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![Local Review: Sky as Skin – 10000 beautiful lakes](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/600x600bb.jpg)
Local Review: Sky as Skin – 10000 beautiful lakes
Sky as Skin = Rage Against the Machine + Not Blood Paint … read more
![Dissecting Die Sektor](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13528157_1373261456036843_6862248753322584031_o-1024x786.jpg)
Dissecting Die Sektor
Die Sektor will be joining a sensational group of harder acts on Sept. 30, Friday night’s edition of this year’s Dark Arts Festival at Area 51. You do not want to miss any of the acts during this year’s five-day Dark Arts Festival—there are so many things to discover. … read more
![Local Review: Rifamos – Fadista / Ay Te Watcho 7”](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/a2388198647_10-1024x1024.jpg)
Local Review: Rifamos – Fadista / Ay Te Watcho 7”
Rifamos = The Ventures + Spindrift … read more
![Selling the Ashes: Progressing from the Studio to the Stage](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sellingtheashes8.jpg)
Selling the Ashes: Progressing from the Studio to the Stage
Jordan Ruiz of Selling the Ashes has constructed a full live band and will be opening for PIG at the Dark Arts Festival at Area 51 on Sept. 28. Meeting at Ruiz’s home studio and walking among the multitudes of electronic equipment and wall of guitars, I sat down with Ruiz to get some insight into what inspired a studio act to start performing live. … read more
![Tegan and Sara, Shura @ In The Venue 09.22](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MG_4416-683x1024.jpg)
Tegan and Sara, Shura @ In The Venue 09.22
Tegan and Sara, fresh off their newest release, Love You to Death, are on the road again and stopped into Salt Lake City for another visit, this time at downtown venue In The Venue. … read more
![Cyndi Lauper: Fearless, Reckless Friend @ The Depot 09.20 with Charlie Musselwhite](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cyndi-Lauper-Sofa-photo-credit-Chapman-Baehler.jpg)
Cyndi Lauper: Fearless, Reckless Friend @ The Depot 09.20 with Charlie...
With her multi-colored and ratted-out hair and bizarre fashion sense that bridged aspects of punk and new wave with something entirely her own, Lauper was the most outrageous person I had ever seen, and the world admired and celebrated her for her uniqueness. … read more
![The California Honeydrops @ The State Room 09.19](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30.jpg)
The California Honeydrops @ The State Room 09.19
I was one sweaty photographer at The California Honeydrops’ Monday night show at The State Room, where the Oakland, California–based band had everyone dancing. … read more
![Garbage: Star-Crossed and Dreaming @ The Complex 09.16 with Cigarettes After Sex](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Garbage_Credit-Joseph-Cultice.jpg)
Garbage: Star-Crossed and Dreaming @ The Complex 09.16 with Cigarettes...
There’s always been an extra edge to Garbage live, an element of chaos that doesn’t typically come through on the records, and tonight, there’s a particularly aggressive undercurrent as Shirley Manson stalks the stage. … read more
![Review: The Bronzed Chorus – Summering](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/TBC-cover.jpg)
Review: The Bronzed Chorus – Summering
The Bronzed Chorus = Hella / Colour … read more
![Band of Skulls, Mothers @ Urban Lounge 09.14](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MG_3849-1024x683.jpg)
Band of Skulls, Mothers @ Urban Lounge 09.14
With their fourth album Default released and a few tour stops done, the incredible Band of Skulls, from Southampton, England, returned to Salt Lake City to play an intimate show at the downtown favorite Urban Lounge with musical guest Mothers opening. … read more