Music
Review: Pillar Point – Marble Mouth
Pillar Point = Animal Collective + Kitsune + Sgt. Pepper–era The Beatles … read more
Review: Kvltist – Catechesis
Kvltist = Gorgoroth + 1349 + Dark Funeral … read more
Looking Around at Beat Happening
Think DIY, and one thinks homey, living-room production, a sort of playing around—though not always playfulness—and a raw sort of determination. This perception comes from a long line of DIY artists that have passed through our ears and venues over the years, but few have both endured as long and so purely embodied that feeling
Local Review: Band of Annuals – Live Warehouse EP
Band of Annuals Live Warehouse EP Self Released Street: 11.01 BOA = Neil Young + Emmylou Harris + that dreaded country twang It’s rare these days that a record can actually exude warmth. Live Warehouse EP does exactly that. From the first song, “Thought I’d Have Learned,” to the final “Blood on my Shirt,” these seven
Officer Jenny: Offering a Voice to the Voiceless
Stephen Cope’s Officer Jenny project sheds light into the darkest corners, zooming in on the most repulsive details in one of 2015’s best records, ~*queen of cups*~. The album’s opening track, “Father Doted Over Me,” pulls no punches and aims straight at the heart of the matter, and the matter of the heart is broken, shattered. … read more
Scarling @ The Curiosa Festival 2004
Back in 2004 The Cure’s Curiosa Festival landed in Salt Lake City at The USANA Amphitheater. The Cure was the headliner with bands such as Mogwai, Interpol, Melissa Auf Der Maur, The Rapture and pictured here—Scarling. SLUG Magazine brings this flashback Friday photo gallery to get Utah ready for The Cure’s return in 2016
Getting the Beat Right with Jack DeJohnette
Rhythm is the heart of any band, and if you ask rhythm guru Jack DeJohnette about it like I did, he’ll tell you, “Everything is rhythm, man. Your heartbeat is rhythm. We’re talking—it’s rhythm. It’s all rhythm.” … read more
Silversun Pickups Ensorcell Salt Lake City
Three years after their last studio album: 2012’s Neck of the Woods, Silversun Pickups are on tour promoting Better Nature. They took to the stage with beaming smiles and kicked straight into their first song with explosive energy. The crowd bounced with the beat and sang along. … read more
Candy’s River House CD Release Show @ Urban Lounge
Candy’s River House had their first full length CD release show on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at The Urban Lounge. Their band is a mix between Bad Company, ZZ Top and Free. This new CD is taking Candy’s River House back to the South. … read more
The Music Of Mother: One Of The Greatest Gaming Soundtracks...
In 1989, back when Nintendo still had their Japan-only Famicon system, they released a game called Mother. Over 25 years later, Ship to Shore PhonoCo. (who have released soundtracks for George A. Romero’s Martin and Manos: The Hands Of Fate) worked with Sony Music to launch a Kickstarter campaign and raised over $75k to remaster the soundtrack and bring it to vinyl. … read more
Local Music Reviews December 2015
Check out the newest releases from Afro Omega, Angel Magic, Berlin Breaks, Charles Ellworth, Fasba Fpel, Fever Dreams, I See Your Nightmares, Officer Jenny, Scary Uncle Steve, Second Nature, Sex Room, Tom Bennett, Valentine & The Regard, Well Okay and City of Vermin! … read more
No Sun: Shoegaze Hidden Gem
Just in time for winter’s dropping temperatures, Salt Lake’s No Sun are set to release Warm, an EP of lush, atmospheric shoegaze. The three-track EP, which the band will be releasing on cassette Dec. 5 at Diabolical Records, swells with walls of reverb and texture, walls that are densely built yet blanketed with subtle graces—everything requisite of beautiful, dreamy shoegaze. … read more
