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![Ririe-Woodbury Dance: Equilibrium](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ririe-woodbury-dance-company-1.jpg)
Ririe-Woodbury Dance: Equilibrium
Salt Lake City’s Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company opened it’s 2009/2010 season with Equilibrium, a collection of pieces which ran at the Jeanne Wagner Theater from September 24th – 26th. If the rest of the season rises to the caliber of the performances I saw at the Saturday night performance, this will be an exciting season. … read more
![Mt. Eerie @ Kilby Court](/etc/exclusives/1933-mounteerie_by_wheatwurtzburger-crop.jpg)
Mt. Eerie @ Kilby Court
From acoustic to electric distortion, Mt. Eerie has subtle ways of bringing surprises. Tonight he brought the rain, the comfort of the Kilby fire pit and high hopes of hearing some live snippets from his recent release, Wind’s Poem. … read more
![Tori Amos – Midwinter Graces review](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tori-amos-midwinter-graces.webp)
Tori Amos – Midwinter Graces review
I can think of no greater feat than a Christmas/Holiday album helping to get you in the mood for the forthcoming holidays in October. If ever a modern artist was suited for recording a holiday/seasonal album, it must be Tori Amos. … read more
![Bicycle Film Festival in SLC](/uploads/exclusives/1935-1935-poster_slc-crop-396x288.jpg)
Bicycle Film Festival in SLC
On October 2-3, Salt Lake City was fortunate enough to host a stop of the first annual Bicycle Film Festival. Featuring films to satisfy every style of cyclist out there, the festival screenings ranged from bmx shorts to full-length mountain bike documentaries. … read more
![Sister Spit @ The Sponge Bar](/etc/exclusives/1936-sister%20spit-crop.jpg)
Sister Spit @ The Sponge Bar
Sister Spit is a touring troop of queer literary performance artists. SS was in part founded by Michelle Tea, one of San Francisco’s more distinguished and prolific queer writers. This all-female punky fan of writers first started trekking across the globe in the 90s, and have recently regrouped as Sister Spit: The Next Generation to tour across Europe and the U.S., including a stop in Salt Lake City at the Sponge Bar. … read more
![Converge: The Kurt Ballou Interview](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/converge-band.webp)
Converge: The Kurt Ballou Interview
I sat down with Kurt Ballou, guitar mastermind of Converge and recording guru of Godcity Studio, before their show Oct. 10 in Denver. He had a lot to say. We got to talking about high school bands, solar powered cars and of course, the new Converge album. … read more
![Dinobots “Never Gonna Get It” Premiere at Westminster](/etc/exclusives/1938-img3928-crop.jpg)
Dinobots “Never Gonna Get It” Premiere at Westminster
The Dinobot premieres their first video “Never Gonna Get it” at Westminster … read more
![Blitzen Trapper @ In the Venue](/etc/exclusives/1939-blitz-crop.jpg)
Blitzen Trapper @ In the Venue
It’s rare these days for me to go to a show and remain impressed, engaged and enthusiastic throughout every single set. So I was quite pleasantly surprised by the recent Blitzen Trapper and Mirah show, which gave me a solid four hours of awesome live music. … read more
![Souls of Mischief @ Urban](/etc/exclusives/1967-souls-crop.jpg)
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
![The Sounds @ In the Venue](/etc/exclusives/1968-thesounds_img05_hires-crop.jpg)
The Sounds @ In the Venue
The Sounds’ Living in America was a random find at Graywhale when I was in Junior High. The album opened my sheltered mind to a new music world, even if it did lead to a strong distaste for The Sounds from the other kids in my carpool who knew the words to “Hit Me!” whether they liked it or not. … read more