The freedom a bicycle exemplifies and the simplistic motion of circles turning circles carries the rider toward countless opportunities throughout a lifetime. For many, a bike may be a form of conveyance or a method of exercise. But for those individuals who truly see the bicycle as mankind’s perfect machine, there is special meaning and attachment that transcends tradition.
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Illustration: Ryan Perkins
Reviews for Austra, Blood And Sun, The Clean, Comeback Kid, Dub Thompson, Emperors Of Wyoming, The Ghost Wolves. Harmjoy, Lust For Youth, Mayhem, Nunslaughter, Papercuts, Plague Vendor, S.O.A., Sharon Van Etten, Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, White Reaper, Wovenhand, Yesway and more. … read more
Local reviews for Bludgeon Muffin, Brad Hart & The Lopez Massacre, The Creatre From Jekyll Mountain, Dekai, Forest Feathers, Great Interstate. Heartless Breakers. Kaptain jacK, Loud Harp, Magic Mint, Michael Gross, Regurgitated, Richard Tyler Epperson, Spörk, Westward The Tide and The Wild War. … read more
The Salt Lake bike scene has been on a steady incline for the last several years, becoming abundant with bike lanes, flat Downtown terrain and a local government with an interest in the safety of cyclists. SLUG joined Bike Party coordinators Phil Sarnoff and Colin Quinn-Hurst as they set out for one of their monthly rides around the city with a large group of cycling partygoers. … read more
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
