Jack Mormon Coffee wants you to get invested in your coffee—they’ve laid everything out for you. … read more
Jack Mormon: Get Invested in Your Coffee
3 Cups: Simply the Best
Simplicity is woven through the architecture, design and menu at 3 Cups, located in a new development in the heart of Holladay. … read more
The Geometry of Pheonix & Stagg: Pour-Over Coffee with St. Anthony Industries & Fellow Products
I’ve long fantasized about making my own pour-overs at home, and St. Anthony Industries piqued my interest as a localized option to make this foray, outfitting me with the Phoenix70, a box of Perfect Paper Filters and a Filibuster Decanter, all of which St. Anthony designs and sells. … read more
Coffee Talk with Mike Brown
At this very moment, this very second, as you are perusing this issue of SLUG Magazine, there is a chance—more than a slight chance—that you are sitting on your ass and sipping a latte at one of our fine local roasting establishments. … read more
Local Music Reviews December 2016
Local Music Reviews for Badfeather, Danger Hailstorm, Soft Cyanide and more to come. … read more
National Music Reviews: Dark Picks of 2016
We’ve created a list of albums as dark as 2016 itself. … read more
Local Reviews: Fox Van Cleef
These Ogden boys sound like the kind of blues you might have found in a smokey tavern 30 years ago where the drinks were cheap and the waitresses underdressed. The first vocal line by Dustin Bessire on “Somethin’ ‘bout the Way and Groovy Tuesdays” is a dead ringer for Dr. John, with a low, throaty growl behind the wail. … read more
Local Reviews: AODL
AODL = Whitehouse + Merzbow … read more
Local Reviews: La Farsa
La Farsa’s visual packaging, replete with feather boas, top hats, elbow-length gloves and evening gowns, when paired with their survey sample of twentieth-century musical styles that includes soul, blues, doo-wop and a strange type of Balkan-gypsy minstrel-show thing going on, speaks for a band born in the wrong century. … read more
Local Review: Atilast – Atilast
Atilast = Paramore + The Material … read more
Local Reviews: Location Location
This is some contrived, pop-ass, middle-aged rock. Yet despite its lame genre and lame intentions, it is actually pretty good for what it is. The songwriting is well-crafted and incorporates interesting background percussion and effects. … read more
Local Reviews: Big Black Sky
Big Black Sky = Leftover Salmon + Son Volt + Flash Cabbage … read more
