I run with a very tough crowd. Most of the guys in my little circle of friends aren’t the ass-kicking, troublemaking type of guys, though. The “tough” that these guys have been honing in their DNA is from years of liver-beating, bottle-crushing and craft beer drinking. … read more
National music reviews for ACxDC, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Courtney Barnett, Ex-Cult, Frantix, Howls, King Dude, Kite Party, La Sera, Meatmen, Moon Zero, Nostalgia, Polar Bear Club, R.M. Hendrix, Secret Smoker, Tempel, Tobacco, Vader, Woods and more. … read more
On one of the most beautiful days on record this year, I shunned the sunshine to settle into a seat deep down in the basement of the BeerHive Pub (128 S. Main). With a chilled glass of barleywine about halfway drained, I soon found myself sitting across from Phil Handke, the President of the Utah Brewers’ Guild. With a Master’s Degree in Communications, he certainly seemed like a business-minded professional—a pragmatist unafraid of raw, hard numbers, whose qualities may prove very useful as the Guild grows and develops a stronger lobbying voice for the brewing industry in our state. … read more
In 2008, on the corner of 2nd and 2nd in Downtown Salt Lake, a beautiful bike shop opened up alongside the booming bicycle community with a definitive name: Salt Lake Bicycle Company. The shop was a little intimidating at first for a newbie cyclist like me, with fancy, expensive-looking road bikes hanging in the big windows and a sprawl of gear I knew nothing about, but its staff immediately jumped into the community to prove they were there to serve us little guys, too. … read more
When I heard this was a comic about witches, demons, vikings and the risen dead, my inner metalhead started headbanging windmill-style. … read more
Chad Pinckney celebrates a year as a SLUG issue designer this month, responsible for the visual layout creativity behind such features as Princess Kennedy (pg. 42) and Let’s Ride: an Evening with Bike Party (pg. 24). He’s also the man behind our upcoming June Localized poster—one of his favorite projects as SLUG Staff, he says. … read more
National music reviews for 100s, The Apache Relay, Blac Kolor, Chucg Ragan, Dead Rider, Faderhead, Feel No Others, Ghetto Ghouls, King Buzzo, Mahalya, Piss Piss Piss, Pacific Mean Time, The Precious Lo’s, Sleep, Smoke Fairies, Teen, Tiny Boats, Turchi, Vertical Scratchers and more. … read more
Salt Lake City has seen a sizable increase in bike-friendly programs and infrastructures the past few years, thanks to pedal pusher Mayor Ralph Becker and his team of cycling enthusiasts. You won’t see Mayor Becker preaching the bicycle’s many benefits to our city and its residents, and then riding off into the sunset in a Hummer like you’d expect from most politicians, though. Salt Lake’s Mayor lives his word as a dedicated bike commuter himself, riding 2.5 miles to work every day! … read more
Zine reviews for Burning Salts, Death Wound Zine and The Dithering Doodles. … read more
Local music reviews for The Blind Guide, Echodog, Jake Burch, Laughter, Mustard Tiger, Satanic Hispanic, Rise In Style and VCR5. … read more
The 20th Century, for the most part, wasn’t a very beer-friendly time in U.S. history. Prohibition, for example, all but destroyed centuries of beer-brewing knowledge in the United States. When we emerged from the beer dark ages, as a people, we were at the mercy of those beer companies that had managed to survive the 13 years in brewing exile. The beer wasn’t bad beer, but it was mass-produced with adjuncts (corn, rice, millet, etc.) and was limited to European-style lagers. Now, having the benefit of a decades-long craft beer boom, we enjoy damn near every style, type and method of the beer brewing process. … read more
While Salt Lake is heavily laden with a rich cyclist subculture, it’s easy to forget that beyond the city limits, the trend of living green and working to improve air quality is spreading. Aggie Blue Bikes (ABB) is the poster child for taking on a cause with no reservations. … read more
