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april Issue
For April, Carl Carbonell nods to his screen-printing background in his illustration for our 11th Annual Beer Issue. The scuba diver shares our enthusiasm for local beer and the desire to dive into local purveyors’ fermenting tanks. The image’s colors and textures evince the depth and variation of local beer. Find more of his work at meatand3printingco.com.
Local Music Reviews: April 2018
Upcoming Brewery Updates: Grid City Beer Works
Upcoming Brewery Updates: Maple Mountain Brewing Co.
Film Review: Tomb Raider
By Jimmy Martin
What’s New in Home Brew: Ogden City Brew Supply & Talisman Dada IPA
By Ali Shimkus
Vocally Local: Using Utah in Beer
By Rio Connelly
From The Garage to Salt Flats Brewing: A Beer-Fueled Journey
By Ben Trentelman
Cold Beer to Go
By Chris & Sylvia Hollands
Kiitos Brewing Crafts the Conscious and Delicious
By Paige Zuckerman
Cigarettes After Sex @ Urban 04.21
By Paige Zuckerman [Posted April 23, 2018]
Cigarettes After Sex provide a beautiful soundtrack for a cultivated, classy yet ever-so-slightly racy date-night, as their Urban Lounge set proved. Whether imbibed in the background of private late-night moments or onstage with a sold-out crowd, Cigarettes make for a most luscious, velvety auditory torte. … read more
Book of Love @ The State Room 04.20
By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted April 23, 2018]
On the night of their SLC show, Book of Love consist of only the two Ottaviano’s (not related or married, but I do like to imagine a completely fictional narrative of the duo meeting in an elementary school lunch line and bonding over a mutual love for chocolate milk and Kraftwerk). … read more
Brewstillery
[Posted April 5, 2018]
On May 12 at the Gallivan Center, SLUG Mag’s Brewstillery: A Local Beer and Spirits Festival will be SLUG’s second all-local beer festival and first-ever all-local spirits festival—all in one. … read more
Rogue Wave Etc.
By Billy Swartzfager [Posted April 23, 2018]
Rogue Wave are playing Wednesday night, April 25, at Urban. If you love the band, or have ever loved them in the past, I wouldn’t miss it. If you aren’t familiar with Rogue Wave’s calm indie pop delicacies, the show might be just what you need to feel good on a bad day … read more
Nils Mindnich
By Jack Dawe [Posted April 5, 2018]
Nils Mindnich slashes in the Brighton backcountry while filming for #LTCVOTY. … read more
SLUG Style: Morgaine Fehlauer
By Tyson Call @clancycoop [Posted April 17, 2018]
Morgaine Fehlauer is a print maker, a sex educator and the owner of Grave Noise Press, the only privately owned stone lithography press in the western U.S. … read more
Judas Preist @ Vivint
By Bryer Wharton [Posted April 16, 2018]
It’s hard to beat an arena rock/metal, especially a Judas Priest concert on Friday the 13th. Price of admission for this tour is well worth it for fans, newcomers or jackass cynical folk like me. Priest is alive and well almost 50 years since they began. … read more
Grid Zine Fest
By John Barkiple [Posted April 16, 2018]
We formed Grid Zine Fest to create a zine and comix-centric space in Salt Lake, and for folks to come together and showcase their work,” says founder Juli Huddleston. … read more
Catching the Man: Patrick Codenys of Front 242
By Mistress Nancy [Posted April 16, 2018]
On Saturday, April 21, the legendary electronic body music pioneers and former Wax Trax! label artists Front 242 will return to Utah and perform at Metro Music Hall. … read more
alt-J @ Saltair 04.10 with Twin Shadow
By Logan Sorenson / LmSorenson.net [Posted April 13, 2018]
The entire house is pumping with energy, and if someone’s hands are not occupied taking a cell phone video, they’re in the air waving with the beat throughout the night. … read more
Film Review: Foxtrot
By Kathy Rong Zhou [Posted April 11, 2018]
Foxtrot’s three acts are tonally distinct, each bringing their own lurching plot twists, each grim or violent or (bleakly) humorous in their own ways. But the final chapter becomes oppressive in its reality, and however Maoz employs the hypnagogic and the hyperreal, he asks his audience to ponder war and borders. … read more
OK Go – Frontside Sessions @ Snowbird 04.06
By Logan Sorenson / LmSorenson.net [Posted April 9, 2018]
Have you ever wanted to attend a small show for just you and 50 or so other strangers, enjoy some music and, y’know, save the world at the same time? OK Go played at the Snowbird Mountain Resort inside of the ski tram for Frontside Sessions, presented by CLIF GreenNotes. … read more
Wax On: An Interview With Rapper Wax
By Keith L. McDonald [Posted April 9, 2018]
Wax’s set was creative, high-energy, sonically diverse (he even played the guitar) and skillful. He made a true connection with the audience well before his performance and didn’t disappoint, converging a myriad of different styles and themes in production and lyricism. … read more
Phoebe Bridgers @ Kilby Court 04.06 with Harrison Whitford
By Matthew Hunter [Posted April 6, 2018]
Phoebe Bridgers transitioned back and forth between emotional anthems like “Demi Moore” and more upbeat, folk-influenced tunes like “Motion Sickness” seamlessly, even covering Tom Petty’s “It’ll All Work Out” in honor of his passing last year. “This is my favorite Tom Petty song,” she said, “because it’s the saddest.” … read more
Beer of the Month
By Chris and Sylvia Hollands [Posted April 6, 2018]
Throughout the years, Uinta firmly established itself as a larger brewery that is still willing to take chances, with some brews showcasing trendy yeast strain Brettanomyces, more often described as “Brett.” A Belgian-style dark ale, The Friesian, is one of the many styles they applied this interesting ingredient to. … read more
Built to Spill @ Urban Lounge 04.04
By Billy Swartzfager [Posted April 6, 2018]
Built to Spill are on a major label, not an independent one, and have been since the ’90s. What makes them indie, if you ask me, is the way they carry themselves, the way they make records, the way they perform live. … read more
Jake Bugg @ The State Room 04.03 with Nina Nesbitt
By Logan Sorenson / LmSorenson.net [Posted April 5, 2018]
It’s Tuesday evening in Salt Lake City with a cold breeze, and you’ve just left dinner Downtown … Where do you go? To The State Room, of course! Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy, aka Jake Bugg, the English singer/songwriter, returns to SLC to a sold-out event to play music with guest artist Nina Nesbitt. A first … read more
Episode #285 – Andrew Goldring
[Posted April 5, 2018]
On this episode of Soundwaves, Andrew Goldring discusses his ascent from guitar-based blues music to indie-powerhouse musician and producer at Soundcave. … read more
Tomb Raider
By Jimmy Martin [Posted April 5, 2018]
While there have already been two mediocre productions developed for the Tomb Raider series starring Angelina Jolie, this reboot, now starring Alicia Vikander, closely follows the revamped video games’ storyline created in 2014. Rather than being objectified with skimpy clothing and cartoonish body characteristics, the new Lara Croft is more about survival and becoming a strong, leading-woman hero. … read more
Connor Gygi
By CJ Anderson [Posted April 5, 2018]
This is one of many kick-ass photos from this session. Connor Gygi was trying this big spin for about an hour, stomping it and slipping out a few times—then finally rolled away! … read more
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