Music
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The Creepshow @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
I arrived at the dark dank spot on State Street known as Burt’s Tiki Lounge early to make sure I got a good spot that offered a choice line of sight of the so called stage. The normal crowd of gutter punks were perched at the bar nursing their hang over from the weekend. Having an ultra, mega, schoolyard crush on the Creepshow lead singer Sara “Sin” Blackwood, I couldn’t wait to see her hit that stage.
Alec Ounsworth at Kilby Court
For pretty much as long as I can remember I’ve had a deeply rooted opposition to and disgust for mustaches. I guess it’s an unfair generalization, but from a young age I observed that the only people who had ‘staches were cops, weasel-faced Nazis, and guys who used one hand to turn up their Hank Jr. tape while using the other to polish the fender of their four wheeler after a holiday weekend at the sand dunes. A few years ago a new breed of mustache-wearer became far more prominent in the mostly still stagnant facial hair scene: the sarcastic hipster … read more
How The Grouch Stole Christmas
Some of California’s truest and most dialed hip hop OGs came to SLC in early December as part of the “How the Grouch Stole Christmas” tour. Kicking off the tour right here in Salt Lake, The Grouch came with Mistah Fab, Fashawn and Exile to start off the string of B and E’s and the holiday sprit. … read more
Del the Funkee Homosapien 12.11.2009 The Urban Lounge
If you were planning on catching Del at the Urban Lounge on Friday the 11th, I hope you pre-rolled your L’s ahead of time. Long lines, brick temperatures and a sold out show made for some unhappy folks on the outside… … read more
JP Haynie, Golden Ghost, Crumbler
Jp Haynie, Golden Ghost and Crumpler at Kilby Court on 11.28.09 … read more
Youth Brigade: Let Them Know
The evening of October 23, 2009 started with me reading a book on the couch in the SLUG office. If I had thought that activity would be an indication of the excitement level for the rest of the night’s activities, I suppose I would have stayed there. I knew what was up though. Youth Brigade was coming to town that night and also screening their documentary Let Them Know, which is a history of Youth Brigade and BYO Records. … read more
Kid Sister @ W Lounge
I have been waiting a long time for Kid Sister to come to our city. She comes across in her music as sassy as Lil’ Kim, but without the whore feel. … read more
Souls of Mischief @ Urban
Souls of Mischief are definitely not strangers to our great city of salt. Not only do the Souls frequently perform here as a group but they also come through on solo tours and with their larger group Hieroglyphics—They are like family to the hip hop community here. … read more
Why? @ Club Sound
After standing in line for about 10 minutes with girls wearing nothing more than lingerie and those Sasquatch-like furry boots, I realized I was probably in line for the rave, not the Why? show. The real line for Why?, in fact, stretched around the building and half-way down 200 S. … read more
Frightened Rabbit @ The Urban Lounge
It’s not too often that us Utah folks get a good taste of live Scottish rock. Sure, The Proclaimers reared their ugly heads recently to the delight of many boring 30-something women. But while those dumb whores were cumming in their pants to the Reid brothers walking another 500 miles (worst fucking song ever), those of us in the know were dancing our pants off to not just one, but three bands hailing from the heart of Scotland. … read more