Month: July 2014
Dirty Provo
In the greater art community, as a whole, there is a special bond between the people that are trying to make Provo just a little more beautiful and cultured. Like a shared mission—for lack of a better term—to show whomever is willing to pay attention how special Provo is. Enter Jacob Hall of Dirty Provo. … read more
Craft Lake City Artisan Profiles
In preparation for the 6th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival, SLUG sat down with seven wildly different artisans. On Aug. 8 and 9, join us in celebrating these and many other artists at The Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City for Craft Lake City’s DIY Fest. … read more
Josh Stippich and Electronluv: An Ear For Beauty
Clean in design, visually dramatic and imposing yet subtly stylish, E3—also going under his brand ElectronLuv—has its own, distinct look. … read more
Utah Food Trucks: Indie Rock You Can Eat
Catch Utah Food Trucks on Thursday nights. Food trucks include Cupbop, Off the Grid, Bento Truck and Grub Truck Food Company. … read more
Birds of a Feather: Avian Allure
Avian Allure is a Lyra (also known as an aerial hoop or a Cerceau) Duet performance group created by Andrea Hansen and Mandi Johnson. There is no denying the allure of these two beauties—they look like sisters, and they tell me that I’m not the first to think so. … read more
Urban Wild: Crook & The Bluff Meet Craft Lake City,...
Wilford and Dath met eight years ago, when they moved in together, but they didn’t start playing music until just over a year ago. Since then, they have been detonating music out of two guitars that is much more thunderous than you would imagine, aided by some extra hardware. … read more
VCR – AFT: VCR-5 at the CLC DIY Fest
The epitome of the term “DIY music,” Greathouse produces and performs from a stack of old VCRs rewired to work as instruments. … read more
Beer Reviews
At this year’s North American Beer Awards held by the North American Brewers Association, one of Utah’s oldest breweries had an incredible showing. Moab Brewery tends to get overlooked in Salt Lake’s beer scene for the simple fact that it’s located in the desert hundreds of miles away. … read more
Book Reviews
Book reviews for Assassination, Courtney Crumrin Vol. 5, Lost and Found: An Amy Devlin Mystery , Michael Jackson’s Dangerous (33 1/3), Next Testament Vol. 1 and The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide. … read more
Localized: Koala Temple
This month’s Localized features experimental wizard rockers Koala Temple and the cinematic poetry of existential ’70s punk weirdos Pentagraham Crackers. Drum and guitar duo Dog Sweat open. As always, $5 will get you in to Urban Lounge on Aug. 15 for a night of rock n’ roll, Salt Lake City style. Sponsored by Fat Tire, Spilt Ink SLC and KRCL 90.9FM! … read more
21 Video Game Reviews
Video game reviews for Anomaly Defenders, Battle Princess of Arcadias, Blue Estate, Drakengard 3, Mario Kart 8, Monochroma, Nutjitsu,, Secret Ponchos, Space Run, War Face, Watch Dogs, The Wolf Among Us, Wolfenstein: New Order and Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition and more. … read more
Product Reviews
Product reviews for Art Kieres Furniture, Beehive Grooming & Co., Clifford & Sons MFG., CRUDE Personal Care, Feel Hood by Sandrine Yang, Imperiale Forge and Mamachari Kombucha. … read more
