Birthquake

Born Again: Salt Lake City's Birthquake are not your mother’s mathematics.

POSTED // Dec 16,2009 - Birthquake are their mother’s mathematics. Scott Whitaker hunkers down, neck of bass in one fist, stick of chalk in the other ...

Gaza: He Is Never Coming Back

POSTED // Nov 18,2009 - Gaza possess an inane ability to flex out beyond the fringes of transition: when matters seem most clear on He Is Never Coming Back...

Star Wars: In Concert

FRIDAY 10.16

POSTED // Oct 14,2009 - Every few years, a new byproduct of the original films is created to satiate the millions of fans who still can't get enough. Star Wars: In Concert...

Cabaret Voltage

High Voltage: An open mic veteran tries to breathe new life into poetry readings.

POSTED // Oct 7,2009 - The Cabaret Voltage is an event of literature, music, and art recently revived by C.A. Leibow, and hosted monthly at Nobrow Coffee...

Paul Draper: Mysteries of the Mind

WEDNESDAY 10.14

Eagle Twin

Esoteric Brawn: Eagle Twin make brutal, thought-provoking noise.

POSTED // Aug 12,2009 - Back in July, City Weekly contributor Curtis Jensen hit the road with Utah’s Eagle Twin as they toured...

Sunn O))): Monoliths and Dimensions

POSTED // Jun 17,2009 - In his lecture "The Future of Music: Credo," John Cage stated, "Centers of experimental music must be established. In these centers, the new materials, oscillators, turntables, generators, means for amplifying small sounds ..."

Captain Captain Studios

Oh, My! Art, music and whiskey.

POSTED // Jun 3,2009 - Captain Captain Studios houses the workspaces of a tight-knit group of Salt Lake City artists, a group which is inextricably tied to Salt Lake City's music scene. You've seen their work not only in galleries ...

Gaza/Bird Eater's Jon Parkin

The Politician: In conversation with SLC metal giant Jon Parkin

POSTED // May 6,2009 - Jon Parkin is vocalist for Gaza and Bird Eater, both of which are on Black Market Activities, a label distributed by Metal Blade Records. Gaza has just completed their second LP for Black Market Activities...

Eagle Twin

Verbatim: A scene from a day in the life of SLC’s Eagle Twin.

POSTED // Mar 4,2009 - Eagle Twin are Tyler Smith and Gentry Densley: a two-piece metal band from Salt Lake City on Southern Lord Records. A van is an enclosed, box-like motor vehicle having rear or side doors and side pane.