Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. … read more
Poppy Injects Optimism Into Negative Spaces
Play Review: The Antipodes
Both playwright Annie Baker and director Jack Cobabe excel at finding the extraordinary in the mundane, and isn’t that what stories are all about, anyway? … read more
Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is everything you could reasonably want it to be: a great mix of wistful throwback and just enough modern sensibilities to strike a perfect balance. … read more
Film Review: The Electric State
It’s hard to imagine anyone becoming invested in the odious piece of dreck on either level, and its only value would have been as a massive tax-write off. … read more
Shannon Beveridge’s exes and o’s hits Salt Lake City
Beveridge hopes tour guests will take away the answers to the three things she’s been asked the most: How do girls have sex? How do you get over heartbreak? How do you make queer friends? … read more
The Stiff Sheet … November 1995
The Stiff Sheet from November 1995 has reviews of popular albums by the SLUG team. … read more
Film Review: Novocaine
Novocaine is shockingly violent, but it’s hilariously funny, wonderfully light-hearted and surprisingly sweet. … read more
Water Pilgrimage: A Collaborative Perspective of Our Endangered Lake
Through her work, Linda Dalton Walker hopes to inspire deeper conversations about the lake’s future and the actions needed to protect it. … read more
Chat Pile @ Urban Lounge 03.05.25
The most highly anticipated show of 2025 (speaking for myself) came to fruition as the pouring rain intensified on the night of Wednesday, March 5. … read more
Ian Seabrook Takes A Deep Dive Into Visual Storytelling with Last Breath
Despite the grueling conditions of underwater filmmaking, Seabrook thrives on the challenge. … read more
Review: My Education, Theta Naught — Sound Mass III: Ampersand
It might be a little blasphemous to bring out the Radiohead comparisons this early, but the instrumentals on this project are seriously next level: haunting violins, big drums and beautiful guitars galore. … read more
Local Band: Nine Spine Stickleback
In the September issue of this here rag, I did a CD review of Prospector, by the local band Nine Spine Stickleback. At that time, I had very little information on them. Well, since that time, I’ve had the opportunity to meet the band and see them play live. After hearing the CD, I was
