SLUG Magazine’s collection of reviews covering the latest and greatest of Utah-based music, covering all varieties of genre, style and type.

Local Reviews: Spiral Diary

Local Reviews: Spiral Diary
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Spiral Diary = Dashboard Confessional + Saves the Day + Plain White T’s … read more

Local Reviews: Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse/Perception

Local Reviews: Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse/Perception
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Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse Perception = Front Line Assembly (pre-Millenium) + Velvet Acid Christ + Bile + Hocicio … read more

Local Reviews: AM Revelator

Local Reviews: AM Revelator
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AM Revelator = Queens of the Stone Age + Angus Khan … read more

Local Reviews: Syqnys

Local Reviews: Syqnys
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Syqnys = Immortal Technique + From First to Last + Eminem … read more

Local Reviews: S.L.F.M. – S.L.F.M.

Local Reviews: S.L.F.M. – S.L.F.M.
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If a hummingbird princess was tangled in ukulele strings, she would sound like S.L.F.M. Despite the potential for cute homogeneity, S.L.F.M. blends inevitable quiet love songs with distorted (but always melodic) rock sounds.  … read more

Local Reviews: Rummys

Local Reviews: Rummys
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Rummys = Frank Zappa + Cheap Trick + Marilyn Manson + Joan Jett + Steppenwolf … read more

Local Reviews: Pariah Poetic

Local Reviews: Pariah Poetic
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Pariah Poetic Of Nature Self Released Street: 09.23 Pariah Poetic= Strata + Lostprophets Pariah Poetic is not your Mom’s band. Nor are they your brother’s—they could be your kid sister’s, though. The guitarist has some really, really good things going on—the guit-fiddle is intricately woven throughout (listen to “Deviate Demonic” for confirmation). This is some

Local Reviews: Killbot

Local Reviews: Killbot
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Killbot = 3 Inches of Blood + Mercyful Fate + Venom … read more

Local Reviews: Hour 13 – Hour 13

Local Reviews: Hour 13 – Hour 13
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“Ed Hardy” rock is one subgenre of music that for seem reason continues to get more popular every year. [Insert sarcasm.] Bands like the three named above, along with the greatest fucking band of all time, 3 Doors Down, are the reason I love music. … read more

Local Reviews: Dethrone the Sovereign

Local Reviews: Dethrone the Sovereign
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Dethrone the Sovereign have offered up some damn interesting metalcore, death, prog and black metal sounds on their first official demo. The order of the songs chronicles the bands musical progression, since the songs are tracked in the order they were written.  … read more