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Split Your Lungs with Blood And Thunder: Mastodon has the Ability to Rule Us All
By Chuck Berrett [Posted March 31, 2005]
In the winter of 2002, my friends asked me if I wanted to go out to Burt’s Tiki Lounge and check out some metal band from Atlanta named Mastodon. I declined since I had never heard of them and I was burnt out on bars in general. When they all told me how stupid I … read more
Localized: The Album
By Camilla Taylor [Posted April 9, 2005]
Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. THE ALBUM Jud Powell: Vocals and guitar Chris Peterson: Bass Chris Evans: Drums Jud and one of the … read more
Localized: Cart!
By Camilla Taylor [Posted April 9, 2005]
Localized is the second Friday of each month at the Urban Lounge. This Month of April will be featuring The Album, CART!, Captured by Robots and your drunk friend who won’t stop spilling beer on your coat. CART! Matt: Guitar and vocals James: Drums and vocals Deb: Bass and vocals MC: Noise and vocals CART! … read more
Big Black Monsoon: Yyrkoon Unleashes a New Storm With Occult Medicine
By Bryer Wharton [Posted March 31, 2005]
[Yyrkoon]Coming from France’s Osmose Productions as well as Salt Lake City’s The End Records is French metal thrashers Yyrkoon. After humble beginnings in 1995, the band released their debut full-length album, Oniric Transition, in 1998 and Dying Sun in 2002. Progressing to a different sound, the band’s third release, Occult Medicine, is a steamroller of … read more
Pinch Me: SLUG’s Adventures at SXSW 2005
By Rebecca Vernon [Posted March 31, 2005]
Free BBQ, show highlights, and interview with Billy Idol, Joey Castillo from Queens of the Stone Age and Bad Brad Wheeler from the Legendary Porch Pounders! … read more
Whip it Good: Prepare to be Dominated by the Coachwhips
By Jared Soper [Posted March 31, 2005]
When I called to schedule this interview, I got an answering machine, which, in the spirit of George Castanza’s answering machine on Seinfeld, is a reworking of a famous pop tune (only in this case, the message is about “walking on down to K-Mart to buy some shoes” set to the music of “Electric Ave.”) … read more
Soccer Dad & the People in Your Neighborhood: True Tales of an SLC Cabbie
By The Incredulous Gadi [Posted March 31, 2005]
So I was parked in front of Port O’ Call around 10 p.m., playing Tetris on my crappy phone and listening to the divine sounds of Television on Local Imposters when two dudes got into my cab, disturbing my happy little microcosm. They were extremely well dressed, extremely rich and extremely handsome. Oh yeah, and … read more
Dear Dickheads – April 2005
By Dickheads [Posted March 31, 2005]
SLUG Magazine parties too hard and get’s yelled at by an employee of Area 51. … read more
Guitar Wolf Eulogy
By Billy Nord [Posted March 31, 2005]
Guitar Wolf Eulogy (An e-mail from Billy Nord from Narnack Records) It’s with deep and saddest regret to announce this latest news. Last night (3/30) Billy, aka Bass Wolf, passed away of natural causes. He was 38. The band had just returned from their month-long US tour, and fortunately Billy did get to spend … read more
Katchup
By Joshua Sheuerman [Posted March 31, 2005]
It’s that time of year, the days are getting longer and the snow is melting…wait, it’s still puking snow when the rest of the country is shutting down production and pulling out golf clubs. There still might be more snow than in 20 years at this time, but resorts are still shutting down the party due to their lease agreement and people staying home to work on their summer tans. … read more