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About the Cover: Alethia Lunares is an artisan at the 10th Annual Craft Lake City® DIY Festival® Presented By Harmons and Mark Miller Subaru (Aug. 10–12, the Gallivan Center). Her feel for vibrant, bright colors translates impeccably to a SLUG cover. In this piece, fruition, the hand’s flowers recall CLC’s mission to nurture local working creators. Follow her on Instagram at @alethialunares.

Festival goers fill the Gallivan Center. Photo: ColtonMarsalaPhotography.com

Craft Lake City 10th Annual DIY Festival

By Ceza Dzawala, Chris Gariety, Colton Marsala, Jayson Ross [Posted August 17, 2018]

The 10th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival came and went with a bang! For the 10th anniversary, local artisans, foodies, vendors and engineers came together at The Gallivan Center over Aug. 10–12 to make the weekend one to remember. … read more

Beach House performing in a sea of green.

Beach House @ The Depot 08.14 with Sound of Ceres

By Matthew Hunter [Posted August 17, 2018]

The night was a sonic retreat. It was like being slowly wrapped in a warm blanket of organ sounds and droning guitars and elaborate soundscapes and then lulled to sleep by a formless beam of light with an airy, angelic voice. … read more

Jacqueline Whitmore Photo: @clancycoop

SLUG Style: Jacqueline Whitmore

By Tyson Call @clancycoop [Posted August 14, 2018]

Jacqueline Whitmore owns Copperhive Vintage and is a promoter of body positivity. This month’s SLUG Style was shot at Craft Lake City DIY Festival at the Gallivan Center at Copperhive Vintage’s booth. … read more

Erasure at Kingsbury Hall

Erasure @ Kingsbury Hall 08.12 with Reed and Caroline

By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted August 14, 2018]

Erasure’s set ends with “Stop!,” a track from the Crackers International release that served as a Christmas release in 1988 and a bridge between the The Innocents and Wild! releases. Thunderous applause follows—genuine, stand-on-your-feet applause.   … read more

Lost '80s Live: Farrington & Mann

Lost ’80s Live 2018: A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes @ Red Butte 08.09

By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted August 13, 2018]

Maybe it’s the heat, or that we were suddenly realizing how spoiled we were by the Retro Futura Tour a few weeks before, where the use of a backing band for the first three acts allowed the artist’s sets to be longer and seamless. Tonight, any momentum built up by the end of a band’s set evaporates before the next act can tune their instruments.  … read more

Chvrches electrify the night.

Ogden Twilight 2018: CHVRCHES, Pale Waves, Tishmal

By Colton Marsala [Posted August 13, 2018]

The crowd was overjoyed to be able to see CHVRCHES in such an intimate and personal setting. The closing show was a joyfully sad event, signifying the nearing end of summer. … read more

Utah Underground Compilation show no.3 flier

Utah Underground Compilation Release Shows 3 & 4 @ The Underground & Metro

By Eric Norris [Posted August 9, 2018]

What began as a Facebook post brought the underground community together to reach a common goal and resulted in a compilation CD and four shows to back it up. I’m truly thankful that I could experience it all firsthand, and I can’t wait for what’s next. … read more

Photo courtesy of Larkin

Episode #294 – Larkin

[Posted August 8, 2018]

Larkin talks to us about growing up in a musical family, finding her artistic voice in a shower and turning the world she sees into art. … read more

Slightly Stoopid playing at the Salt Lake City Public Library.

Slightly Stoopid @ Library Square 08.04 with Stick Figure, Pepper

By Colton Marsala [Posted August 8, 2018]

Slightly Stoopid, a ’90s favorite, finished the show off with a bang. Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughy, the original bandmates, bounded across the stage singing everything from their oldest songs to their newer ones, delighting the crowd. … read more

Candace Jean will be a participant in her 10th Craft Lake City DIY Festival.

10-Year CLC Artisan: Candace Jean

[Posted August 7, 2018]

Candace Jean says “I found a flier for the first-ever Craft Lake City at another local show. I applied, was accepted and gave it my best shot. It was my first time with a 10×10 booth—which was quite the learning experience—but the energy at the inaugural Fest was incredible.” … read more

Amy Redden celebrates her 10th year at Craft Lake City's DIY Fest.

10-Year CLC Artisan: Vintage Fern

[Posted August 7, 2018]

“I have always loved creating things as long as I can remember,” Amy Redden says. “I would spend hours in my room as a teenager making necklaces for myself.” … read more

Black Francis takes us into the third song of the night with “U-Mass,” a song about his time dropping out of college.

The Pixies @ USANA 08.01 with Weezer, Sleigh Bells

By Talyn Sherer [Posted August 7, 2018]

The Pixies will forever stand the test of time, and Wednesday night was a definitive proof of that concept as both young and old fans came out in unison to sing-a-long in solidarity with the band’s trials and tribulations that they have overcome throughout the decades. As they closed out their set and the smoggy, smoke filled air cast a glorious sunset over the amphitheater, we all watched and waited patiently as Weezer prepared to take us into the night. … read more

Photo: Eliot Lee Hazel

Death Cab for Cutie @ Red Butte 08.04 with Pedro the Lion

By Kia McGinnis [Posted August 7, 2018]

While PTL developed a cult following in the indie world, Death Cab rose to critical acclaim and wild, mainstream popularity. The common circle in the Venn diagram between the two is their somber content: sex might sell to some, but sad songs can be just as seductive. … read more

Now, Now seen performing through the Kilby window.

Now, Now @ Kilby Court 08.03 with WENS

By Matthew Hunter [Posted August 6, 2018]

Now, Now’s performance on Friday, August 3 had a little bit of everything: angsty, emo-pop lyrics, electronic dance beats, loud, distorted guitars, yelling, crying and laughing. It was, in every sense of the phrase, a rollercoaster of emotion for everyone—all with a tangible layer of altruism. … read more

Broken Social Scene @ Ogden Twilight 08.02 with In Tall Buildings, Joshua James

By Colton Marsala [Posted August 6, 2018]

As the sun faded in the night sky, Broken Social Scene joined the stage. Opening with “KC Accidental” off their album You Forgot It in People, the large band started off with a bang. … read more

Due South

Content Shifter: 8 TV Series from Oh! Canada

By Bill Frost [Posted August 3, 2018]

We all have friends—mostly on Facebook, the whiniest of all social-media platforms—who have been threatening to “move to Canada!” for almost two years now. They haven’t, they won’t, and they’re certainly not going to shut up aboot it. Too bad, because Canada has far more to offer than brutal hockey, legal weed and free healthcare: … read more

Utah Underground Compilation show No. 1 flier

Utah Underground Compilation Release Shows 1 & 2 @ The Underground & The Beehive

By Eric Norris [Posted August 2, 2018]

In celebration of the first Utah Underground Compilation, the featured bands have all gathered for four separate shows for its release. Spearheaded by Sean Dugger, the first two shows were a success, minus one holdout—Villain had to drop off the show on July 28 due to vocalist Trent Falcone having double-booked himself between work and the show. … read more

Utah Underground Compilation shows

Utah Underground Compilation: The State’s Metal, Punk & Hardcore Exports Reach the Surface

By Eric Norris [Posted August 2, 2018]

“Let’s give a big shout-out to Sean Dugger! He put all this together!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this line being said in the last two Utah Underground Compilation release shows I’ve been to. I expect to hear it a million more times in the upcoming ones. … read more

Bangkok Terrace's spicy Pla Goong Shrimp Salad. Photo: Talyn Sherer

Holy Thai Basil! Bangkok Terrace

By Mandy Allfrey Murry [Posted August 2, 2018]

In Thailand, food is a reason for celebration, and Bangkok Terrace of Salt Lake City has created a menu and space to complement old-world tradition from the Southeast Asian country. … read more