“I will diminish those centuries and persecute those with quiet desperation,” bleeds a grumbled death roar from the title track off Evoken’s fifth album. Not only do the gloomy lyrics set the tone of the album with the starting song, but the music does as well. Atra Mors’ biggest success as an album is its gutsy equality of atmospheric, obliterating doom and brain-stem-carving memorability. … read more
Top 5: Japandroids
Celebration Rock is the musical equivalent of getting shitfaced with your friends and talking about past successes or ex-girlfriends, ending the night with drunken optimism about the future. Somewhere between post-rock and pop-punk, they are never trying too hard to be cool—it all seems genuine. … read more
Turn Off the TV, Turn On the GV!
Welcome to GigViz, the live-streaming “virtual venue,” bringing the show to your screen in real time! There is no better birthplace than SLC, home to a thriving music and art scene. Sean Cochrane, the founder of GigViz, began formulating the project a little under a year ago. It was an invitation from a friend in Santa Monica to see a live show that ignited this mission. … read more
SLUG Holiday Comix – December 2012
Local artist Robin Banks helps us get into the true spirit of the holiday season in this installment of SLUG Holiday Comix. … read more
Photo Feature: Matt Winskowski
The boneless one is a trick I have always liked doing. It’s a classic trick that’s all about style. It was also the second trick I ever learned (it was much more common in 1990). I told Matt that I wanted to shoot a boneless at a street spot. Matt’s response: “What would Peter Hewitt do?” Apparently, he would do something like this. … read more
Princess Kennedy: A Halloween to DIY For
My Halloween wish, if you will, is for people to bring the imagination back into their costumes—a little bit of humor or some extreme gore. I want to see the craft put back into “witchcraft!” It’s easier than you think, and some of my best costumes were made at the last second. Here are a few of Princess Kennedy’s household tips to a tran-tastic Halloween costume. … read more
Top 5: Purity Ring
Shrines is a beautiful contradiction of icy, synthetic start-and-stops created by Corin Roddick, and the sugar-dipped ghost vocals of Megan James dissecting through the cold mass of chimes with awkward, gut-wrenching lyrics. Though the choppy hip hop beats, dubstep wobbles and breathy witch house elements initially draw the listener in with exterior superficiality, a few more close listens reveal a poetic push-and-pull between the instrumentals and songwriting that beg for deconstruction. … read more
Top 5: White Lung
Where much new punk music is conflated with hardcore, stoner metal, indie, folk or pop-punk, White Lung have managed to pick up where mid-aughts bands left off, to push a straight-up punk sound into a different realm without interlacing their tunes with conventions from other genres on their sophomore release, Sorry. … read more
Photo Feature: Parker Duke
Often overlooked is the Private Investigator skillset that snowboarders (and skateboarders) develop to put themselves in the dangerous situations they often find themselves in. The Salt Lake Public Library, for example, is pretty much the Disneyland of spots in this town, but it can also be compared to Fort Knox for its security. … read more
Voilé and the Splitboard: Pioneers of the Backcountry
In 1991, Brett Kobernik brought an idea to Mark Wariakois, founder of Voilé, to combine the snowshoe and the snowboard into a single revolutionary tool for accessing and shredding the thousands of acres of snow not found within the boundaries of any ski resorts. That tool is known today as the splitboard. … read more
Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt: Halloween Costume Ideas
Oh boy, do I love Halloween. Halloween is one of those holidays when the sluts come out. A good costume can get you laid. This isn’t a column about how to get laid that night, but if you nab a piece because of some of the tips in this article, well then,
you’re welcome. … read more
A Tale of Two Shops: Twin Peaks and Inkline Foot Science
The ski and snowboard scene in Utah is vibrant—A diverse landscape provides the perfect backdrop for athletes to hone their skills. But it isn’t enough to just get out and do it day after day—your equipment needs to be able to keep up, too. A core shot here, a blown edge there, or a pesky hot spot on your ankle can ruin your afternoon. Twin Peaks Rentals and Repair and Inkline Foot Science, these shops have you covered from the ground up. Literally. … read more
