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![Review: MIDIval Punditz – Light](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Midival-punditz-Light.jpg)
Review: MIDIval Punditz – Light
MIDIval Punditz = Karsh Kale + Tabla Beat Science … read more
![Review: Oskar Buie – Bare EP](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Oskar-Buie.jpg)
Review: Oskar Buie – Bare EP
Oskar Buie = Eric Burdon + Muddy Waters … read more
![Preparing For Lunar Transit: an Interview with Lonely Boy](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/LonelyBoy1.jpg)
Preparing For Lunar Transit: an Interview with Lonely Boy
Over the last year and a half, a local group of artists collectively known as New World have been curating a monthly party that caters to a lot that Salt Lake was missing in the electronic music scene. … read more
![Tyler, The Creator: Over Before it Started](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10264-lolla-tyler-the-creator-1280x800.jpg)
Tyler, The Creator: Over Before it Started
The sold-out all-ages crowd at The Complex swarmed like a pubescent, freshly-in-high-school hornet’s nest. White kids impatiently smoking their cigarettes casually dropped the n-word and talked about the recent Supreme Court decision on gay marriage and the prospect of marrying their “best homies.” … read more
![Chastity Belt: A Quartet of Cool Sluts Out on Tour](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10153-ChastityBelt2-Angel-Ceballos.jpg)
Chastity Belt: A Quartet of Cool Sluts Out on Tour
The title to this interview isn’t meant to be a jibe, but a reference to the Chastity Belt song “Cool Slut” where lead singer Julia Shapiro sings about the lifestyle of “a couple of sluts / out on the town / fooling around.” … read more
![CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 and Urban Lounge – Day Three](/uploads/photos/973-giantsquid2-crop-396x288.jpg)
CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 and Urban Lounge – Day...
Day Three of Crucialfest, with photos from bands including: Subrosa, Worst Friends, Eagle Twin, Giant Squid, Anthems, Exes, and Goatsnake. … read more
![CrucialFest Day Two Recap @ Urban Lounge – 2015](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10148-img27917.jpg)
CrucialFest Day Two Recap @ Urban Lounge – 2015
The evening started with the band Døne, a two-piece comprising of Cache Tolman (bass/guitar/vocals) and Andy Patterson (drums). they were definitely the most “metal” of the evening. Musically, they had moments that combined doomier bits like Electric Wizard, but with the melodic sensibilities of a musical child produced by Stone Temple Pilots and Jimi Hendrix. … read more
![CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 – Day Two](/uploads/photos/971-dethrone1-crop-396x288.jpg)
CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 – Day Two
Perfect lineup, decent sound and tons of energy made day two of CrucialFest 5 a blast. … read more
![CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 – Day One](/uploads/photos/970-crowd1-crop-396x288.jpg)
CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 – Day One
Day One of Crucialfest with photos from bands including: Baby Gurl, Throes, Eons, Settle Down, and Royal Thunder. … read more
![CrucialFest 5 Recap: Area 51 – Day One](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10146-CrucialFest-2015-25.jpg)
CrucialFest 5 Recap: Area 51 – Day One
It’s finally here! My musical Christmas is here (I should have a beer advent calendar) and oh boy, was it a fun first night. In a matter of six hours, I saw eleven bands. While bouncing between the booze and sans-booze rooms at Area 51 (a venue I haven’t been to since I was 17. It hasn’t changed a bit.) I had my face melted off on multiple occasions. … read more