SLUG Contributor Limelight
September 4, 2024
Contributor Limelight: Arthur Diaz
Having joined the SLUG team this spring, Arthur Diaz has proved to be a prolific writer. Beyond penning brilliant music reviews, they always bring great pitches to our desks! Read their piece on SLC’s greatest thrift shops in our September Local Fashion issue and check out their stunning style on Instagram at @arthurisawkward.
Articles by contributor
Natural Law Apothecary: Old Medicine for a New Age
For the fall, Bowen recommends several herbs that improve dreaming and lucidity, like: blue lotus, amanita muscaria, mugwort and passion flower, among others. … read more
Fervor: The Cult Rave Saving Pride From Rainbow Capitalism
Utah’s queerest growing cult craze started not in a sacred grove, but with a single holy blunt in a Salt Lake City parking lot. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: April 2025
Sometimes I have to throw up my hands and say I got nothing — nothing but six excellent singles from six killer local bands. … read more
Review: Lucy Dacus — Forever Is A Feeling
When it finally happens, time stops. It’s bliss. But it’s also hell. Forever is a feeling that Grammy Award-winning former boygenius member Lucy Dacus knows full well. … read more
Shannon Beveridge’s exes and o’s hits Salt Lake City
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 do you make queer friends? … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: March 2025
Lend your ears to the high reigns of this month’s Local Music Singles Roundup! Lay down your crown and spearhead your way through a fair share of metal, grunge, R&B and… gorecore? … read more
Review: FKA twigs — Eusexua
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
Top Five Albums of 2024 for Ethereal Weird Girls Feeling...
We’re entering a cultural renaissance where ethereal weird girls again hold increasingly valuable social capital. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: November 2024
Here in SLC, we’ll be focused on the right thing: sick local bands making sick music. Below are six more incredible tracks to dig into. … read more
Review: Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet
Sabrina Carpenter on her album Short n’ Sweet is just fun, upbeat, and makes something you immediately grasp and return to again and again. … read more
The Sustainable Fashionista’s Guide to SLC’s Secondhand Market
Opt to hunt for hidden treasures and curate a meaningful wardrobe from clothes that don’t create new waste. … read more
Review: cupcakKe – Dauntless Manifesto
Dauntless Manifesto by cupcakKe will get you in the mood to laugh, while you feel societal taboos around sexuality dissolve. … read more
Review: Megan Thee Stallion – MEGAN
On her new album MEGAN, Megan Thee Stallion challenges us to ditch the sad girl archetype by presenting us with another that’s empowering rather than enabling. … read more
Review: Charli xcx – BRAT
Charli xcx celebrates the archetype of a “brat” and crafts a postmodern collage using iconic pop-culture figures and brands to play with the concept of “cult-classic-ness.” … read more
Local Review: Kal Mara – CATALYST
There’s no excuse not to experience Salt Lake City’s latest bedroom pop release from a talented local artist Kal Mara on her album CATALYST. … read more
Friends, Allies, and Mentors: Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools
Friends, Allies, and Mentors’ goal is to create a safe space for our LGBTQ+ youth to thrive as they grow in schools and beyond. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2024
The sun is out (occasionally) and SLUG is back at it again with May’s Local Music Singles Roundup! … read more
Throwin’ it Back Into Aries Season with Gay Asstrology
Every now and again, the parties themselves seem too fantastical to be anything less than written in the stars. … read more
