Year: 2007
Localized: Loiter Cognition
Loiter Cognition have a very aggressive and violent sound but, upon meeting the members of the band for this interview their sound doesn’t fit the soft-spoken, relaxed personalities of each member. … read more
Localized: Red Top Wolverine Show
Loiter Cognition, Red Top Wolverine Show and opening act The Alkaloids will be playing SLUG’s Localized at Urban Lounge Friday March 9th. This will be the craziest most intense show of all time so be there. Red Top Wolverine Show Bucket: Harmonica Frisco: Broomstick Jailbait: Drums Brad McCarley: Vocals, Guitar, Den Mother Stanley: Percussion, Buckets
Drawn OK: An Interview with Badly Drawn Boy
When Damon Gough and his alter ego Badly Drawn Boy rolled into Salt Lake City’s Zephyr Club in support of his debut album The Hour of the Bewilderbeast he had already taken the Mercury Music Prize (the UK’s Album of the Year) beating out Coldplay’s Parachutes and The Doves’ Lost Souls. When he left he had set up residency as one of the top ten bands I’d ever seen live. … read more
Chasing Cuban Ballerinas with Chicken from Dead to Me
You might get the idea that Dead To Me is some kind of sappy inspirational band more apt to play self-help seminars than sweaty punk clubs, but their music makes it clear that punk rock can be about more than hating everything and everyone around you. … read more
J.K. Broadrick and Jesu exercising the Ghost of Godflesh
Chances are that if you listen to heavy or experimental music you know about Jesu and its creator Justin K. Broadrick, someone that bleeds talent from every orifice. … read more
The Future of Utah: Ogden’s Revitalization Project
My first trip to Ogden occurred last year; a group of friends and I ventured into the unknown city in search of some handrails to film. … read more
This ain’t no Chinese Jazz, it’s the Stooges!: An Interview...
Not only has Asheton continued to play music (and is influenced by such diverse sounds as The Who to Sun Ra) but he has a great memory and gift for storytelling. … read more
Becoming a Stooge: an Interview with Mike Watt
At first glance, it would appear that Watt is the Shemp character in the reformed Stooges. Playing alongside original members Iggy Pop and the Asheton brothers, it would seem that Watt is just one more hired hand in a long line of rock band reunifications. But scratch the surface a little and you’ll find that Watt has a long history of playing Stooges songs (sometimes with Stooges members)—a history that predates any talks of a reunion. … read more
SLC TATTOO CONVENTION: Tattoos, Brews and No Clues
Tattoos. That part should be completely self-explanatory, unless of course you are completely brain dead. Brews. I must have drank a hundred dollars worth of these bad boys all three days of the convention. I know I sound like an alcoholic, but at least I am an alcoholic who can support all of his moocher-ass friends. No clues. These are what you have after drinking a hundred dollars worth of beer, three days straight. … read more
Gallery Stroll: Building a Community – March 2007
It’s common knowledge that if you want to revitalize an area you get the arts involved. Artists need cheap wide-open spaces with low rents and once they move in, paint and beautify, more artists move in and eventually you have a vibrant, bustling community. … read more