SLUG Contributor Limelight
December 1, 2021
Contributor Limelight: Aidan Croft
No one can write an introductory paragraph like Aidan Croft. Her sharp tongue and sense of humor adds an inviting edge to SLUG’s feature articles and music reviews alike. Whether she is writing or copy editing, her ability to find undiscovered texture within the written word is one for the books. Read her entry in SLUG Mag’s Top 5 Albums of 2021!
Articles by contributor
Local Review: Backhand – Danger, Thy Calling
Backhand = Jeff Rosenstock + The Rats … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2021
With this month’s Local Music Singles Roundup, you put your headphones on and, as these songs begin to fill your ears, you close your eyes … … read more
Top Five Ladies and Theys of Metal Albums 2021: Victory...
Victory Over the Sun = Liturgy x Succumb … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: November 2021
November’s Local Music Singles Roundup has some talented Utah locals that are guaranteed to mix up your music rotation. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2021
SLUG is here with the power of the “Local Music Singles Roundup.” These songs are perfect for getting those finishing touches on your costume … read more
Review: hyphyskazerbox – Headache Bait
hyphyskazerbox = W00DY + Octo Octa … read more
SLUG Picnic: NARC
NARC pull their influences from other women-fronted, three-piece power violence and grindcore groups, but with a revolutionary fervor. … read more
SLUG Picnic: MUTIE
Like other mutant-punk groups, the members of MUTIE don a full persona with an ever-rotating series of masks. … read more
SLUG Picnic: Gag Order
Gag Order is a hardcore punk group creating emotionally layered songs that traverse political oppression, queer life, identity and more. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2021
We picked the genres in our September “Local Music Singles Roundup” by throwing six ping-pong balls and seeing which cup they landed in. … read more
SLUG Picnic: TOTAL CEREAL
With local venues resistant to book them, Total Cereal created the label CITY OF DIS to carve out a home for local noisecore groups. … read more
Review: Damiana – Vines
Damiana = KMRU + Claire Rousay … read more
Damn These Heels! Film Review: Shit & Champagne
Shit & Champagne the type of film that, come hell or high water, will keep on pushing through until you either laugh or leave. … read more
Damn These Heels! Film Review: Rebel Dykes
Rebel Dykes follows a breakaway squad of young lesbians as they champion sexual freedom from the iron grip of a Thatcher-gagged London. … read more
Peachy Fingernail, PK Opal and The Mercy Seat @ SLUG...
The creative lineup—consisting of Peachy Fingernail, PK Opal and The Mercy Seat—at the June 2021 SLUG Picnic drew in a great crowd. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: July 2021
Welcome to our July “Local Music Singles Roundup,” where we look to our ever-trusty music community to bring in the summer heat! … read more
(Eli)zabeth Owens: Myth and Mirrors
A direct response to Eli Owen’s decision to become sober, the album is an assemblage of tracks reflecting a time of personal growth. … read more
The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols: Building Public Defense Networks...
The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols focuses on “arming, training and defending queer and trans communities here in Utah,” says Ermiya Fanaeian. … read more
Film Review: Milkwater
Milkwater is a nice enough time if you’re not digging into it. There are plenty of tender moments, but the film lacks any deeper discussions. … read more
Review: WooDY – Headbanging In The Club
W00DY= µ-Ziq + SOPHIE … read more
Review: Lisel + Booker Stardrum – Mycelial Echo
Liesel + Booker Stardrum = Caroline Polachek + Holly Herndon x Julianna Barwick … read more
Review: Xiu Xiu – OH NO
XIU XIU = Mount Eerie + Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds x Arca … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Dea
With a plot that is no challenge to follow, Dea shines, giving its audience access to worlds that most are unfamiliar with. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: After America
Starring real-life criminal justice deescalation workers, After America is so becoming of its drab setting it is barely memorable. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: The Sleeping Negro
Despite attempts to engage in a pressing dialogue, The Sleeping Negro reads as a bunch of ideas—full of potential, but starving for nuance. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: A Family
A Family offers its audience more than enough to chew on with a deep, emotionally sensitive reflection on family and trauma. … read more