Issues: Issue 355 – July 2018
![Review: Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Ed-NMR-Dirty-Projectors-Lamp-Lit-Prose.jpg)
Review: Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose
Dirty Projectors = David Byrne + Yes + a pinch of Frank Zappa … read more
![Review: Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Ed-NMR-Deafheaven-Ordinary-Corrupt-Human-Love.jpg)
Review: Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Deafheaven = Alcest + Nothing + Emperor … read more
![Review: Body/Head – The Switch](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Ed-NMR-Body-Head-The-Switch.jpg)
Review: Body/Head – The Switch
Body/Head = Earth + Keiji Haino … read more
![SLUG Style: Megan Davies](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SLUG_Style_Megan_Clancycoop_1-2.jpg)
SLUG Style: Megan Davies
Megan Davies is a mother, artist, feminist and activist. She is a cosmetic tattoo artist and offers eyebrow microblading at Lonely Hearts Club Tattoo, which Megan owns with her husband, tattoo artist Troy Trujillo. … read more
![Localized: Shecock & The Rock Princess](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Ed-Localized-Shecock-the-Rock-Princess-Logan-Sorenson-LmSorenson.net_-683x1024.jpg)
Localized: Shecock & The Rock Princess
With full faces of makeup, pink corsets and attitudes to match, Shecock & The Rock Princess, comprising guitarist/vocalist Sofia Scott (The Rock Princess), bassist Garrett Gridley (Low End Lucy) and drummer/vocalist Matthew Bennett (Mat Benatar), have a heavy sound and profound message. … read more
![Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in a Fast-Moving World](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/355-Ed-Tattoing-Now-and-Then-Sergios-Tattootlan-Sergio-Reynoso-Sr.-John-Barkiple.jpg)
Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in...
The art of tattooing has seen a shift in the past two decades. With reality shows and a cultural change, getting inked no longer principally attracts bikers or members of countercultures, but a large swath of diverse consumers. … read more
![Local Tattooers: Gailon Justus](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Local-Tattoo-Gailon-Justus-Header.jpg)
Local Tattooers: Gailon Justus
Gailon Justus, an artist with 19 years of experience, is currently working out of a private studio called Sweet Needles, located at 333 W. Pierpont Ave. … read more
![Chiura Obata: An American Modern](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/3_ChiuraObata_atHisExhibitionCaliforniaPalace.jpg)
Chiura Obata: An American Modern
An American Modern has a lot of firsts. It’s the first touring exhibition of Chiura Obata’s work that includes work from all decades of his working life. It’s also the first time his works have been presented as a collective retrospective in Japan, since they’ve only shown in fragments before and not always translated. … read more
![Local Tattooers: Thai Le](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-Local-Tattoo-Thai-Le-Header.jpg)
Local Tattooers: Thai Le
Thai Le, a local artist with almost two decades experience tattooing, is currently working at Zen Tattoo, located at 294 W. 4500 South. … read more
![Localized: Magda-Vega](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Magda-Veda-BARKIPLE_72_2511.jpg)
Localized: Magda-Vega
Heavy, hyperaggressive rock n’ roll is the essence of Salt Lake–based Magda-Vega’s sound. Since 2013, ex–Wild Ones members guitarist Bill Frost and vocalist Robin Brown, with the help of guitarist-turned-bassist Angela Mize and drummer Mike Walton, have created a sound that is both infectious and substantial. … read more