February 2019
About the Cover: For our 30th Anniversary Edition, Robin Banks depicts people in our scene reading current and past SLUG magazines while listening to our local music. Death By Salt compilation series. Its punky color palette jibes with SLUG's continual endeavors to celebrate our community's cultural fringes. You can find more of Banks' work at robinbanks.bigcartel.com.
Local Music Review: The Empty 40oz’s – The Empty 40oz’s
The Empty 40oz’s = Officer Down + Capitalist Casualties … read more
Review: Girlpool – What Chaos is Imaginary
Girlpool = Japanese Breakfast + (Sandy) Alex G … read more
Review: Cherry Glazerr – Stuffed & Ready
Cherry Glazerr = Lush + Kathleen Hannah … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Sober TV Series to Stream
Here are eight series that deal with the concept of sobriety to stream in February while sucking down shaky tumblers of club soda. … read more
30-Year Cover Retrospective: 1989-2019
In this, our 30th Anniversary Edition’s “30-Year Cover Retrospective,” we’ve selected a cover from each year of the magazine’s existence. … read more
High West – Supper Club Series
While many travelers will find themselves in Wanship, the ambitious adventurers continue farther up the road to experience the majesty that is the Blue Sky Ranch, home to High West Distillery and Refectory. … read more
SLUG Mag’s Time Warp – 30th Anniversary Party
As a salute to the last 30 years, SLUG Magazine is hosting a celebration to bring together all of those who have helped make SLUG the strapping, savings-account-owning 30-year-old it is today. … read more
Cities and The Sky – Yang Yongliang’s salt 14
Utah Museum of Fine Arts exhibition, fully titled salt 14: Yang Yongliang, is a series of six internally lit landscape photographs and one huge 4K video. … read more
Gathering Music: The Library’s Process of Preserving Local Histories
The SLUG local music archive, along with the Downtown library’s own collection of local music, is now available to the public via the Main Library. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Randy Vannurden
Randy Vannurden enjoying a solid mid-December snowpack up Big Cottonwood Canyon. … read more
Beer of the Month: BrewSki Mountain Lager
To get the setting right for this beer, we ensured that the 12-ounce, light-blue, snow-glazed aluminum was properly iced before cracking the top. … read more
Mike Brown: .05 to Drive!
As of Dec. 30, 2018, the great and wholesome state in which we reside has updated its DUI policy, lowering the legal limit from .08 to .05. … read more
