Issue 363 – March 2019 cover art

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ABOUT THE COVER: Contemporary art bubbles up all around us. The collage of murals on the cover represent an urgency for art to elevate us on an immediate community level. See our story about the murals that have sprouted up in SLC’s Granary District and in South Salt Lake, and find more information about the art at saltlakepublicart.org and sslarts.org.

Ex Hex | It's Real | Merge

Review: Ex Hex – It’s Real

By Nick Kuzmack [Posted March 22, 2019]

Ex Hex is playing by their own rules. It’s Real maintains its own space with tight, cool rock n’ roll made of the bleeding heart of a tender soul. … read more

Photo: @Clancycoop

SLUG Style: Nancy Rivera

[Posted March 18, 2019]

Nancy Rivera is a visual artist. Her photography has been displayed at The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and others. Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. Exploring more than just clothing, SLUG Style is an attempt to feature the people who give Salt Lake City … read more

Rail Jam Wizardry: The 19th Annual SLUG Games Didn’t Disappoint

By Ceza Dzawala, Jessica Bundy, Logan Sorenson [Posted March 13, 2019]

Meat missiles were firing on all cylinders Saturday, March 9, at the 19th Annual SLUG Games: Winter Wizardry rail jam at Brighton Resort. There’s no better way to ring in the start of spring ski season than with a competition made possible by all our sponsors: Arbor Snowboards, Izm, Pit Viper Sunglasses, Saga Outerwear, Graywhale … read more

5 Experimental Albums That Stretch the Boundaries of Pop Music

By Connor Lockie [Posted March 12, 2019]

While some of the best experimental music feels untethered from any tradition or idiom, there’s equal greatness in that which approaches storied music styles as a means for expansion. … read more

Candlemass | The Door to Doom | Napalm

Review: Candlemass – The Door to Doom

By Bryer Wharton [Posted March 11, 2019]

The Door to Doom is a great gap-bridger of the group’s older works and the newer sound. It terrifically manages the older and more melodic realms of albums like the debut, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus/, yet distills the harder, bombastic riffs of King of the Grey Islands and the last record, Psalms for the Dead. … read more

The Coathangers | The Devil You Know |Suicide Squeeze Records

Review: The Coathangers — The Devil You Know

By Bianca Velasquez [Posted March 11, 2019]

Needless to say I am “hooked” on The Coathanger’s The Devil You Know. It got me like a Little Ceasar’s pizza—hot n’ ready for more. … read more

Photo: Jeff Forney

Muse @ Vivint Smart Home Arena 02.28 W/ Walk the Moon

By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted March 11, 2019]

Almost nine years to the day since I last saw Muse, I found myself sitting in the Vivint Smart Home Arena on a Thursday night, filled with an unusual amount of anxious energy.

… read more

Massively Appealing: The Starting 5

By Keith L. McDonald [Posted March 8, 2019]

Mass Appeal, the recording agency out of New York that started from a popular zine, is promoting a quintet of talented artists. Their stop in Salt Lake City at Metro Music Hall was the perfect opportunity for SLUG to ask the artists of Mass Appeal about their “top fives.” … read more

Episode #306 – Marina Marqueza

[Posted March 7, 2019]

On this episode of Soundwaves, Marina Marqueza discusses their movement between the States and Japan and the impressions that cultural code-switching has made on their music and identity … read more

Content Shifter: 10 Comics-Based Streaming TV Series

By Bill Frost [Posted March 5, 2019]

Here are 10 comics-based TV series to stream while you’re waiting for Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Aquaman v. Magic Mike: Dawn of Thrust-Us. … read more

(L–R) Derek Dyer and Renya Nelson have spearheaded efforts to add murals by local and national artists alike to the walls of Salt Lake City— bringing color and community to the forefront of South Salt Lake and the Granary District. Mural: Renya Nelson, Cody Comrie. Photos By John Barkiple

Paint the Town: Murals Adorn Granary District and South Salt Lake

By Zaina Abujebarah [Posted February 28, 2019]

Derek Dyer’s and Renya’s Nelson’s goal is to make Salt Lake City an international urban-art destination by featuring artists on a local and a national scale. … read more

Kaio Hardman – Frontside Boardslide – Millcreek, Utah Photo by CJ Anderson

Skate Photo Feature: Kaio Hardman

By CJ Anderson [Posted February 28, 2019]

Kaio Hardman – Frontside Boardslide – Millcreek, Utah
Photo by CJ Anderson … read more

Director/set designer David Brothers has based his upcoming fi lm, What a Show Show, on ‘70s game shows, their colorful stages and the hysteria that they engender. Photo: Matthew Hunter

David Brothers’ The What a Show Show

By Lizz Corrigan [Posted February 28, 2019]

In every project, there is a message that Brothers hopes to convey, whether by displaying his work or submitting it to festivals, magazines, or online. … read more

Gregg Deal will perform a piece at Transcontinental: People, Place, Impact at the Rio Gallery on April 19, which addresses “the impact of Western expansion on Native land and identity.” Photo: Gregg Deal

Gregg Deal

By Paige Zuckerman [Posted February 28, 2019]

Gregg Deal’s exhibition will depict Native erasure and the effects of the railroad and other related developments on indigenous populations. … read more

Using the history, geology and visual appeal of the Southern Utah arches, Wischer has design a multi-media exhibit to heighten the magic the arches are capable of creating. Photos courtesy of Wendy Wischer

Voices of the Arches: Displacing Vibrations at Nox Contemporary

By Danielle Susi [Posted February 28, 2019]

On Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Nox Contemporary presented the multi-media exhibition Displacing Vibrations by visual and performance artist Wendy Wischer. … read more

Horacio Rodriguez digitally scans Mesoamerican sculptures, resizes them for a 3D print that he uses for a cast, then creates his rendition on which he prints decals.

SLC Artist Horacio Rodriguez Repurposes Mesoamerican Artifacts with 3D Printing

By Alexander Ortega [Posted February 28, 2019]

Horacio Rodriguez’s art looks to take on new meanings and nuances with each new project, each a reflection of our increasingly hybridic world. … read more

Sam Taxwood – Frontside 3 – Brighton Resort Backcountry, Utah Photo by Jack Dawe

Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood

By Jack Dawe [Posted February 28, 2019]

Sam, fresh off the plane from Georgia (the country), decided to fight off his jet lag with some alternative airtime. … read more

Photo: Chris Hollands

Beer of the Month: Hop Rising Tropical

By Chris and Sylvia Hollands [Posted February 28, 2019]

We poured a chilled Hop Rising Tropical from its 12-oz. aluminum can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. The transfer releases full-bodied bubbles of all sizes, commanding the top of the beverage that leaves a sticky, cream-colored foam. … read more

(L–R) Tommy Fraser, Chuck Pak, Zach Dansie, Kale Morse and Ryan Tuttle combine their skills to share musical expression through explosive sounds in Sonnets. Photo: Matthew Hunter

Localized: Sonnets

By Connor Lockie [Posted February 28, 2019]

Each Sonnets song is about a specific event, person or idea in their songwriter’s head that has caused him some level of suffering. … read more

(L–R) Shalee Cooper and Diane Stewart work together to build Modern West into a fruitful contemporary art resource for the community. Photo: @cezaryna

Changing Space: Modern West’s New Gallery

By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted February 19, 2019]

Diane Stewart’s and Shalee Cooper’s new vision with Modern West is to expand and shift from being a fine arts gallery to a contemporary one. … read more