Month: May 2012
Gallery Stroll: Crawling Your Way Through Utah’s Art Scene
Fear not the ramifications of being an artoholic. The addiction can take years to show up, and by then you’re bound to have a huge house and lots of money to buy art, right? … read more
National Music Reviews – May 2012
New and recent releases from Ane Brun, fIREHOSE, Gift of Gab, Mean Jeans, Saint Vitus, Sleepy Sun, Torche, Zammuto and many more are reviewed. … read more
Video Game Reviews – May 2012
This month we have reviews of Kid Icarus: Uprising and Mass Effect 3. … read more
Zine Reviews – May 2012
Creatures: A Handbook Vol. 1 by Laura Fisk, Skate Jawn: Issue 10, and Summer Forever by Jacob Barta are reviewed. … read more
Movie Reviews – May 2012
Bully, The Cabin in the Woods, The Raven, Three Stooges and Undefeated are reviewed. … read more
Book Reviews – May 2012
This month we review Bear Bones by Gary Bueno, Down the Drain: A Commentary on Society’s Shift by Vincent Mancino, and Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Espo
If you’ve ever been to a SLUG-sponsored event, you’ve seen our marketing minions handing out free mags and convincing you to buy our cool merch. Espo, however, has gone above and beyond his SLUG tabling duties on a number of occasions. … read more
Homebrewed: An Interview with Kincade Bauer
Over the last decade, Salt Lake City has seen exponential growth in the craft beer scene—the sturdy backbone of this movement has been the home brewers. One of these home brew aficionados is Kincade Bauer. Bauer worked closely in Salt Lake City’s music scene as a promoter for years and currently works as a liquor rep and as the Beam Ambassador for Utah. Despite slinging booze in his working life, it has not stopped him from crafting his own libations at home as a hobby. … read more
Utah’s Best Beerfest
I would personally like to invite you all to a beerfest! Utah’s best beerfest in fact. We have close to 60 breweries from all over the West coming to this beer festival. There will be approximately 220 different beers at our super beer soirée, but there’s a slight problem with our beer festival: We have to hold it in Idaho. I know, it’s a bit confusing, but if you look at it this way, it might make more sense. … read more
Book Reviews – June 2012
The Dream Factory: Fender Custom Shop by Tom Wheeler, How To Sharpen Pencils by David Rees, Maximum Rad: The Iconic Covers of Thrasher Magazine and Seeing The Light: Inside the Velvet Underground by Rob Jovanovic are reviewed this month. … read more