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Top 5 Roots Albums of 2023 for Swinging to the Beat, Boots on Your Feet

Posted on December 23, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Colter Wall

Finding new, worthwhile roots music can be tedious. But while these artists definitely have vintage characteristics, each of them is finding new, original ways to use these elements. … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Colter Wall, Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers, Hot House West, The Country Side of Harmonica Sam, Vincent Neil Emerson

Top 5 R&B Albums of 2023 That Prove Girls Run This Mutha

Posted on December 21, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of RAYE

As 2023 makes its way into history, war seems to be everywhere you look (again). Amidst the greatest pain, the mamas of the world offer unprecedented perspectives of love. … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Chlöe, Janelle Monáe, Monaleo, RAYE, Victoria Monét

Top 5 Metal Albums of 2023 Your Mom Won’t Let You Take To Church

Posted on December 20, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Cannibal Corpse

As the holidays come around, blast all of these albums at your family dinner. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, but fuck that—here are the top five violence-invoking metal releases of 2023. … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Absolved, Cannibal Corpse, Snuff Tape, Suffocater, Tainted Ink

Top 5 Post-Punk Albums of 2023 to Smash your Neighbors’ Mailboxes To

Posted on December 22, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Yves Tumor

Grab your favorite pair of Doc Martens, a baseball bat and a pack of American Spirits and tune in to SLUG’s top 5 post-punk albums of 2023. … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Geese, MSPAINT, Shame, Squid, Yves Tumor

SLUG Style: Abigail Rue Jenson

Posted on December 15, 2023 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Local Designer Abigail Rue Jenson stands wearing a piece from her "Patched Up" collection against a brick background. Light from her home shines over her.

Abigail Rue Jenson uses sewing and textiles as a means of personal healing and growth with her brand, How Do I Flower? … read more

Posted in: Fashion, Slug StyleTagged: abigail rue jenson, how do i flower?, SLUG style

Top 5 Folk/Americana Albums of 2023 to Make New Friends and Keep the Old

Posted on December 19, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

These five albums demonstrate that discovery has a leg up on invention. We don’t need to abandon what we love to make something new.  … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Califone, Cut Worms, Mapache, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Sunny War

Top 5 Alternative Femme Albums of 2023 To Sponsor Your Next Feral Villain Era

Posted on December 18, 2023 (December 14, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Tessa Violet

Bring on the bad bitch energy because these five ladies are drenched in it. Get ready to jump, dance, sing, cry and move on from that shitty ex or toxic friend! … read more

Posted in: Year-End Top 5Tagged: Chappell Roan, GAYLE, MisterWives, Natalie Jane, Tessa Violet, Year-End Top 5

Local Review: Bodaget – Still At Home

Posted on December 12, 2023 (December 11, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Album art courtesy of Bodaget

Bodaget’s debut record, Still At Home, proves that pop-punk isn’t dead. It has loud, rage-filled bursts alongside soft, sentimental moments, which balances out the album. … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Bodaget, Jared Dyer

Concert Review: August 1994

Posted on August 3, 1994 (February 20, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Concert Review: Issue 68, August 1994

The ’60s returned for one night in Salt Lake City. It wasn’t Woodstock, but you could have experienced what those of us old enough went through back in the day. … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: #ConcertReviews, #SLUGArchived, The Zephyr Club, Thee Hypnotics, Vanilla Trainwreck

B-Movie Reviews: August 1994

Posted on August 1, 1993 (February 20, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
B-Movie Reviews: Issue 68, August 1994

An indescribable horror has been conjured up in a haunted house after 300 years of dormancy from the book the Necronomicon. … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: #moviereview, #SLUGArchived, B-Movie, The Unnamable, Tracers

Film Review: The Boy and the Heron

Posted on December 12, 2023 (December 11, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Mahito, The Boy and the Heron's protagonist

With The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki looks boldly and joyfully into that unknown and lets his audience know that it’s okay for us to go on ahead. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: giorgio de chirico, hayao miyazaki, spirited away, studio ghibli, the boy and the heron

Comic Interview: July 1994

Posted on July 1, 1994 (February 20, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Comic Interview, Issue 67: July 1994

Since December 1977, Canadian artist Dave Sim has been chronicling the life of an anthropomorphic aardvark in the self-published pages of Cerebrus. … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: #comicreview, #SLUGArchived, Cerebrus, Comic Interview
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