Music
SLUG Magazine’s collection of reviews covering the latest and greatest of Utah-based music, covering all varieties of genre, style and type.
Local Review: Don’t Trust Anybody – The 5 Degrees of...
Don’t Trust Anybody = Sick of It All + Speak Out + Warzone … read more
Local Review: Cub Country – Repeat Until Death
Cub Country = Me Like Bees + Cracker + PT Walkley … read more
Local Review: Candy’s River House – Stolen in the Middle...
Candy’s River House = Lynyrd Skynyrd + ZZ Top … read more
Local Review: Atomic 45 – Wake Up Dead
Atomic 45 = System of a Down + Rise Against + Anthrax … read more
November 2014 Local Music Reviews
Reviews Of Atomic 45, Candy’s River House, Cub Country, Don’t Trust Anybody, Dustbloom, Frankie Smooches, Grass, Koala Temple, Little Barefoot, Night Wings; The Salt, The Sea, And The Sun God; WE and Zombie Cock. … read more
Local Review: Frankie Smooches – In All Honesty
Frankie Smooches = Radio-era LL Cool J – Rick Rubin … read more
October 2014 Local Music Reviews
Local album reviews from Alexander Ortega, Alumni, Andrew Maxguire, Anthony pena, AudioTreats, Braeyden Jae, George Charles nelson III, James Junius, Jay Citrus, Kemp., Mañanero, Natt Nida, Patchz, Replica Mine, Socialists and TelePathiQ … read more
Local Review: AudioTreats – Vol. 2
I’m stunned by the quality of music that has come out of Utah’s EDM scene as of late. AudioTreats’ Vol. 2 is no exception. This album is a hypnotic tapestry of hip-hop and electronica. Each track is incredibly fluid, and they each fit together in perfect harmony. … read more
Local Review: Braeyden Jae – Heaven House
SLC native and ambassador Braeyden Jae has created an album full of near-perfect textures. The timbre of all-encompassing waves drone, and obscured melodic passages peer out of cavernous, swelling sounds. … read more
Local Review: George Charles Nelson III – Little Engine
Sweet Salt Records was founded last fall by Tom Bennett, a transplant from North Georgia’s Piedmont region and singer/songwriter “in his own write,” to borrow a phrase from John Lennon.
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