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SLUG Mag’s Top 5 Albums of 2014
Every December, SLUG Magazine sounds the rallying call and gathers the staff’s lists of Top 5 albums from the year. In the next few pages, find a wide range of genres, artists and records that were of note for 2014—with a few other Top 5 beats like video games, comics and movies peppered throughout. … read more
Review: Talking Under Water – Tossing & Turning EP
Talking Under Water = Let’s Become Actors – Michael Gross & The Statuettes … read more
Review: Buzzcocks – The Way
Buzzcocks = Pete Shelley + Sex Pistols + Howard Devoto … read more
Review: Comet Control – Self-Titled
Comet Control = Fuzz + Dead Meadow – Echo & the Bunnymen … read more
Review: Hawks Do Not Share – HDNS
Hawks Do Not Share = The xx + Parasols … read more
Top 5: Dirty Provo Vol. 1
It seems like Provo’s music scene has been constantly pregnant for the past decade—steadily giving birth to glistening, new indie-rock babes. Jacob Hall recognized this when he moved from Salt Lake City to Provo last May (his cousins offered him a free place to stay). Hall had just emerged from a failed relationship and was taken aback by the community’s support of Provo’s weird yet incredible music scene. … read more
Review: tētēma – Geocidal
tētēma = ODDSAC-era Animal Collective – Panda Bear … read more
Review: Co-Pilgrim – Plumes
Co-Pilgrim = Mist and Mast + M. Ward … read more
Record-Buying Recommendations: Pull Out Your Parents’ Record Players
“They still make records?” is the question heard almost every time these analog music-storage discs come up in conversation, as if people are trapped in a locked groove. Vinyl is “back,” although it never really went away—there’s been a large resurgence in buying records from a generation who’s been raised acquiring music instantly over the Internet. … read more
Review: David Lynch – Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack Recording
Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack Recording = The Elephant Man + Twin Peaks – Dune … read more
Review: Krang – Bad Moon
Krang = Decay After Death + Discharge + Black September … read more
Top 5: Big Wild Wings
Big Wild Wings decided to buck the trends hard by combining a kickass drummer in Chris Soper with a master synth-player in Tyler Hummel, topping it off with the captivating Lyndsi Austin as their lead vocalist on bass. Within the last year, the trio have become the alt/indie band to see in SLC, capping everything off with their debut full-length album, Speaking In Cursive, which came out in November. … read more
