Authors: Karamea Pearl Puriri
The New Electric Sound, The Brocks, The Atomics @ Velour...
The New Electric Sound, The Brocks and The Atomics at Velour Live Music Gallery on Feb. 28, 2013. … read more
Polytype Album Release Party @ Velour 02.01
Release party for the debut album from Provo group, Polytype, with Mideau and Lake Island at Velour Live Music Gallery. Despite the cold, the line stretched down the block well before doors open, many of whom had yet to hear Polytype’s Basic//Complex i … read more
K-Phresh Shreds the Utah Gnar
The last thing I expected when I started working at SLUG was to write anything about snowboarding, let alone to actually learn how to snowboard. I am a desert rat from a Polynesian family—I wasn’t exactly bred for the cold. One thing I discovered upon moving to Salt Lake was that winter ultimately sucks and I hate it. But after noticing how excited my friends get when it snows each winter, I decided that learning to snowboard might give me a reason to want to “pray for snow” right along with them. … read more
Tycho: Visual Articulation of Musical Ideas
The ability to create something—a painting, a song, a piece of clothing, jewelry, whatever it might be—to communicate an idea because it’s the only way that you know how to get it out of your head and into the world, is powerful. The way Tycho expresses his ideas and feelings resonates deeply with a wide audience, which is telling of his intuitive talent as a musician. … read more
Top 5: Daughter
It’s hard to put into words the emotions that Daughter’s full-length debut, If You Leave, bring up. Each time I turn it on, it’s as if Elena Tonra’s voice is reaching deep into my soul and shaking up all of those miserable, broken-hearted experiences, and then serving them back to me in a beautifully decorated, melancholy cocktail. … read more