Localized: Lovelace

Localized: Lovelace
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SLC’s metal scene has always been a hotbed for unrelenting music, but Lovelace brings a mix of extreme metal, thrash and punk with a heavy dose of humor. … read more

Localized: eardrums

Localized: eardrums
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Despite only forming in 2022, eardrums has already become a staple in the Salt Lake City music scene. … read more

SLUG Style: Kelly Green

SLUG Style: Kelly Green
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Kelly Green is Salt Lake City’s own comic book action hero, who laid claim to that shade of neon green long before “brat” was anything other than an insult. … read more

General Violence Conference Brings the Brutality in its Third Year

General Violence Conference Brings the Brutality in its Third Year
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Passion, independence and commitment to the hardcore community are what keep GVC going, a refreshing change in ethos in the era of mega-festivals and entertainment giants. … read more

Local Review: frick. – frick.

Local Review: frick. – frick.
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At first listen of frick.’s debut album, I asked myself, “What are these cats so angry at?,” before I quickly realized I’m angry at the exact same things, too. … read more

Local Review: Jacob T. Skeen – Telestial

Local Review: Jacob T. Skeen – Telestial
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Fresh off the electric high of SLUG Mag’s 35th Anniversary Party, Jacob T. Skeen fires off punk-experimental mortar rounds at every bystanding listener to mosh for cover in his new album Telestial. … read more

Fresh Fruit for Plotting Vegetables: Al Grossi, The Punk Rock Farmer

Fresh Fruit for Plotting Vegetables: Al Grossi, The Punk Rock...
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The bounty from Al Grossi’s garden is something he believes even urbanites with a small amount of space can achieve. … read more

SLUG Picnic: MUTIE

SLUG Picnic: MUTIE
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Like other mutant-punk groups, the members of MUTIE don a full persona with an ever-rotating series of masks. … read more

Review: Sea of Troubles – Ecchi

Review: Sea of Troubles – Ecchi
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Sea of Troubles = Minor Threat + The OBGMs + Bad Brains … read more

Iceage: Punk’s Achilles’ Heel

Iceage: Punk’s Achilles’ Heel
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After two albums of the kind of scorched-earth, blackened punk that thrust a teenage band from Denmark into the global limelight, the savant-as-ever Iceage have finished their third and most accomplished album yet. … read more