Grabbing the Kat by the Tail: Koffin Kats Interview

Grabbing the Kat by the Tail: Koffin Kats Interview
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Anyone who’s seen the Koffin Kats live will tell you that they are fueled by sweat and blood and that they put everything they can of themselves on stage. It’s intense, it’s keyed up to 11 and they have no other setting than balls to the wall.  … read more

Closing the Sale with Swell Merchants

Closing the Sale with Swell Merchants
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When Nico told me he was a rapper, I asked him for some music. Honestly, I didn’t expect a whole lot—you never know—but the moment I threw Swell Merchants into my car stereo, I knew it was something special.  … read more

Jesse Walker: On Beats, Booze and Bunny Ears

Jesse Walker: On Beats, Booze and Bunny Ears
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One of Salt Lake’s quintessential members of the music scene, Jesse Walker, has been throwing parties for decades. Five years ago, after being introduced to Bob McCarthy and Marsha Merrill, owners of Garage on Beck, he realized that their glorious patio was the perfect place to party and listen to some groovy, crackling vinyl with his buds. … read more

Adventure Time: The Wasatch Mountain Film Festival

Adventure Time: The Wasatch Mountain Film Festival
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While browsing among the latest outdoor recreational gear at this year’s Adventure+Gear Expo is enough to get the blood pumping, it takes a bit more to become truly inspired. With that in mind, local outdoorsman and film enthusiast Stuart Derman has partnered with Wasatch Mountain Arts to create the first annual Wasatch Mountain Film Festival.  … read more

 
 
Comedy @ The Loft 03.26

Comedy @ The Loft 03.26
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Comedy traveled up North to start the spring in style, bringing five local comics to the top floor of the Ziegfeld Theater—aptly named The Loft—in Ogden as part of a new monthly event.  … read more

Viet Cong @ Kilby Court 03.25 with What Moon Things, Andy Shauf

Viet Cong @ Kilby Court 03.25 with What Moon Things,...
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The night of March 25 finds me entering it baffled, checking and double-checking the sky, gazing around perplexed at the lightly thrumming energy of the sizeable scrap of people gathered at Kilby Court’s dusk-blued entryway.  … read more

Review: Bad Religion @ In The Venue 03.27 with OFF!

Review: Bad Religion @ In The Venue 03.27 with OFF!
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I hastily rushed around the corner to the entrance of the venue, where I heard Keith Morris singing the lyrics to “Poison City.” I walked onto the dance floor, which already reeked of alcohol and BO, and admired the two-man mosh pit that was going on.  … read more

A Night of Reverence with the Elias String Quartet

A Night of Reverence with the Elias String Quartet
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Every time I walk into the Libby Garner Music Hall, I am taken by just how aesthetically and aurally pleasing it is. The beautiful tone of the wood, and the glorious Lively-Fulcher pipe organ that fills the front of the room leaves you in awe and sets the mood for beautiful, classical music.  … read more

SLUG Style: Buxom Modern Plus Boutique

SLUG Style: Buxom Modern Plus Boutique
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Jenny Hayes is the owner of Buxom Modern Plus Boutique, which specializes in vintage-inspired and modern clothing for women in sizes L-6X. Anastasia Furrow is a plus size model, as well as employee at Buxom Modern Plus Boutique. … read more

SLUG BMX Photo Feature: Logan Baker

SLUG BMX Photo Feature: Logan Baker
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A transplant from Springfield, Missouri, Logan Baker has been low-key killing it in SLC since he got here.  … read more