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Review: Hotline TNT — Raspberry Moon

Posted on July 16, 2025 (July 16, 2025) by Alton Barnhart

An abstract album cover for Hotline TNT's Strawberry Moon

Get out the pressed polo shirts, khaki shorts, Top-Siders, blue and white lawn chairs and cocktails under sun hats. … read more

Keeping Public Lands in Public Hands with the SUWA Stewardship Program

Posted on July 14, 2025 (July 16, 2025) by Angela Garcia

Volunteers of SUWA holding up yellow banners reading "Protect Wild Utah." Writer Peter Eckhardt pictured on the right.

Since its inception in 2016, the SUWA Stewardship program remediated 1,058,312 square feet of landscape and removed 10,965 pounds of trash from public lands. … read more

Going at it Hammer and Tongs: The Journey of Wasatch Forge

Posted on July 11, 2025 (July 11, 2025) by Kyle Forbush

Blacksmith Matt Danielson in his Wasatch Forge workshop.

Having personally taken classes at Wasatch Forge, I can tell you that yes, you will get dirty, and yes, it will be hot and sweaty, but you will definitely have a smile on your face when you leave. … read more

Film Review: Superman

Posted on July 11, 2025 (July 11, 2025) by Alton Barnhart

David Corenswet as Superman looks thoughtfully into the distance.

It’s Gunn’s telling of the story, and if you watch it as such, it’s a delightfully goofy movie that will leave you eager for more. … read more

Julian Cope

Posted on February 1, 1996 (July 10, 2025) by Kyle Forbush

Julian Cope is back again, a welcome intrusion into your mundane world. … read more

Common Shred: Take the Art off the Wall and Ride It

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Kyle Forbush

Ryan Harrington, owner of Harrington Art Studio in Midvale, Utah, smiles in his workshop.

By the time you’ve worked your way through “Common Shred,” the show feels less like an exhibit and more like a conversation between friends who’ve been meeting up at the skatepark for years. … read more

Interview: Dishwalla

Posted on February 1, 1996 (September 9, 2025) by Angela Garcia

What I really dig is the stuff that has a unique twist and Dishwalla is a band that can be compared to no one I am aware of. … read more

The Tubi-lar Side of Secondhand Screenings

Posted on July 11, 2025 (October 29, 2025) by Angela Garcia

Stills from six movies found on the Tubi streaming platform.

For this special edition of Secondhand Screenings, I gave our Editorial Interns three spins at the streaming roulette table as we took our chances in the Bermuda Triangle of on-demand movies, Tubi! … read more

SLUG Style: Ursula Cohen

Posted on July 16, 2025 (July 9, 2025) by Angela Garcia

Ursula Cohen in camo-overalls and a black tank top leaning on the side of her truck.

Originally hailing from Appalachia, Ursula Cohen is a little backwoods-y, with a splice of end-of-the-world streetwear. … read more

Film Review: The City of Lost Children

Posted on February 6, 1996 (July 10, 2025) by Angela Garcia

If it’s escapism and visual delight that brings most audiences to a theater, then The City of Lost Children delivers in spades. … read more

Bold & Beautiful: Lydia Chlamydia

Posted on July 9, 2025 (September 4, 2025) by Kyle Forbush

Drag queen KJ Leuthauser, also known as Lydia Chlamydia, holding a decorative fan while sitting on her bike in the streets of Salt Lake CIty.

Lydia empathizes with aspiring queens who are afraid to take the leap, but now as the self-proclaimed “Queen of the Nines” and a hostess at The SunTrapp SLC, one of Salt Lake City’s favorite queer bars, her advice to them is to simply start. … read more

Black Diamond

Posted on February 1, 1996 (July 4, 2025) by Kyle Forbush

That night I thought The Sage was going to go up in flames for sure. Gene blew fire after “Firehouse,” and he bled from the mouth during the bass solo, right before “100,000 Years.” … read more