SLUG Contributor Limelight
October 5, 2017
Contributor Limelight: Joshua Joye
Ten years is a long time. In that timespan, few have made the impact on SLUG Magazine that Lead Designer Joshua Joye has. Joye oversees a team of volunteer designers and constructs many layouts himself each month. His ingenuity, creativity and work ethic have continually matured SLUG’s visual branding—not to mention winning SLUG various design awards over the years. Joye’s attention to detail adds polish to his work: Take a look at pages 21 and 22 of this issue for the design of “Real Haunted Houses: Local Ghost Stories.” Never one to rest on his laurels, he always seeks to progress his work in his designs and frequently employs multidisciplinary approaches to achieve his artistic intentions. Joye enjoys SLUG’s penchant for meeting and conversing with new, local people, who are driven to make Salt Lake City an exciting and diverse place to live. SLUG counts him in that milieu.
Articles by contributor
Ryan Adams @ Eccles Theater 06.18 with Karen Elson
Once the set was clear of musicians, more smoke was added in the form of burning sage, a further attempt to ritually clear the area of any other entities before the lights dimmed. Adams came on board, along with his new band, opening up the music hall by instantly filling it with “Let It Ride.” … read more
Review: Sony Waterproof Walkman Headphones
These little headphones are not your average ear buds. They are a fully waterand sweat-proof (for up to two meters) music playback device with up to eight hours of rechargeable battery life. … read more
Review: Lenovo 500 Bluetooth Speaker
The Lenovo 500 Bluetooth Speaker rises to the top of an overwhelming sea for two simple reasons. … read more
Review: Bond By Design
Bond By Design shows beautifully colored storyboard drawings, costume design illustrations and engineer drawings of modified vehicles, plus gadgets from Dr. No to Skyfall. … read more
Top 5 Albums That A Graywhale Employee Convinced You To...
Hey there, audiophile—you looking to dig deeper for your collection? You can find albums in this list at Graywhale Entertainment, written by a certified Graywhale employee. … read more
SXSW 2013: Blank Tapes @ Valhalla Presented by Antenna Farm...
The Blank Tapes stage presence is best compared to the Muppets band, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, except Animal would be playing the tambourine. … read more
SXSW 2013: Gepe @ The Friends Bar – Sound of...
I heard this Chilean band’s soundwaves reverberate through Sixth Street in Downtown Austin and straight to my ear while on the fly and decided to stop in and catch their set. The stage presence of Gepe turned into a dreamy, energetic Enrique Iglesias style of soft arm waving, combined with occasional fist bumping. … read more
SXSW 2013: People of Letters @ 18th floor at Hilton...
I was introduced to People Of Letters in passing and recommended by Angela Brown, editor of SLUG Magazine, who also attended the panel. The one and only member of the panel I would consider marring would be Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls, although I don’t think it would work out, since her husband Neil Gaiman was in the same room. … read more
SXSW 2013: California X @ Holy Mountain 03.13
I discovered California X through the SXSW schedule at a time when I needed to fill a hole during my day. It was one of those “watch/listen to one thirty minute segment and throw caution to the wind” situations, and I hoped California X was something I could get into. … read more
SXSW 2013: Baths @ Mohawk 03.13
Baths is many things, but his humor in between his non-transitions of DJ songs took the prize. One of the funniest things that came out of Will Wiesenfeld’s vocal box (his real one) was “All great DJs have transitions between songs. Well, I don’t, so they can all fuck it.” Words alone are not a good example of Baths’ humor, so I recommend you see the “band” in person. … read more
SXSW 2013: The Wolf @ Hotel Vegas/Volstead 03.13
It would be great to see The Wolf play with The Entrance Band, for the pure joy in showing The Wolf how an adult garage psych band really makes original music. … read more
SXSW 2013: Merchandise @ Scoot Inn 03.14
Merchandise had manifested a persona during their show that said, “accept us or reject us, we really don’t care.” They create a calm and introverted demeanor through vocals combined with small, slow-flowing movements while the lead singer would close his eyes to feel the music, crowd and energy of the room, much like any successful shoegaze band. … read more
SXSW 2013: Maximum Hedrum @ The Main 03.14
Maximum Hedrum’s stage presence was incredibly wacky and crazy. One could definitely tell that the band was from Hollywood CA. Most of the band members where blasting out more fake energy than a Tony Robbins convention and spouted one liners to entice the audience. … read more
SXSW 2013: Pissed Jeans @ 1100 Warehouse 03.14
There is not enough sarcasm in all of Austin to match the amount that came out of Pissed Jeans vocalist Matt Korvette. Pissed Jeans is just as their name says, sans jeans. Pissed Jeans don’t give a fuck about you or what you do, say, or want. Honestly, Matt said, “We actually don’t care about you guys,” to the audience. … read more
SXSW 2013: Eagles of Death Metal @ The Belmont 03.15
Eagles of Death Metal put on an energetic show with plenty of crowd interaction unlike any other band who rolls through town. Jesse interacts with his fans, thanks and praises all who come out to see, kisses ladies’ hands and pulls cigarettes from crowd members who are happy to hand them out, and, last but not least, lets stage jumpers hang out with the band on stage. … read more
SXSW 2013: Bleached @ Panache Showcase – Hotel Vegas 03.15
If I had to marry one band member from Bleached the obvious choice would have to be the reserved, quiet bass player, who by appearance and pure energy radiated a sense of maturity one or two notches above the other ladies in the band. ‘Nuff said. … read more
SXSW 2013: Escape @ The JR 03.15
Escape made me want to do one thing and one thing only while standing in one place: pure head banging. The chance to see a Cuban metal band is quite rare in SLC due to customs laws between the states and Cuba. It took SXSW two years just to bring Escape over from Cuba to play a forty-minute set. I would say the chance of that happening in Salt Lake City is slim to none. … read more
SXSW 2013: Beliefs @ Empire Control Room 03.16
Being able to see Jesus and Mary Chain play with Beliefs would be unbelievable for both the band and me. For one thing, Beliefs came about because of their affection for ‘90s shoegaze at a party years ago, so naturally one would think that if Jesus and Mary Chain played with Beliefs the band would be ecstatic. Also, Jesus and Mary Chain would rub off on Beliefs a little more to strengthen some of the band’s weakness seen on Saturday. … read more
Top 5: Cult of Luna
Ascending out of the black abyss after five years of quietly lurking in the adumbrative shadows, Cult of Luna released their album, Vertikal I, which transcended the norm and boundaries of the typical metal wavelengths. With all the cultivation and care that went into Vertikal I, however, the album did not illuminate the full spectrum of sound that the band had intended to highlight. In 2013, Vertikal I was made whole, as Cult of Luna introduced three extra songs and a remix on a separate EP: Vertikal II. … read more
Top 5: Horseback
Jenks Miller, the father behind Horseback’s latest album, Piedmont Apocrypha, has again created a twined nest of experimental sound by combining a base of seething feedback and altering levels of oozing drone. The album as a whole lifts up the listener in a cradle to help see Miller’s vision of music as a single, fluid entity with this nongenre specific album. … read more
Record-Buying Recommendations: Pull Out Your Parents’ Record Players
“They still make records?” is the question heard almost every time these analog music-storage discs come up in conversation, as if people are trapped in a locked groove. Vinyl is “back,” although it never really went away—there’s been a large resurgence in buying records from a generation who’s been raised acquiring music instantly over the Internet. … read more
Articles by contributor
Spicing Up Weeknights with Wings on Wheels
If you want tasty wings with excellent flavor combos, you should take the time to track down the Wings on Wheels truck and try them out. … read more
Quaranzine: A Series of Quarantine-Themed Mini-comics
Quaranzine was started to help foster community with other local comic creators and make a collaborative piece of art that comments on these strange times. … read more
Harmons Hands-on Cooking Experience: The Harmons Cooking Class Program
Seven of Harmons’ many locations partner in a particularly pointed offering to the Utah foodie scene: the Harmons’ Cooking Class Program. … read more
Here are Three Ways to Get Your Jiggle On: Jell-O-Based...
With these three vignettes, you can find out who’s carrying the torch of Jell-O traditions and who’s experimenting in the field. … read more
Born to Shred: Shred Fest in Fort Duchesne
This past Fourth of July, SLUG Lead Designer Joshua Joye, Managing Editor Alexander Ortega and Junior Editor Genevieve Smith traveled to Ft. Duchesne on the Ute & Ouray Indian Reservation for Shred Fest 2014. Organized and sponsored by the Ute Indian Tribe Center for Alcohol/Substance Abuse Prevention and DJ LA of 90.3 FM Native Voltage Rez Radio, Shred Fest featured six bands, Native and non-Native. … read more
SLUG Slides Through SXSW
Last month was the time of year for another SLUG romp-down to the huge music festival South by Southwest (SXSW) for its 28th year of taking over the Music Capital of the World: Austin, Texas. SLUG caught some prolific, emerging and downright obscure acts to bring back home to the Beehive State. Read further for the lowdown on the good (or bad) stuff that stood out for our audiophile ears! … read more