Music
SLUG Magazine’s collection of reviews covering the latest and greatest of Utah-based music, covering all varieties of genre, style and type.
Local Review: Cudney – live at smoking nun
Live at smoking nun is a live in-studio performance by Cudney at Smoking Nun Recordings in Midvale as part five of an ongoing series of live performances. … read more
Local Review: John Elwood Morgan – New Skies
The EP shows a polished mix of roots music genres that John Elwood Morgan taps into while still remaining something all his own. … read more
Local Review: Gilded Lillies – UP IN ARMS
It’s no accident that the figure on the album Gilded Lillies cover has their arms raised up to the sky, as if wishing for mercy. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2024
Open your hearts and minds and you are sure to be rewarded in the kingdom of heaven. … read more
Local Review: Sympathy Pain – Swan Dive
Let Sympathy Pain consume you whole and spit you back out a completely different person. It is in fact, one hell of a “swan dive.” … read more
Local Review: lucy – Now you lay, terrified
lucy’s creativity in risk-taking when it comes to genre, aesthetic and performance is that of a band years ahead in age and experience. … read more
Local Review: Sleep Cult – Speed Freak
Speed Freak is a record of sound and frenzy that explodes quickly and embers out with a total run time of 13 minutes and 19 seconds. … read more
Local Review: Nadezhda – Battery
Nadezhda vocalist Erika Ahlin’s diverse performance through the entirety of Battery really brings this album from cool to awesome. … read more
Local Review: Musor – Musor Ⅱ
Musor on Musor II doesn’t just fall into psychedelic rock, but ultimately makes the genre their own. Their unique tone and amplification make them versatile. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: November 2024
Here in SLC, we’ll be focused on the right thing: sick local bands making sick music. Below are six more incredible tracks to dig into. … read more