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In The Divorce Between Sundance and Utah, It’s The Kids...
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As long as the people pulling his strings insist on clinging to an erroneous definition of “Utah’s values” dictated by bigotry, we're doomed to stay single and bitter for a...

Film | Film Interviews

Amyl and the Sniffers @ The Complex 03.30.2025
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At once utterly committed to political resistance and completely unserious about the world, Amyl and the Sniffers were exactly what Salt Lake City needed. … read more

Concert | Music

The Fourth Annual Craft Lake City LetterWest 2025
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From calligraphy to tattoos to graffiti, LetterWest 2025 had it all.  … read more

Community | Local Events

Poppy Injects Optimism Into Negative Spaces
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Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the...

Music Interviews

Play Review: The Antipodes
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Both playwright Annie Baker and director Jack Cobabe excel at finding the extraordinary in the mundane, and isn’t that what stories are all about, anyway?  … read more

Performance & Theatre

Shannon Beveridge’s exes and o’s hits Salt Lake City
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Beveridge hopes tour guests will take away the answers to the three things she’s been asked the most: How do girls have sex? How do you get over heartbreak? How...

Interviews & Features

Water Pilgrimage: A Collaborative Perspective of Our Endangered Lake
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Through her work, Linda Dalton Walker hopes to inspire deeper conversations about the lake’s future and the actions needed to protect it. … read more

Arts | Interviews & Features

Bold & Beautiful: Jose Rojas
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Jose Rojas performs his choreography with Heels Queens Sundays at Milk+, and H.I.M. will perform at the Sneaker Convention Expo on April 5. … read more

Arts | Bold & Beautiful

Chat Pile @ Urban Lounge 03.05.25
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The most highly anticipated show of 2025 (speaking for myself) came to fruition as the pouring rain intensified on the night of Wednesday, March 5. … read more

Concert | Music

Soccer Mommy Pares Back for Evergreen 
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Even as Soccer Mommy's album Evergreen circles these kinds of grief-filled emotions, it finds a way to render them that feels approachable. … read more

Music Interviews

Forbidden Freedom: The Fetish Cabaret Turns Five
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On the fifth anniversary of the Fetish Cabaret, performers strip the shame away, shining a light on what makes us human. … read more

Local Events | Performance & Theatre

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Grind”: Wormrot Has No Plans...
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Ahead of their Salt Lake City stop at on May 11, Wormrot founding member Nurrasyid "Rasyid" Juraimi was kind enough to answer my fangirl questions. … read more

Music | Music Interviews

How Craft Lake City’s Scholarship Helped One Artist Reclaim Her...
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A scholarship from Craft Lake City helped her overcome financial roadblocks and reconnect with her purpose — creating art that connects with others. … read more

Arts | Community

Bold & Beautiful: Lorem Ipsum
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Lorem Ipsum offers an unapologetic blend of fantasy, theatrics and raw emotion that captivates her audiences in Salt Lake City. … read more

Bold & Beautiful | LGBTQ+

Is mercury In Your Orbit? We Talk Tour, Swarm The...
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Not long after talking to Kerr and diving even deeper into her work, it becomes abundantly clear that she has a stake to claim. … read more

Interviews | Music Interviews

Slice House by Tony Gemignani Brings Iconic Pizza Styles to...
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From expertly executed classics to creative weekly specials there’s something for every palate. … read more

Food | Food Reviews

A Valentine Like No Other: JadeXFusion’s Aerial & Pole Showcase
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JadeXFusion isn’t just a place to watch incredible performances. It’s a space where everyday people become artists, where you can step into your own power. … read more

Community | Performance & Theatre

SLUG Mag’s 36th Anniversary Party: 36 Years, 36 Bands, One...
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Based out of both Blue Gene’s and Urban Lounge, this sold-out, larger-than-life event showcased 36 bands and artists, each given three minutes to blow the brains out of the audience....

Anniversary Party | Events

Gouge Away’s Christina Michelle on Coloring Outside the Lines 
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I had the privilege of learning a bit more from Christina Michelle on overcoming creative pressure, remaining authentic to oneself in creating art. … read more

Interviews | Music Interviews

Wicked Temple: 50 Shows in 15 Steps
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In 2018, a band of many hats (or wigs) cemented the first stone in constructing the WICKED TEMPLE we know and love today. … read more

Music | Music Interviews

Hazlett Finds Harmony Between “Valley Low” and “Doing My Best”
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While waiting to board a flight to start his North American headline tour Hazlett took the time to answer a few questions. … read more

Music | Music Interviews

SLUG Style: Mariel Croft
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Mariel Croft's personal aesthetic would place them nicely within the cast of Freaks and Geeks. … read more

Slug Style

Jordana Still Records Her Premonitions In Her Bedroom
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I am honored to present my interview with the priestess of nostalgic new-wave pop; in which we discuss intuitions, imposter syndrome and the idiosyncrasies of love and life.  … read more

Interviews | Music

Lauren Mayberry @ Soundwell 01.31.25
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Mayberry's performance was well-received, with the audience experiencing a mix of her album live and her signature energy. … read more

Music | Show Reviews

Dirk Jeffrey: The Prolific Polymath Piloting Wasteland Records
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Dirk Jeffrey is the founder and record producer for Wasteland Records, but he’s more than just a sound engineer and entrepreneur. … read more

Interviews | Music

Ten Years of Strength and Sensuality at The Salt Mine
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The performance holds a mirror to us, highlighting the importance of spaces like The Salt Mine, where liberation is celebrated. … read more

Community | LGBTQ+ | Local Events

Bold & Beautiful: Lilia Maughn
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A proud product of Utah’s ever-evolving drag scene, Lilia Maughn's story is one of artistry, community and self-discovery. … read more

Bold & Beautiful

God Never Spoke, Only Beast: The Biblical Desperation of Beast...
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Join me as I sit down in a crowded theatre of disqualified contestants as we boggle at the multi-fixed dangling-key spectacle that is Beast Games. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Bold & Beautiful: Princess Deathwish
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When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down and slowed Paredes’ momentum, he simmered on Princess Deathwish and reinvented himself. … read more

Bold & Beautiful

6th Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market @ Ogden Union...
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Featuring over 140 local artisans, vintage vendors, craft foodies, STEM exhibitors and indie game developers, this year's Holiday Market uplifted even more local creatives than ever before. … read more

Community | Local Events

“An Irreplaceable Refuge for All of Us”: nan seymour on...
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Poet nan seymour put out a call to her writing community when she learned that the Great Salt Lake was at risk. Their output was a collective praise poem, titled...

Activism, Outreach and Education

Raiding the Airwaves: The Legacy of Jimmy Chunga and Radio...
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Tuning my signal to the Sin City airspace, I spoke with Jimmy Chunga, the ringleader of 101.9 The End (and now, the podcast Radio Ronin), to analyze this curve. … read more

Interviews & Features

Opening Our Ears with Senses Fail: New Jersey Vs. The...
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It’s been 20 years since the iconic debut album Let It Enfold You introduced us to New Jersey post-hardcore/pop-punk band Senses Fail. … read more

Music | Music Interviews

Double Feature: Secondhand Screenings and Scriptures
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So sit back, relax and enjoy this double feature of secondhand screenings. And remember, no one puts the “A” in “USA” (more "Anarchy) like yours truly. … read more

Book Reviews | Film | Film Reviews

Sean Baker’s Open Mic Manifesto
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To Sean Baker, open mics are community—they are an outlet for new artists to practice and hone their skills.  … read more

Community | Music Interviews

Bridget Hanson is Achieving the Things She Wants to Achieve
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Bridget Hanson’s Posies, Pins, and Other Pragmatics is a poetic flowering of the author’s inner and outer worlds. … read more

Book | Interviews & Features

Chaz Bojórquez on the Beauty of Cholo Tagging
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Bojórquez, in his upcoming appearance at Craft Lake City’s LetterWest, will deliver a keynote speech and an exclusive workshop. … read more

Art | Interviews & Features

Pushing Up Daisies @ Fellowship Hall 11.15
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Pushing Up Daisies played with a lot of energy and everyone was excited for their return—it had been over a decade since the band played together … read more

Concert | Music | Show Reviews

Water and Rebirth in the West: Zak Podmore’s Life After...
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In Dead Pool, Zak Podmore reminds us that the federal government has a habit of making mistakes with Utah’s public lands. … read more

Arts | Interviews & Features

Music

Review: Japanese Breakfast — For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
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For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) is a slow burn meditation on the consequences of desire, reconnecting with an estranged father and reconciling with disloyalty from a lover. … read more

National Music Reviews

Review: My Education, Theta Naught — Sound Mass III: Ampersand
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It might be a little blasphemous to bring out the Radiohead comparisons this early, but the instrumentals on this project are seriously next level: haunting violins, big drums and beautiful...

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Josaleigh Pollett — bro’s bad january
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With many more amazing tracks on the album, Josaleigh Pollett’s sound is beautifully emotional and poetic project that paints clear pictures in your mind through songwriting. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Love, Audrey — Greetings from Rocket Park
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Love, Audrey also incorporates a wide variety of influences, with each song seeming to take notes from a different antecedent. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Horsegirl — Phonetics On and On
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Phonetics On And On is a skattershot, subtly noisy and playful record. It contains a breath of darkness that sometimes lurks around the edges looking in. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Glixen — Quiet Pleasures
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As young bands like Glixen keep pushing culture forward, progressing both their medium as a whole and their own personal artistry forward, we’ll be good. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Oklou — choke enough
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Is this project worth checking out? Absolutely. Is it the best Oklou release? Nah. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Gavanni — Fever Dream
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I now await the day when Gavanni invites another artist into his now-established sound, because I think he’ll shine even brighter for it. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Jwalking — Demo 2024
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Jwalking’s debut EP is a mere three tracks long but I think it could very well prove to be the first in a long series of scrumptiously sulky albums. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: FKA twigs — Eusexua
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Eusexua may never capture the masses, or enter the cultural lexicon deeply enough to become the cornerstone of a failed historic US presidential campaign. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Ela Minus — Dia
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It proves that Ela Minus has got your attention. The future is here, let everything else burn. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Muskies — Muskies
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If you live in Muskies’ world, if you live in the world of this album, it's blissfully weird. I loved this record. Stay wild, Muskies, stay weird. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Snuff Tape — The Devils Work
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Snuff Tape finds a way to make the genre more than just music as their storytelling nature makes them stand out from the rest. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Ethel Cain — Perverts
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In spite of its massive runtime, this is an album with no fat to trim — it’s not some bloated prog epic or exercise in time wasting. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Top Five Soundtracks of 2024 for Being Where You Already...
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Here are five soundtracks that helped me learn life’s most timeless — and obvious — lessons. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 for Ethereal Weird Girls Feeling...
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We’re entering a cultural renaissance where ethereal weird girls again hold increasingly valuable social capital. … read more

Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 for Latinx People Entering Their...
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If you notice yourself picking up some of your mother’s or grandmother's habits in your adult life, you are officially entering your señora era. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 To Speed Run the Stages...
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Spanning from ‘90s synth pop to retro psych-punk, each of these albums ushered in a new emotion—listed here in the sequence of the traditional therapeutic model. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 for Thought Daughters
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For the femmes who analyze everything and have a good time doing it, this one's for you. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 To Kill Your Colonizer 
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From Niger to Palestine to Haiti, there are many people living under brutal imperialist powers. It’s impossible not to witness and it’s important to tune in.  … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 for a Lost World
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These five pensive, melancholy records of 2024 might be just what the doctor ordered.  … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Electronic Albums of 2024 to Shred Your Amygdala
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Here are five electronic projects to rewrite your DNA and ascend to a higher plane of existence. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 That Give Cowgirls the Blues
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Five ladies with a little bit of the blues—a little bit spooky, dusty folk with a little hangover, reminiscent of cigarettes and late morning coffee in cafes—bring home this type...

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Unsettling Albums of 2024 for Trip Sitting Someone...
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The releases below were common soundtracks for emotional purges, but their intense unnerving quality makes them perfect to psychologically torture someone.   … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Top Five Albums of 2024 to Enter Your Wrongdoer Era
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Follow this Top Five Albums of 2024 step-by-step (musical) guide to see if you’re in mid-development of your “wrongdoer” era. … read more

Music | Year-End Top 5

Local Review: Cudney – live at smoking nun
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Live at smoking nun is a live in-studio performance by Cudney at Smoking Nun Recordings in Midvale as part five of an ongoing series of live performances. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: John Elwood Morgan – New Skies
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The EP shows a polished mix of roots music genres that John Elwood Morgan taps into while still remaining something all his own. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Geordie Greep – The New Sound
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The New Sound actually lives up to its name — Geordie Greep manages to blend latin grooves alongside progressive rock to create avant-garde rock operas. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Gilded Lillies – UP IN ARMS
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It’s no accident that the figure on the album Gilded Lillies cover has their arms raised up to the sky, as if wishing for mercy. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Sympathy Pain – Swan Dive
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Let Sympathy Pain consume you whole and spit you back out a completely different person. It is in fact, one hell of a “swan dive.” … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
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With Nobody Loves You More, Kim Deal rises above everything like a Phoenix out of familiar ashes. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: lucy – Now you lay, terrified
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lucy's creativity in risk-taking when it comes to genre, aesthetic and performance is that of a band years ahead in age and experience. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Sleep Cult – Speed Freak
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Speed Freak is a record of sound and frenzy that explodes quickly and embers out with a total run time of 13 minutes and 19 seconds. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Suppertime – Here’s The Thing
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Suppertime's Here’s The Thing is a whirlwind of sound that feels both familiar and fresh, stirring in ‘90s nostalgia with the creativity of today. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Nadezhda – Battery
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Nadezhda vocalist Erika Ahlin’s diverse performance through the entirety of Battery really brings this album from cool to awesome. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Musor – Musor Ⅱ
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Musor on Musor II doesn’t just fall into psychedelic rock, but ultimately makes the genre their own. Their unique tone and amplification make them versatile. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Review: Bon Iver – SABLE,
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SABLE, is, in essence, a multimedia project exploring the darkness within Vernon’s past and heart. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Westside Gunn — Still Praying
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The latest Westside Gunn and DJ Drama record, Still Praying, is no exception to the ongoing chain of letdowns. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Halsey — The Great Impersonator
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As stated before, The Great Impersonator actually sounds not that bad—it just aesthetically doesn’t exist. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Review: Tyler, the Creator — CHROMAKOPIA
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CHROMAKOPIA was a good listen but die-hard Tyler suckers will probably want me dead as I find the whole album just a “good” listen. … read more

Music | National Music Reviews

Local Review: Seaslak – Oh Lord, My Retinas!
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Seaslak's Oh My Retinas shakes out to be a net positive, making this is a forest for the trees situation that still allows us to enjoy ourselves. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Local Review: Recidivist – Madness Malformed
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If you enjoy overwhelmingly intense slams and beautifully constructed musical composition, Recidivist’s Madness Malformed should be your next listening venture. … read more

Local Music Reviews | Music

Film

Film Review: The Penguin Lessons
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The Penguin Lessons is a very enjoyable, inspirational little film that isn't likely to find a large audience in the US. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Film Review: Snow White
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Snow White is one of the better remakes Disney has done, trying hard to find its own identity and succeeding just enough to be memorable. … read more

Film Reviews | SLUGmag

The World Will Tremble Brings A Long-Buried True Story of...
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The director also sees the film as deeply relevant to today’s world, with the rise of antisemitism, othering and fascism around the globe and in the United States. … read more

Arts | Film | Film Interviews

Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney...
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The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is everything you could reasonably want it to be: a great mix of wistful throwback and just enough modern sensibilities...

Film | Film Reviews

Film Review: The Electric State
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It’s hard to imagine anyone becoming invested in the odious piece of dreck on either level, and its only value would have been as a massive tax-write off. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Film Review: Novocaine
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Novocaine is shockingly violent, but it's hilariously funny, wonderfully light-hearted and surprisingly sweet. … read more

Film Reviews

Ian Seabrook Takes A Deep Dive Into Visual Storytelling with...
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Despite the grueling conditions of underwater filmmaking, Seabrook thrives on the challenge. … read more

Film | Film Interviews

Film Review: Queen of the Ring
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Queen of the Rings isn’t going to be contending for any Oscars, but it’s a rousing and likeable sports movie that chronicles a turning point in history. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Series Review: Daredevil: Born Again
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It's taken a wait of nearly five years for Daredevil: Born Again, but it was well worth the wait to give the devil his due. … read more

Film Reviews

Film Review: Riff Raff
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Riff Raff moves at a steady pace and is easy to get through, yet the moment it was over, I found myself asking, “Why did I sit through that?” … read more

Film Reviews

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes On Bringing My Dead Friend Zoe To Life
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Whatever stories he chooses to tell, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes has proven himself to be a filmmaker with a distinct voice — one that honors his past. … read more

Film | Film Interviews

Film Review: Bridget Jones 4: Mad About the Boy
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At the end of the day, Bridget Jones 4: Mad About the Boy is the perfect bittersweet chick flick to get you through the post-Valentine’s Day blues. … read more

Arts | Film Reviews

Film Review: Companion
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Ultimately, Companion is a Barbie/Ex Machina hybrid that will leave you filled but not fully satisfied. … read more

Film Reviews

Alan Ritchson and Co-Stars Take Action in Reacher Season Three  
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If you're among the many enthusiastic followers of the larger-than-life heroes and his exploits, then it's a good time to start reaching for your remote control. … read more

Film Interviews

Film Review: Paddington in Peru
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Paddington is full of creative ideas while still having charming, slapstick moments and some of the best antagonists in recent kid’s entertainment. … read more

Film Reviews

Film Review: The Gorge
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The Gorge is thrillingly diverting popcorn entertainment that embraces its B-movie sensibilities and uses an unexpectedly effective romance to add a lot of charm. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Series Review: Cobra Kai Season Six: Part Three
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We know that the larger universe still has stories left in it, but this truly unique chapter that reimagined and redefined the franchise will remain the most interesting. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Film Review: Captain America: Brave New World
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Captain America: Brave New World is just satisfying enough as a disposable superhero flick to see once. … read more

Film Reviews

Alison Sudol Finds Hope, Joy and Beautiful Music in Bonus...
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While Bonus Track came out in the U.K. in 2023, it's hitting the United States at a pivotal point in time, one that Sudol sees as adding urgency to the...

Film | Film Interviews

Film Review: One of Them Days
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It’s the distraction we’ve been needing in these trying times. So, to whoever says that theatrical R-rated movies are dead, go catch One of Them Days! … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Film Review: I’m Still Here
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I'm Still Here can easily be seen as depressing, upsetting, empowering or inspiring, because it's all of those things combined into one urgently important story. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Bunnylovr: A Not-So-Fully-Formed Reflection on Isolation
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Bunnylovr is worth the watch, as Zhu is very clearly an up-and-coming, promising talent with a lot to offer modern audiences. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

By Design Needs To Go Back to the Drawing Board
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It’s the kind of official selection that gets chosen because it has a short enough runtime to easily fit into programming and some stars to promote, but it's a stretch...

Film Reviews | Sundance

The Legend of Ochi Provides Lifelike Creatures and Bland Characters
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It's perplexing to see a film that has all the makings of a wondrous experience turn out feeling so utterly unexceptional and bland. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

The Sexy, Surreal Spanish Soap Opera of Rains Over Babel
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So throw back your “elixir of life” and let the music take you as you're dragged down into the blacklight purgatory of Rains Over Babel. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

All That’s Left of You: A Palestinian Family’s Generational Struggle...
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All That’s Left of You is a modern masterpiece, a film that everyone should watch, especially since the Palestinian perspective has been overlooked for so long. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Max Walker Silverman Paints a Portrait of Loss and Hope...
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While Rebuilding was chosen as an official festival selection long before the California wildfires turned the Pacific Palisades and Altadena to cinders, the connection is hard to shake. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Focus On Cinematography: Jimpa and Sunfish (& Other Stories on...
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Cinematographers Matthew Chuang and Marcus T. Patterson are two of the many gifted cinematographers whose work has been showcased this year. … read more

Film Interviews | Sundance

Deaf President Now! Highlights The Difference Between Hearing and Listening
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More than 35 years after the protests, Deaf President Now! aims to ensure that this story is recognized as a major civil rights milestone. … read more

Film Interviews | Sundance

Film Review: You’re Cordially Invited
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You're Cordially Invited is a straight-to-streaming film that's pleasant enough to be worth watching once, but it's at best an utterly disposable comedy. … read more

Film | Film Reviews

Sophie Brooks Explores The Ties That Bind In Oh, Hi!
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Oh, Hi! is a smart and unpredictable collision between 500 Days of Summer and Misery that is a surprisingly honest yet deeply insane breath of fresh air. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Jordan Michael Blake: Mormonism, Self Reflection and Delta Safety Videos
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Jordan Michael Blake is a writer, director and founder of a spoof Taco Bell Film Festival (not at all sponsored by the actual chain). His short animated film Paradise Man...

Film Interviews

Justin Lin Puts His Audience in the Missionary’s Position in...
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Last Days is more successful in its mission than its tragically misguided protagonist was, though it still doesn’t quite live up to its divine calling. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Touch Me: An American Love Letter to Japanese Cinema
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Addison Heimann delivers a second feature film that’s one endearing story of mental health, codependency-filled friendship, gore and lots of hentai. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Sundance Film Review: Animated Short Film Program
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Just because it was hand-drawn, digitized or molded by clay doesn’t mean the final product is elementary. Here’s how Sundance’s Animated Short Film Program went down! … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Sundance Film Review: Midnight Short Film Program
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Sundance 2025 Midnight Shorts has the perfect fix for those looking for a creepy good time in a bite-size treat. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Kiss of The Spider Woman Spins a Tale, Sings a...
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Kiss of The Spider Woman is a grand and powerful musical extravaganza that will be remembered both as the glossy, star-spangled spectacle of the festival. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Cover Your Ears, Not Your Eyes for Welsh Folk Horror...
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Rabbit Trap's captivating, eerie atmosphere and thematic emphasis on sound mask a frustratingly vague narrative and distant characters.  … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Pee-wee as Himself: The Posthumous Rise of the Larger-Than-Life Persona
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With somber interjections from Paul Reubens himself, the audience discovers the muddier side to fame as he struggles with his lonely, closeted sexuality. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Reid Davenport Returns To Sundance with Important Questions in Life...
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Life After delves into the thorny intersection of progressive ideals of bodily autonomy and the ableist assumptions underpinning debates about the right to die. … read more

Film Interviews | Sundance

The Cast and Crew of Jimpa Fight Ignorance and Hate...
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In a moment of societal division, Jimpa celebrates the beauty and complexity of human connection and finds joy in embracing our differences while finding common ground. … read more

Film Interviews | Sundance

War is Hell, But The Show Must Go in Atropia
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Atropia isn’t quite a great film, feeling a bit too muddled at times and occasionally playing too broadly to be as insightful or meaningful as it wants to be. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

André is an Idiot: His Final Marketing Campaign is Genius
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In André is an Idiot, we learn through Tony Benna’s even-keeled lens that André Ricciardi and his enigmatic persona are as sincere as they come. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

The Contemporary Not-So-Love Story of One to One: John &...
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One to One: John & Yoko might’ve been all over the place, but so was that generation. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

Ricky: The System Wants You to Reoffend
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Within one year of release, 43% of formerly incarcerated people were rearrested. In Ricky, we watch that statistic play out in a span of 112 minutes.  … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

No Man Is An Island in Lyrical Comedy The Ballad...
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The Ballad of Wallis Island is destined to be embraced as a sentimental favorite by anyone lucky enough to fall under its sweet spell. … read more

Film Reviews | Sundance

The Brides of Sundance: Nadia Fall, Ebada Hassan and Safiyya...
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Brides, a new film premiering as part of the World Dramatic Competition, tells the story of a harrowing journey made by two teenaged Muslim girls from the U.K. … read more

Film | Film Interviews | Sundance

John Lithgow Gives a Career-Defining Performance in Jimpa
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A packed audience that didn’t have my personal connection also laughed, cried and cheered while watching Twinless. … read more

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SLUG Soundwaves

Episode #472 — The/Theys

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, the band discusses their sound, origin and upcoming projects.  … read more

Episode #471 — Gilded Lillies

Gilded Lillies are an SLC indie-rock project led by Macy Weekes (guitar, vocals) and supported by Noah Vaughn (drums) and Tyler Smith (bassist). … read more

Episode #470 — Boyfriend Sushi Town

On this episode, the band discusses their new album Dogwood, how to describe their sound and a ton more. … read more

Episode #469 — Cardinal Bloom

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, the group chats about the bands that got them into playing music, the origin of the group itself and their songwriting process.  … read more

Episode #468 — Muskies

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, Muskies talk about curating vibes, busking in alleyways — even whole touring — and the creation of their debut album, Muskies.  … read more

Episode #467 – Musor

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, Laterza and Orellana talk about the band’s origins, their unpinnable sound and their experience playing Kilby Block Party in 2023. … read more

Episode #466 – lucy

In this SLUG Soundwaves episode, the group talks about their sound, performance history and exciting new songs coming out soon. … read more

Episode #465 – Cali Flora.

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, Itamura discusses her inspirations, new sonic directions and solo producing. … read more

Episode #464 – Bone Throwers

Bone Throwers toss garage rock, deviant psychedelia and gristly surf into the genre-blender with one of a kind result that SLUG, and you, can’t get enough of. … read more

Episode #463 – Fight the Future

In this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, Fight the Future discuss their upcoming music and how their political opinions fuel their love and motivation for creating. … read more

Episode #462 – Little Moon

In this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, Little Moon aka Emma Hardyman discusses the metamorphosis of the folk-rock band, winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2023 and their recent album Dear...

Episode #461 – Hoppy

On this episode of SLUG Soundwaves, we chat with the band about their origin, sound and everything that went into making Little While the robust, beloved record it is.  … read more

Episode #460 – The Plastic Cherries

The originators of the Plastic Cherries, Shelby and Joe Maddock, started making music together as a home project in 2020. … read more

Episode #459 – Jeff Dewsnup

Solo artist and former Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Jeff Dewsnup has found his rightful place in the local shoegaze, grunge scene. … read more

Episode #458 – Review: BONNEVILLE’s Another Flower

BONNEVILLE's vocalist Jack Ralls, along with Chase McLendon, Gabe Valadez and Thomas Smith, have captured the unique stylings that Provo has become known for. … read more

Episode #457 – Body of Leaves

Body of Leaves is has cemented itself as one of SLC’s best post-punk groups. In this episode of Soundwaves, the group discusses their origin, sound and new projects.  … read more

Episode #456 – Review: Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady...

Unable to create anything decent in the last 14 years, Mathers has resorted to symbolically murdering his former self in his most jaded and misguided project yet.  … read more

Episode #455 – Poolhouse

Poolhouse’s message couldn’t be more clear to me: do everything you can to see your creative vision through, and compromise at nothing to get there. … read more

Episode #454 – Review: Clairo’s Charm

SLUG Soundwaves is back with another review episode, this week, SLUG Editorial Intern Leah Call reads her review of Clairo's newest album Charm. … read more

Episode #453 – The Johns

The Johns were originally made up of John, Little John and other rotating drummers who didn’t end up sticking. … read more

Episode #452 – Review: Charli xcx’s BRAT

This week, SLUG Contributing Writer Arthur Diaz reads their review of British pop icon Charli xcx’s newest album BRAT. … read more

Episode #451 – Kal Mara

SLC singer-songwriter and producer Kal Mara recently released her debut album, CATALYST. She relays her relatable story from a place of deep emotional healing. … read more

Episode #450 – Review: BARBARIAN FAITH HEALER’s AMERICARNAGE

SLUG Soundwaves is back with another review episode this week, Alton Barnhart reads his review of local outfit BARBARIAN FAITH HEALER's AMERICARNAGE. … read more

Episode #449 – Menlo

Menlo is a six piece Salt Lake-based band that’s been around since at least the early 2000s. … read more

Episode #448 – Review: Mdou Moctar’s Funeral for Justice

The ripping chords and striking anti-colonial lyrics were incredible and fascinating to me. I wanted to dive into the reasons why an album like Funeral for Justice was written. … read more

Episode #447 – Gary Dranow and the Manic Emotions

Gary Dranow and the Manic Emotions are also starting a residency at O’Shucks  Bar and Grill on the Park City Main Street strip every Monday night from 6-9. … read more

Episode #446 – Review: fuckskin’s you can find it

The EP is a cute little box that packages up fuckskin’s discography and is sent off to sea with a trail of joyous nostalgia and broken hearts behind it. … read more

Episode #445 – Tiger Bike

Tiger Bike, a four-piece emo band, discusses their time in an LDS-centered college and how they think the places you make emo music are the places you hate.  … read more

Episode #444 – Review: Whisperhawk’s Keepers of the Earth Vol....

In this episode, SLUG Junior Editor Asha Pruitt reads her review of Whisperhawk’s Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2, released on November 2, 2023.  … read more

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