Music
Local Review: The Sons Of Guns – Self titled
The Sons Of Guns Self titled None Street: 09.22 The Sons Of Guns = Beat!Beat!Beat! + Queens Of The Stone Age + The Black Crowes I can’t say I was very impressed by this record. The Sons Of Guns make their battle cry from a platform which has been used countless times by countless bands
Local Review: MONSOON SEASON – THE LAST COMMUTE
MONSOON SEASON THE LAST COMMUTE Narrl Recording Co. Street: 01.01 Monsoon Season = Sting + Late night NPR Jazz + any shred of relevance Nothing strikes fear into the heart of a SLUG reviewer faster than when a band compares itself to someone as musically worthless as John Mayer. What’s even sadder is listening to the
Local Review: Her Candane – No Battle!
Her Candane No Battle! Tribunal Records Street: 11.07 Her Candane = Himsa + Dillinger Escape Plan + Every Time I Die + noise Salt Lake City homeboys, Her Candane, come out screaming and ready to fight on their Tribunal Records debut, No Battle! Blending metal, hardcore, all the bloody screaming and layering of screaming you
Local Review: Glacial – Self-titled
Glacial Self-titled Exigent Street: 2006 Glacial = Red Sparowes + Black Sabbath + Dixie Witch The unmistakable finesse of Drew Smith, Glacial’s late drummer, shines through the recordings on this album, bringing an intricate Pelican feel to Glacial’s material. Andy Patterson’s heavier-than-hell chunk-drumming, in recent live settings, points Glacial in an almost Goatsnake/Isis direction. Pick
Local Review: COSM – Microphone Boutique
COSM Microphone Boutique Pseudo Recordings Street: 02.19 Recorded at Deep Red Records Studio by Alex Vazques Well, for starters … their website is broken. Maybe it’s just under construction while they remove all of the haplessly outdated pictures of Wendy (the former COSM frontwoman). The reason I brought it up is because I don’t think
Localized: Calico
Calico Andrew: Coronet, and other things. Tyler: Drumz, with a “Z”. Brady: Guitar and vocals. Liam: Bass. Sean: Wurlitzer and bells. Calico is a hard band to get a hold of. After many games of phone and e-mail tag, I finally had the pleasure of talking to them over a cup of coffee at Nobrow.
The Corleones
This is the last show, reunion or otherwise, The Corleones will ever play. … read more
Snow Patrol: Still Chasing Stars
The Snow Patrol caravan returns to Utah on March 5th at the Salt Air Pavilion, maybe this time we can leave them more to remember than a bunch of kids moshing to their mid-tempo hit “Chocolate.” … read more
The Virtue of Abandonment: An Interview With Shedding
Shedding started when Bell’s electro-pop group Paden slowly dissolved due to busy schedules and social lives; he realized that the band was becoming more about getting ready for shows, than creating something new and interesting. … read more
Localized: Clear
The date of the SLUG 18th Anniversary show is almost 11 years to the day from when CLEAR played their first show in February 1996. … read more