slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 25 • Issue #302 • February 2014 • slugmag.com @SLUGMag youtube.com/user/SLUGMagazine Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Marketing Manager: Editor: Angela H. Brown Karamea Puriri Managing Editor: Esther Meroño Marketing Coordinator: Editorial Assistant: Alexander Ortega Robin Sessions Office Coordinator:Gavin Sheehan Marketing Team: Ischa B., Sabrina Costello, Digital Content Coordinator: Cody Kirkland Kristina Sandi, Brooklyn Ottens, Angella Copy Editing Team: Esther Meroño, Alexan- Lucisano, Nicole Roccanova, Raffi Shahinian, der Ortega, Mary E. 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Brown [email protected] Associate Producers: Esther Meroño, Action Sports Sponsorship Sales: Alexander Ortega, Dan Nailen Jake Vivori, Tim Kronenberg About the Cover: Check out Episode 136 of SLUG’s podcast, Soundwaves, for an interview with cover artist Sean Hennefer. It airs Feb. 10, 2014 . Available in iTunes, Stitcher and slugmag.com. DISCLAIMER: SLUG Magazine does not necessarily maintain the same opinions as those found in our articles, interviews or advertisements. If you are easily offended, please do not blame us. We are a carrier for the voice of the people, and it is not our fault if you don’t like people. Content is property of SLUG Magazine. Please do not use without permission, or we will hunt you down and make you pay for your sins. Now that’s a promise. Contributor Limelight: Tim Kronenberg Community Development Executive/Writer Tim Kronenberg came to us one day in 2012 wanting a tour of our offices, and ended up with a job writing action sports content when we realized what a talented, enthusiastic and all-around loveable guy he is. Tim’s charismatic voice and extensive knowledge of the action sports scene as a Brighton Digger lends a unique and wildly entertaining perspective to his action sports recaps and profiles, and led to his current positions on the SLUG Games team and as a Community Development Executive, garnering action sports sponsorships for our contests. Not one to let snow-bro stereotypes box him in, Tim is just as passionate and skilled at writing about food as he is snowboarding. As if all of that isn’t enough, Tim’s also pursuing English and Mass Comm. degrees from the U of U, and is a prolific home brewer. Moral of the story: If Tim Kronenberg ever walks into your business and asks for a tour, you’ll give him a motherfucking job if you’ve got any brains (but we beat you to it). 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear Dickheads, “support local music.” There is nothing wrong with supporting local music, I just finished catching up on all the but its bad copy, a counter-productive 2013 soundwaves podcast episodes. slogan: subconsciously it conveys a I felt at one time to be hardcore, but sense of insecurity that music made its hard to keep up sometimes. From locally is in need of support. On the anticipated episode one all those the other hand, when you get an years ago in the interview between episode...just about any episode with Gavin Hoffman and All systems fail I a panel discussion between merchants began to hear a subliminal chant that or artists this kind of rhetoric is will continue unceasingly throughout nowhere to be found, and there is a many episodes. Nobody ever says genuine feeling of communal pride, it outright, but you can hear it if you things seem to go a lot better! Why is listen closely. The band is extremely this?? One reason I suggest is because positive but Hoffman tries 3 different panel discussions leave very little room times to beg the question: is the salt for freestyle by the host who sortof just lake scene worse than the scene in naturally perspires insecurity, and less Germany, in the United States, in the opportunity for inserting this same State? This is mirrored in the more insecurity. I feel like there is no better recent episode about the River District source of information at all, anywhere, while interviewing a community it is a truly great piece of podcast to development guru the host makes have, but for now panel discussions an embarrassing mistake trying to are definitely the way to go...and compliment the west side by recalling more Dan Nailen. an incident on the east side around park street years back when a vandal Jobama destroyed all the car windows in the vicinity one night with a bb gun. Well, Hey Jo-mama, this is all very inconsequential to the occasional listener, but the message Huh … It looks like those English persists to junkies to the point of near Lit. grad program apps didn’t annoyance: that beneath the exterior pan out for ya. Welp, support lies an insecurity that the host really local music! doesn’t buy the product they’re selling, and the examples are quite abundant XOXO, SLUG in the podcast library. I used to feel this vibe all the time when writers persisted

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6 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 7 8 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 9 (L–R) Dwayne Finley, Travis Nelson, Aldine Strychnine, Ron Michael Wright (keyboards, drum machine) In addition to other bands, The Guard he says, “but with the synth and guitar, we like Ward and Davey Parish started and William Lapthorne (guitar, vocals) both to keep it so it doesn’t sound so produced. With industrial-tinged punk band 31 years old, tell the story of how their sound Cats have been inspired by other forms William playing guitar and me playing synth Gnawing Suspicion almost came together. The Guard Cats are Lapthorne’s of pop culture, like comics and movies. live, it makes it a little more raw and makes each 30 years ago! first band, who is originally from Washington show a little different.” State. Wright was in a band called Michigan, After all, The Locust is a somewhat cartoonish and then Agape. “Agape had a very similar band themselves. “A lot of it is spurred on by Lapthorne explains that “everything online is re- formula to Guard Cats,” he says. “My friend comic books and video games,” Lapthorne ad- ally polished,” he says. If that’s what he considers [and SLUG alum] Ryan Powers played drum mits. “We’re both total Marvel whores right now,” polished, their live show must be really raw. “My machine and keyboards, and I played bass guitar he says jokingly, “and video games is more my boss [Alpha Dominche’s Joe Engar] said our and did vocals.” thing. We’re just sort of dorks.” live show sounds like The Strokes meets Devo meets Nintendo,” says Wright. That’s an apt de- The range of different music The Guard Cats list “Sharp Teeth,” a song on their Soundcloud page, scriptor of their sound’s combination of seemingly as influences is an eccentric array that is bound to sounds a bit cartoonish with its lyric: “I had a girl- disparate elements. have rubbed off on them to some degree. Wright friend/she had sharp teeth,” for example. “That’s lists The Locust as the main one for him, and about an ex-girlfriend,” Lapthorne says. “It was Their writing process is just as intense. “One of us you can hear the aggressive, sci-fi electronic punk the first personal song that I wrote.” They’ve been will lock ourselves in our room and emerge later, freneticism in their own songs. Lapthorne says, working on new songs lately, which aren’t online wild-eyed with an idea, and we sit down and “It’s just day-to-day—whatever songs I’m listening yet, including a song about an arcade, dedicated grow it from there,” Lapthorne says. Some songs to.” That might include anything from Gorillaz to to David Payne. “He had an arcade in our start with guitar, some with synth. They record at Depeche Mode to Nick Cave to Nine Inch coffee shop forever that we grew attached to,” home, as they are roommates. “We’re both really Nails. Wright continues to say, “I appreciate the says Lapthorne. “Our coffee shop” is Nobrow, at awkward,” says Wright. You can detect this in creative side of bands like The Locust and those which he has worked since their opening. They their eccentric musical exclamations. San Diego, early-’90s experimental screamo played a show there Jan. 15, the night before this bands. But we listen to a lot of different music, interview, with Muzzle Tung and Chalk. Some of the songs were written by Lapthorne By Stakerized actually.” during a depression, and he feels that they are [email protected] “Originally, we didn’t want to write music about more expressive, more shoegazey. “He isn’t Lapthorne recalls, “We started something the sum- anything too serious,” Lapthrone says. “But the kidding about disappearing into his room; he’d Photos: Matthew Windsor Parish has written most of the songs. He says, “All mer before, and it sort of faded out. We never did more we write, the more personal it starts to be- be there all night, and I’d be concerned, but then the songs, with a few exceptions, are from back This month’s Localized is a meeting of veterans of Salt Lake’s original punk scene and the new breed of anything with it.” “Then [Wright] one day sold his come.” He adds that, when your life is enveloped he’d spring out in the morning with this whole then. One of the first ones was ‘Adam Swapp’ local soundsters creating their own musical voice—the experimental, dub-influenced Muzzle Tung open. drum kit and came home with a drum machine.” in geek culture, it comes out in your songs, even new song idea—I’m finding joy from him being in [about the polygamist who was imprisoned The Guard Cats have existed barely a year, but they display a diverse sonic palette. On the other end of That’s how The Guard Cats first formed. Where when they try to write more “serious” material. these painful situations!” Wright jokes. for bombing an LDS church in 1988, and was the continuum, Gnawing Suspicion was one of the first Salt Lake punk bands coming out of the mid-’80s. did the name come from? “He sent me a picture paroled last year].” The new and old songs This inter-generational insurrection will take place Feb. 14 at Urban Lounge at 9 p.m., emceed by Ischa of a gnarled cat guarding his path [Wright works “What’s out there doesn’t represent us very fully,” They have played a handful of shows since Hal- combine, forming a sound that’s like an old-school B. and sponsored by Bohemian Brewery and KRCL. It’s $5 to get in if you’re 21+. delivery for FedEx]. ”Wright picks up the story: “I Lapthorne says of their online output. They are loween, with very different, contrasting bands like punk band playing in a foundry, pounding out was making a delivery at a nursery, and as I’m working on a CD release in the next few months. at Bip Bip Bip’s CD release. “I think we have a The members of Gnawing Suspicion are we used to use. That was back in the old Painted angry riffs to the clanging of metal. walking up, I see this cat standing in the middle of They use a lot of pre-programmed beats and elec- sound where we could branch out as far as who Word building, back around 1983–4.” That was the walkway, and it looked at me like it was study- tronic samples, and Wright notes that “it’s been we play with,” Wright says. some of the original Salt Lake punks. around the time they started playing. “Brigham Young’s got his back to the temple— ing me, and trying to figure me out. As I neared, tough because we want to be able to reproduce “I didn’t really get into it in the ’70s,” notes drum- he’s got his hand out to the bank/You’ve got to it stood up, as though things were going to get everything on the CD live, and the thing with the You can check out The Guard Cats on Facebook intense,” he says. The oddly endearing feline drum machine is we have to program the drums, at facebook.com/TheGuardCats and Soundcloud mer/guitar/vocalist Aldine Strychnine. “I was Parish chimes in to say, “It wouldn’t have be a Mormon here if you want to have a good inspired their moniker. and the drum machine also has a bass track,” at soundcloud.com/theguardcats. still kind of a hippie. I moved here from upstate happened without that building, Positively 4th social rank. Whose underwear is under there?” New York, heard Brad Collins’ show (“Behind Street. A lot of these guys lived by there and had Parish stole the last line, and song title, from an the Zion Curtain”) on KRCL, and it awakened me.” studios there for years, and I wanted to play with old Hanes commercial. New song “Attack of the Ron Ward (metal percussion, drums) met Collins them.” Drones” takes on a more current issue—robotic at Cosmic Aeroplane, then started listening to NSA surveillance drones. “With everything going (L–R) William Lapthorne and his show on the radio. Ward had his own show Aldine continues, saying, “We just started making on in the world, we’re even more pissed off now,” Michael Wright of The Guard called “No Guarantee.” noise and banging on things, and got this big says Aldine. Cats sound like “Devo meets The sheet of metal and mic-ed it up and put these Strokes meets Nintendo.” Guitarist/vocalist Davey Parish recalls, “I was phase shifters on it. We had this little bass that Since Parish had health problems several years first exposed to Devo and Fear on Saturday made whale sounds. It was pretty insane. Later, ago, he had to take time off, but rejoined in Night Live, like a lot of kids. But then I stumbled when Davey joined, we actually had songs. We 2012. Gnawing Suspicion is inclusive of two upon Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting had a few other members, like Jim Oughton. separate bands in addition to itself: The more Vegetables at Budget Records in Logan when I Rest his soul—he’s gone now.” hardcore Maimed For Life has picked up steam, was about 16, and it just kinda snowballed from and the remaining musicians also formed there.” Travis Nelson (drums, metal) started Ward describes their attitude: “It was a mixture the reggae/dub-tinged Suspicious Sound tape-trading in junior high with friends. Bassist of art and anger,” he says. It was the heyday System, with Michelle Stark on vocals. Aldine Dwayne Finley started listening to Collins, too. of industrial music in the ’80s, and they played says, “This was always like a songwriting lab, He “started staying up listening to this weird radio with local bands like the Clocks and Dr and it’s helped Maimed For Life come back to show on Saturday nights, then Tom Sin got me Naugahyde. There weren’t a lot of touring life.” listening to Clash records,” he says. “I took the industrial bands, so they ended up on a lot of bus to Raunch Records and saw Maimed For punk bills, opening up for NoMeansNo and After SLUG Magazine founder JR Ruppel Life at the park one day.” even the The Flaming Lips once, back in released his City by a Dead Lake compilation, their raw, early days. They each were in a lot of Finley released his Dead City By A Lake comp Aldine saw a performance by Survival different bands back then, and Finley ran some in 1988, on which both Maimed For Life and Research Laboratories, and their remote- underground venues like the Hate House, where Gnawing Suspicion appear, and which is being controlled robots would have an impact on his band, Hate X9, often played. re-issued. The band hasn’t released anything else, Gnawing Suspicion’s “industrial punk rock” but is working on some new material for release. music. “[SRL’s] Mark Pauline was going around Gnawing Suspicion’s sound gradually changed to Aldine has also produced the With A Little Help finding ‘Obtainium’; whatever big sheets of metal more conventional song structures, though they still From My Friends music festival near Torrey they could find to make those things. We did the incorporated the noise, the metal, sparks produced for three years. You can check out Gnawing same thing: We had a big, huge sheet of metal by a grinder and fire-blowing. Suspicion at facebook.com/GnawingSuspicion.

10 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 11 12 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 13 Feldman’s New York Jewish Deli Salt Lake City 2005 E. 2700 S. Lunch: Tues. – Sat. A Chagigah to The Big Beehive 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dinner: Thurs. – Sat. 5:30p.m. – 8:30 p.m. By Tim Kronenberg • [email protected] ating for the public eye comes with an alert subjectivity, which demands accu- T.801-906-0369 E racy pinpointed precisely to the better- Feldman’s Corned Beef Reuben is one of Salt or-worse longitudes of a Richter scale. The Lake’s most authentic. restaurant proprietor, unexpectedly awaiting feldmansdeli.com such a guest, can only hope their ship is tight enough before the Devil throws a curveball. This particular morning, I surprisingly found myself not alone, nor the first, but the second person in line at Feldman’s New York Jewish Deli, 10 minutes before the doors were set to open that business day.

A welcoming invitation came from an em- ployee within, and we made our way to the waiting area inside Feldman’s spacious, white-walled dining room, partially pan- eled in reclaimed barn wood accenting the vaulted ceilings, which expose 1920s Photo: Lm Sorenson supports and façade lighting to bring out busts of porcelain Elk. The regular who en- tered with me sat casually close, skipped the small talk and dove straight into a rave about the house-boiled bagels comple- menting the best Lox Platter ($8.00) in Salt Lake.

I acknowledged his suggestion for a later date and instead delved into Janet Feld- man’s famed Onion Bagel with Schmear ($3.00), which had been boiled then baked that morning. This sliced-in-half morsel, steaming from unmatched freshness, held just enough surface tension, without sacrific- sonings, easy hints of natural sugars and a forgiving With all of this seamless-sounding maintenance ing tenderness, to spread cream cheese. A crunch in the cabbage when bitten. The corned beef of tradition, it’d piqued my interest that Feldman’s few hand-sliced onions, which naturally fell was slightly lighter than I’d prefer it to be. However, wasn’t boasting the kosher designation. “Utah just off the equally golden outer bagel, garnished when all of these bases come together to make the doesn’t have the demand,” says Mike Feldman. my palate with a rich, toasty finish. whole Reuben, that earthy collection of cured and A fair amount of Feldman’s inventory comes from toasted hard work still pays off as one of this city’s the best Jewish delis in the United States, so reliable If you can only sample a single item on the best. I’ve since learned of the substitution, or secret standards can be met, yet this Utah kitchen pushes entire menu, though, take the Knish ($4.00). menu, which features the Rachel, a pastrami on cole- those boundaries, like with the spare use of mayo in Served in a trio, these fist-formed fried-pota- slaw Reuben; and the Trish, a turkey Reuben. their Potato Salad ($2.50). This stuff comes as a side to dumplings would hold their own as drunk- option and holds the neutral side of a sandwich plate en European pub fare, though I regard them The Hot Pastrami ($11.50) starts with the same light together. Parsley, green onion, red potatoes and cel- a Utah delicacy. Biting into the feathery, rye as the Reuben, only without butter and untoasted. ery uphold the expected salad base, but the light ad- butter-crisp, pastry-wrapped skin reveals The spread on each bread slice is a sharp, fine-grain, dition of mayo and the implementation of sour cream the depth of the mashed potato. Sweetened, white wine mustard for a kick, and the pastrami is spin it in a new direction. It could have been doused caramelized onions meet the garlic upfront, a deeply peppered burgundy with smoky undertones in a hefty dose of white pepper, some of that sand- melting into the creamy spuds, interrupted that complete the piled slices as they evaporate in wich mustard and a few drops of vinegar to make the by thoughtfully placed potato skins—a nice your mouth. This sandwich would have been per- sparks really fly, though. touch to bring in some more texture. fect with more of the mustard. The bread not being toasted added an undesired dryness that could have Feldman’s Deli is quickly growing on the hearts of The Corned Beef Reuben ($12.50) features been counterbalanced by the mustard, which, in turn, food-appreciating Utahns searching for a casual the lighter side of Feldman’s red meat imports would have spiced and complemented the pastrami. place to sit down and enjoy themselves. The Old from the Big Apple, slapped between two Regardless, it was damn good. Of course, no Jewish- Jews Who Joke reserved dinner night is sched- medium-sized, buttered and grilled slabs of style sandwich is ever complete without the lone pick- uled to return in February, and Feldman’s assures that Jewish light rye, a helpful layer of sauerkraut le to the side. This kosher pickle, hailing from Brook- seats won’t last once the announcement gets posted and Thousand Island dressing to match. Feld- lyn, is quite the treat, as it starts off with the clean, to Facebook. With a clean-cut beer menu, new food man’s sauerkraut is three-dimensional. The crisp crunch that can only come from an unpreserved additions from the homeland almost monthly and salty-sour expected of good sauerkraut is brine barrel, which carries into a subtle pepper kick talks of a returning blues night, it looks like Utah is present here, along with bold spice from sea- that finishes neutral to the flavors previously exposed. schticking with these guys. 14 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 15 Parker Cook Badass Skier By Jamie Stott / [email protected] Photo: Will Wissman

Facing the “Eye of the Condor” peak straight on, Parker Cook took advantage of La Parva, Chile’s 10-to-15-minute sunsets for a heavenly shot in 2012.

How do you become a professional skier? the guy snagged the honor of being in one her on the shoulder and was like, ‘I’ll build that Well, for Parker Cook, it sure helped that he of Skiing Magazine’s Top 8 Photos of 2013. for you.’ Since the day I talked to that lady, it started shredding at the age of 2. While you When asked how that felt, Cook says, “I’m just clicked. I never thought in a million years and I were crapping our pants and cramming so psyched! Capturing ski imagery is a thing I’d be fascinated by furniture or how a room is fingers in our noses, he was pizza and I’ve zeroed in on, and having that honor is put together. I just love it,” says Cook. French frying down the slopes with his dad at so cool.” ParkWest (now The Canyons). The turning point Cook’s furniture is a unique combination of for Cook happened a handful of years later When he’s on the hill, a big part of what wood and metal that exudes a warm, urban when he was badgering his pro-skier friend, Cook vibes off of is the company. “It’s feel. “I’m really proud of this new stain that the late Billy Poole, for a pair of free skis. “I definitely a group dynamic for me. If I’m with I’ve made. I vinegar-burn the wood, and was like, ‘Give me some of your skis,’ and he Rachael Burks, Julian Carr or certain different woods take on different burns. It’s was like, ‘No, you’ve got to get ‘em on your friends … that energy is real. Some of the basically steel wool, rusted nails and pennies. own. You’re good enough.’ And that’s how the gnarliest things I’ve ever seen or been a part I love experimenting with stuff. There are basic ball got rolling,” says Cook. of are because of the group,” he says. It was shelving and tables that I do, but I always try that very group dynamic that led Cook to to find something more challenging for me that Roll, it did. Whether it’s his big discover his now favorite spot to ride. “It’s the customer might want,” he says. Basically, mountain skills or his laidback, fun called the Cable Ducker at Snowbird. It’s this if you can dream it, he can do it. The best part personality, Cook reeled in the diving board from Rat’s Nest into the top of of Cook’s life seems to be his ability to design sponsors. He currently represents Hanging Bowl. You air 30 feet into it, then it just the way he wants it. “I can ski all day Icelantic Skis, POW Gloves, you get these three fresh turns that no one and then come in when I want. I don’t even Bern Unlimited, Discrete else will ever get,” he says. consider this work. I like doing this and I like Headwear, Obermeyer, making people happy,” he says. Char Poles, Coalatree Before you pigeonhole Cook as a ski bum, Organics and Alta hear this: The guy has his own furniture With a successful skiing career under his belt and Snowbird business. Yes, you read that right—it’s called and a promising furniture enterprise on the resorts. If that’s not Parker Cook Design. “I think it balances horizon, Cook is pretty much nailing it. His an impressive me out. A typical day might be waking up version of the future is taking Parker Cook resume and doing these gnarly [ski-related] things Design to the next level: a bigger shop, a already, … sometimes it might be a sketchy air, or a couple employees—the works. “As far as line that’s scary, or the snow pack might be skiing, I want to always shoot because I like sketchy. You’re trying to create images that photos so much. I do feel like you gotta know people want to see and not everyone can do, when to fold ‘em. I know it’s close. I’m not and it’s intense. I come down here to my shop, under any illusion that it’s gonna last for too and everything is in my control. I can listen to much longer, but for right now, it’s going my music, I create what I want for people and really well. I have more shots in magazines it’s this complete opposite,” he says. Tucked than I’ve ever had before, and I have better back in a small space in industrial South Salt relationships and better contracts than I’ve ever Lake is Cook’s workshop, a place that gives had,” says Cook. birth to handcrafted, custom furniture. Starting out as a creative outlet, his To see Cook’s handiwork, walk your fingers hobby quickly morphed into a money- over to Instagram @parkercook or search making enterprise. “I always built #parkercookdesign, and follow him at stuff for friends, and one day, pcookdesign.tumblr.com. If you feel like I was in a furniture shop in physically feasting your eyes on his stuff, check Sugar House and overheard it out at Bodega, NATA Gallery Restaurant, a lady complaining about Sushi Groove and Ruth’s Chris Steak House this table that was too big. in Park City. You can also reach him at When the saleswoman [email protected]. Keep on living the walked away, I tapped dream, brother. Photo: Chris Bezamat

Parker Cook went balls to the wall off this 100-foot cliff at Solitude in 2010.

16 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 17 Krista Moroge’s friends and fellow riders celebrating the opening of the women’s park at Brighton.

KRISTA’S PARK By Lauren Slaughter • [email protected] • Photos: cezaryna

t was a bitter-cold morning. I exited the Majestic lift at Brighton and rode my showed me the ropes of the industry,” said Josh Fisher, owner of Four Horse- board into a quiet scene atop the hill. A couple tents were set up, and a few men Sales, the distributing company for Burton and predecessor of Krista’s SLCK I people were around—some parkies still shoveling the loose snow—but no sales agency. Inspiration and love for life set Krista apart from others. She didn’t crowds yet. I didn’t know what to expect when I was asked to cover the opening seem to be arrogant about her talents and popularity in the outdoor recreation of the very first women-only terrain park: Krista’s Park. After doing some research scene. She just seemed to be a very kind person, which is why she was so well online, I began to grasp who the late Krista Moroge was and why a women’s liked. “I never heard her say a bad word about anyone,” said Krista’s snow- terrain park at Brighton, the longstanding “locals” mountain, bears her name boarding friend, Jenna Waite. and honor. Krista was an essential and respected member of the action sports community as a businesswoman and a rep for Burton. She was also a talented Krista was diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2007, after deciding to go see athlete in a variety of activities, including skateboarding and, most prominently, a doctor when a snowboarding injury wouldn’t heal. It was a hard question to snowboarding. Her passing from cancer in 2010 shook the winter sports com- ask, but I had to get the details on Krista’s cancer—not only for the sake of the munity. She was a pioneer for action sports in Utah and the Intermountain West article, but for the sake of the many women out there who could find themselves and had an unmistakable zeal and passion for life that was contagious enough in a similar situation. “So, please tell me, from the beginning, about Krista’s battle to earn her the respect of the snowboarding world. with cancer,” I asked Kim Doyle, Director of Retail at Brighton, good friend of Krista’s and brainchild behind Krista’s Park. Doyle began explaining how one Naturally, I arrived at the event early to prepare myself for the opening and grab day, Krista was snowboarding a terrain park in Park City. “She hit a rail but some interviews from those who were closely acquainted with Krista. After a short missed her landing and fell on her chest. The bruise was unusually large and while, the impact she had on her surroundings during her life became evident. the pain seemed unusual, too. She was worried and went to see a doctor. They Not only was I hearing how amazing and talented she was from her friends initially dismissed the injury, but the pain and severity never subsided. She went directly, but I also caught conversations between others about her beauty, cama- back again and found breast cancer. She was in her early 30s, and healthy!” raderie and athleticism. As I kept talking with people about Krista and learning My heart sank, knowing that breast cancer is every female’s fear. It is a scary about her positivity, unique personality and giving nature, I felt humbled. I believe thought that you keep in the back of your head in order to not let it worry you, a lot of “tomboyish” females feel like me: So often, in our years of sports, we because the experts tell us we don’t need to think about it until our late 40s. “The end up “playing with the boys” because finding a female friend whom you can cancer metastasized quickly,” Doyle went on to say. “Krista kept her condition compete with, joke with and have fun with enough to actually call a friend (sans quiet for as long as she could, but eventually, it was changing her life, [and] she jealousy) is hard to come by. To be honest, getting to know Krista vicariously couldn’t participate in the activities she once loved. [Friends] didn’t understand through the stories I was hearing made me wish I had a role model like that in what was going on.” my life—a good friend to share in the journey of the sometimes-uncomfortable territory of male-dominated sports. During her life, Krista was that role model for Krista’s husband, Park Beutler, was at the event as well, honoring his late wife. fellow females as well as males. “She was such a good friend and leader. She His reverence for the situation was apparent, and each question I asked

18 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 19 Burton Team riders Grace Mayernick and Chelsea Waddell, rip-it-up in the Brighton’s Jared Winkler and park named after Krista Moroge. Kim Doyle at the official opening of Krista’s Park.

him about Krista was hard for him to answer. He paused and let a few tears fall from the disease two years later. “It’s very unlikely that any female in her 20s with every mention of her. “How would Krista have responded to this terrain park or 30s is at all thinking about breast cancer prevention and awareness. That is if she were here today?” I asked, knowing it would be another tough question. why B4BC is here: to help young women get educated about cancer and know As he wiped his cheeks, he said, “She would have been embarrassed. She was how to properly detect the disease and take the right steps that could eventually a modest person.” He wiped his cheeks again, looked to the ground and smiled. save their life,” says Blair Young, Outreach Director of the organization. B4BC “She was beautiful and amazing,” he said. “We met right here, right where this doesn’t just focus their efforts on female snowboarders—their education extends park is. This used to be a half pipe; this couldn’t have been a better location for to girls involved in any action sport, like surfing, skateboarding and wakeboard- Krista’s Park.” I smiled as I listened to Beutler reminisce about his late wife. ing. At events, not only is B4BC passing out breast cancer literature and talking to females face to face on the subject, but they also actively encourage and support Krista fought cancer hard and, like many cases, the cancer moved to other areas ladies to participate in sports that promote a healthy lifestyle, which naturally of her body, and eventually took her life in the spring of 2010. “She was an un- moves them beyond their comfort zone to build confidence. “It’s also imperative believable person—my boss, my mentor and my friend,” says Stacey Adams, to involve a female’s partner in education,” says Young. “Often, men can be the former SLUG Games coordinator and one of Krista’s besties who was there to person to notice something different about their girlfriend’s body before it has share her love and support. come to the female’s attention.”

Krista’s Park came about this last July when Doyle, longtime associate of Brighton Being at the opening of Krista’s Park, and meeting Krista’s close friends, busi- (her family owns and operates the resort), realized how very few events were ness associates and family was a moving experience. Of course, I’m thrilled around for women and how very few women even entered contests. She called that female snowboarding and winter sports in general seem to be gaining a lot Fisher and told him the idea of creating a women-only terrain park at Brighton in more attention than they have had in a while with the construction of this park, honor of Krista. Anticipating how well received this would be by female athletes, but more than that, it was great learning about a female athlete who took initia- as well as the entire sports community, Doyle and Fisher then collaborated with tive and got involved. So often, females become inhibited in the outdoor sports Burton and Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC), a non-profit organization, community, and there are a lot of talented girls out there who need the prime to make it happen. Krista’s Park opened Dec. 21, 2013. “The park will always circumstance to shine. Sports in general have never been a hotbed for females to just be for women. Not only can we honor one of our dear friends by building assert their skills, which is why women like Krista, who are not afraid to go after this, but it is a chance for females to approach park obstacles without feeling the life, make such a difference in niche communities. Interestingly, through Krista’s intimidation of male snowboarders. The features are smaller, and for beginning Park, Krista herself is still giving back. to intermediate riders, but really, the best part about the park is giving females this opportunity to progress and feel safe exploring their talents,” says Doyle. To help generate the momentum of Krista’s Park and get more females involved, Brighton plans on partnering with companies like Burton, K2 and Gnu to sponsor An integral player in Krista’s Park is Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC), whose weekend and day-long events that will help get females on the slopes. “This park name is alongside Burton’s on the terrain park sign. The group started in 1996 is definitely a permanent feature at Brighton,” says Doyle. “The resort has never when snowboarder Monica Steward was diagnosed with breast cancer at honored anyone like this before and we are so happy to announce Krista’s Park, the age of 26. Because of complications surrounding delayed diagnosis (doc- the very first women-only terrain park, to the world.” tors thought she was too young to have breast cancer), Steward passed away

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22 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 23 (L–R) Ivar Bjørnson, Herbrand Larsen, Grutle Kjellson, Cato Bekkevold and Arve “Ice Dale” Isdal of Enslaved will initiate metalheads into their live ritual in SLC on Feb. 12. Photo: Christian Misje

The Rites of Man By Bryer Wharton [email protected]

We all indulge in rituals. Some can be day to day— rapidly … Not too long after at the end of ’92, we type of ritual, the first-person perspective of the song others might be subconscious. Regarding Norwegian recorded our first official release,” a split album with lyrics suggests a discovery of light through darkness. metal stalwarts Enslaved’s latest album, RIITIIR, Emperor, Hordanes Land, which is now almost founding member, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter considered essential black metal listening. In many ways, creating a musical album is a ritual, Ivar Bjørnson says, during an interview with SLUG, where artists follow similar paths they have tread that the title is an “Enslaved-ified” derivative of the Early in their career, Enslaved focused on their before, but also take in new ideas. Bjørnson says, word “rite” or “ritual.” Join them in the ritual of a live heritage, the Northern mythology and studying the “[Enslaved’s] musical journey has been colored by concert when Enslaved play the Murray Theater on language of runes. Enslaved began with a black both certain consistency and inconsistency. At the Feb. 12. metal core, but avoided satanic lyrical themes, with same time, we’ve let ourselves be diverse. If there early albums sung in Icelandic and old Norwegian has been something influencing us as music listeners Over time, musical and lyrical concepts have changed languages—like the band’s first full-length,Vikingligr or musicians, we like to study and go back and for Enslaved. Discussing RIITIIR and its title track, Veldi, released in 1994—until the band’s fifth full- find the origins of certain sounds or trace back and the conversation focused on the current motivations length, Mardraum, which is sung in English. Enslaved, glance through music history … If we end up sort of of Enslaved in regard to working with the idea of for the most part, avoid the negative connotations of borrowing a riff here and there, that doesn’t embarrass “ritual.” “RIITIIR is more looking at the similarities bands and their members committing criminal acts, us. I think that’s what music is, sort of this intricate between different cultures and people,” says Bjørnson. including murder and arson (church burning), with web of influences and connections.” Sonically,RIITIIR “Some songs are looking more at … the mechanics which the early Norwegian black metal scene is often ultimately blends both black metal and progressive of rituals, especially looking at the Runes of Northern associated. Their work matured and developed, as sounds to form a sound of strong, dense, intense noise mythology, which is sort of our sphere, and some are Bjørnson started Enslaved around 1991 when he was with intricately layered melodies. more psychologically influenced.” 13 years old. I asked Bjørnson what he was most proud of about Bjørnson continued by explaining how ancient “I guess, for us, it’s just been a natural direction that Enslaved, and he responded saying, “It’s totally practices meld with modern sciences. For example, you go from sort of an externalized experience where impossible just to pick one thing. It’s just being at the ideas that some would consider to be old actually you read about the history and geography, then you point we are—I guess that we’ve created our own resemble parts of modern psychotherapy, and some start having a sort of personal interaction,” Bjørnson sound. We’re definitely a band people can put on the mystical traditions are used scientifically in astronomy. says. “The exploration, for us, has gone inwards. It’s stereo and identify that it’s Enslaved,” he says. “That’s what we’re looking at, from a bit of a pseudo- more personal, and the result from that is you feel more anthropologist’s hobby point of view,” says Bjørnson. connected to global things and less of a specialized, The band plans on Lyrically, RIITIIR mentions older types of ritual fashions, nationalistic [Norwegian] heritage.” getting the most out speaking of “mud-dwellers” in the song “Thoughts Like of their time slot by Hammers,” or more modern ideas in “Materal,” which Bjørnson talked about how the album’s focus is more to giving fans a mix of old mentions Heuristic observers. explore rather than provide any answers. The album’s material and new. See lyrics are definitely open for interpretation—there is no Enslaved play Salt Lake Enslaved began at the height of the Norwegian specific culture, class or faith of people spoken about, for the first time on Feb. black metal scene, starting a death metal band called just ideas. The song “Veilburner” says outright in its 12 at the Murray Theater Phobia, who released one demo. Phobia dissolved, lyrics: “Finding the truth doesn’t mean there’s an answer with Amon Amarth and Bjørnson and the other members shifted their …” The subject matter also addresses the past and the and Skeletonwitch. focus. Bjørnson says, “[Enslaved felt] like a proper, future as the same in some regard. Lyrically, and non- serious band that we were having fun with quite linearly, my interpretation is that, through a 24 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 25 Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt

MB: Do girl models hang out with guy models that much? Or is it kind of like how lesbians don’t hang out with gay dudes very often? Fashion Week! Myf: Yeah, I guess. I actually feel sorry for By Mike Brown male models. [email protected] MB: How many models does it take to change a light bulb? For the most part, I try to write about things Myf: We actually had this problem at my I know, which is why I’ve brought you such house the other night. I would say three: one to fine and profound periodicals with titles be the ladder, one to be the instructor and one such as, “Puke!” and “How to Stalk Your to actually do it—but we couldn’t actually do it. Ex-Girlfriend.” This month, though, I chose MB: So you just sat there in the dark? to write about fashion, which, if you’ve ever Myf: Yeah, until my boyfriend got home, then seen my closet, is obviously a topic I know I made him change it. nothing about. I still get dressed in the dark, and my wardrobe consists of vintage Utah MB: Do you like to build model airplanes? Jazz gear from the DI and the occasional Myf: No, I like to build model houses and pair of pants from The Stockist. Good thing boats, but not so much planes. I’m constantly neck deep in runway model MB: Would you consider that a legit modeling pussy, so hooking up an interview with a career move? Vogue (Australia) cover model to discuss Myf: Yes … Yes I would. fashion and Fashion Week (going on this month in NYC) was no problem. By the MB: What’s the most embarrassing thing way, if Florida is America’s penis, then you’ve seen as a model? geographically speaking, the whole East Myf: Well, my first season, I was in a show Coast is America’s choad and New York is where, like, four girls fell, and one of them appropriately the butthole—a perfect place was my friend—she fell like four times. The for the fashion industry, if you ask me. audience was super close to the stage and they kept pushing her back on the stage. Australian runway model Myf Shepherd was kind enough to address fashion and MB: Fashion Week is coming up soon. What modeling, and helped me grasp the is your perspective of it? important concepts of the two. Myf: It’s a month of straight torture. Your day starts at 6 a.m. and ends in the late hours of the MB: My editor specifically asked me not to night, then you have to go to London and Paris ask you any questions about cocaine, so I and do it all over again. If you are making wanted to know how much cocaine you do modeling your career, you have to do it. before you take the runway? Myf: Um, in the entire day? Or the moment MB: What other questions would you like me

before? Illustration: Phil Cannon to ask you? MB: Well, is that a fair or true stereotype? Myf: I don’t know, people ask me for diet tips Myf: I don’t think it’s actually that true, Modeling sounds like the perfect career catwalk or what kind of makeup I wear. MB: You could tell them to do that diet that but one time, there was a port-o-potty for Mike Brown and Jet Pack. backstage and someone had actually a lot of girls do where they can eat whatever written, “Do coke here, throw up here” on it they want as long as they shove their fingers down their throat afterward. … It was very helpful. wear makeup. She looked nothing like her portfolio—is that common? Myf: Exactly, just like the sign in the port-o- MB: So this graffiti artist was like, “I know Myf: Yeah, no one does. If you met a famous model, you wouldn’t even potty. all you models are coked up and have know it. eating disorders, so let me help you out a I learned a lot about modeling from this bit.” MB: I really like cats. Why is it called a catwalk? interview. I also learned that Myf is dating a Myf: Well, yeah, assuming we could read. Myf: Because, traditionally, models were actually cats—like the body type, drummer, which I would naturally assume is the strut and the arch in the back. MB: How did you get into modeling? Wait, career suicide for a model, but I did tell her that I would plug her BF’s band in our mag. no, how do I get into modeling? MB: Are runway models the same chicks that are in the magazines? The band is called Weird Womb, and now Myf: Hang out in shopping malls. Myf: If you are a model, you have to do all that stuff to get paid—you don’t that you are done reading this article, go get paid for walking down a runway. ahead and Google that after you are done MB: When I was a kid, I was in drug rehab MB: You don’t get paid for that? Googling Myf. with a girl who was a model, and one of Myf: No, they give you some clothes and then you sell them. the rules there was that the girls couldn’t

26 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 27 By Princess Kennedy [email protected]

So, Hell froze over: Gay marriage in SLC—who would have ever thunk? It came so out of left field that it shocked even the most seasoned of us politicos. Now, that fuckhead new Attorney General is trying to screw it all up. Did they learn nothing from California? Sure, take the right away, but face millions in lawsuits—somehow, it’s better to pay out those millions rather than accept the money from the 1,300-and-something people who bought marriage licenses.

How many people do you know who got hitched in those first couple days of Photo: Mark Sadeghian the marriage madness? I know far too many—just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Again, just like in California, there were a lot of impulse nuptials and when the first wave of divorces started there, they weren’t ready for it and it caused a whole other set of problems for the unhappy couples.

It’s crazy to me that anyone would go out and spontaneously get hitched— these things have to be well thought out. Do I want to give half my stuff to Marriage is a bit too 50 Shades of Gay for the another? No! I can’t picture myself walking a shih tzu, fighting over the remote, wanting to stab someone because they leave the seat up or squeeze curious Princess Kennedy. the toothpaste wrong, drink OJ from the carton, etc.—and the deal-breaker: This will be the last person I fuck, forever!

Most long-term-commitment gays I know have the open relationship clause in their cohabitual contracts, meaning that is, till he sent me a link to what I could expect from our session. I wasn’t they can fuck around and choose to not talk about it, or it has to thinking this through clearly. include the other person and/or can’t include friends. Part of me gets it, but if you’re getting married, the clause is bullshit. I think The website filled me in. I would be referred to as a submissive sissy slut, that if you take the vows, you should be forced to stay together and my one duty was to be a cock-worshiping whore, and my sissy slit for all time and have to use those stupid married-people helpers was his to do with as he pleased. I was there to do whatever I was told, to keep up the spark—like the cards that say things like “explore and if I felt I would have a hard time, that I was to download a bunch of my body with your tongue.” audio installments that would essentially hypnotize me into submission. I would be expected to service my master in whatever way he wanted, As a single person, I love the freedom I have to do what/whomever including but not limited to whippings, pee play (and worse), bondage, I want, and that is the major reason that you won’t be attending this degradation, deprivation and the acknowledgement that any resistance tranny’s wedding anytime soon. I love my FWB relationships and not on my behalf would bring on more severe punishment. Fuck that! being tied down. Well, that’s kind of a lie—I have a fantasy (a very small one) of being tied, not so much down, but up. As a bachelorette, Suddenly, my naughty fantasy became this picture in my head of I have the wherewithal to explore every and any fetish that I want, and me in some sleezy motel, anally bleeding, with my tits duct taped, for this Valentine’s column, in honor of the 50 Shades of Grey craze, I a noose on my junk and tied to my ankles, elbows bound, in a thought I would explore the crazy bondage scene. sling, covered in urine, being called a sissy whore. In what world is that hot? I promptly emailed my Daddy Dom Xtian and told him That book is pretty tired. I was hoping from the way it was being that, upon further inspection of my duties as his sissy slut, I had marketed that it would have some totally hot love scenes, but alas, come to the conclusion that I am too punk rock (and secure) coming from the group of disgusting friends I have, it was really “fur to put myself in that situation. “In all honesty, Mr. Black, if handcuffs and riding crop” tame, with silly harlequin romance lines like, someone talked to me like that in everyday life, they’d be “When he slipped his boxers down, his raging hard manhood sprung liable to get a broken bottle ground into their face,” to forth”—so lame. which he replied, “Wow, you’re a bitch and I like that. Ever thought about being a dominatrix?” I decided to take it a step forward and really give the married set something to blush about. I contacted the “Christian Grey” of Northern California (we’ll The truth? My thoughts on the subject are limited in the same call him Xtian Black). Mr. Black was very excited about helping me out with w a y I think about marriage—how good I’d look in the costume. this article—he told me it was about time people got to see the real side of it. In his email, he told me the best thing to do was to come down to Monterey to the Happy Valentine’s Day, you little piggies! Stay and Play, a hotel in NorCal that’s specifically for the S&M set. This type of play really isn’t my thing, but hell, I can release all of my inhibitions for one night and give into my wilder side for the sake of hard-hitting journalism—that

28 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 29 Photo: Solvent Photo:

I Dream of Wires Modular Synthesis with Solvent

By Christian Schultz / [email protected]

Electronic musician Solvent aka Jason Amm traces the history of the modular synth in documentary I Dream of Wires.

Though it’s often considered an esoteric contraption riddled with advanced circuitry, the modular synthesizer is a machine hardwired for human relationship. Endless panels of dials and knobs, buttons and blinking lights, intricate patches of seemingly disorganized wires—all are tactile controls begging to be played by the human hand. Modular synthesizers have played an integral role in both the popularization of electronic music and avant-garde sonic experimentation, and are now, more than ever appreciated among musicians. In the independent documentary film I Dream of Wires, Canadian-based electronic musician Solvent (Jason Amm) traces the history, demise and resurgence of this modular mindset with its peculiar subculture’s leading artists and manufacturers.

Analog modular synthesis began in the on, Fantinatto approached Amm, a fel- ing, interviewing, filming, editing and Ways: Music From the Documentary I 1960s, nearly simultaneously by the low Toronto-based artist who had recent- producing—themselves. Dream of Wires, explores the different pioneering companies Moog Music ly incorporated modular synthesis into facets and techniques of modular synthe- Inc. and Buchla & Associates. Since his decade-long analog synth practice. “I Amm wasn’t always a modular obses- sis with both vintage gear and that of Wendy Carlos immortalized the syn- thought, ‘Let’s see who I can get involved sive, though. He’s been creating elec- leading contemporary modular manu- thesizer as an aid in the re-creation of in interviewing for this documentary,’” tronic music under the name Solvent facturers—Modcan, Intellijel, Doep- orthodox musical dogma—with 1968’s Amm says. “I started emailing around, since the late ’90s, preferring analog fer and Make Noise, among many, Switched-On Bach—electronic enthusi- and to my surprise, the list of people we synthesizers to modular throughout most many others. Amm features plenty of asts have prized modular systems as es- had managed to get confirmed inter- of his career. “The real hesitation with these modular producers and manufac- sential tools in the creation of new meth- views with was mind-blowing.” the modular stuff for me,” says Amm, turers, as well as innovative contempo- ods of music and sound. But as cheap, “was that it does bring out an obsessive raries, throughout the documentary. accessible analog and digital synths Like the obsessive culture that it was nature in people. When you enter this flooded the commercial market in the documenting, the film’s ambition grew modular mindset, you’re always thinking “This is a movement that’s building,” ’70s and ’80s, the electronic subculture steadily until it became the definitive of ways of reconfiguring your sound— Amm says. “You want to see what it is left all things modular behind. Musicians documentation of the modular world. you can get lost in that world of obses- about this technology that’s winning sold off their equipment while the most “Once we got an interview with Trent sive collecting, thinking of new modules more and more people over, so I think committed collectors kept all they could Reznor,” Amm says, “that opened the and planning out different setups.” The that it’s useful to see someone who’s find in proper condition—setting the doors and it seemed, [from] that point, obsessive nature of module collecting is coming at it from the classic, vintage per- stage for a phenomenal comeback. we had really no trouble getting almost considered a black hole that turns pro- spective. That gives you some insight as anyone that we wanted to interview for ductive musicians into equipment collec- to why more and more people are get- I Dream of Wires’ director and co-writer, it.” Within a short time, the roster was tors. “I know a lot of people who have ting into modular now.” Robert Fantinatto, started the proj- bolstered by synth legends like Vince gotten carried away with that, and it ect in his spare time to explore this re- Clarke, John Foxx, Chris Carter, ends up that they no longer play music,” An extended director’s cut of the film, cent, vibrant reemergence of modular Daniel Miller, cEvin Key and Gary Amm says. “They just end up becoming called I Dream of Wires: Hardcore Edi- synthesis. It was a culture that he, like Numan, whose 1980 song, “I Dream soundscape home-studio hobbyists. That tion, lovingly follows modular obsessive- many, thought to be extinct in the wake Of Wires,” lends the film its title. was definitely something that I worried ness with four hours of interview footage of digital technologies and laptop-based about happening to myself.” and a lengthy historical primer. Learn musicianship. Thinking that there would That the film grew to such proportions more about the project or order the hard- only be a small but fanatical amount of was indicative of the passions of those in To counteract the hobbyist tendency, core edition at sciencewithsynthesizers. interest in such a film, Fantinatto began the modular mindset and of the dedica- Amm tasked himself with creating new com. The shortened, theatrical version of interviewing people whom he knew to tion of Fantinatto and Amm, who real- musical work to soundtrack the film. The I Dream of Wires will premiere in April at be passionate modular enthusiasts. Early ized the entirety of the project—direct- product, a full-length record entitled New Moogfest 2014. 30 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 31 SLC SCENE SEARCH 1989 For SLUG Mag’s 25th anniversary issue, we’ve drummed up some games inspired by our local subculture, SLUG-related history and retrospective trivia on 1989 seminal music from SLUG’s anniversary year, 1989! Grab a pen and test your knowledge from the year SLUG was born. Start out by looking for the names of some gritty Utah acts who were active in ’89 in this word search. Circle each name and complete the puzzle of 25 cornerstones of our local history. For each of these games, try doing it without a smart phone—if you feel the need, though, pick that puppy up and download the SLUG Mag app for some clues!

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BAD YODELERS GAMMA RAYS MAGGOTHEADS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BOHEMIA HATE X9 MY SISTER JANE SWIM HERSCHEL SWIM BOXCAR KIDS IDAHO SYNDROME RED NUMBER 5 THE CLOCKS DA NEIGHBORS INSIGHT SCROTUM POLES THE COLOUR THEORY DECOMPOSERS IRIE HEIGHTS SLAUGHTERCHRIST TRUCE 2014 2014 DINOSAUR BONES LATTER DAY SINNERS SWEE RHINO VICTIMS WILLING Answer key at SLUGMag.com! ZION TRIBE 32 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 33 Though SLUG was born out of the necessity for local music coverage, the international 1989 MUSIC MATCHUP music scene in 1989 was tearing at the seams with a variety of genre-defining, influential releases from the likes of Morbid Angel, Pixies, Fugazi, Skinny Puppy and more. 1989 1989 CATCH-UP Some of those bands had big futures, while others fizzled out into the musical ether. Test your knowledge of pop-culture icons and bands banished into obscurity by matching the artist with their 1989-released album title.

Nine Inch Nails TIP: USE A STRAIGHT EDGE Doolittle

Biz Markie Telepathy Surgery

Melvins Streetcleaner

Fugazi Playing with Fire

Einsturzende Neubauten Rabies

fIREHOSE Ozma

Godflesh 13 Songs

New Order Disintegration

Skinny Puppy Fromohio

Spacemen 3 Has der Luge

The Flaming Lips The Biz Never Sleeps

Nirvana Bleach

Slint Wrong

The Cure Technique

The Birthday Party Symphonies of Sickness

Sick Of It All Mutiny/The Bad Seed

Voivod On Fire

The Wedding Present Altars of Madness

Morbid Angel Blood, Sweat and No Tears

Madball Naked City

Naked City Ball of Destruction

Carcass Bizarro

Galaxie 500 Nothingface

Nomeansno Tweez 2014 2014

Pixies Answer key at SLUGMag.com! Pretty Hate Machine 34 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 35 DOWN 1989 SLUGLIB 1989 1989 1. SLUG’s monthly music showcase, on CROSSWORDING A SCENE 1989 Feb. 14 of this month.

2. To get the 411 on all things “urban cycling,” read SLUG’s monthly bike 1 Since our inception in 1989, SLUG has borne witness to the Utah column, ______. scene as it has grown and matured. Read the questions and clues below to fill in the corresponding “Across” and “Down” 3. SLUG’s current Skate Photo Feature boxes in this crossword puzzle, which spans SLUG’s 25-year The Beastie Boys’ photographer. history. Rack your memory for milestones in the SLC scene and sophomore release, Paul’s Boutique, ended up being open up the SLUG app for some vital, in-issue information. 4. ______is a new venue featured 2 a “commercial disappointment” in 1989, according on the cover of SLUG’s October 2013 to Capitol Records, but that hasn’t stopped it from cover. 3 4 making lists as one of the best hip-hop albums of the era—if not all-time. Grab a friendly MC and rewrite 6. SLUG columnist and lead singer of The history by getting creative with the lyrics to the first Fucktards. 5 single off the album, “Hey Ladies.” 8. SLUG’s trans-royalty. Original lyrics at SLUGMag.com! 9. Popular, gory column from SLUG’s 7 past: ______of the Month. Hey ladies in the place I’m ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] Makin’ love in the back of my ______[MODE OF out to ya TRANSPORTATION] 11. A Salt Lake club that was popular in the ‘90s, which burned down in January There never was a city kid ______[ADJECTIVE ENDING IN I met a little cutie—she was all ______[PAST TENSE VERB] of 2008. “ER”] and ______[ADJECTIVE ENDING IN “ER”] up on ______[THING] There’s more to me than you’ll ever know I liked the little cutie, but I ______[PAST TENSE VERB] her in 12. At one time, this 9th and 9th movie And I’ve got more hits than ______[PERSON] the ______[BODY PART] house used to put on killer rock shows! oh Tom Thumb Tom Cushman or Tom Foolery Cause I don’t kinda go for that messin’ around 13. SLUG skate contest for the undead. 14 Date women on T.V. with the help of ______[PERSON] You be listening to my ______[THING(S)] a number one sound Words are ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] out just like the 17. This SLC hardcore fusion band broke Grand Canyon ______[PRESENT TENSE VERB] to the rhythm into the national scene and put SLC on the ______[PRESENT TENSE VERB] to the ride map in the early ‘90s. 15 And I’m always out looking for a ______[ANIMAL] companion I’ve got an open ______[BODY PART] so why don’t you all get inside 20. Local music compilation, curated by I threw the lasso around the ______[ADJECTIVE] one and SLUG. dragged her to the ______[PLACE] Tune in turn on to my tune that’s live I took off her ______and put on my ______[ANIMAL(S)] flock like bees to a hive [THING] 6 ______[THING] She’s got a gold ______[BODY PART] you know she’s ______I’m ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] and [ADJECTIVE] 8 16 ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] I make a little bit of stealing She’ll show you a ______[ADJECTIVE] time then she’ll show I’ll bring you back to the ______[PLACE] and your dress I’m you the ______[THING] 17 ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] Break up with your ______[ANIMAL] it ended in 9 20 11 Your ______[BODY PART] is on time and your ______[THING(S)] ______[BODY PART] is appealing Vincent Van Gogh go and mail that ______[BODY PART] 12 1013 Staring at the ______[THING] up there upon the ceiling I call her in the middle of the night when I’m ______[VERB Some such nonsense is the bass that I’m throwing ENDING IN “ING”] ACROSS Talking to a ______[ANIMAL] telling her I’m all knowing The phone booth on the corner is ______[ADJECTIVE] and it’s ______She’s talking to the kid to the who [ADJECTIVE ENDING IN “ING”] 5. Title of the SLUG documentary. She said come on over it was ______that she I’m telling here every lie that you know that I never ______[PERSON] missed 7. Kevin Kirk has owned this hesher

[PAST TENSE VERB] haven since 1986. I threw that ______[THING] through her Me in the corner with a ______[ADJECTIVE] daughter ______[THING] cause you know I got dissed I dropped my ______[THING] and it was welcome back 10. Dear ______. Your ______[ANIMAL] left you and you went insane ______[YOUR NAME] You ______[PAST TENSE VERB] yourself up in the back of 14. Raunchy store owner. We were ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] the rug she started the ______the carpet [MODE OF TRANSPORTATION] [VERB ENDING IN “ING”] 15. Often held on a Sunday, SLUG’s Take my advice at any price an ______[ANIMAL] like your In my apartment I begged her please ______[PRESENT (somewhat) annual, for-charity benefit show mother is mighty ______[ADJECTIVE] TENSE VERB] it started in the ‘90s, which was last produced Sucking down ______till I didn’t know The gift of gab is the gift that I have [THING(S)] in 2001. Woke up in the morning at the ______[PLACE] And that ______[ANIMAL] ain’t nothing but a 16. SLUG’s semi-annual, amateur ______Cause I announce I like ______[ANIMAL(S)] that 18 [ANIMAL] snowboard and ski competition. The next ______[PRESENT TENSE VERB] Educated no, stupid yep one will take place at Brighton on Feb. 15. With the weight that pays about a pound per ounce And when I say stupid I mean stupid ______[ADJECTIVE] ______[ANIMAL(S)] with curls and big long 19 18. Exclusive online SLUG column covering I’m not ______[PERSON] at 15 or ______[THING(S)] the Bad Kids performance art collective. [PERSON] in charge And beatnik ______[ANIMAL(S)] just wearing their I’m ______[YOUR NAME] and I’m adamant about ______[ITEM OF CLOTHING] 19. September 1989 cover. 2014 ______[VERB ENDING IN “ING”] large 2014 2014 2014 Walking high and mighty like she’s #______and With the white ______and the looks [NUMBER] [BRAND OF CLOTHING] Answer key at SLUGMag.com! that ______[PRESENT TENSE VERB] *She thinks she’s the ______[ADJECTIVE] one* 36 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 37 17 & Under Snow: 3rd Men’s Snow Open: 3rd 17 & Under Ski: Tied for Trevor Otterson, 1st Zeke Greer, 1st Casey 3rd Milan Peyn and Alex The battleground was set this past semen” is a midair leg cross on skis with Ashton Hammer, 2nd Russell, 2nd Brady Koford, 1st Jake Lewis, 2nd month when the SLUG Games Battle at a grab included. These two-plankers Garrett Whitesides. Larson. Jackson Jenkins. Basin Presented by Scion hit Snowbasin definitely kept things interesting with Resort. The course was a warzone, to Pit Viper’s own Chris Garcin getting say the least. There were a couple of radical with a double Daffy off the hip, unique features, including the focal straight down to slide the pole jam with a point, a “tank” butter box equipped 270 spread eagle off the end. Did I men- with a heavy-caliber cannon pole tion Chris was wearing a red one-piece, jam, as well as two flat boxes on the skiing some ancient Elans and hooking side. A mega hip with a SLUG emblem up his line with some hypnotizing mogul on top was directly to the right of the turns? Needless to say, this was a crowd tank along with a fatty flatty tube and pleaser of a run that would become a a second, steeper pole jam below. The highlight of the day. course was on-point as a result of the Women’s Ski Open Men’s Ski Open: 3rd Eric Best Trick hardworking park crew up at Snowba- The Men’s Open Snowboard Division Winner Cindy Hurst. Gambles, 1st Jonah Williams, Jesse Ramirez. sin Resort and the SLUG Games course went off with a bang as Brady Larson 2nd Dylan Manley. designers. With 132 riders registered shot an absolutely huge nollie front flip for the fight—SLUG Games’ biggest off the cannon. The march continued turnout yet—the contest was definitely behind with an onslaught of tricks go- going to be a battle to the end. ing down on all of the features. With so many great riders, “steez” was a must. With the sun shining and the course KC Russell, a Snowbasin fan favorite, set, there was nothing else to do but lay down a stylish, on-snow boardslide declare war and let the battle begin. on the butter box straight up and off the We started the day off with the groms cannon, showing he’s not afraid to take in the 17-and-Under Division. Big and a chance. Jesse Ramirez was charg- Photo: Panzer Photography small, full beards to peach fuzz, these ing all ways, spinning front, back, same kids threw it down on all levels. Two way and reverse off both pole jams, divisions were open to skiers and snow- making it look easy, while Christian boarders, respectively, and creativity Hobush threw a stylish under flip into and originality in each discipline were the chopped-up landing of the hip. Hold- key factors for the judges. These kids ing it down for the ladies were riders like Women’s Snow Open (L–R): 3rd Hailee Mattingly, 6th Mattie Neres, 1st Sam were getting upside down and side- Maya Keefer, grabbing her tail off the Kolesky, 5th Sophie Neres, 2nd Maya Keefer, 4th Jen Grigsby. ways on pretty much every feature with cannon, and Sam Kolesky going big guys like Jake Lewis throwing a huge and spinning on and off the flat tubes. back flip off the SLUG hip and Jackson It was a hell of a heat, with entirely too Jenkins going over the top forward, many hammers to mention. With money throwing a big front flip off the butter on the line and snowmobile rides for the box tank. For the snow surfers, Gar- finals, everyone was throwing down and rett Whitesides had some huge and having a great time. stylish seatbelt grab back 180s off the cannon, while Trevor Otterson threw Six were chosen for the finals from each

a Texas-sized backside rodeo off the division, and they competed together as Photo: Panzer Photography hip. Frontside and backside 270s onto a mixed division. The SLUG team could the flat tube were looking standard, see the energy translating between divi- while the pole jam parallel to it saw a sions, so the finals were a mixed batch tornado’s worth of spins off it. Spin it to with a high energy level. For the skiers, win it was the motto of the day, and the Milan Peyn and Alex Koford kept competitors delivered. things fresh, running doubles runs with a train of back flips and some synchro- The contest only became more in- nized flat tube footwork. The dynamic tense when the Men’s and Women’s duo would wow the judges enough to Open Ski Division stepped up to the share a Third Place spot for the 17-and- front lines. This division was a straight Under Division. Jenkins would show his shootout with every competitor ripping versatility and consistency in the finals, the course apart. The competition saw throwing both regular and switch 360s some firsts in this round, like a screa- off the tank, landing him in Second. min’ semen from Dylan Manley off Lewis would throw a giant flat spin and the cannon. For those of you who think consistently switched up backside and I just made some weird, perverted refer- frontside spins on the tubes to win it all. Women’s Snow Open winner Sam Kolesky impressed ence, allow me to clarify: A “screamin’ For the boarders, Otterson kept it the judges with an indy grab coming off the cannon feature. 38 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 39 Photo: cezaryna Photo: Helen Leeson Photo: Panzer Photography

Second Place winner Brady Larson throws a huge half cab indy over the hip.

Logan Guenther twisting it off. consistent through the finals and threw and flat tube to walk with the Second down some bangers to get that Third Place spot for the chicks. Kolesky, who Place spot. Whitesides would also keep is no stranger to SLUG Games, killed it impressing the judges by going just a all day, going front 180 to a 50-50 on couple steps bigger off the tank can- some almost untouched boxes, bring- non, throwing a big back three with ing it back out to regular. Her style and Photo: Panzer Photography that seatbelt grab. Last, but certainly board control would get her the win not least, for the 17-and-Under Divi- and wrap it up for the ladies. sion was Ashton Hammer, who also threw a ton of tricks down all day, as The Men’s Open Snowboard Division Dylan Manley’s “screamin’ semen” lands him Second Place. well as a classic, stylish method that saw a ton of drops from Zeke Greer, judges just couldn’t help but love. Ham- giving him that many more chances to mer would finish the day in that First impress the judges with his front rodeo Place position. and half cab combos on the tank. His drive for drops would get him a Third The Open Ski Division went off with Place final in the division. Larson kept everyone going bigger and better than it fresh all day with some stony surfer the first round.Eric Gambles would lean on the tank and a half-cab manual end the day flat spinning his way into front-board back 180, with a quick sta- Third Place, while Manley came out lefish off the cannon. Throwing those swinging, throwing a bunch of switch tricks, as well as a ton of other combos, tricks as well as boosting over the tank would get him Second. It was impos- for a quick cannon tap. Those tricks, sible to miss KC Russell tearing up the and a ton of others, would get Manley course all day and having a blast do- Photo: Panzer Photography that Second Place spot for the day. Jo- ing it. Russell was like a cat throwing nah Williams absolutely annihilated it down with style and sniping out that the course all day, throwing flat spins, First Place spot. spinning in and out of rail slides and sticking a big rodeo to fakie off the can- The First Place winners walked with non. Williams would come out on top some cash, SLUG Mag, Zoo York snow- Ski Open winner Jonah Williams goes big over the SLUG and take it for the skiers. Cindy Hurst boards or some brand new RAMP hip, showing the judges he’s hungry for First Place. rocked the course all day as the only skis, and everyone walked with a lady skier and walked away with some ton of gear from all of our sponsors. great prizes of her own. Big thanks to all of these sponsors for helping us put on the contest: Scion, For the chicks that rip the snowboards, Jaybird, Board Of Provo, Lucky Slice two lucky, little groms named Mattie Pizza, Pit Viper, Kitten Factory, Dale- and Sophie Neres got to hang with Boot USA, Cross Roads Skate shop, the big kids, taking Fifth and Sixth Goal Zero, Milosport, Sheshreds.com, Photo: cezaryna place for the day. Fourth place went to Snogression, Saga Outerwear, RAMP, Jen Grisby, who hit all of the features Only In Ogden, I.N.I COOPERATiVE, with pretty much perfect consistency. Yelp, Zoo York, Raja Attire and Salty Hailee Mattingley threw herself Peaks Snowboard Shop. Big thanks to 180 degrees off the cannon just styl- all of the riders for coming out and mak- ishly enough to grab that Third Place ing a great SLUG Games Battle at Basin spot. Keefer ripped it all day, and the Presented by Scion. Next stop is Brighton finals were no different. Keefer linked Ski Resort on Feb. 15! SLUG Games sponsor She Shreds up some nice lines between the tank provides clothing and sweet goods. 40 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 41 PHOTO FEATURE By Weston Colton • westoncolton.com love seeing the kids out shoveling snow at at snow shoveling out kids the seeing love I painful. more much that fall every makes snow, cold the the from Aside heart. of faint the for is not Utah in skateboarding Winter Shylio Sweat—Feeble—Provo, UT free-throws in sub-freezing temperatures? temperatures? in sub-freezing free-throws practice to just court a basketball shoveling When was the last time you saw someone box. or a bar a flat skate to just skatepark the

42 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 43 Arcade Belt Co. purely an act of genius. If you don’t feel moisture after I get my blood pumping had was that the dial’s size and texture The Atwood/The Corsair like setting up emulators, the controller’s for a comfortable ride up the hill back allow it to catch on your jacket collar “B” mode also supports games that to my house. What’s more is that I’ve and sometimes adjust without warning. arcadebelts.com weren’t designed specifically for the worn the crew top as a normal shirt on Audio integration through removable Designed in Olympic Valley, Calif., controller, which unlocks the potential those lazy, “I don’t feel like changing” ear pads is a nice bonus for those who Arcade Belt Company brings you two of every title in the Play Store. For a days—the grey stripes on black make like to crank the beats while slaying the unique and versatile belts. Targeted minimal entry price, this gadget lets you for a casually stylish shirt! After wearing peaks. I tested this item in all sorts of to the skate, snowboard, bike, climb play games built to run perfectly with it these puppies for a couple of months, I conditions, and it proved to be very and everything lifestyle, these belts and play games that aren’t designed to don’t understand how one lives in Utah versatile. The microclimate created by combine style and comfort using quality utilize it. The only thing it doesn’t do is without SmartWool—they’re a purchase the helmet/goggle combo makes for materials. The Atwood is made with answer emails for you. This is a must- well worth making. –Alexander Ortega many comfortable hours out on the hill. heavy-duty elastic for optimal movement have accessory for Android gamers— –Sean Zimmerman-Wall and a bomb-proof polymer buckle (as I’m sad to think I tried gaming on my Smith Optics advertised on the tag), and has a playful phone without it. –Thomas Winkley Swoob grey-and-orange plaid pattern. 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The time has come again for celebrities to fist fight to the death for that golden statue that Be sure to catch the 86th Academy Awards live on March 2 can make or break their careers. It’s also time for you to challenge me, and see who can on ABC at 5 p.m. MST, and join me at Brewvies Cinema Pub predict more of the night’s victors! Remember, it’s not who should win, but who will win. FIGHT! for the viewing party. –Jimmy Martin BEST PICTURE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 12 Years a Slave The Wind Rises 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street Frozen The Great Gatsby Captain Phillips Despicable Me 2 American Hustle Her Ernest & Celestine Gravity American Hustle The Croods Her Gravity Dallas Buyers Club BEST FOREIGN FEATURE BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Nebraska The Hunt (Denmark) Gravity Philomena The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Great Beauty (Italy) Star Trek Into Darkness BEST DIRECTOR Omar (Palestinian territories) Iron Man 3 Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave The Missing Picture (Cambodia) The Lone Ranger David O. Russell – American Hustle Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) BEST SOUND MIXING Alexander Payne – Nebraska Frozen – “Let it Go” Gravity Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street Mandela – “Long Walk to Freedom” / Captain Phillips “Ordinary Love” Lone Survivor BEST ACTOR Her – “The Moon Song” Inside Llewyn Davis Bruce Dern – Nebraska Despicable Me 2 – “Happy” The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave Alone Yet Not Alone – Matthew McConaughey – “Alone Yet Not Alone” BEST SOUND EDITING Dallas Buyers Club Gravity BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) Leonardo DiCaprio – All Is Lost The Wolf of Wall Street Gravity Captain Phillips Christian Bale – American Hustle Philomena Lone Survivor The Book Thief The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug BEST ACTRESS Saving Mr. Banks Amy Adams – American Hustle Her BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Judi Dench – Philomena Avant Que De Tout Perdre Sandra Bullock – Gravity Gravity (Just Before Losing Everything) Meryl Streep – August: Osage County Inside Llewyn Davis Helium Nebraska Pitääko Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Prisoners (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips The Grandmaster The Voorman Problem Bradley Cooper – American Hustle Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street BEST COSTUME DESIGN BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club The Great Gatsby Feral Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave 12 Years a Slave Get a Horse! The Grandmaster Mr. Hublot BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS American Hustle Possessions Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle The Invisible Woman Room on the Broom Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave June Squibb – Nebraska BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Julia Roberts – August: Osage County The Act of Killing CaveDigger Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine 20 Feet From Stardom Facing Fear The Square Karama Has No Walls BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Cutie and the Boxer The Lady in Number 6: American Hustle Dirty Wars Music Saved My Life Blue Jasmine Prison Terminal: Her BEST FILM EDITING The Last Days of Private Jack Hall Nebraska Gravity Dallas Buyers Club 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY American Hustle 12 Years a Slave Dallas Buyers Club JIMMY’S SCORE: Before Midnight The Wolf of Wall Street BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Captain Phillips The Lone Ranger Philomena Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa YOUR SCORE: Dallas Buyers Club 46 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 47 Illustration: Ryan Perkins

By Esther Meroño and knowledge … I find out what I [email protected] know just from being around bikes and people talking about bikes and listen- Before SLUG copy editing meetings ing to other mechanics whine about swallowed up my Wednesday nights, their problems and different parts and I was a dedicated attendee of the Salt what they do. I like teaching. I like Lake Bicycle Collective’s Women’s Open showing other people what I know. Shop Nights. I even have a collection of My dad was a really cool dad in the digital posters I made—with very rudi- way that he showed me things, and I mentary Photoshop skills—to advertise like doing that also. I think it’s a good the bi-monthly event. The Collective has fit, because I don’t know the answer always been a welcoming place—it’s to every bike mechanic problem, but I where I got my (already 90-percent have enough basic knowledge to know assembled) little green Kilo up and run- where to look for it, and I think that can ning, and she hasn’t needed much main- make me a pretty good helper as far tenance since—but walking into a room as helping other people with projects full of guys rubbing greasy elbows and they might want to do. talking shop can be intimidating. So, I was thrilled when I heard that the Col- BG: Why is Women’s Night important? lective had decided to make Women’s Meara: That’s another thing I’d like to Night a weekly event and hired Meara ask the other women—why it’s impor- McClenahan to head it. tant to them. I wanna keep an open mind about it … [Joining women’s Meara and I were actually roomies groups] hasn’t been an experience that at one point, and she took me on my I’ve really sought out in my life, but I first (and last) mountain bike ride. She’s think everyone’s had the experience the most experienced lady mechanic I where you’re trying to do something know—she’s friendly and patient, and by yourself, but you can’t do it by your- my quick interview with her revealed self, you need help, and when you ask what I already knew: She fits this job for help, someone takes it out of your like greased handlebars into that post hands and does it for you. When I’ve thing on the front … Obviously I’m in worked in a bike shop, there will be need of some Women’s Night. a problem with a bike and someone will be like, “I can’t figure this out,” BG: Tell me about Women’s Night, and and everyone will crowd around and what your role is going to be. start jockeying for who’s going to fig- Meara: It’s like the do-it-yourself ure it out first—I always stayed out of night on Tuesday and Thursday, but that fray. I always felt like it was hard it’s Wednesday and women only, and to talk if I was the only woman at a that’s all it really is … My role is to fol- shop. I think they could tell I wanted to low the mission of the Collective. I’m do it by myself, but I couldn’t find that taking cues from what Luke [Mac- easy point where I could get the help I Farlane] does in the open shop to see wanted, but not the help I didn’t want. what to do, too. Currently, I’m asking everyone who shows up what they want BG: What’s your goal for Women’s to get out of it and hopefully, out of that, Night? I can see what direction I want things to Meara: I’d like people to come and en- go in and try to find a balance. Every joy it, and get what they want out of it— week I’m going to do a demo—some where it goes will be determined by the skill that I know how to do that I can women that come. Another goal would show people how to do in 5–15 min- be to have it be a more comfortable, utes. Davey [Davis] made me a Face- welcoming place on all do-it-yourself book admin so I can go on there ahead nights, which I think makes more sense. of time and say, “This is gonna be my Both women and men have a responsi- demo this week.” It gives something for bility to make that happen. me to put out there, to be an invite for people to come out. Ladies, join Meara at the Collective’s Women’s Night every Wednesday from BG: What makes you qualified to head 5:30–9 p.m. and find them on Facebook Women’s Night? for updates. Ladies AND gents, don’t Meara: I’ve been working at bike miss the Collective’s Valentine’s Dance shops for about seven years: a month Party on Feb. 14 for a screening of Lifecy- at Guthrie, a year at Contender, three cles and some socializing: 1135 S. West years at Wild Rose and one summer at Temple at 10 p.m. Who knows—you Saturday Cycles ... I have a lot of skills might meet your next tandem partner! 48 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 49 By Mike Riedel years now, so you’d have to be a fool [email protected] not to experiment with their great selec- tion of limited releases. Now that we’re settling into our 2014 beer groove, you may find that big, Smoked Helles holiday spiced beers are a bit passé Brewery/Brand: Bohemian for our February needs. Often, you may go to the fridge, finding that your Brewing Co. mouth and brain are still occupied with ABV: 4.0% all of those big, full-bodied beers that Serving Style: Draft you were enjoying all December long. Description: Pours a pale-golden It’s not your fault—it can be hard to straw color with a fluffy two fingers of get out from under that decadent blan- eggshell head. The first thing I get in ket that your holiday beer-swilling ass the nose is Mesquite-esque smokiness. has been wrapped up in, but there are Beneath that, there are hints of biscuit completely new offerings out there that and crackers. The taste starts out with will challenge your tongue and keep a nice punch of sweet malt. The smoke your “2014 better beer resolution” comes next, taking complete control of alive. From new breweries, alternatives the beer. It’s not overpowering, but this to beer and beer styles you may have is a smoked lager. The end has some never wanted to try, there’s no reason detectable, spicy hops lingering in the not to keep your palate fresh while ex- finish. The mouthfeel is on the lighter panding your beer fridge’s repertoire of side of medium—a very nice smoke great local suds. beer. I could easily drink this on a regu- lar basis. Raspberry Stinger Overview: Smoke beers are not for everyone. Done improperly, they can Hard Apple Cider taste burnt and are completely unenjoy- Brewery/Brand: The Hive able. This offering is subtle and worth Winery your time. Get to know your local ABV: 6.95% Rauchbiers (smoke beers). Serving Style: 22 oz. Bottle Annex Single Hop Golden Ale Brewery/Brand: The Annex Epic Brewing Co. ABV: 4.0% Serving Style: Draft Description: This beer pours a hazy, pale-orange color with a big, efferves- cent, white head that hangs on for quite a while. The nose is nice and crisp with biscuit and hints of lemon peel. There’s a slight bready component as well. Once you get your tongue on it, you get mild grainy/bready malts. The hops soon take over, providing a lemongrass bitterness that has hints of Czech hop spiciness as well. Toward the end, the Description: This one pours a bril- hops completely dominate, producing liantly clear, golden color with a great a dry finish that lingers on the tongue. show of effervescent bubbles—no head at all. The nose on the cider is crisp and Overview: The plan for this regular clean with a raspberry-apple tartness. offering is to use different hops in ev- The flavor starts out with sweet apple— ery batch. This version of the beer was not as tart as I was hoping for, but it’s hopped with an experimental hop, nick- still nice. Raspberry hints come next— named “Lemon Drop.” Considering the nothing too overpowering, but you get size of the seven-barrel brew system a sense of the raspberries, which pro- The Annex uses, this hop profile is likely vide a bit of the tartness I’m craving. to change quite often, so stay on your The tart aspect accompanies the flavor toes when ordering this beer. quite nicely. To stay up to date on other Utah Beer Overview: This is the first non-beer News, check out my other musings at review for me, which is stupid. The Hive utahbeer.blogspot.com. Winery has been making great ciders Cheers! and fruit wines in Utah for a couple of 50 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 51 R.I.P. Maeve Neate Illustration: Steve Thueson Energy never dies ...

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Dear Cop,

I have a friend who’s an undocumented some political raids at plants up citizen. The thing is, he’s a better Ameri- north recently, predominantly can than anyone I know—got good employing undocumented resi- grades in school, went to college (and dents, which resulted in many paid his own way ‘cause contrary to the legit (those employed in legal popular belief, undocumented citizens endeavors) workers being de- DON’T get any government benefits, ported. You never know when including federal financial aid, whether some politician wants to make they pay taxes or not), doesn’t break a “tough on illegal immigration” any laws, and is a contributing member statement at the expense of un- of the community. Can you explain to documented residents employed me how someone like him would end in legitimate enterprises. They’re up deported back to Mejico? He lives a lot easier to find and deport in constant fear that this might happen— than undocumented, violent of- that he’ll get pulled over one day for a fenders. minor traffic violation, or that ICE will raid his place of employment—maybe However, if he wants to live in the USA without any worry, he even his home—and take him away. Is has to become legal. Every day, this a possibility? Don’t give me some the U.S. Gov’t receives numerous bullshit answer about how he needs to requests from Mexican nationals just apply for citizenship, ‘cause that’s a for asylum. These people profess 10-plus year process that’s both expen- that because of their involve- sive and subjective. I just want to put his ment in drug dealing in Mexico mind at ease, ‘cause I heard that only and the drug war and killings gang bangers and drug dealers REALLY between cartels, if they don’t get get deported. into the USA, they’ll be killed. Maybe that’s an option for him, Your amigo, but he’d have to go to Mexico and traffic drugs, piss off the Arnold Schwarzenegger other cartel, and then run for the border, screaming for asylum. It Dear Harry, does sound exciting, and offers numerous potential book and Yes, I deal with undocumented movie deals, if he survives. If residents every day, but I deal that isn’t his fancy, he could try with those associated with vio- starting with a legit work visa. lent crime: drug dealing, wife He’d have to apply as if he were beating, DUI, assault, that sort in Mexico, or actually return and of thing—not illegal-entry crime, apply legitimately. Then, once which is the crux of your issue. he’s here legally, he’d be in a much better position—including Your friend needs an immigra- financially—to legally pursue a tion lawyer, although you didn’t permanent life in the USA. want me to tell you that. How- ever, let me assuage some of He needs a lawyer, even if you your friend’s fears: The kind of think that’s a bullshit answer, cops who stop people for traffic and even if it takes 10 years. In violations aren’t la migra police. 10 years, he could still be undoc- He’ll get a ticket and be on his umented and living in fear, or fin- way. Now, if he doesn’t pay the ishing the process of citizenship. ticket, and it goes to warrant, he could have some problems, but it’s doubtful, even then. Also, I doubt he’s an ICE target at home or at work. Undocumented resi- dents committing nasty drug and Have a question for the Cop? violent crimes get ICE attention. Email [email protected]. Having said that, I do remember

52 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 53 Tacita Dean. JG, 2013. Color and black & white anamorphic 35mm film with optical sound, 26.5 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London / Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris. The Great, versations about the meaning of Robert Smithson’s work with friend and famed Great Salt Lake author J.G. Ballard (best known for his novels Empire of the Sun and Crash, both By Mariah Mann Mellus later adapted into films). Before Ballard [email protected] died in 2009, he challenged her to inves- tigate the nature, materials and mystery Utah has some truly unique landscapes that is Spiral Jetty. Guided by Ballard’s that have been inspiring artists for hun- science fiction short story,The Voices of dreds of years. A trip to the West Desert Time (1960), she used 35mm film, Utah’s or Southern Utah might seem like a com- desert landscapes and her own patented mon weekend getaway to you or me, technique of “aperture gate masking.” but for many visitors to our state, this Representatives from UMFA say Dean magical, allusive, raw terrain can be has created a film that’s a “treatment life-changing. of time and place [that] parallels the ef- fects of Ballard’s fiction and Smithson’s For February’s Gallery Stroll, I recom- artwork.” The film, JG, runs about a half mend rekindling the romance with our hour and shows daily at 10:15 a.m., with own backyard by visiting three pro- subsequent screenings on the hour with found exhibits that act as love notes the final showing at 4 p.m. (7 p.m. on to the Great Salt Lake, all at the Utah Wednesdays). Museum of Fine Art on the University of Utah campus. From the poetic- and passion-driven to the exact and measureable, our final exhibit, The Great Salt Lake covers an average The Great Salt Lake Landscan, joined the of 1,700 square miles, and though museum’s permanent collection Jan. 24. people often refer to it as America’s Commissioned by UMFA and produced Dead Sea, the lake is alive with birds, by the Wendover/Los Angeles–based fish, brine shrimp and a mystic allure Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), that keeps tourists and artists coming the Landscan video offers high-definition, back for more. British-born artist Al- vivid aerial views of the salt ponds, rail- fred Lambourne crossed the plains lines, causeways and factories that make on foot using the Morman handcart up the landscape of the Great Salt Lake. trail when he was only 16 years old. A project that would most often be shown A self-taught artist, he fell in love with in a history museum, I wondered why the rugged landscape while sketching a fine art museum would commission his adventure. Though he painted many such a piece. Whitney Tassie, UMFA majestic landscapes in breathtaking Curator of modern and contemporary locations over his career, he found his art, explained that “CLUI is interested in muse in the Great Salt Lake. His paint- understanding the nature and extent of ings, poems and sketches weave a story human interaction with the Earth’s surface of a man obsessed and inspired by what so that we can better understand who we he called “Our Inland Sea.” The exhibit are, and what we are doing,” she says. features works depicting the mystique of “Particularly, the UMFA is committed to the black rock, the unyielding weather investigating our local landscape and and the solitude that Lambourne found how that has inspired artists thoughout so inspiring. The Savage Poem Around time … CLUI’s contemporary investigation Me: Alfred Lambourne’s Great Salt Lake of our landscape via The Great Salt Lake is on view now through June 15, 2014. Landscan continues that storyline.” The result of this joint project is a beautiful, Like Lambourne, and coincidentally a fel- compelling and cohesive story of the low Brit, acclaimed artist and Sundance- Great Salt Lake—our­ namesake, natural alum Tacita Dean found herself mes- resource and artistic inspiration. Like our merized by the lake after she first visited local art scene, the more we know and Spiral Jetty in 1997 during a June screen- the more we go, the more we couldn’t writers lab. She began a series of con- imagine life without it. Go out and stroll! 54 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 55 es—who try to undermine their open A drinking, smoking, foul-mouthed pig Saltfront Issue No. 1 talking to a wolf disguised as a human. Various Authors sexuality. Instead of putting up with Grimm wishes it was this cool. Self-Published this, the protagonists look for support Street: 09.28.13 within themselves and their networks of friends. They find strength in situa- By interpreting the realms of our bodies tions that can be difficult, or turn other and how they interact with the environ- situations into seductions. I recommend ment around us, Saltfront explores— popping your SL,UT cherry and have through a variety of voices—what it fun reading this romance novel rich means to be human on a planet that is with references to places you know rapidly shifting. The strong ties to Utah and situations you’re probably familiar are what make this collection unique: with, whether it be from personal or The writers are connected as a group vicarious experience. –Brinley Froelich Legend of Zelda: A able. Sure, the Xbox One edition uses of students, teachers and alumni of the the new Ignite engine, which, accord- University of Utah, mostly through the Link Between Worlds ing to EA Sports, allows for “Human Environmental Humanities program. Vivatera Nintendo Intelligence,” “True Player Motion” and Candace J.Thomas “Living Worlds”—but a revolutionary Readers may already be familiar with Reviewed on: Nintendo 3DS author Terry Tempest Williams— Xchyler Publishing (exclusive) system seller this game is not. Graphi- cally, yes—it is an improvement over whose story balances reverence with Street: 04.13.13 Street: 11.22.13 its Xbox 360 brother, but the gameplay sorrow—but will be rewarded by a Redefining the Zelda series isn’t some- differences are virtually nonexistent. group of new and local voices that thing you do overnight, and Nintendo One change I did notice is that on Xbox will change the way you interpret the took a glorious shot at it. The new One, every touchdown is recorded and local topography. I look forward to fu- mechanic of renting/buying items vs. shared over Xbox Live, so now I have ture issues as authors and artists are discovering them in dungeons was a a library of proof showing how truly double-edged sword for A Link Between shitty I am at this game. Overall, if you given a platform on which they share Worlds. In one way, it broke up the are looking for a deep, smooth and deep meditations on their multifaceted monotony of grinding from dungeon to enjoyable—if not a bit complacent— views of life, rooted in places you’ll dungeon, and in another way, it made professional pigskin sim on your new, find not far beyond the cityscape. Find the dungeons incredibly short. Even expensive system, Madden is your only them online at saltfront.org, where you though the world map is identical to A fucking choice. –Blake Leszczynski can purchase a hard copy for $12 or Link To The Past, the new obstacles are download an ebook for $3. Open call overcome by jumping between Hyrule The Wolf Among Us: for submissions is Nov. 15 – Feb. 15, and Lorule and, of course, merging with walls using your one-of-a-kind “turn- Episode One – Faith if you have an image or text that you into-a-painting” bracelet. This game Telltale Games think is worth sharing. –Brinley Froelich has set the pace for the next generation Reviewed on: Xbox 360 of Zelda titles. If you’ve never played a Also on: PC, PS3, Vita, iOS, SL,UT top-down Zelda before, this is the per- OS X fect introduction, and if you’re an old Alison Lee Street: 10.11.13 veteran, it’s an incredible time. If the Self-Published game was a bit more challenging or It takes a certain attention to detail for Street: 05.19.13 offered hero mode right from the start, a game company to replicate a piece In a state saturated with religious mor- Vivatera is a good-versus-evil fantasy it would easily be my favorite game of of pop culture that’s been around for 2013. Though this may not be the best over a decade without flaws. But Tell- adventure about a young woman’s dis- Zelda game they’ve made—and defi- tale nailed it with this Fables spinoff covery of herself, her family and the nitely not the best 2013 3DS title—it is game, taking place sometime before powerful magic within them. Shades, still a must-play from Nintendo’s lineup. the Vertigo comic book series starts, shape-shifters and other dark magical –Thomas Winkley but staying faithful to the foul-mouthed beings try to eliminate them in order to fairytale cast who inhabit the “mundy control the source of their magic—their Madden NFL 25 world.” Much like The Walking Dead se- power stones (or Vivatera). The chal- ries before it, this is a choose-your-own- lenging emotional and physical trials EA Tiburon/EA Sports adventure story with Fabletown sheriff Reviewed on: Xbox One Bigby Wolf investigating the murder of they face just to stay alive had me on Also on: PS3, PS4, Xbox a fellow refugee character. Every deci- edge. I did not want to put this book 360, iOS, Android sion you make affects the gameplay, down and when I had to, my mind of- Street: 11.22.13 often enticing you to come back later ten went back to their adventures. It is and try it a different way. The graphics a mixture of Eragon (minus the drag- Nothing in the gaming world is more stay true to the drawn style of the se- ons) and The Lord Of the Rings. This comfortable than slipping into a Mad- ries, and while the voice acting isn’t the book allows your mind to escape into den game. The frustrating, improbable best at times, it’s forgivable for having a computer interceptions, online ass-beat- good story with familiar characters. The a world of familiars, dwarves and el- ings courtesy of some preteen with the only downside is that the first chapter is emental magic. This local artist’s stimu- gamertag xXhalobanger69Xx, the pas- done in under two hours, which means lating, descriptive writing pulls you in als, quick judgments are often passed sive-aggressive chidings from the an- if you’re not into exploring new options to where you can almost smell and feel on people who fall outside of the norm, nouncers every time I fail to convert on of what you did before, you’re stuck what is happening to the characters. fourth and 23—it’s like coming home to with women often bearing the brunt. waiting for the next chapter download –Mistress Nancy a warm bed on a cold winter’s night. this spring. If you love the comic books, In SL,UT, local author Alison Lee high- And with the 25th edition (Jesus, that this is a must-own. –Gavin Sheehan lights three women who often face a makes me feel old), the best word to crowd of people—whether it be their Checkout slugmag.com describe it would be just that: comfort- lovers, family, friends or acquaintanc- for more reviews! 56 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 57 Bellrave Charles Ellsworth & of its solipsistic conversation with the chanting folk sensation makes Bjornn’s No Heart to Cross universe and shopping mall spas and album a joyful listen from beginning to Vincent Draper into the musical mainstream? I doubt end. –Lizz Corrigan Self-Released Salt Lake City: A Love Story it. Alvarado doesn’t have an ironic Street: 12.09.13 Wandering Man bone in his body. This is just too damn The Fission Breakers Bellrave = Shiny Toy Guns + Street: 02.07 earnest for its own good. –Ryan Hall Settle–era Disclosure + Owl Interaction Charles Ellsworth & Vincent Self-Released City + massive amounts of Draper = Civil Wars + The Christopher Alvarado synth Street: 11.16.13 Head and the Heart + The & Ari Porki The Fission Breakers = The When I first heard Lady Gaga’s lat- Avett Brothers Menagerie of Clouds Doors + The Animals est work, Artpop, it took a few listens These two like-minded folk singer/ Aural Films Just a turn right of psychedelic and a before I was able to hear every sound songwriters have been helping each Street: 08.05.13 throwback to the crotch rock of the and decide it wasn’t just empty noise other with music projects for a while Christopher Alvarado & ’60s and ’70s, Interaction has swag- and catchy lyrics. No Heart to Cross now, so a split record seems quite in Ari Porki = Arcana + Peter ger to spare, even if it is sometimes is similar in that way. During my first order. Ellsworth and Draper might as DiPhillips + Jack Hertz derailed by a harmful devotion to The listen, I wrote it off as another over- well change their names to honest Doors. That organ? Those vocals? synthesized pop album and wasn’t and earnest, because one of the many Like-minded New Age/dark ambient We all know their genesis. Travis looking forward to hearing it again. traits these two have in common is that artists Christopher Alvarado and Woolston’s swoony, ham-fisted However, the more I listened to the their songs are truthful and organic. Finland’s Ari Porki have combined baritone rockets from the grave of Jim album and was able to focus on the Ellsworth seems to keep things a bit their crystal-gazing, third eyes to cre- Morrison and dominates the rest of beats of each instrument, I realized it brighter on his tracks and flows with ate a record marinating in New Age the album. He’s earnest and confident was actually very creative and well a certain wanderlust and warmth. clichés and sweat from a thousand to boot, and possesses a strong voice done. The ’80s synth-pop melodies Draper is pretty similar to Ellsworth, soccer moms during hot yoga. While uncommon for his age. Now, what mesh well with the glowing feel of the however, Draper’s voice comes across Menagerie of Clouds is a bit more on would Morrison think of this, exactly? female vocals in “Touch Me on the darker and more menacing than I the drone-y side of Alvarado’s work Ah, he’d probably hate it, but who Dancefloor,” while the punky male think he intends. It works exceptionally and benefits from scattered moments gives a shit? I like it, and I am alive! vocals complement “Glamphetamines” well on “Danger and Blush,” which of truly sublime electronic arrange- –Taylor Hale later on in the album. Bellrave are not is as compelling as it is somber. This ments, it still staggers under the weight a local act to miss. You can stream of elements of New Age wankery that record’s production is clean and gives The Hollering Pines their full album at reverbnation.com/ each song a large scope without get- fail to appeal to anyone outside of bellrave. [The Woodshed, 02.07] ting in the way. With talents as deep acolytes of this easily maligned genre. Long Nights, Short Lives and –Julia Sachs as these playing around Salt Lake, we With that said, there is consistently Spilled Chances will have to watch closely as this live less reliance on tribal beats, tinkling Self-Released Ben Best & story unfolds further. –James Orme bells, Eastern instruments, chanting Street: 09.30.13 Karl Jørgensen vocal samples and synth washes of The Hollering Pines = Dixie 2 Christopher Alvarado Alvarado’s solo releases. Much of the Chicks + Alabama Shakes Ancient Doors album floats unhindered in a sooth- Hel Audio ing sea of drones and manipulated Local band The Hollering Pines are Street: 11.26.13 Aural Films synthesizers that are landless and non- made up of the sister-sister vocal act Ben Best & Karl Jørgensen Street: 07.01.13 citizens of any country, including New of Kiki Jane Buehner and Marie = Espectrostatic + Tangerine Christopher Alvarado = Age Lifescapes land. –Ryan Hall Bradshaw on guitar and bass Dream + Neu! Vangelis + Steve Roach + guitar, respectively, along with drum- mer and singer Dan Buehner, and Coming on the heels of a well- Javi Canovas Chris Bjornn Dylan Schorer on electric guitar. To- received 2012 collaboration, Utah There are three optimal environments …but My Friends Call Me gether, they have created an entranc- County’s finest sonic pioneers and for Christopher Alvarado’s newest Chrissy ing narrative about long nights, short purveyors of structural, minimal, album, Ancient Doors: the reception Self-Released lives and spilled chances—hence experimental music regain that same area of a yoga studio, a crystal shop, Street: 10.31.13 the title of the album. Long Nights magic in their aptly titled album, 2. and exploring the rich digital worlds Repeating, arpeggiated melodies Chris Bjornn = Joshua Radin was recorded live in Provo, Utah. It is of MYST. Unless you are a hardcore make up the backbone of this intense + Brett Dennen characterized by upbeat and bluesy fan of dark ambient or New Age collaboration as washes of electronic tracks like “Cadillac” and more old- music, the tribal beats, tinkling bells, In a classic folk kind of way, Chris guitar wail through the composition country and modern folk songs like Eastern instruments, chanting vocal Bjornn addresses the metanarratives like some true and terrifying wind, “Something on My Mind.” It may be samples and washes of purified synths of life: The purpose of life, love, reli- while serrated synths pulse endlessly the haunting poetic lyrics, or the cool, will overshadow and overpower what gion, even suicide. Being classic folk, with machine-like precision. Jørgensen collective twang, but either way, these are essentially some pretty sturdy there’s a variety of instruments on … and Best have really found their niche country folk are sure to keep your foot drones and strikingly pretty ambient but My Friends Call Me Chrissy, such as in creating these repetitious, hypnotic bouncing and your head swaying grooves firmly in the kraut pocket, music. Given the popularity of the I the guitar, banjo and the harmonica. from start to finish. –Lizz Corrigan deviating little from their established Am The Center New Age compilation The accompaniment by a variety of aesthetic, and they find their strength that recently snagged “best of” nods instruments in starts and stops allows in the constant honing and exploring from a variety of trustworthy sites, is the poetic lyrics and vocals to stand of repetition and melody. –Ryan Hall 2014 ready for New Age to crawl out out amid pleasant string solos. The en-

58 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 59 Insufferable Noise artist in a city with a fairly small radio rock band. The only thing I about newly morphed zoo animals hip-hop scene—he’s even started his couldn’t get past here is that, since this that vaguely reminds me of Deltron Machine own label. The 14 tracks laid out on is a vocal-heavy genre, said vocals 3030, followed by simple loops, synth 7OTX (Part 1 and 2) Tha Come UP are cohesive and well need to be either incredibly strong or sounds and a super catchy hook in Roach Clip Records pieced together, despite a different unique in some way. Justin Clark’s “MaMMals.” The raps are witty and Street: 12.13.13 producer being attributed to each singing is capable (and particularly nerdy, the hooks catchy and the beats Insufferable Noise one. Most of the lyrics are about times emotional on “Bury Yourself Alive”), are nostalgic yet energetic and fresh. Machine = Slayer + Hagfish spent in Vegas or past loves, but it’s and may even be more effective in a Much to my dismay I have to say, well + Ministry clear he keeps his head in the game live show, but the heavier tracks sound done. –D. Russell as he says, “Failure is not an option, strained. –Megan Kennedy This two-disc release is full of so many success in my only mindset,” on “Me different styles, it falls into a category Simian Greed Against the World.” Using relaxed of its own. It’s a mixture of soothing, The Pillar Self-Titled beats and quick words, m.duby has psychedelic surf guitar, sudden bursts Songs From the Hollow Self-Released created a respectable album, the of white noise and death metal with Self-Released Street: 10.29.13 best track of which is “Go Outside ft. growling “Cookie Monster” lyrics. It is Street: 08.24.13 Simian Greed = Fear + Cults,” which features an awesome clear this band has a love for samples, The Pillar = REM + Incubus + Melvins sample of a kids’ choir and an optimis- as they are mixed throughout the Tom Waits tic message. –Kia McGinnis Simian Greed’s EP is a sludgy morass. entire album. Be sure you listen with Packed full of moody, bluesy, folksy The album opens with the bass-heavy headphones so you can get the full rock n’ roll, The Pillar’s debut album, “Epic,” a song that took a moment effect of their mix and feel the rattle in Null Songs From the Hollow, has its roots to grow on me. What I initially took both of your ears. It is most certainly Break The Spell firmly planted in American music tradi- to be butt-rock vocals were in fact an experiment of sound. My favorite Sound Vs. Silence tion. The influences listed by the band Lee Ving–styled yells and croons. is the second disc, which sounds a bit Street: 11.12.13 reference some of the best bands “Different Circles” has the same more like Ministry. Personally, I have Null = Occupy Wall Street spawned from the ‘90s, including aspects of Ving-meets-Danzig vocals. had enough of the death metal growls. Drum Circle + 2014 Vanilla Pearl Jam and Nirvana, and those Dave Sanchez’s lyrics are semi- My advice for the fellows: If you truly Ice influences certainly show their faces spoken word with screams smattered have the desire to go somewhere I don’t know how to react to shit this throughout the band’s material. The throughout. The guitar work (Matt with your band, be serious about the wack. It’s rap/punk made by Tyler album is pretty straightforward and Lyon) and bass work (Johnny Lyon) information you put out there—you Lusk, who just started making music, consistent without any big surprises— aren’t anything crazy, which is good. never know who could be checking and it shows. Sadly, the beats sound you’ll know what you’re in for in the They’re just trying to get the audience you out! –Mistress Nancy like a 12-year-old made them and the first song or two. It’s a smooth, creamy to rock out. Other than the music be- nonstop protest slogans are puerile at album that will help wash down a cold ing great, the album cover comes like Joshua James best. This stuff was groan-inducing the winter day, and it will be just as deli- a coloring book with a set of crayons. Well, Then, I’ll Go to Hell first time I heard it, strolling through cious with a stein of beer on the front My SLUG -parent was so proud of my Northplatte Records Zuccotti Park a few years back. (I think porch in the summer—classic, good artwork, he put it on the fridge for ev- Street: 11.12.13 I have a hand signal to show how tunes. –Ischa B. eryone to see. Simian Greed rocked it Joshua James = (Brett much I like it, too.) “No racism, no sex- last year at Localized, and this EP was Dennen x James Taylor) / ism, no classism, smash capitalism!” Rotten Musicians just as kick-ass as their performance. Modest Mouse he scolds, off time. It’s not that Lusk’s Rotten Musicians Turn Into –Alex Cragun politics are objectionable, they’re just I listened to this album six or seven Escaped Zoo Animals And not insightful—or fun. Hip-hop can Twilight Transmissions times before I realized it—30 seconds be perilous for white folks, but I do Terrorize The Town In A Good into the second track, “Broke”—these Shadowland admire Lusk’s passion. I hope he keeps Way are all Modest Mouse covers. Jesus, Roach Clip Records on it and comes correct next time. I Self-Released I am slow. But doesn’t that speak to Street: 05.01.13 suggest spending some QT with The Street: 12.10.13 how great Joshua James is? I had Twilight Transmissions = Neptunes discography—Mystikal’s Rotten Musicians = Dan The listened to reworked versions of some Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV “Bouncin’ Back,” would be a great Automator + Slug of my favorite songs from one of my + Silent Hill soundtrack place to start. –Dan Vesper favorite bands of all time, and didn’t Some questionable decisions were even notice. The entire nine-track made in the creation of Shadowland’s offering is top shelf in every sense— Perish Lane cover art—everybody would benefit if production value, vocals, instrument Destroy the Skies “Papyrus” were to be eliminated from arrangement—but the song that has Self-Released all future font lists. Beyond the visual been on repeat for me is “Gravity Street: 11.09.13 aesthetics, this album fares quite well. Rides Everything,” my favorite song Perish Lane = Crossfade + It’s a well-textured series of electronic from Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Ant- new All That Remains soundscapes and beats that would not arctica. James’ take on it is everything This getup is a strong example of sound out of place accompanying a a cover should be. Like most of this al- some good alt-thrash-rock in a well- modern horror film, game, or a walk bum, it’s not merely a copy of a song, produced and beautifully packaged through a haunted hospital. Produc- but more a rediscovery of the original full length. They write some sweet tion is clean and balanced, with crisp work, now being described from a guitar solos on tracks like “Awaken low-end and little dirt to be heard. new perspective, through a new set of the Fire” and “Twenty Seven,” but the There is certainly an audience for eyes. –Blake Leszczynski strongest song on this album, hands this music, and while I feel somewhat down, is “Farewell.” The gorgeous lukewarm about it at the moment, Goddammit. When I listened to this m.duby vocals of Ashley Scharr mix with I wouldn’t necessarily recommend the first time I was so pissed off by the Tha Come UP the harshest screams on the whole against listening. –T.H. fucking bubble language on “OB,” I SkyBox Music Group record—the song structure colors almost couldn’t make it through. When Street: 11.05.12 outside of the lines just a bit, and the I listened to it a second time, I was still m.duby = Mac Miller + deep melody is hard to resist. (Somber infuriated by the bubble talk, but was acoustic ballad “Bury Yourself Alive” Yelawolf able to wade through the sludge and is a close second.) The group would Are you in a local band? A self-described “musical genius and discover the production gem this story- be wise to look that direction next Send us your album and hip-hop aficionado,” m.duby has no telling album is. Almost every short time they sit down to song-write. It lack of confidence as an aspiring two-minute track starts with an intro we’ll review it in print. proves they’re more than just another 60 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 61 is the steady, catchy beat of “Falling sporadic keyboard elements that soften tion—got that? Truly, what they’ve The Entrance Band Down the Stairs” that evokes a nostal- certain moments (without sacrificing done is really lovely. The music is gia for Echo and the Bunnymen. the horrific atmosphere). The way the twinkly and light, and the vocals are Face The Sun Simply put, this is quite brilliantly put thick vocals of Niko Matilainen enchantingly foreign (female vocalist Beyond Beyond is Beyond together. Now roll one up, put your are layered makes it sound like he Chom Nimol generally sings in her Street: 11.19.13 feet up, and ride. –Nick Kuzmack is screaming from the depths of a native Khmer). It has a quality about The Entrance Band = The stygian prison, echoing against the it that makes it feel like a magic spell Growlers + Alice in Chains rough guitars and crashing cymbals, is being cast. I struggle to compare it The Breaklites and creating something strangely This album sounds like a ’90s alterna- to much else because I am limited in I America hypnotic. The production is a little flat, tive band trying to latch on to the my experience with the specific genre Self-Released not necessarily in a negative way—in recent rebirth of the psychedelic trend. of Cambodian pop music—though Street: 01.07 fact, I think it adds a charm compared Maybe it is the thinly veiled (read: I’m more informed than ever before The Breaklites = The Internet to contemporaries, even in the death shitty) heroin metaphors, or maybe it metal genre, who over-polish their now that I’ve been introduced to this + Murs is the surprisingly sexy female bass Aan guitar into major-label rock stars, sung, Souvlaki-esque ballad “Away,” work. It sounds dirty and infected, gem of a project! Might I suggest you player from A Perfect Circle and Amor Ad Nauseum and I was on their side during their the album is filled with lush musi- I America is the most recent project and adds to the crushing atmosphere. too get yourself informed? Dengue Zwan, but despite the decent melo- Dylan-goes-electric days of As The cal contemplations and triumphant from The Breaklites out of Tacoma, –Megan Kennedy Fever is just the place to start—dig Party Damage dies and engaging psychedelic-surf Eternal Cowboy. I shrugged when New melodies start-to-finish. Slow, slurry Wash. This eight-track album sounds in! –Ischa B. Street: 02.04 guitars, this album seems dated and Wave came out, but stopped myself and staring out into space, Shelter is a like hometown, suburban rap. The Culted uncool. The song “Spider” is clearly Aan = Cold War Kids + At from saying “sellout.” My friends and stellar album of well-made shoegaze. flows are great examples of simple Divider about heroin addiction, and at certain the Drive-In + Wildcat Strike Oblique to All Paths I still sing “Baby, I’m An Anarchist!” –Christian Schultz hip-hop storytelling with an added Relapse Records Minimal Distraction EP points, the vocals are straight out of when we’re drunk, and we pretended The first track promised that I was in ’80s funk-electro vibe. In the opening Street: 01.21 Basic Unit Productions early ’90s grunge movement. The the radio rock turd White Crosses for something gritty and dark with Asheru track, “Fill It Up,” they discuss love— Culted = Lord Mantis + Street: 11.01.13 highlights of the album are the guitar- some snarling, stiff-lipped vocal never happened. Our revered Tom Sleepless in Soweto “We got American cures for American ists’ winding psychedelic lines and the Gabel switched genders, became Indian Divider = Front 242 work—but it lied. The opener and best Guerrilla Arts Ink girls … There’s a hole in your heart, backing vocals. –Cody Hudson Laura Jane Grace, and announced + Die Form overall track, “Wet and Dripping,” Street: 11.12.13 girl, you better fill it up with cocaine, a new album. Though there are a few starts with slow soundscapes before Vicodin and rich men.” In the title Divider’s new EP, Minimal Distrac- Grand Magus stinkers, Transgender Dysphoria Blues Asheru = Fela Kuti + stomping into steady beats with deep track, they dissect their ideas of what tion, sidestepped the mainstream actually isn’t horrible. “Drinking With Common Triumph and Power bass and fuzz guitar as the vocals full of elegiac drones and decon- the American Dream has evolved approach to EBM and pulled from The Jocks” and “Osama Bin Laden As Nuclear Blast chew your ear drums. The vocals Asheru delivers his vision of global structed neofolk tunes that form out into—“Corporations are people and the traditional era of the mid-’80s The Crucified Christ” kick ass like the Street: 02.04 on “I Don’t Need Love” have a nice African unity in Sleepless in Soweto, of the ether like a heavy mist across the dollar is king.” I’ll keep a couple early-’90s electronic sound. The dark, Eternal Cowboy and Searching days, Grand Magus = Spiritual timbre and charming waver, alongside and if it weren’t for the blending of a bog or clouds quietly forming on songs on a pregame playlist and the surrounding electronic beat enhanced and “Two Coffins” is the most para- buzzing bass and distorted guitars rapid-fire rhymes combined with the horizon. If you miss the buzzing, rest are worth listening to for the in- by the vocals creates an atmosphere Beggars + Argus lyzing song I have heard in a long reminiscent of The Dead Weather. elements of Afro-beat and American guttural growl of an electric guitar teresting story and upbeat rhythm. I’ll of aggression and anxiety. Divider is time. TDB is no Reinventing Axl Rose, Atmospheric interlude “Loveless hip-hop, I would have been bored gasping for breath under many of be curious to see what their upcoming able to capture a traditional sound but longtime fans won’t be entirely Dreams” walks us into a slower, by the amount of R&B present in this Merz’s spectral folk tunes, you will not projects will bring. –Allie Russell and enhance it with modern-day depressed by the band’s current trajec- sweeter realm full of the love songs the album. “Simphiwe’s Theme” opens be able to escape the powerful allure elements, which make this EP an tory. –Cody Kirkland title suggests. “Bubble Bath Bop” has the album with a message of progress of her voice as it purrs and breathes Color War intriguing prologue to an album that effervescent bass, sweet sun-stroked and enlightenment and speaks of this vowels stretched to their breaking It Could Only Be This Way will be released sometime in 2014. Alcest realization after Asheru’s time spent in vocals, and some vintage beachside point. These songs will forever haunt Four Horsemen of the This EP is a welcome approach to a Africa. With a rhyme style reminiscent Oblique to All Paths sounds like a mu- guitar, while “Wake Me with a Kiss” Shelter me. –Ryan Hall Apocalypse scattered genre by bringing it back to has somnambulant melodies and Prophecy Productions of Soup from Jurassic 5, Asheru sical rendition of a passive-aggressive its roots. Fans of EBM and old school Street: 03.04 argument at band practice. Embar- dream-woven atmospheres that are Street: 01.21 slams out “It’s a struggle for the prog- Blank Realm electronica should keep their eyes ress, victory’s in the process/Gonna Color War = Phantogram + rassingly self-indulgent and lacking warm and inviting. The band is great Alcest = Slowdive + Grassed Inn open in 2014 for Divider’s full-length at making lightly psychedelic pop love make change systemic like the real Xiu Xiu any kind of major, defining character- Secret Shine Fire Records album. –Seeth McGavien songs, but they’re definitely their best blackademic.” “Sleepless,” rich with I always appreciate a well-produced istic, Culted end up writing the doom Street: 01.13 album, one with some spice and a bit when they give them an edge. –CJ implications of spiritual awakening, metal equivalent of cold oatmeal. Douglas Keith Morgan uses a complicated but ear-pleasing Blank Realm = MGMT + Big of bite to it. Color War’s upcoming Sure, it’s thick, and there are definitely release, It Could Only Be This Way, Pony set of homographs: “The artist might Star + Jacobites some substantive riffs here and there, Echoing like thunder across a stormy is an impeccable example of what The Village Label Against Me! use all his might to blow you all but everything gets suspended in sky, Triumph and Power practically a skilled producer can help create Street: 02.11 away.” The beat in “Guateng” draws mushy, directionless guitar noodling commands you to bang your head Transgender Dysphoria for a band. The beats, crafted by on Asheru’s hip-hop roots in ’90s that serves no real purpose other Douglas Keith = with its relentless assault of heavy, band member Billy J, are clean and Blues rappers like Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, than to sound dissonant. Even though Bill Callahan + Rust Never catchy riffs. This trio of hard-rocking resounding, and Lindsay Mound’s Total Treble though hard-hitting “It Ain’t Hard To Culted is clearly going for something Sleeps-era Neil Young Swedes never disappoints with their layered and dreamy vocals nicely Street: 01.21 Tell” saved the album for me with its atmospheric here, their atonal guitar unique brand of epic doom metal. JB complement the album. The album’s It’s important to stay warm in the win- Against Me! = Dead To Me + energetic, quick rhymes. –D. Russell passages sound ambiguous and Christoffersson’s soaring vocals single, “SOS,” was probably my most ter. I have twice received frostbite, due The Gaslight Anthem random. If you like your doom slow, sound like a younger Biff Byford, listened to. But to me, nothing about in part to my own negligence and in Birds of Passage sludgy and repetitive, look no further. and he backs them up with earth-shak- the album screamed innovation, and part to the negligence of my parents. This Kindly Slumber –Henry Glasheen ing guitarwork. Continue with the new it wasn’t all that memorable. Don’t To warm up, I like hot cocoa and toilet Denovali year with your sword held high and get me wrong—it’s a respectable wine and folksy singer-songwriters Street: 01.24 Dengue Fever your shield at your side, as Triumph The influence of Slowdive’s genre- piece of work, but I really can’t see who sing about how “The Weather’s Birds of Passage = Lotte and Power is battle music for an age defining shoegaze can be a heavy this album standing the test of time. Girl from the North Fucking Awful”—but mostly toilet Kestner + Jessica Bailiff + of iron and steel. Be prepared. –Henry burden, especially when its singer, –Kamryn Feigel Tuk Tuk Records wine. Pony, the new Douglas Keith Neil Halstead himself, guests on Grouper Street: 12.03.13 album, is low-key and warm and not Glasheen Black Realm produce a hypnotic one of your tracks. Multi-instrumental- Alicia Merz’ breathy, porcelain- Dengue Fever = Lady without a few surprises. Namely, the sound blended with Nikki Sud- Corpsessed ist Neige of multi-influenced French fragile voice has been slowly crawling Murasaki + Garbage best track on the album, “Pure Gold Harsh Toke den type vocals, courtesy of Daniel Abysmal Thresholds band Alcest manages to not only do its way out of her native New Zealand + Kill Bill in the ’70s,” rips at the seams midway Light Up and Live Spencer, that is sure to put the Dark Descent Records right by such influence, but also create to accompany some of the most formi- and bursts open with a J Mascis Tee Pee Records unwary listener into a trance nearly Street: 02.04 With ’60s Cambodian pop as their his most compelling album to date dable experimental artists of the past guitar solo, and from there, the track Street: 11.19.13 impossible to escape. On one end, Corpsessed = Demigod + main influence, which itself was the from it. With drummer Winterhal- few years, such as the Dale Cooper is a pure slacker anthem, a salute to there is the dance of the psychedelic Deathchain product of the Western influence that Harsh Toke = Dead Meadow ter, Neige has left all ties to black Quartet and Aidan Baker. On her the children of the ’70s. Pony also This album, the first full-length from made its way into Cambodia at the + Radio Moscow metal behind with this release. From and electronica with a splash of synth has more than enough warmth and latest album for Denovali, Merz steps this Finnish death metal band, is just time, Dengue Fever are taking all that Being an Against Me! fan is exhaust- honey-laced harmonies on “Opale,” that makes up most of the tracks like attitude to get me through winter. The fact that bassist Richie Belton in front of the microphone and behind unrelentingly brutal. Songs travel is old and making it new again. The ing. I’ve watched as they transformed to meandering compositions on “Violet Delivery” and “Reach You on –Taylor Hale and guitarist Justin “Figgy” the thousand blinking lights of pedals the gradient between suffocating tunes are Eastern-ized Western pop, from screaming punk with an acoustic “Voix Sereines,” to the Halstead the Phone.” On the other end, there Figueroa are at the forefront of and sequencers to create an album sludge and insane tempo, with some re-Western-ized for a new genera- 62 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 63 professional skateboarding is a mere Terror” grooves along as it invokes folk singer Margaret Bennett. They darker, mystic element with classical it simple with the basics: evocative footnote when talking about these nostalgia for The Rocky Horror weren’t lying about the children being pop vocals of the ’60s, like a warped vocals, drums and a variety of string SoCal shredders. The music speaks Picture Show’s “Science Fiction/ featured either. Almost every song has version of John Lennon singing instruments (acoustic and electric gui- for itself—and loudly it speaks. Double Feature.” “Killing a Shadow” a full choir of children either acting from an opium den in the Middle East. tar and banjo). Following Quilt’s first Clocking in at just under 40 minutes, utilizes high-pitched vocals, producing as fills or the melodic lead, which is Acid rock like this isn’t splashing its self-titled album, Held in Splendor had this four-song LP doesn’t waste a beat a creepy lullaby. This is something especially prominent in the sung “With colors, but rather, it’s letting them drip a tough act to follow. Held in Splendor shrilling up cosmic sounds that ring that requires several listens to fully Us Instead.” In “We Fly A Kite,” there slowly and seep into your eardrums, tackles more of the psychedelic sound out ad infinitum. But there’s some absorb the seemingly brilliant mad- are tons of catchy tunes and rhythms, becoming more of a journey than a than Quilt with fading and twanging special touch that sets this record ness. Beware: You’re in for a ride. full orchestral harmonies and interest- backyard romp. “Obstacle Eyes” is guitar riffs. Quilt keep it cool and psy- apart from the continuous deluge of –Nick Kuzmack ing percussive textures, as well as the a prime example of Delt’s ability to chedelic, but drive their rock essence jam-band psychedelia. Perhaps it’s discovery that you’ve always had a maintain rhythm while taking listeners to its peak. They incorporate classic that the entire thing sounds like a lost The Lawrence Arms crush on Margaret Bennett’s voice. on a trip and proof that there are still guitar solos that build in electric guitar tape from Maggot Brain or something. Metropole When you listen to this album, you’ll musicians heavily influenced by the shreds. The eccentric sound and –Jordan Deveraux definitely feel the effort they put into past, who are smart enough to rein- Epitaph Records haunting vocals tend to turn the rock producing this. –Arnold Hsu vent the music. –Justin Gallegos sensation into a folky mood (“Talking Street: 01.28 a nice twist on the EP’s singular hand claps and toe taps; see “Lolita”). the vocoder-cum-auto-tuning chiming The Hidden Cameras Trains”). Held in Splendor has not only The Lawrence Arms = sound). Orth’s vocals are subdued Though this debut album explores in within 30 seconds of opener “Is- AGE Matt Pond PA Natural Child and dreamy amidst his songs, which the glum themes of uncertainty and land” seems to spell imminent disaster. leveled up with Quilt, but perhaps Rancid + The Flatliners one-upped it. –Lizz Corrigan Evil Evil/Motor Music + Alkaline Trio The Lives Inside the Lines Dancin’ With Wolves are love songs written for his wife. heartbreak, the songs are catchy and In terms of studio effects, the equally Street: 01.24 Inside Your Hands Burger Records “Take the City” is the greatest track buzzing with danceable synth hooks annoying “Boyfriend” and “Nico” Keep in mind, diehards—it’s been here, which sounds pleasantly like and hummable pop structures. There’s only further confirm that Brody and RABBITS The Hidden Cameras BMG Rights Management Street: 02.25 eight long years since The Lawrence the kind of vulnerable love songs that a happy resemblance to singers like co-conspirators Sam Allingham = PVT + Com Truise Street: 02.05 Natural Child = Tom Petty + SOS Arms released a full-length album. Craft Spells or Wild Nothing Thomas Mars and Alexis Taylor and Emily Bate don’t have that much + Depeche Mode Matt Pond PA = Andrew Gram Parsons Eolian Empire In that time, they were signed to Fat are known for. Though the tracks will in Reitherman’s voice, and in his to say, which appears to take the piss Street: 12.03.13 My personal favorite part of this Wreck Chords and cultivated a Bird + Rilo Kiley keep people on their dancing feet, I musicianship as well. The glossy sheen out of the fun that pop (even parody) RABBITS = INVDRS + Zulu venture is the incorporation of string sound similar to Dwarves. Now, While a good chunk of Matt Pond PA’s hope that there are plans for a more draws you in, but the closer you get, can sometimes arrive at naturally. The + Jesus Lizard instruments (both the violin and through Epitaph, they have released repertoire can be a bit melancholic, The developed full-length in the future for the more weary you’ll find the lyrics— trio’s over-dependency on homoeroti- cello) into a synth-heavy sound. an album that shows a more dynamic Lives maintains the more catchy and Orthy. –Christian Schultz mature and poignant reflections on the cism wears thin quite quickly, and like This provides an organic sound to approach toward their music—they’ve upbeat side of their work (aside from kind of synthesized lives we are ever the fates of those cult members, they complement, as well as contradict, the really opened up and expanded the song “Human Beings,“ which came Painted Palms more giving in to. –Christian Schultz seem doomed toward incorporating it across as a drawl). “When the Moon robotics of the spacey noises. Simple on their style, using the technique Forever too much, rather than bettering their melodies are, again, contradicted of storytelling through songwriting. Brings the Silver“ highlights what I Pompeya puerile music. –Dean O Hillis think is the peak of the album with Polyvinyl Records by slightly off-synch layered lyrics all Songs like the title track, “The YMCA Tropical done by the same vocalist. On top of Down the Street from the Clinic” and enthusiasm and sincerity. While the Street: 01.14 Psyclon Nine this, strange, mechanized effects are “Paradise Shitty” do the album the songs are still slow and mild, they’re Painted Palms = (Cut Copy + No Shame placed on his voice randomly which most justice with slow-moving melo- composed in a way that comes across STRFKR) / The Strokes Street: 10.29.13 Order Of The Shadow: Act l as motivational and uplifting. Drawing Pompeya = Passion Pit Metropolis Records provides an avenue of intrigue. AGE dies combined with vivid lyrics, giving Painted Palms’ debut EP, Canopy, on a lot of natural imagery, Matt + Rooney Street: 11.12.13 is a perfectly incarnated example of the album kind of an indie rock feel. saw its release in 2011 and was later Pond PA deliver their lyrics with poetic Psyclon Nine = Velvet Acid the resurge of new wave music. Most They managed to fit in a throwback discovered by of Montreal’s Kevin Tropical, by Russian quartet Pompeya, clarity and rhythm, which enhances the Christ + Hocico + Alien things were strange. Originally, the to their earlier sound with songs like Is this the Return of the Grievous Barnes. After gaining momentum has a variety of funky tracks and elaborate folk music in the background. heavy reggae influences found on “Af- “Drunk Tweets” and “Chilean District,” Angel? Not quite. While the broad from touring with them and STRFKR, smooth, uptempo ballads. Pompeya’s Vampires –Brinley Froelich strokes of Cosmic American Music terparty” threw me off, but in the end I reminding fans that they haven’t lost Painted Palms has released a stellar melodic and up-tempo feel on Tropical Oh, the terror! This release is full of are present here, Natural Child come Droney and distorted, the Portland trio was left appreciating the fact that they their comedic edge or love for playing LP, which sounds as vintage as it made me feel like I was a distressed hard, heavy, head-banging metal and well short of Gram Parson’s territory, RABBITS know how to hastily slap an had tried something different. “Gay fast. As a comeback album, the new Morgan Delt does modern. The vocalist for Painted character from a movie running on aggrotech beats. I loved the gritty, instead sounding like the fat trimmed album together. Live renditions, unre- Goth Scene” details the perspectives sound will surprise fans, but not so Self-titled Palms, Christopher Prudhomme, the beach—in slow motion, of course. grinding, nasty guitar riffs. It is disap- off Exile on Main St. being gargled by leased songs and other shit character- of insensitive dogmatists. This remains much that they won’t embrace it. –Eric Trouble In Mind writes and sings melodies that call Funky guitar, smooth drums and allur- pointing that they are mixed in with U. Norris Tom Petty. The vocals are constricted ize the album. The production value the most serious song on the album. Street: 01.28 to mind The Beatles on title track ing lyrics make Tropical a funktastic overdone, scratchy, screaming vocals The last two tracks finish on a sweeter and tone deaf, especially on the of most of the live songs isn’t great, Morgan Delt = Simon and “Forever,” a fuzzy version of The masterpiece. One of the tracks that that make you want to tear your skin second track, “Don’t the Time Pass but who fucking cares? This album note, leaving you in an entirely differ- Marram Zombies on “Carousel,” and the I instantly fell in love with was “No- off. I love the samples and the haunt- Garfunkel + The West Coast Quickly,” a song about time-altering is trash—beautiful, sexy, grinding- ent place than you began. A friend Sun Choir influence of Brian Wilson is heard body’s Truth.” The sexy vocals and ing background projection sounds of mine once said, “Good music sur- Pop Art Experimental Band sex that not only didn’t pass quickly, it against-your-leg trash. The band lacks Transgressive North throughout the album. What surrounds sultry bass were hypnotizing to my that are mixed in on the track “Come + White Fence made time stand still for a moment—a a bass player, but you wouldn’t know prises you, in a good way.” I believe the vintage melodies is what sets this ears. My favorite song on Tropical is and See.” The actual singing instead Street: 01.20 moment I spent outside my body, like with the fat, distorted thumps through- The Hidden Cameras have achieved LP apart. Producer and cousin Reese the title track—its Caribbean feel and of screaming on “The Saint and The Marram = OK Go + Darwin Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, contem- out the album. Here is the best part: that here. –LeAundra Jeffs Donohue creates uptempo, strange fun vocals made me feel like I was in Valentine” shows me the vocalist actu- Deez + Coldplay plating my missteps and events that After nine tracks of original material, pop that defies categories rather than the Bahamas, and instantly made me ally does have talent. I think that this led me to listen to this shrill, hurried RABBITS take quite a risky move with Jack Name defining them. Each song has its own do a happy dance in my living room. entire release would have been better attempt at blues rock. Unlike good ol’ nine covers of classic punk songs. Light Show identity—mostly percussion-driven Tropical is perfect for anyone who if it was entirely instrumental—I hope Scrooge, I remain as crotchety and Negative Approach (my favorite), God? Records with a lot of bells—and exists in its loves the ’80s. –Mama Beatz they try something different on the cantankerous as ever. “Bah Humbug!” Bikini Kill and Minor Threat relive own realm of sound while remaining vocals for their next project. Luckily, Street: 01.21 –Taylor Hale in these renditions. I have nothing completely accessible. Forever walks a Potpourri Of Pearls this glamorous group has the looks to Jack Name = Richard but praise for these covers—RABBITS fine line between retro and futuristic, carry them. Honey, if you are not go- O’Brien + The Stooges We Went to Heaven manage to own these songs, bending Orthy and by doing so, brings relevance to ing to use that voice of yours properly, + Pink Floyd Heavn At Last and twisting them into original shapes. E.M.I.L.Y. EP modern music. –Justin Gallegos please, just sit there, look pretty and Street: 02.11 Bring your shovels, people—it gets This album is a toxic concoction of Dither Down Records keep your mouth shut. –Mistress Nancy Potpourri Of Pearls = They pretty sludgy. –Alex Cragun psychedelic, guitar-driven, experimen- Street: 01.21 Pillar Point Might Be Giants + Beck – tal “adios motherfucker,” which needs Orthy = Craft Spells + Quilt to be experienced with full attention. Self-Titled Weird Al Yankovic The Reserves Washed Out Polyvinyl Records Held in Splendor The album tells a story that appears Though this album might call to mind A concept album of sorts—based on Made in Tennessee EP Ian Orth’s edits, meant for Austin’s Street: 02.25 Kemado Records to be chaotic and complicated as it Morgan Delt’s contemporaries like Ty the fact that PoP’s lead singer Adam Stik Man Records electro dance Learning Secrets, Pillar Point = Hot Chip Street: 01.28 sifts through many genres. However, Segall and Tim Presley—perhaps Brody’s 14th birthday coincided with Street: 11.25.13 Let me just tell you, first, how much ended up as the four songs on this + Phoenix Quilt = The Growlers listening to the gems makes it bear- even their collaborative effort, Hair— the discovery of the unfortunate vic- The Reserves = Rose Tattoo able, like “Do The Shadow,” which is work was put into this album. Sun there is something much more me- EP and are typical electro-pop of the + Broken Bells Pillar Point is a new dance-pop project tims from the Heaven’s Gate cult— + The 4-Skins Choir moment—but I feel as if there’s noth- full of energy, with full-frontal rocking features the children of the thodical taking place on this record. formed by Scott Reitherman of Se- even if only loosely themed, makes for Quilt is the epitome of psychedelic ing super enticing or even pleasantly This is blue collar rock n’ roll from the guitar that duels with some wicked Light of Love Children’s Home, along Delt makes acid rock reminiscent of cretly Canadian band Throw Me a bizarre sophomore release. There is rock. Shane Butler, Anna Ro- Owen generic about them (though a Baio Volunteer State. If nothing else, Made high-pitched vocals. In contrast, “Pure with 10 other artists, including the ’60s without garage, punk or west- The Statue (indie-poppers keen to definitely a poppy edge to the trio, but chinski and Taylor McVay keep Pallett of Arcade Fire and Scottish ern influences. Instead, he channels a remix of the title track provides in Tennessee holds the marked distinc- 64 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 65 tion of featuring a punk cover of the and musical expression. It appears to more dramatic songs, like “Courts” the disjointed nature of a collection Nettwerk old folk standard “Oh Shenandoah.” be a compilation of their experiments and “Dollar Divided,” certainly have of singles, it might not be the best Street: 02.18 When it comes to Oi!, monkeying with through the four years prior to its their place comfortably here—tracks introduction album for new listeners, William Fitzsimmons = Iron the formula usually brings lukewarm release. “Past Present” has the vocal like “Rome” or the especially lush and but Thee Oh Sees have yet to release & Wine + Elliott Smith results. The Reserves succeed by devi- type that we are used to hearing, the catchy “Glide” and “Plans” are anything bad and this is no exception. ating sparingly (the Avail influences but has more of an EBM beat to it. better for maintaining their respective –Cody Hudson Musically minimal and delicate, throughout really can’t be denied) and Tracks like “Daddyuwarbash” and beats. –Dean O Hillis juxtaposed with dense lyrics, William sticking to a fairly established rock n’ “Goneja” show variance in style, and Trenchrot Fitzsimmons manages to create an album roll template, only occasionally drift- there is rap influence on the track Talvihorros that is both contemplative and intense Necronomic Warfare without being dull or impenetrable. It ing into something goofy—derivative, “Pro-test.” This release is different, but Eaten Alive Unspeakable Axe Records but competent. There’s a hard-luck it continues to deepen the wounds that is clean without being overproduced, Denovali Records Street: 02.18 track (“All Work No Pay”), a fight are gashed into the loving hearts and emotional without being cliché and is Street: 01.31 track (“Shitmouth”) and a boozy one minds of the world’s dark underground Trenchrot = Denial Fiend personal while still being relatable. The about the sauce (“Bittersweet Toast”). sub-culture. (Lo-Fi Café: 02.26) –Mis- Talvihorros = Greg Haines + Ghoul + Obituary remarkable thing about this album is that it unintentionally transcends auditory Its melodies are tight, earnest and may tress Nancy + Nobuto Suda Add another mediocre (at best) death Twin Peaks score boundaries by presenting itself as an swing a little too sweet for the more This album is full of pretty and cute metal album to the burning pits of hell Blackest Ever Black has released sev- entire sensory experience, not specific to grizzled Oi! fans, so it’s probably best Snowbird melodies made weird by distortions with Trenchrot’s debut Necronomic eral of my favorite records within the just listening. With tracks like “Brandon” to approach the album as a straight and reverbs. Almost every single track Warfare. The Philly crew attempts to last year or so, and I was interested to moon (which reflects on a bullied youth), “rock” album, and draw from it what consisted of me saying, “Oh, hey this take on OSDM, which is fine when hear This Is Always Where You’ve Lived Bella Union “Took” and “Hold On,” Fitzsimmons you will. –Dylan Chadwick is nice” to “Oh wait, weird as fuck” there are oh so many bands playing simply based on the label. Admittedly, Street: 01.14 uses soft instrumentation and vocals to within a five-second time frame. It’s the old-school death metal style. The my expectations were not met, but Snowbird = Seabear balance the darker thematic elements Scott H. Biram especially prominent in the track “Four problem with Trenchrot is, for the main that is not to say that I am displeased + Daughter present. This makes a perfectly blended Walls,” with consistent clockwork tick- part, redundancy—and they present Nothin’ But Blood with the album. It’s a strange, varied album that is decisively the most human Snowbird is the soft and wintery duo ing in the background with threatening nothing very interesting or mentally ap- Bloodshot Records affair, playing like a lost soundtrack to thing I’ve listened to in a long time. –Al- comprised of instrumentalist Simon melodies slowly fading in. It’s quite pealing. The guys also bust out a lot of Street: 02.04 something doomed, yet beautiful. The lison Shephard Raymonde of Cocteau Twins anxiety-inducing, really. However, the hardcore/punk influence and it’s actu- Scott H. Biram = Heavy music ranges from synth-based melody and filtered noise (“Summer Wheels/ and vocalist Stephanie Dosen, a emotions that I feel while listening to ally a bit much—there are times when Trash + Shooter Jennings + Chemical Brothers collaborator. this song are what I imagine the artist the album sounds almost upbeat. There Wolves in the Throne Bob Log III Mysterious Fires”), to tape-hiss-laden acoustic ballads, and songs like “Be- Grand piano swirls around gauzy wants the listener to feel. The master- are also quite a few puzzle pieces Room yond the Darkness,” which sounds like vocals, making you feel as though mind behind this, Daniel Crossley, jammed into the wrong spaces in the BBC Session Anno Domini what could have been a demo B-side you are walking through untouched based this album off the time he way of highly melodic guitar solos that Southern Lord last way too long at times. It’s almost as to Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us snow. “Porcelain” begins with darker visited East London, where he battled Street: 11.25.13 composition that transitions into a many drug addictions. The fact that he if the band can’t figure out how to nail Apart.” The nature of the recording is Wolves in the Throne Room gripping soprano melody while “All was able to convey the feelings and a death metal guitar solo. Some folks more bedroom than studio—intimate, = Agalloch + Drudkh + Wishes Are Ghosts” is more sanguine emotions he had into these songs is a may dig the many decent riffs and the and with a slight haze hovering about. Samothrace The aforementioned track is recom- and fast-paced, and finishes with a plus in my book—even if it makes me band’s attempt at old-school, but I’m mended as a reference point, along beautiful string piece. Parts of moon feel creeped out. –Arnold Hsu gonna take a pass on this one. with “Last Town,” for an idea of what are reminiscent of Feist’s Let It Die— –Bryer Wharton to expect. –T.H. possibly because Raymonde owns the Thee Oh Sees Bella Union label that is Feist’s home. Singles Collection Vol. 3 Wax Fang moon is aptly named, as this album Skinny Puppy Castle Face Records The Astronaut has far-away, dreamy textures and Street: 11.26.13 Don’t Panic Records The Greater Wrong Of The wistful lyrics that speak to you even if Street: 01.28 you aren’t quite sure what the exact Thee Oh Sees = The Gories Right (Remastered) Wax Fang = The Mars Volta Believe it or not, Scott H. Biram’s not Metropolis words are. –Kia McGinnis + Ty Segall + King Crimson + Muse alone when it comes to playing blues Street: 01.28 and country as a one-man band. Skinny Puppy = Download Snowmine The Astronaut is a prog-psych throw- There are a few out there, but when it +ohGr + Portion Control Dialects back to the days when these kinds of comes to quality and content, he has Mystery Buildings sci-fi conceptually driven albums were few to call true contemporaries. His vital pieces of the musical landscape Street: 02.04 reputation as a wild performer is well and black light art industry. While you Snowmine = My Morning deserved, but he’s not one-sided at may roll your eyes at the pretense of Shortly after releasing 2011’s Celestial all. On Nothin’ But Blood, that other Jacket – Tears For Fears a concept album about an astronaut Lineage, Wolves in the Throne Room hit side is definitely showcased by letting + Fleet Foxes emerging from a black hole as a limit- the BBC and recorded two tracks from notes breathe and finding intensity in Sounding a bit like an unsigned 4AD less superbeing, it is hard to fault the their then-recently-released album. These other ways than just volume. That’s not band complete with moody, ethereal ambitious scope of this project—two tracks command over 20 minutes of your to say that Biram’s gone soft—songs backgrounds, lush orchestrations and musicians from Lousiville, Ky. scoring time and show how different this band is like his cover of “Backdoor Man” will sometimes-coherent-sometimes-not these massive, soaring, 10-minute- in the live setting. Ethereal as their studio put you on your ass. Biram, to me, has vocals—the Brooklyn quintet certainly plus epics with symphonic scores, recordings are, the BBC Session provides become the Southern roots music mod- distances itself from its contemporaries brawny psych guitar work and droning a different and equally as compelling ern Hemingway, expressing honestly by creating everything by hand. atmospherics. The result is an album experience. “Prayer of Transformation” the dark parts of this life like only he This complete control extends to the I was pretty stoked about this release, brimming with unhinged psychedelic is a slow and whispered black metal can. –James Orme releasing of their material—including if only because I finally have a digital influences that borrow heavily from trek on Celestial Lineage, but in the live eschewing a record label—for this, version of my favorite song by Thee heady UK psychedelia and often studio setting it shares a kinship with the The re-release on their only album Secret Boyfriend their sophomore release. Time will tell Oh Sees, “Crushed Grass” (specifi- space-related themes coupled with a patience-testing doom of Bell Witch to make the Billboard 200 is a true if this was wise, but more importantly, cally the version off of the Bruise Cruise very American tendency to let the beat and Samothrace. Devoid of most reverb, This Is Always Where definition of the opposite ideas these it is with their upbeat material that split 7” with Ty Segall). Another track ride into uncharted, improvised ter- vocals punch harder and are human- members have. These dominant You’ve Lived they excel: Singles “Columbus” and to check out is the 7:34 version of the ritories full of free-jazz riffs, squealing ized, and the number of sounds these industrial figures have always prided Blackest Ever Black “Silver Sieve” retain their cinematic two-minute song “Block of Ice” off electronics and a muscular groove that guys can generate without studio magic themselves on not being “sellouts—I Street: 12.09.13 beauty, incorporating dreamy, near of the album The Master’s Bedroom gives this already heavy album its own is impressive. Although a different side assure this great achievement was Secret Boyfriend = sing-along—albeit at times unintel- Is Worth Spending A Night In. This gravitational pull. –Ryan Hall of these USBM purveyors from the Pacific something they thoroughly despised. Oneohtrix Point Never ligible—harmonies. Lead singer/ collection of singles is a treat for any Northwest, the BBC Session is as riveting As with much of their work, the spine + Matthew Dear + An- songwriter Grayson Sanders has a John Dwyer fan, featuring alternate William Fitzsimmons as any album release and stands as is a political point of view, yet there gelo Badalamenti’s pleasant voice, even if it isn’t always and live versions of a handful of songs more than novelty. –Peter Fryer is a profound shift in their creativity Lions clear what he is saying. While the featured on previous albums. 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Gregory Allstars - Green Pig Special Explosion, Caravels, Wearing Thin John Pizzarelli - Capitol Theatre Bring It On - Capitol Theatre Suspicious Sound System - Mestizo Dave Hause, Northcote - Burt’s Jerel Harwood - Grey Forest Studio - In The Venue Salt Shakers - Hog Wallow - Shred Shed Nanofly, Durandal, Epithetos - City Limits Together PANGEA, Mozes & The Firstborn, Farmboy - Outlaw Saloon Dr. Dog, Saint Rich - Complex Monday, February 17 Candy’s River House - Hog Wallow Sinful Zins - Meditrina Atilla, I See Stars, Capture The Crown, Ice WRD: Hot Wheelers vs. Salt Flat Breakers - Kilby Francis, Rejoin The Team, The Wasatch Fault, Seance with the Crone - Crone’s Hollow Dallas Buyers Club - Jim Santy Auditorium Savoy - Park City Live Nine Kills, Myka Relocate - In The Venue Pentatonix - Complex Fallouts - Derby Depot Extortionist, Goliath, Verbera, Uroboric Deity, Attach The Sunset - Shred Shed Made Monster - Downstairs Tony Holiday Band - Johnny’s The Epilogues, Night Riots Amahlia, Von Poetry Slam - Jazzy’s The Thrill Collective, Change To Fire - Kilby Farrell Fest - Diabolical Records The Perished, Dream Of Elysium - Loading Dock SLUG Magazine 25th Anniversary Larry Smarr - Eccles Center The Menzingers, OWTH, Broadway Calls, Andeck, Advent Horizon - Shred Shed Nebraska - Jim Santy Auditorium February Mudson - Masonic Temple DJ Scooter - Downstairs Building Bridges Among Faith Traditions Party with MakingFuck, The Obliterate Elvin Bishop - Egyptian Theatre Problem Daughter - Kilby Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshop - SLC Arts Hub Rum Rebellion, Never Say Never, Salt Lake The Hollering Pines, Tavaputs, Kristopher Bjorn Boz Scaggs - Eccles Center - Marriott Library Plague, Visigoth (Free Show!) - Urban R.A.T.S. - Hog Wallow Wednesday, February 12 Tainted Halos, Braindead Constance, Spitfires, Cliterinas, Sturgeon General - Urban Ballet West II - Egyptian Theatre Weber State’s 18th Annual Storytelling Festival Park City’s Last Friday Gallery Stroll Guantanamo Baywatch, Boom! - Kilby Tuesday, February 18 Hi-Fi Murder - Mojos Happy Birthday, Amanda Rock! - Kafeneio Contra Dancing, Loose Shoes - Peery’s Egyptian Theatre - Various Galleries Save The World Get The Girl - Murray Theater Happy Birthday, Taylor Hale! Breathe Carolina, Upon A Burning Body, Kung-Fu Theater - Brewvies The Pack AD, Deadtooth, Supermoon - Kilby - First Unitarian Church Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshop - SLC Arts Hub Mimi Knowles, The Vibrant Sound, Better Taste Dixie Fest - Old St. George Airport Betrayal - Murray Theater Michelle Moonshine - Hog Wallow Full Moon Round Valley Romp The Music of Harry Potter - Abravanel Triggers & Slips - Garage Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Dead Winter Bureau - Velour Foxtails Brigade - Shred Shed Terrible Buttons, 100 Mile House - Muse Music Passafire, Ballyhoo! - In The Venue - National Ability Center Banff Mountain Film Festival - Kingsbury LA Guns, London, Easy Street, Betty Hates Carpenters - State Room Pandas On The Run - Why Sound Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Chad Valley - State Room Wild Country - Outlaw Saloon Save The World Get The Girl, Racecar Rattlesnake Wine - Outlaw Saloon Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshop - SLC Arts Hub Everything - Gino’s Tom Bennett, Kelli Moyle, Alan Trieu, Zazu & Funk & Gonzo - Woodshed American Hitmen - The Royal Joachim Garraud - Park City Live Racecar, Ocean Commotion, The Fences, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Deadly Shearwater, Jesca Hoop - Urban Gamma Rays - Green Pig The Golden Boy - Urban Saturday, March 1 Antiserum, Pookie, Spacey - Urban Wednesday, February 19 Paul Cardall, Josh Wright - Rose Wagner Gerade, Big Wild Wings - Kilby Gentleman - Park City Live Back Wash - Hog Wallow Wednesday, February 26 Grieg’s Piano Concerto - Abravanel Provo Gallery Stroll - Various Galleries Happy Birthday, Nicholas Dowd! Wandering Woods, Kindred Dead, The Fellows Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Skeletonwitch Lucius, You Won’t - State Room Instructions Not Included - Jim Santy Auditorium Aer, RDGLDGRN, New Beat Fund - Complex Dive Down - Bar Deluxe Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll - Shred Shed - Murray Theater Royal Bliss, Opal Hill Drive - The Royal Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser - Complex Green River Blues Band - Johnny’s The English Beat - Depot High Desert Blues Band - City Limits - Various Galleries SLUG Localized: Gnawing Suspicion, Family Art Saturday: Make Believe Books Zion I, Aileron, MK Smth, Sol - Park City Live Morgan Snow - Hog Wallow Dirty Gold, Utima Casanova, San Santiago Corey Smaller - Hog Wallow Far East Movement, DJ Erockalypze - Depot Ferocious As They Come, Coral Bones The Guard Cats, Muzzle Tung - Urban - UMOCA Blood Of The Martyrs, My Heart Too Far, Banff Mountain Film Festival - Kingsbury - Kilby We Butter The Bread With Butter, Lions Lions, Miss DJ Lux - Downstairs - Why Sound 801 Sessions: Us, Harlem Shuffle, 5th Annual Samba Queen Gala - Urban Honor Code, Amorous, Alumni - Shred Shed Sugar House Art Walk - Various Galleries Adjacent To Nothing, Makeshift, A Lily Gray Honour Crest - In The Venue Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Magda Vega, MiNX - Woodshed 68 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 69 70 SaltLakeUnderGround 72 SaltLakeUnderGround