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![Top 5 Metal Albums of 2023 Your Mom Won’t Let You Take To Church](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/a4183825728_10-1024x1024.jpg)
Top 5 Metal Albums of 2023 Your Mom Won’t Let...
As the holidays come around, blast all of these albums at your family dinner. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, but fuck that—here are the top five violence-invoking metal releases of 2023. … read more
![Top 5 Folk/Americana Albums of 2023 to Make New Friends and Keep the Old](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/molly-tuttle-golden-highway-city-of-gold-545.jpg)
Top 5 Folk/Americana Albums of 2023 to Make New Friends...
These five albums demonstrate that discovery has a leg up on invention. We don’t need to abandon what we love to make something new. … read more
![Top 5 Alternative Femme Albums of 2023 To Sponsor Your Next Feral Villain Era](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/65538c37e404607477e4a90b39d1296b.1000x1000x1.jpg)
Top 5 Alternative Femme Albums of 2023 To Sponsor Your...
Bring on the bad bitch energy because these five ladies are drenched in it. Get ready to jump, dance, sing, cry and move on from that shitty ex or toxic friend! … read more
![Local Review: Bodaget – Still At Home](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SLUG-2023-bodaget-1024x1024.webp)
Local Review: Bodaget – Still At Home
Bodaget’s debut record, Still At Home, proves that pop-punk isn’t dead. It has loud, rage-filled bursts alongside soft, sentimental moments, which balances out the album. … read more
![Review: Ashes Fallen – Walk Through Fire](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SLUG-2023-ashes-fallen-1024x1024.webp)
Review: Ashes Fallen – Walk Through Fire
California-based gothic rock band Ashes Fallen not only satisfies those that like darker post-punk styles of music, but it transcends genres and dips into both EBM and rock. … read more
![Local Review: Mantis Jackson – The Right Time (Like We Do Pt. I)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SLUG-2023-mantis-jackson-1024x1024.webp)
Local Review: Mantis Jackson – The Right Time (Like We...
The two albums feature high-tempo blues, rock and jazz tracks. I can’t help but feel like I’ve just stepped into one of their jam sessions from the moment the music starts. … read more
![Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2023](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/420-Ed-LSMR-header.webp)
Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2023
This month’s hand-picked blend of dream pop, shoegaze and psychedelic rock from local artists pairs perfectly with the changing seasons. … read more
![SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/420-December-Comedy-Localized-Header-WEB-1024x658.jpg)
SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase
Tré Lamb, Tanner Nicholson, Hollie Jay and Michael Davis will perform at Urban Lounge on Thursday, December 21 for a hilarious edition of SLUG Localized. … read more
![Celebrating 25 Years of Kilby Court, The Heart of Salt Lake’s Music Scene](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gentry-Kilby25th-1-1024x683.webp)
Celebrating 25 Years of Kilby Court, The Heart of Salt...
Kilby Court—an intimate, all-ages venue not much bigger than a two-car garage—has been at the heart of the Utah music scene for 25 years. … read more
![Local Review: No Such Animal – The Entertainer](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SLUG-2023-no-such-animal-e1699989705719.webp)
Local Review: No Such Animal – The Entertainer
No Such Animal moves like a wrecking ball into the future with hints of late ’80s hard-rock reinvention, ’90s aggressive progressiveness and early ’00s power-pop walls of sound. … read more