interview
Always Talking: An Interview with Golden Sun
Golden Sun is a three-piece based in Cottonwood Heights. Weston (drums), Chase (vocals), and Jantzen Meier (guitar) are the minds and brothers behind the music. Their recent video for the song “Always Talking” is a slick example of how technology can empower just about anyone to make a great looking do-it-yourself video at home. … read more
Coldwaves and City Rain: Interview with LowCityRain’s Markus Siegenhort
LowCityRain is the solo project of Markus Siegenhort, member of German post-metal band Lantlôs. On the album, Siegenhort’s post-punk baritone shifts through such brooding sonic pathways—cold synths, heavy bass, melancholic guitars—through similar thematic territory: urban nights and modern indecisions. SLUG spoke with Siegenhort about the album and some of his favorite coldwave tracks. … read more
9 Spine Stickleback
If you have been following SLUG for at least the last 16 months, you should know by now that 9 Spine Stickleback are my favorite local band. … read more
Tool
After their record Ænima was released, I spoke with Tool’s singer Maynard James Keenan. He’s one of my favorite vocalists. He’s NOT one of my favorite interviews. … read more
Stuck Mojo
A week after October’s issue of SLUG came out, I got a call from Struck Mojo’s guitarist, Rich Ward. Surprise, after I scolded the band in the last issue. … read more
Chrome Cranks
The Chrome Cranks are a “garage-blues” band. I hesitate to use the term in SLUG, but that is what the Chrome Cranks are. … read more
Republica
Just ask Saffron, the lead singer of the hot new techno-rock band Republica, how to have it all and still remain level-headed. … read more
Girls Against Boys
I had a phone conversation with the Girls Against Boys drummer Alexis Fleisig before they arrived. I am an expert at talking to drummers. … read more
Catie Curtis
While State Legislature was meeting to quell the forces of the radical hordes, Catie Curtis was at the U Of U Fine Arts Auditorium singing about lesbian love. … read more
Cyco Miko
This interview was conducted in the morning at SLUG World Headquarters, I was hungover and pretending to be into every word Mike Muir said and I don’t think he liked me. … read more
The Tragically Hip: November 1995
The interview with the Tragically Hip was done for one reason: to gain free access to the Page and Plant show at the Delta Center. As is more often the case than otherwise, the guest list at the Delta Center was missing a few names. The next time there is a show at the Delta
Soul Coughing
They have a different sound, a different outlook. Their most recognizable line from a song is “You take the ankles and I’ll take the wrists.” … read more
