Localized: Better Taste Bureau

Posted on April 2, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.

Homebrew Clubs: Lauter Day Brewers

Posted on June 4, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

I’d brewed with plenty of folks before, but had not envisioned something as large as this. It turns out that Lauter Day Brewers is Utah’s largest homebrew club, with around 60 dues-paying members, which ensures that every one of their events is crowded.

Ned Clayton: Creative Music Electronics with Hex Amps

Posted on February 5, 2015 (October 6, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Ned Clayton’s Phase Wizard corrects phase problems between multiple amps for musicians who like to play loud n’ proud.

Initially, before Densley and Smith started Hex Cabs, Clayton says he worked at modifying old amps they’d find. “Gentry was always bringing me crazy, junked amps to try and make something cool out of,” he says. “We would take old Peaveys and weird amps, and gut them and rewire them for his own use. Eventually, we were like, ‘Let’s make our own amps!’”

June 2015 National Music Reviews

Posted on June 4, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Reviews for Agnostic Front, Bedemon, Coliseum, Fucked Up, Guantanamo Baywatch, Hard Left, Leonard Cohen, Obsequiae, Prurient, Sally Dige, Sharon Van Etten, Torres and more.

Sulphur Aeon Open the Gateway to the Antisphere

Posted on April 2, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Sulphur Aeon release their third full-length album, Gateway to the Antisphere, on April 3 with Imperium Productions.

Monument Cabs: Small Beginnings, Big Sounds

Posted on February 5, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Dave Jones and Max Johnson create monumental sound with Monument Cabs.

Dave Jones and Max Johnson, bandmates in Oldtimer and owners of Monument Cabs, have been friends for over 15 years. They officially started their company just five years ago, but their experience with DIY craftsmanship goes further back than even their friendship.

999 Ride: Chatting with Phill Faber and Nicholas Lotze about Bike Rides and Community

Posted on May 1, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Out on any given Thursday night at 9 p.m.— through rain, sleet or snow—odds are you’ve seen an assortment of cyclists hanging about Coffee Garden at 878 E. 900 S. This large group of two-wheeled miscreants have been gathering here for almost five years with a simple mission.

Just Another Man From The Cosmic Inferno: Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple

Posted on April 2, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Satoshima Nani, Tabata Mitsuru, Tsuyama Atsushi, Kawabata Makoto and Higashi Hiroshi will bring the sonic vibrations of the cosmos to Urban Lounge on April 24 as Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

Over 20 years, 72 full-length albums and countless tours throughout the world, Japanese music collective Acid Mothers Temple have produced some of the world’s most fascinatingly weird tunes. At the center of this ever-shifting kaleidoscope of musical collaborators, Kawabata Makoto acts as both originator and catalyst for a cosmic musical energy that stretches beyond the boundaries of the strange and into the realm of the sublime.

Castle’s Crucialfest 5 Conquest

Posted on May 1, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Castle’s eerie aesthetic lures you into a blackened moor, your only comfort, a cloak pulled tightly around your body. The bravery in your heart gradually diminishes as the candlelight of your lantern fades into the night. The moon glides from behind a cloud revealing a looming castle in the distance.

Pandemonium: Motorists Go Ham on Cyclists for Even More Bike Lanes

Posted on May 1, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Although SLUG’s Legal Department is fidgeting nervously inside a closet somewhere while the Columbia Journalism Review concludes its investigation into SLUG’s article in the March 2015 Issue on the updated parking/bike lane situation on 300 South, the magazine is boldly pressing forward with further coverage of #WeirdBikeLaneGate with a smoking-hot, exclusive lead.

Transcending Stages with David Porter & Musicians of the Utah Symphony

Posted on February 5, 2015 (September 10, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Titus Underwood (oboe), David Porter (violin), Anne Lee (cello) and Claude Halter (violin) of MOTUS.

There is a good deal of music that tries to transcend traditional elements in order to breathe life into a genre that has become set in its ways. None do it better than MOTUS—Musicians of the Utah Symphony.

Moving on Up: an Interview with Speedy Ortiz

Posted on May 1, 2015 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

As their name may suggest, Speedy Ortiz are cruising right along. They’re young, screamingly talented, touring the world, playing festivals like SXSW alongside their personal heroes, recording and releasing a new album—all while maintaining an effortless aura of unpretentious coolness.