Mike Riedel recently brought his wealth of beer knowledge to SLUG Magazine as our monthly Beer Columnist. Riedel started his Utah Beer blog (utahbeer.blogspot.com) in 2005, unpaid and on his free time, out of a sense of frustration toward people’s misconceptions of Utah craft beers, as well as the desire to create a community focused on local brews and breweries. … read more
Dear SLUG;
You seem to be in the know (or at least pretend to), so what the fuck is up with Geeks Who Drink and Trivia Factory invading our bars? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the occasional quiz night with friends from one of the locally-created games, but these bullshit monstrosity quiz nights have invaded our valley and turned every night of the week into a super-strict by-the-book yelling match between nerds. … read more
Though many metal fans say the direction Darkthrone have taken is trash, this hasn’t fazed the band and their musical progression. Darkthrone’s new studio offering, The Underground Resistance, is available now from Peaceville Records. The album is a nod to the past of metal, specifically the ’80s. It’s a metal journey that sees new territory for Darkthrone, and SLUG discussed it with Fenriz in an email interview. … read more
Hawken and Momonga Pinball Adventures are reviewed. … read more
Products from Edge Eyewear, GoPole, Kenu, Smith Optics and Spy are reviewed this month. … read more
A Good Day to Die Hard, Identity Thief, Sound City, Stoker and West of Memphis are reviewed. … read more
Lame Ducks by Isaac Black, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City (2nd Edition) by Greg Witt and What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal by Laina Dawes are reviewed. … read more
Meeting Catie was what we imagine a blind date to be like. Our palms were sweaty and we weren’t quite sure what to say. Luckily, we didn’t fuck it up too much, and she ended up liking us enough to stick around and become our Social Media Coordinator. We like Catie because she loves pizza and blasting anything metal and loud, but we like her for a lot of other reasons, too. … read more
Settle down, class. Today we are going to discuss proper St. Patrick’s Day etiquette. Hopefully, this tutorial will give you the skills to navigate this most hallowed beer day. Many of the “beer nerds” you may encounter likely consider St. Pat’s Day to be “amateur hour” for the majority of revelers. These simple tips and recommendations will hopefully strip that douche-bag aura from your hipster tendencies. … read more
New and recent releases from Baptists, The Cave Singers, Gliss, The Growlers, Off With Their Heads, Portal, Psychic Ills, Rotting Christ, Suuns, This Town Needs Guns and many, many more are reviewed. … read more
Dear Dickheads,
I’d like to comment on your column for last month’s Beautiful Godzilla. I find it kind of sad and pathetic that you’re so judgmental of cyclists whom you consider “granola.” I mean, you may not have had to duck and binge so hard if you just open up to different types of people and enjoy yourself in the company of somebody showing you something that might be new. … read more
For the past few years, bands have been rescuing the screamo moniker from its relegated position as an evil music genre epithet, a cause furthered by Rocky Mountain District. Brandishing their swords and screams proudly, and recording their performance in brilliant lo-fi glory, any notions of the negative connotation of emo and screamo are cast aside. … read more
