once The Lion Artists-In-Training Summer Camp - Charley Hafen Jewelers - Velour Silent Sorcerer, Dezecration, Yeti Warlord Befouler - Club X - Egyptian Theatre The Raven and The Writing, Cosmic Gate, Quincy Weigert, - Why Sound - UMOCA Ingrid Michaelson, Jukebox The Ghost, - Murray Theater Joe McQueen Quartet - Garage Bullets & Belles - Garage Lemon & Le Mule - Stereo Room Soren Andrews, Ryckie Elis Grits Green, Simply B - Woodshed Agalloch, Helen Money - Urban Greg Holden - Complex Wednesday, June 24 Aaron Gillespie - MusicGarage The Family Crest, The Lonely Wild - Kilby Bad Feather - Hog Wallow Dulce Sky, Chattertooth - Depot Surfer Blood, Shabazz Palaces, Better Taste Bureau Happy Birthday, Andrea Silva! Allen Stone, Brynn Elliott - Park City Live Teenage Bottlerocket, The Bombpops, Dorrough, Word One - Infinity - The Royal Alan Michael Quartet - Garage Saturday, June 13 The New Electric Sound - Velour - Complex What Do You Think, Utah? Health Care Karen Hakobyan - Rose Wagner Problem Daughter, Hi-Fi Murder Holiday Mountain, Diatom, Hedwig & The Angry Inch Satisfi - Hog Wallow 2015 Dark Arts Festival Triggers & Slips - Garage - 50 West Jaycen A’mour - Sky - MusicGarage UTA Trax - Kilby - Tower Theatre Fetis, John de Alma, Ben Roa Fundraiser - Area 51 Tuesday, June 16 Main Street Regulators - Hog Wallow Jungle Rot, Deathead, Flash & Flare, Mr. Vandal, Gravy.Tron Ancient River, Red Telephone, Mother Mother, James Allen Spirit Annual Gala 2015 - Vicious - Kilby 2nd Annual Rock-N-Comedy Fest Happy Birthday, Ricky Vigil! San Cisco, The Prettiots - Kilby Through Eternal Mourning - Club X - Urban Lemon Le Mule - Urban - Loading Dock - UMOCA Lettering to Letterpress: - Barbary Coast Happy Birthday, Sonic Prophecy, Shadowseer, Principium, Theory Of A Deadman, Shaman’s Harvest Summer Battle Of The Bands: Finals - Velour Grand Opening Party Plastic Plates, Devareaux, From Screen to Printed Page Larva, Tempest & The Diaspora, Paige Emond! Nopium - Loading Dock - Complex Friday, July 3 - Maeberry Vintage Typefunk - Urban - Marriott Library Tragic Black - Club X Conversations on Creativity In The Whale, Continental - MusicGarage Michelle Moonshine - Hog Wallow Sunday, June 28 Pick up the new issue of SLUG Bianca Del Rio, DJ Shutter - Metro Utah Pride Festival Huldra, Serial Hawk, Storms Grand Master Carlson Gracie Jr. - Finch Lane SB Dance: Surrenderella Blackjack Billy - In The Venue Happy Birthday, Gil Garcia! - Anyplace Cool Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand - Washington Square - MusicGarage Seminar - CrossFit Posse E.N Young, Imperial Sound, - Rose Wagner The Mainstream, Mojave Nomads, Geek Show Movie Night - Brewvies Cache Valley Cruise In - Peery’s Egyptian Curtis Wardle, Maggie Westover, Blonde Redhead, Owen Pallett Kill Paris, Louis Futon - Depot The Green Leefs - Metro John Louviere - State Room Black Tie Event - Kilby Mark Farina - Garage - Cache County Fairgrounds Luciana - Sky Kili Gardner, Mike Wheatly - Ogden Amphitheater WRD: WRDJR vs. Cooder-White-Skaggs, Joe Marson, Anthony Hall - The Royal Mitski, Elvis Depressedly, Eskimeaux JCRD: Multi-Bout Weekend - Golden Spike Arabrot - Kilby Poor Man’s Whiskey “Graceland” - Why Sound Unwritten Law, Ten Foot Pole Montana Juniors - Derby Depot Robert Earl Keen - Red Butte Kyle Jorgensen - UMOCA - MusicGarage Utah Arts Festival - Library Square Provo Gallery Stroll - Various Galleries Tribute Show - State Room - Urban Death By Salt V: Koala Coyote Vision Group - Urban The Outsiders, GRYZZLEE Beats, Ms.Shii, Karen Hakobyan - Rose Wagner Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll Vagablonde, Barbaloot Suitz, Sunday, June 7 Steven Halliday - Velour Temple, The Nods, Urban Garden & Farm Week Sequence & Icy Blu, Clawson - Uprok Saturday’s Voyeur - Salt Lake Acting Co. - Various Galleries Scott Ferrin & The Smooth Modern Pain, Dress Code, The Troubles - Various Venues Crucialfest 5: Dead Meadow, Black Grand Banks, Westward, Your Meteor, Operators, Nick Johnson Deprive Takeover, Chained Down Friday, June 12 - Diabolical Records Hallovved, Equinox, Emanon Pussy, Dark Seas, Døne - Urban Electric Cathedral - Urban - The Royal - MusicGarage Happy Birthday, The Peculiar Patriots, Hectic Hobo - Whole Foods Draper Salt Lake Gallery Stroll - Various Galleries Summer Battle Of The Bands: Night 3 Hedwig & The Angry Inch B-Side Junkeez - The Royal Kate Colgan! - Garage The National Parks, Brumby, Emily Brown - Velour - Tower Theatre The Raven & The Writing Desk, Happy Birthday, The Steel Belts - Hog Wallow Wednesday, June 17 - Velour Von D, 2be, illoom - Urban Joel Pack & The Pops - Urban Kathy Zhou! Heart & Soul Music Stroll Happy Birthday, Jamie Folk Hogan - Woodshed Thursday, June 25 Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll Utah Pride Festival Happy Birthday, - Imperial Park Stott! Happy Birthday, - Various Galleries - Washington Square Wesley Peterson! Contour Music Festival - Jackson John Davis - Hog Wallow Saturday, June 20 Mariah Mann Mellus! Provo Gallery Stroll Folk Hogan - 50 West Hole, WY J. Alvarez - Infinity Happy Birthday, Mary Duncan! Motez, Flash & Flare, Typefunk - Elevate - Various Galleries Monday, June 8 Peculiar Patriots, Hectic Hobo CVPITVLS, Armpigs, Zombiecock Shady Elders, Beachmen - Kilby DJ Cooch - 50 West Morgan Snow - Hog Wallow Utah Pride Festival The Story So Far, Four Year - ABG’s - Kilby Genesis Company, Way Under, Crucialfest 5: SubRosa, Kowloon Claire Elise, Goldmyth, Carrie Myers - Kilby - Washington Square Strong, Terror, Souvenirs DJ Sodie - Area 51 Ogden Arts Festival No Safe Way Home, Walled City, Captured! By Robots, Utah Arts Festival - Library Square Ghost Towns - Why Sound - Complex Kat Tingey - Bountiful City Park - Ogden Amphitheater Indimensions, Silence Protocol Giant Squid, Mothership, Worst Kaustic - Metro Nirvana Huntington & The Gay Tori Kelly - Depot Danny Wildcard - Brewskis SB Dance: Surrenderella - Metro Friends, Anthems, Stickfigures, Purity Ring, Slow Magic Agenda, MiNX, StrangeHers Emily Kinney, Dylan Gardner, Pati, Makisi, Misi & Co, - Rose Wagner mewithoutYou, Foxing - Urban God’s Revolver, Agape, Lesbian, - Ogden Amphitheater - Woodshed Adam Tressler - Kilby Nela the Mighty Agnot - Complex 41st Scottish Festival & Highland Die Off, Exes, Danger Hailstorm, Rob Thomas, Plain White T’s - Red Butte Fighting the Phoenix, Alumni, Rap Game, Theodore Greek, Games - Point Thursday, June 18 Magda-Vega - Area 51 Karen Hakobyan - Rose Wagner Saturday, June 6 Hollow I Am, Oculus, Tay Krew, Zigga, Y.H8, Bentley UCW-ZERO: Rocky Mountain Crucialfest 5: Baby Gurl, Soulection - Club X Jack Beats - Sky Glen Phillips - 50 West Among The Ashes - Loading Dock - Complex Rumble - UCW-ZERO Arena Eons, Throes, Cicadas, The WRD: Hot Wheelers vs. Black Diamond Tavaputs, Of Course Of Course, Mae, All Get Out, Mike Mains & World Party, Gabriel Kelly - Urban Namon Bills, Brian Lindley, Family Art Saturday - UMOCA Wasatch Fault, FILTH LORDS, Divas - Derby Depot Stephen Lee Pratt - Urban The Branches - Area 51 Eleanor Scholz - Finch Lane 2Mex, Aceyalone - Uprok INVDRS, Eight Bells, Ghetto WYOmericana Caravan - Garage Summer Battle Of The Bands: Night 4 Riksha, Davidian, Idlemine, Tuesday, June 9 The Calamity Cubes - Garage Utah Blues Festival Blaster, Cold Blue Mountain, Bonanza Town - Hog Wallow - Velour Moose Knuckle, Meat Wagon, Happy Birthday, Stonefed - Hog Wallow - Utah Cultural Celebration Center Hard Men, Royal Thunder, Randon Purcell, DJ Jimmy Chunga, DJ Sugar Bone, ViciouS SoulS, Ryan Dearth! Contour Music Festival Neon Trees, Big Data, Fictionist, Wild Throne, Settle Down, Spinari - In The Venue Friday, June 26 Aura Surreal, Deathead, Happy Birthday, - Jackson Hole, WY Alex Winston, The Strike, Blue Top Dead Celebrity Nora Dates, Aspen Grove - Kilby Mike Sopko Duo - ABG’s Unthinkable Thoughts, Ryan Michael Painter! Broken Water, NSPS, days - Kilby Aces, Yes No Yes, Two Nations - Area 51 Wounds Of Valor - Loading Dock Marcus Schossow, Bolier, Quincy Weigert, Sorrow For Virtue - Barbary Coast Ufomammut, Usnea, SubRosa Ember Theory, Silenced By Dawn - UVU, Brent Brown Ballpark Business Networking: Hiring The Soulistics - OP Rockwell Ryckie Elis - Area 51 Huglife, Lil’ Farr, deCay - Club X - Area 51 - Loading Dock Bat Manors, Salazar - Velour Refugees - CCS Courtyard John Butler Trio, Anderson East Bountiful’s Got Talent - Bountiful City Park Gedword, Young Folkes & One9 JP Harris & The Tough Choices Chris Rivers, Dean Risko, Seven Second Memory, OG MACO, DJ Delmaggio - Park City Live Danger Hailstorm, Dark Seas - Brewskis Fam, Clawson, Big Mic-E & Young - Garage Cig Burna, Ortega the Omega, Life Has A Way, False Witness, - Karamba SB Dance: Surrenderella Granger Smith, Earl Dibbles Jr. - Complex Maez, Circul8, FSR: Pittsburgh/ Dennis Is Dead, Set Your Anchor Animosity - Metro Last Lost Continent - Why Sound Sammy J, Finn, Pieter T, Tenelle, - Rose Wagner The June Brothers, Michelle Moonshine Jolley, DJ Coma - Dawg Pound - Loading Dock Rum Rebellion, Scary Uncle Steve, Yung LB, Makisi, Average Joe, Willie Nelson & Family, Alison Krauss & - Garage Art Krug, Leland Klassen Jared Ray Gilmore, Erasole Hi-Fi Murder, The Avenues Sunday, June 14 Peacemaker Nation - Complex Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas Tony Holiday & The Velvetones - Egyptian Theatre James, Ske22um - Urban - MusicGarage Happy Birthday, Mark Chaney & the Garage All - USANA Amphitheater - Hog Wallow Groove Garden After Dark Shatterproof - Why Sound Ogden Arts Festival Darcy Russell! Stars - Garage Made Monster - Sky Low Roar, Little Barefoot, Bat Manors - Kilby - Garage - Ogden Amphitheater Happy Birthday, Hollywood Ending, Artists-in-Training Exhibition Opening Utah Arts Festival - Library Square Gleewood - Hog Wallow Wednesday, June 10 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Timo Hatziathanasiou! 7 Minutes In Heaven - Kilby - UMOCA I The Mighty, Hail The Sun, Felly & Gyyps - In The Venue Country Hammer - Garage Jones & The Dap Kings, Morgan Snow - Garage Letterpress Multi-Session Crucialfest 5: Goatsnake, Eagle Too Close to Touch, The Last Gatsby, Bullet & Belles, Timmy The Teeth, Blackberry Bushes - Hog Wallow Doyle Bramhall II - Red Butte Contour Music Festival - Marriott Library Twin, Uzala, Turbo Chugg - Urban The Tide and The Tempest - Loading Dock Drink Up Gerald - Kilby De Lux - Kilby SB Dance: Surrenderella - Jackson Hole, WY Other Lives, Hamilton Leithauser Coral Bones, Static Waves - Velour Brad Hart & The Lopez Massacre, I Capture Castle, Shatterproof - Loading Dock - Rose Wagner Sage Francis, Wheelchair Sports - Ogden Amphitheater The Store Sage - Mestizo Beneath Red Skies, No Safe Way , Ghostfeeder, Corvid, 41st Scottish Festival & Highland Camp, Burnell Washburn - Urban Reaching Across America’s Sunday, June 21 Sneaky Pete & The Secret Weapons Home, Aether - Loading Dock Downfall, Reverand 23 - Metro Games - Thanksgiving Point Deepest Divide Happy Birthday, John Barkiple! - OP Rockwell

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