Year: 2024
Melissa Chilinski’s Beautifully Perfect Trash Moon Collective
Chilinski is the founder of the Trash Moon Collective, a nonprofit promoting and supporting the bluegrass, old-time and roots scene in Salt Lake City.
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Our First Local Show: Utah Bands Who Made It Big...
SLUG reached out to the biggest musical groups who originally came out of Utah with a simple request: Tell us about the first local show you ever played. … read more
Written In Blood: Hard Music for a Hard World
I didn’t stay for what else went on that night, but bravo to Wicked Innocence and the other two bands for playing. At least Grip Inc. are in good company. … read more
Treasure for the Taco Hounds at Taqueria La Palapa
Each dish at Taqueria La Palapa was cooked to order with minimal ingredients prepared in advance. It took time, but my patience was rewarded.
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Review: The Voidz – Like All Before You
Like All Before You is inevitably a harmless project of an aging rock-star, one who is quickly overstaying his welcome. … read more
Review: Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
Nilüfer Yanya’s My Method Actor is beautiful, crushing, complicateding and effervescent all at the same time. Yanya takes on all these disguises brilliantly. … read more
Always Moving with Jeffrey Louizia
As a dancer and mentor, Louizia expresses that dance is something that everyone is capable of learning. … read more
Salt Lake Hardcore’s “Lowkey PR Agency”: Ill Will Zine
The @illwillzine account succinctly describes itself as something that “started out as a dumb hardcore meme account during COVID-19 and then blossomed with the Salt Lake hardcore scene.” … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2024
It’s SLUG’s Local Music + Graphic Design Issue, and what would that be without our Local Music Singles Roundup? … read more
Chris Nielsen and the SLC Synth Alliance
A collective of electronic artists out of the greater Salt Lake area, the Alliance is dedicated to uplifting and performing music created by digital means. … read more
WhySound: A Home for DIY Music in Logan
Since 2009, WhySound has been the center of the countercultural community in Logan. Its doors are open for any and all. … read more
Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” Is Far From Empty
he Linkin Park brass and Armstrong knew they would have to deal with the controversy, and I think they’re going about it fine. … read more
