Beer Flows Through Salt Lake at the Utah Beer Festival...
On Saturday, August 17 from 3–8 p.m., over 100 local and national breweries gathered at Gallivan Plaza to share samples of beer for a great cause, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary for the fourth annual Utah Beer Festival. … read more
Guy Seidel: Working Class Head Case
Remember that fella who checked out your air conditioner the other day? He was the friendly one that didn’t hogwash you about prices, but just gave you some quotes and went about his business—good man, I think. You were probably just about to pin his business card on your family bulletin board when Aunt Nadine called about her cat again. Well, when I tell you that man is one of the most successful comics in Salt Lake City, and HVAC is just his side job, what do you do? You slump down on your broom in astonishment. … read more
Gathering the Flocks: Star City Games Open Series Magic: The...
Two hundred and sixty-four players on Saturday and 152 on Sunday vied for top honors and cash prizes at the Star City Games Open Series Magic: The Gathering tournament. Flipping over little rectangles of cardboard may seem like the province of 90-pound weaklings and the nerdiest of the nerds, however, MTG players cover a lot of territory—from athletes who have suffered injuries to middle-aged moms who got into to the game while supporting their kids’ interest to professional players who travel from event to event and make significant money from the game and its related industries. … read more
You’re Killing Me Smalls: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The...
Tucked back behind brick bungalows and unassuming chain-link fences is a field whose notoriety is surpassed only by the fantastic one-liners associated with the movie based on it. That field is The Sandlot, and on a hot and sweaty Saturday in July, hundreds of people flocked to Navajo Street in Glendale to participate in one of the best anniversary celebrations of the year. … read more
Finding My Pioneer Roots
I had wanted to be involved with the annual Beer Issue since its conception, but there was always one glaring problem: I don’t drink beer. As SLUG Magazine’s Highest Ranking Mormon ™, I was limited in what I could contribute. I had always been obsessed with the process of making beer (much like early Mormons were until that whole “Word of Wisdom” thing came along) and was intrigued by the culture of local home brewing. As I looked into it, I realized that, with an increase in home beer production, there was also an increase in the number of brewers that wanted to share the experience with their kids—albeit in a non-alcoholic way. Thus, I found my calling: I would brew my own root beer. … read more
The Mighty Sequoia
Friday night’s show at Velour would be The Mighty Sequoyah’s last … well, at least for a few years. The five piece band, made up of Darger, Hannah Currie (Viola/Vocals), Alex Woods (Guitar/Keys), Bret Meisenbach (Drums) and Mike Dixon (Bass/Pedal Steel Guitar) opened up with “Medicine Man” from their Sunken Houses album, a track that quickly shows what TMS is all about: thoughtful indie folk rock, beautiful song building and breathtaking harmonies. In fact, those harmonies between Currie and Darger are beyond breathtaking—they have a rare chemistry onstage that only comes from two talented people believing in their music so much that the sounds coming from them almost become a tangible object. … read more
Painting Soundscapes: Sound Mass Headlines the Utah Arts Festival
“No song is ever played the exact same. Sometimes we’ll name a piece and recreate it at another performance, but there’s always a change, however subtle as it may be,” says Stanfield of Sound Mass. … read more
Downtown Farmers Market Opening Day @ Pioneer Park 06.08
Taking over Pioneer Park on Saturdays with extended hours from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m, the Downtown Farmers Market in Salt Lake has become a one-stop shop for local, organic produce and artisan food products. If you can’t find it here, you probably shouldn’t eat it. … read more
Salt Lake Till I Die
“Olé, olé olé olé, ReAL, Salt Lake!” repeats, increasing in volume on the south end of the Rio Tinto Stadium on a Saturday night. The stands are full—red, gold and blue are the colors of choice—except in Section 9 at ground level behind the south goal, where a menacing row of black-clad hooligans wave flags and lead chants over a banner printed “Salt Lake’s Finest.” … read more
Review: Old Wounds
There is a certain, special je ne sais quoi about the sound that Jersey-based Old Wounds deliver. It’s not new or groundbreaking, nor is it a completely tried-and-true homage to some old hardcore sound. Devastatingly simple, it is heavy music stripped to its rotted bones and delivered without pretense or gimmick. … read more