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 Music Reviews April 2016
April holds Record Store Day and rad local albums—every year! … read more
Local Review: Like, Listen To – East of the Sun...
Like, Listen To = Iron and Wine + Andrew Bird
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Local Review: Golden Plates – The Light
Golden Plates = Fang Island + NoFx + Titus Andronicus
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Local Review: J.M.P. – Bad Habits
J.M.P. = Atmosphere + People Under the Stairs … read more
Local Review: Your Meteor – Byzantium
Laying back, staring up at the vast night sky and thinking about the mysteries of life—that’s where I find myself every time I put this album on. Music works best when it’s treated like a rollercoaster of emotions, and that’s exactly the kind of ride that Your Meteor have constructed with their latest LP. Syncopated rhythms, interweaving guitar lines, playful melodic vocals—Byzantium is full of it all and much more. … read more
Local Review: Foster Body – Moving Display
Foster Body = Gang of Four + Jad Fair + Erase Errata … read more
Local Review: Blackkiss – Dirt Dance Floor
Atris = White Buffalo + Johnny Cash + Mark Knopfler
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Local Review: Hot House West – Self-titled
Hot House West = Duke Ellington + Dizzy Gillespie
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Local Review: Elias Black – Self-titled
Elias Black = Nine Inch Nails + Marilyn Manson – Stabbing Westward
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Local Review: Cinders – I Could Do Better
Cinders = The Lumineers + Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros … read more