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![Sleater-Kinney @ The Depot 02.10 with Lizzo, DJ Sophia Eris](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sleater-kinney-the-depot.jpg)
Sleater-Kinney @ The Depot 02.10 with Lizzo, DJ Sophia Eris
This past Tuesday evening, SLC had the pleasure of welcoming Sleater-Kinney, along with hip-hop opener Lizzo, at The Depot for the Riot grrl trio’s first tour in nearly a decade. … read more
![Sleater-Kinney @ The Depot 02.10 with Lizzo, DJ Sophia Eris](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9315-img26649.jpg)
Sleater-Kinney @ The Depot 02.10 with Lizzo, DJ Sophia Eris
For weeks, all forms of communication in the SLC music grapevine have chattered away about the most anticipated show of the year: Sleater-Kinney playing The Depot. … read more
![Under The Mask: The Psychology of Batman](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9267-CreditChristinaGandolfo.jpg)
Under The Mask: The Psychology of Batman
What makes Dr. Letamendi’s approach to creating a safe conversational space for mental health so unique are the ties she creates between Batman: The Animated Series and the mental health world. … read more
![No Cities To Love: Sleater-Kinney Rock The Depot](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9264-Sleater-Kinney_No-Cities-Left-To-Love.jpg)
No Cities To Love: Sleater-Kinney Rock The Depot
More often than not, when bands come back from the dead after a decade or more of inactivity, their new material really fails to live up to the quality of their previous work. Luckily for us, Sleater-Kinney don’t even flirt with lowered expectations on this new record. … read more
![Review: Lara Hope & The Ark-tones – Luck Maker](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lara-hope-and-the-ark-tones.webp)
Review: Lara Hope & The Ark-tones – Luck Maker
Lara Hope & the Ark-tones = Imelda May + The Reverend Horton Heat + Kim Lenz … read more
![Nothing Is Too Big: An Interview With Grieves](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9167-Grieves_2.jpg)
Nothing Is Too Big: An Interview With Grieves
Grieves is pale, skinny and unapologetic. He is aware that he draws comparisons to Macklemore. He pays no attention to what assumptions Pitchfork makes about the originality of his rap or how many stars they slap on his album. This could come across as cockiness, but the truth is that his rhymes are rooted in soil too deep to be bothered by shallow judgments—hip-hop is as much about letting go as it is pushing forward
![There’s No Substitute for Knowing Me: An Interview with Ariel Pink](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9166-Ariel_Pink_Buildup_1-copy.jpg)
There’s No Substitute for Knowing Me: An Interview with Ariel...
Pink’s off-kilter brand of pop, which mixes influences as familiar as Brian Wilson and as strange as Frank Zappa, reveals something about his personality that’s entirely appealing and even slightly addicting. It’s in Pink’s music that we’re given a glimpse into his true nature.
![Review: Rancid – …Honor Is All We Know](/uploads/314/9265-rancid_honor_is_all_we_know_album_artwork-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Rancid – …Honor Is All We Know
Rancid = Operation Ivy + UK Subs + The Vandals … read more
![Mason Guitars and the Physics of Music](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9165-Mike-Mason_Guitars_2015-e1463434524529.jpg)
Mason Guitars and the Physics of Music
“If there’s one thing I’m gifted with, it’s working with my hands,” says Mike Mason, local craftsman and guitarist of Cult Leader. Mason comes from a family of builders and mechanics and learned the value of understanding the way things work.
![Hex Cabs: Heavy Metal](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9164-SLUG_Magazine_Feb_2015_Builders_Hex_Cabs.jpg)
Hex Cabs: Heavy Metal
The duo of Tyler Smith and Gentry Densley are known for bone-shaking performances, melding deafening doom metal with improvisation, brutality with artistry. When you’ve seen, heard and felt Eagle Twin, you’ve probably also seen, heard and felt the unique guitar cabinets flanking Densley and Smith onstage.