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The No-Nation Orchestra: An Interview with Stephen Chai
By SLUG Staff

A staple of the local music scene, Stephen Chai has been involved in a wide range of influential musical projects, from Laserfang to Mammoth and Night Sweats. His latest project brings together a slew of talented local musicians and a handful of upbeat genres to create The No-Nation Orchestra. … read more

Napalm Flesh: Merry Metalmas!
By Bryer Wharton

This week, we are re-running “Twas the Night Before Metalmas”—our take on the classic holiday poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” We also have a few events to read about, and a link to a podcast starring our metal writers. Curl up with a cup of coffee (black, of course), throw on some Slayer, and get ready to take in some holiday cheer from your metal friends at Napalm Flesh. … read more

Mary Poppins @ Capitol Theatre 09.02
By JP

I was a big fan of Disney as a child and have great recall of the film as an adult, and even have fond memories of the message it conveys. … read more

Napalm Flesh: All Shall Perish Interview
By Megan Kennedy

Hail, heathens! Before you careen your way into the New Years orgy, Napalm Flesh would like to present our final article of the year, and it’s a brutally awesome one at that: an interview with front man Eddie Hermida of All Shall Perish, whose new record This Is Where It Ends is being lovingly devoured by fans across the nation. We also have blog-exclusive reviews of new releases from Abnormal Thought Patterns, Anal Cunt and Vore. … read more

Napalm Flesh – Mechanized Flesh: Nader Sadek
By Bryer Wharton

Thank the earth—Summer, my nemesis of seasons, is definitely approaching its end. This month is kicking off a fall season in SLC that’s already loaded with boatloads of every kind of metal and all its nooks and associated crannies. This week’s blog features an interview with Nader Sadek—if you haven’t heard his album yet, you best picking it up. And as always, we have a weekly show rundown. … read more

Napalm Flesh: My Dying Bride Interview
By Bryer Wharton

For this new year of our apocalypse, we have an interview with a long standing doom spreader himself, vocalist Aaron Stainthrope of legendary UK doom/goth metal band My Dying Bride. Also for your apocalyptic fantasies we have reviews of Austrian Death Machine, Brutal Truth, Nightwish, Pestilential Shadows, Vildhjarta and Vise Massacre. Also as usual there’s plenty of metal shows to be had this week/weekend. … read more

The Dude Tour Diaries: Day One
By Shawn Mayer

Once again, the second to last stop on the annual summer contest series, Dew Tour, lands in Salt Lake City. … read more

All.I.Can (Ski)
By Sean Zimmerman-Wall

X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 7pm
The latest release from Sherpas Cinema, All.I.Can takes the helm and controls the audience’s emotions for the next hour. Directed by the talents of Dave Mossop and Eric Crosland, this film goes beyond the traditional idea of a ski movie. … read more

Identity Festival at Shoreline Amphitheater 09.03
By Jessie Wood

Identity Festival boasted a diverse bill that featured some of the biggest names in the electronic dance music scene today and a tour that hit almost every major city in the U.S., the brand new festival made a name for itself this year, pretty much ensuring that it will be back next summer. Like Warped Tour but for EDM music, it is the first major all electronic music festival tour in the country. I got the chance to catch the three-stage festival just outside of San Francisco.

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The Ordinary Skier (Ski)
By Sean Zimmerman-Wall

X-Dance Screening: Friday, Jan. 13 @ 8:45pm
The world of extreme skiing has its share of notable athletes, but few have the cult following of Seth Morrison. In director Constantine Papanicolaou’s (CP) latest flick, the rise of one of the planet’s most prolific skiers is documented in a real and dramatic fashion. … read more

FYF Fest @ Los Angeles State Park 09.03
By CG

As I drive into downtown Los Angeles, it is 2 p.m. on September 3, Labor Day weekend 2011, I am several hours later than I want to be to the music festival I am covering for SLUG, and I am still spinning from the previous night spent in Las Vegas. … read more

The Art of Flight (Snowboard)
By Chris Proctor

X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 7:30pm
After the success of That’s It, That’s All, some doubts began to surface as to whether Travis Rice and company’s second film, The Art of Flight, was going to live up to the hype. … read more