Year: 2015
![Rally at the Capitol: Stand with Planned Parenthood Official Press Conference](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0277-1024x563.jpg)
Rally at the Capitol: Stand with Planned Parenthood Official Press...
On Tuesday, Aug. 24, Planned Parenthood advocates and supporters met at the capitol for an official press conference and rally as a response to Governor Gary Herbert’s Aug. 14 announcement. … read more
![Review: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Punks_Bridge_Decline_3.0-1024x576.jpg)
Review: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection
If you were alive and well and rocking in the ’70s and ’80s, then at some point in time you eventually got a glimpse of the first or second documentary films from The Decline Of Western Civilization series. … read more
![Rock n’ Roll, Love and Death: La Luz’s Weirdo Shrine](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/la-luz.jpg)
Rock n’ Roll, Love and Death: La Luz’s Weirdo Shrine
After procuring La Luz’s It’s Alive from Albatross Recordings and Ephemera, I took it home, dropped the needle and then soon began to uncontrollably gyrate to the surf-soulful sound of the first track, “Sure is Spring.” … read more
![Slipknot @ USANA 08.21 with Lamb of God, Bullet For My Valentine](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/slipknot13.jpg)
Slipknot @ USANA 08.21 with Lamb of God, Bullet For...
It seems like only yesterday I was a wee lass of 20-something, deep in the throes of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, stoked on what was supposed to be a massive tour date featuring Slipknot, Lamb of God and Shadows Fall. One of the Slipknot dudes got sick and had to cancel the
![Review: Funko Mopeez Iron Man Plush](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150825_14593201.jpg)
Review: Funko Mopeez Iron Man Plush
“I am PLUSHY MAN.” It has a certain undeniable ring to it, an authority and bravery that is unmatched in the world of little miniature super heroes. … read more
![Dark Entries: Exhuming the Corners of Forgotten Synth-Based Music](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dark-entries.jpg)
Dark Entries: Exhuming the Corners of Forgotten Synth-Based Music
This was my introduction into the expertly curated, aesthetically driven label Dark Entries that exists to release synth-driven coldwave, darkwave and post-industrial synth-pop records that have been long out of print. … read more
![Review: Black Wing – …Is Doomed](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BLACK-WING-COVER-400x2901.jpg)
Review: Black Wing – …Is Doomed
…Is Doomed begins with an analog arpeggio and a tip of the hat toward the cavernous hollow and wash that is witch house, only to be kindly betrayed by wave of warm synths that rises from the depths in order to distance Black Wing from the kitsch occult leanings that suffocate less imaginative artists. … read more
![Wasatch Art Soiree 2015](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Pumpkin-Curry-Soup-Salmon-Cake-Chocolate-Decadence-1024x1024.jpg)
Wasatch Art Soiree 2015
Comfortably nestled within the Wasatch Mountains, the organization known as Alta Community Enrichment (ACE) has been dedicated to providing their community with exposure to the arts. ACE is known for using ski resorts such as Alta and Snowbird as venues for over 70 annual events, and have awarded several grants to local people and organizations
![Not Alone: Westminster’s Title IX Symposium](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/notalone.jpg)
Not Alone: Westminster’s Title IX Symposium
Across the country, colleges are attempting to shake off a rather unpleasant part of college culture; rape culture. … read more
![SLUG x FYF Fest 2015: Day Two](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FKAtwigs005.jpg)
SLUG x FYF Fest 2015: Day Two
FYF Day Two was hotter and more crowded than ever, but the highly anticipated and top-notch Sunday lineup kept the momentum going. … read more