Year: 2017
Mike Brown: Jumbotrons and DJ Juggy – A Utah Jazz...
One of the biggest and best upgrades that they finally made this year was putting longtime local DJ and hip-hop heavy-hitter DJ Juggy behind some wheels of steel inside the arena and making him the official in-house DJ of the Utah Jazz. Naturally, I had my SLUG editor pull some strings so I could get on the court with Juggy. … read more
Out of the Woodwork: Four Utah Electric Luthiers: RIP Custom...
Rob Gray of RIP Custom Guitars offers a variety of guitar building classes: pedal building, basic guitar wiring, neck building, and full electric guitar building workshops. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Garrison Conklin
Garrison Conklin – Pole Jam to Fakie – SLC, Utah … read more
Movie Review: The Founder
While the acting from the entire cast of The Founder works together, an actual documentary may have been the more appropriate approach for this story. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Christian Broadbent
Christian Broadbent – Designer, Illustrator Christian Broadbent joined SLUG’s ranks as an ad designer back in July 2008. Since then, he’s been an excellent collaborator, bringing his flair for polished design, thoughtful branding and delightful illustrations to SLUG’s pages. With a particular love for all things print, Broadbent designed his first SLUG cover in May
Local Music Reviews February 2017
Local reviews of Aurune, Isaac Haas, Muzzle Tung, Reaper The Storyteller, Strong Words, Super 78 and Valentine And The Regard, with more reviews being published throughout the month. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Killing Ground
Taking a cue from fellow Aussie survival flick Wolf Creek, Killing Ground capitalizes on the beautiful yet foreboding landscape of his film’s setting. … read more
Excavating Anton Chekhov: Riot Act’s Whit Hertford on Poor Bastard
Whit Hertford, American-born artistic director and founder of Riot Act, has written Poor Bastard to be non-traditionally staged in the basement of the CUAC gallery in downtown Salt Lake City. This comedy, set in rural America, is available to view until Jan. 28 and is definitely one production you won’t want to miss. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Supergirl
Naomi Kutin is a fairly normal, Orthodox Jewish, preteen girl growing in New Jersey. The only catch: She is also a world-record-breaking powerlifter, who, at one point in the movie Supergirl, deadlifts almost three times her body weight. … read more