Contributor Limelight: Mariah Mann-Mellus

Contributor Limelight: Mariah Mann-Mellus
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SLUG’s favorite party girl, Mariah Mann-Mellus, is the delightful, ever-effervescent, resourceful personality and motivating force behind almost every one of SLUG’s world-changing skatebaording and snowboarding events. … read more

Local Reviews: Cave of Roses

Local Reviews: Cave of Roses
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The oddly named Cave of Roses, one of the Utah metal scene’s best-kept secrets, is finally unleashed upon us with this, Redemption, their first demo. Only a three-piece, these guys have more technicality and aggression inside them than lots of other bands combined!  … read more

Local Reviews: Paper Cranes

Local Reviews: Paper Cranes
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Insanity lo-fi noise guitar/synth dancebeats are piled under paroxysmal thrashpunk powerviolence/Curtis Jensen-ish screams and yelps and indecipherable mutterings, and occasionally replaced by nearly-epic keyboard dirges that deteriorate as they form to make the five songs (all named after dinosaurs�Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, etc) that comprise this EP. … read more

Local Reviews: Rotten Musicians

Local Reviews: Rotten Musicians
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Here we have another sophisticated hip-hop album straight from the heart of the SLC made up of Mike Danner, Shanty, Scarecrow and Madman. “Fantasy Impromptu 89” is probably my favorite track, but the disco-ish, R&B “Rotten Musicians Go to the Movies” is also a charmer. But then again, “So What Comes After Postmodern” is really catchy and powerful too, with its strobing guitar beat and buzzy synth samples.  … read more

Local Reviews: Will Sartain

Local Reviews: Will Sartain
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Will Sartain’s solo material has trappings of Redd Tape; as RT’s main songwriter, that’s to be expected. But Will seems to strip away some of the cutesy quirkiness that Redd Tape possesses in this album and his previous one and replaces it with about the same amount of pain and offbeat discordance, but painted with much more seriousness.  … read more