July reviews of local artists such as Brother Chunky, The Outsiders and more as the month goes on.
Local Music Reviews July 2018
National Music Reviews July 2018
Reviews of artists such as The Blankz, The Internet and more throughout the month.
Contributor Limelight: Taylor Hartman
Taylor Hartman has written for SLUG since February of 2016, keeping SLUG’s music reviews sections replete with content about local, experimental electronic music and new-school rap. … read more
Film Review: Upgrade
Everything from the lighting and the cinematography to the comedic beats and over-the-top violence makes Upgrade stand out among the 2018 releases so far. It has been a long time since a film has made me scream out in horror multiple times from the display of sheer viciousness on the screen. … read more
Creature Feature: Lucy Fur
To Lucy, drag has been an extremely important means of expression. “I’ve been dying my hair and getting wild piercings for years, and it’s always been a big part of me—to not feel scared to do what I want to do or to be who I am,” he says. … read more
Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello
It’s hard to not feel nostalgic. In fact, it was a longing for the past that prompted me to attend the show in the first place. I saw the Violent Femmes numerous times in the ’90s. The first time, a night spent with friends at Kingsbury Hall where bassist Brian Ritchie smoked a giant cigar, is one of my fondest memories. … read more
“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big by SB Dance
This is not your typical Utah happy hour. No, leave the kids at home, order a beer and sit as perplexed and entertained as I was through this intimate, close-to-home and bewildering spectacle. A guy walks into a bar … or a club, rather, and a series of events through time unfold into a myriad
SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin
Denae Shanidiin is an image maker, ceramicist, and protector of the land, air, and water. Her work responds to her own identity as an Indigenous artist and as a woman. … read more
Este Barrio No Se Vende: Jessica Sabogal’s Artistic Activism
Muralist Jessica Sabogal is a first-generation Colombian American whose spray-painted works reach out to marginalized people, show them support and speak the message of their struggle and humanity, which is so often misheard or misrepresented. … read more
Cold Cave @ Urban Lounge 06.04 with Black Marble, Choir Boy
With the stage stripped down to three banks of keyboards, a trilogy of guitars and the lone drum set, three black-clad performers take the stage. A fog sets in against the backdrop of “My Heart is Immortal,” the closing track on Cold Cave’s fascinating 2018 release You & Me & Infinity. … read more
Book Review: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Wizards of the Coast Street: 05.29 What sacrifices are you willing to make to ensure interplanar balance? What role will you play in the conflicts to come? Those are two of the main narrative themes presented throughout Wizards of the Coast’s newest publication, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Almost immediately upon cracking
Junior Brown: The Torch Bearer
Junior Brown is someone who has put in over 30 years of touring and recording, keeping the fire alive for anyone who values sincerity over flash and glitz, and substance over a passing fad. … read more
