Dear Dickheads,
The stick I have up my ass today comes from the fucking budweiser ads on the back cover of the mag. To me, this seems totally hypocritical of everything else you try to convey. Be individual, buy local, drink craft, and fuck corporate. Anheuser busch is none of these things. … read more
Gallery Stroll – October 2011
Whether you’re looking for art on the first Friday, the second Friday, the third Friday, or just a random day in October, there is always art to be seen and SLUG will always make sure you know what’s going on. … read more
Product Reviews
Products from Cassette Optics, Copper Palate Press, Iomega, Rogue and Skullcandy are reviewed. … read more
Beer Reviews
When you have locked yourself away in your beer-drinking bunker and you reach for a brewskie, you’ll be able to take a pick from the newest of local make with this month’s lineup, featuring a new oaked beer that has been jacked up, an Epic beer just back from the Great American Beer Festival and a saison suited for all four seasons. … read more
Book Reviews
Reviews of Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries, Snowflake Obsidian: Memoir of a Cutter, and So Much to Say: Dave Matthews Band on the Road. Yes, we seriously reviewed a book about the Dave Matthews Band. … read more
Video Game Reviews
Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Shadows of the Damned are reviewed. … read more
Movie Reviews
Drive, Footloose, The Ides of March, Moneyball and Real Steel are reviewed. … read more
National CD Reviews – October 2011
New releases from Absu, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Beirut, Ceremony, Gringo Star. HTRK, Juno Reactor, Modeselektor, Night Birds, The Pine Hill Haints, Rocket From the Tombs, Sleep 8 Over, Trapped Under Ice, and many more are reviewed. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Kia McGinnis
At the ripe age of 19, Kia McGinnis keeps you in the loop by compiling the Daily Calender section of the mag, searching high and low for all the happenings in Salt Lake and beyond. … read more
Tooth Fractal Psychedelia: Tyler Densley’s Acid Math
“Growing up Mormon and being straight edge most of my life, I had these weird inklings to do hallucinogens,” says Tyler Densley. “I always, in the back of my mind, thought that I would like to hallucinate—be able to see outside of what I know, be able to see a cartoon in my head.” When Densley followed this desire, he found commonalities between what he liked about American traditional tattooing, his fondness for cartoons and his psychedelic experiences. … read more
Localized 9
On Friday, Nov. 18, head down to the Urban Lounge to check out the spaced out, experimental Pretty Worms, the drug-dazed, dirty rock n’ roll of Dark Seas and opener The Rose Phantom. As always, a mere $5 gets you in. … read more
Boyz in the ‘Satch: The DubSatch Collective
With the DubSatch Collective’s latest web videos, competition results and print coverage, the world is finally getting to see the latest talent that the Wasatch has cultivated. People have started to realize that these kids had the best lines, built the best jumps and appeared to be having the most fun. I was able to track these guys down and ask them some questions about SLC, the crew and what happens when you show you up to a film contest with no filmer. … read more
