local music review
![Local Review: Sunny Day Soap Opera – Me & The Mountain](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sunny-Day-Soap-Opera.webp)
Local Review: Sunny Day Soap Opera – Me & The...
Sunny Day Soap Opera’s newest release is swelling, orchestral, full-bodied and builds a feeling of melancholic rage. … read more
![Local Review: Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions – Never Give Up](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gary-Dranow-1024x1024.webp)
Local Review: Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions – Never...
Gary Dranow’s Never Give Up is an album… that’s it. Trust me, I really wanted this to be more engaging than your run-of-the-mill Americana album. … read more
![Localized: Slow Potion](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/425-Ed-Localized-Slow-Potion-Logan-Sorenson0638-1024x683.jpg)
Localized: Slow Potion
Consisting of a whopping eight members, Slow Potion has an entire percussion and brass outfit. … read more
![Local Review: Whisperhawk – Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SLUG_LMR_WHISPERHAWK.webp)
Local Review: Whisperhawk – Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2
Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2 proves Whisperhawk is a masterful storyteller as well as musician— the kind of soulful street performer that stops you in your tracks. … read more
![Local Review: ARCHAIC FUTURISTS – AN EXERCISE IN HUMAN ERROR](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ARCHAIC-FUTURISTS_SLUGMAG_LMR.webp)
Local Review: ARCHAIC FUTURISTS – AN EXERCISE IN HUMAN ERROR
With resources they are provided—and only seeing the tip of its full potential—AN EXERCISE IN HUMAN ERROR feels like it’s been reduced to a 4-bit Game & Watch. … read more
![Localized: PERSONA 749](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DSC_0178-1024x684.webp)
Localized: PERSONA 749
PERSONA 749 is one of those Salt Lake bands that is heavily intertwined with its homegrown roots through background and lyrics. … read more
![Local Music Singles Roundup: June 2023](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lmsr-june-2023-1024x685.webp)
Local Music Singles Roundup: June 2023
Kick back and relax poolside with this month’s singles from incredibly talented local artists—you’ve earned it. … read more
![Localized: fuckskin](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/87496EE4-C27D-473D-8040-7918EB07CB96.webp)
Localized: fuckskin
The versatility and uniqueness of fuckskin, the quartet of Zachary Zane, Val Brown, Gary Fairburne and Kale Morse, can’t seem to fit into one specific genre. … read more
![Local Review: Pale Dream – Curse](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pale-dream-curse.webp)
Local Review: Pale Dream – Curse
Pale Dream = Sigur Rós + The Cure + Pale Waves … read more
![Local Review: Zigga – Not Enough](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/zigga-not-enough-1.webp)
Local Review: Zigga – Not Enough
Salt Lake artist Zigga combines pop, funk, hip-hop and now rock in his most recent release, Not Enough to create a standout album. … read more