SLUG Style: James Newbold

SLUG Style: James Newbold
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At only 19 years old, James Newbold has built a sustainable fashion brand. Inspired by his younger self and the worlds he would imagine, Angstatopia was born.  … read more

Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: The Handmaiden vs Gone Girl

Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: The Handmaiden vs Gone...
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This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching two of the most iconic modern-day good-for-her films in recent cinema history: Gone Girl and The Handmaiden. … read more

Film Review: I Love Boosters

Film Review: I Love Boosters
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SLUG Writers discuss the best of I Love Boosters, a colorful and absurd afro-surrealist dreamscape film that focuses on community and revolution from within. … read more

Local Review: Blue Hands — Loneliness

Local Review: Blue Hands — Loneliness
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Loneliness is a beat tape by Blue Hands with ideas, textures and moods presented in motion instead of finished songs. … read more

Local Review: Flamingo — Pink Paradise

Local Review: Flamingo — Pink Paradise
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Flamingo, a six-piece jazz band from SLC, is back with another original album recorded live: Pink Paradise, “a sunset trip through jazz-drenched tropics.” … read more

Rico Brand Brings the Taste of Mexico to Utah Homes

Rico Brand Brings the Taste of Mexico to Utah Homes
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Jorge Fierro, President and CEO of Rico Brand, an SLC company selling ready-to-eat Mexican food, remembers breaking into the market at Pioneer Park. … read more

Game Review: 007 First Light

Game Review: 007 First Light
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If you’re looking for a game that feels like playing through a James Bond movie, this game has absolutely got the sauce. If you’re looking for a game that has excellent combat mechanics, I fear you may be without sauce. First let’s look at the good. In fact, let’s look at the great; whoever was

Film Review: Masters of the Universe

Film Review: Masters of the Universe
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Masters of the Universe is an absolute hoot, and sets a new standard for what this sort of movie should be that Hasbro could learn from. … read more

Film Review: Power Ballad

Film Review: Power Ballad
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Power Ballad is both a quietly soul-searching inner journey and a raucously energetic musical romp, and is easily one of the summer’s most satisfying films. … read more

Film Review: Backrooms

Film Review: Backrooms
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Backrooms’ strength is in its scale. Sets are appropriately expansive – sprawling and beautifully broken with wide shots that feel uncanny and uncomfortable. … read more

Review: Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open

Review: Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open
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vin Morby feels like Neil Young, if Neil Young was mixed with Townes Van Zandt, Nick Drake and a little bit of regional brilliance of Sufjan Stevens. … read more

Jamie D. Ramsay Works Well Under Pressure

Jamie D. Ramsay Works Well Under Pressure
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Bringing that pivotal moment to the screen required a visual approach, a challenge embraced by cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay. … read more