Ben Ra's journey—from making his own beats in 2012 to entering the Salt Lake scene, from releasing a popular single to, eventually, falling into burnout—has all become a sturdy foundation for the talented artist, one whose creative aspirations lie outside of just music. … read more

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The Waldron Brothers formed after an upbringing spent playing live music with their family band. Their psychadelic sound grows from that past, but it also distinguishes them from their young work through its emphasis on self-reflection. … read more

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The Cold Year's newest album Prey for Me isn't a critique of religion so much as it is a conversation about it, one that lyricist and guitarist Matthew Skaggs finds therapeutic. … read more

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Teilani's first EP, Tama, speaks to the complicated experiences of being a person of color and queer, but perhaps most significant for Teilani is its unabashed expression of gay love, affirming his own need for love songs specific to the queer experience. … read more

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Loclyn Torres discusses her journey to vocal performance, the ethos behind her band Seeking Tragedy, and finally how a vocal minority of the metal scene's deference to tradition requires women to work twice as hard.  … read more

The post Episode #321 – Seeking Tragedy first appeared on SLUG Magazine.

It's been ten years since Pilot This Plane Down's last album. Chris Clement and Sean Miller talk about reuniting for Crucialfest 9 and the comfort of being together again. … read more

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Jazzy Olivo describes the two years from 2015 to 2017 as the years of silence. It was time for her to return to her cultural and sonic roots and listen again, this time more intently. From this silence, Olivo has built her own soulful, fusion sound. … read more

The post Episode #319 – Jazzy Olivo first appeared on SLUG Magazine.

After realizing how much they each liked each other's work, Ashleigh Bassett, Val Brown and Russ Wood decided to form Breakfast in Silence. Maybe punk, probably emo, the band will accept labels from soul punk to "deconstructed emotive yardcore." … read more

The post Episode #318 – Breakfast in Silence first appeared on SLUG Magazine.

Though they've only been together for about a year, Moodlite have developed an impressively versatile range of sound. … read more

The post Episode #317 – Moodlite first appeared on SLUG Magazine.

Insta-Gramo-Phone, the latest release by Salduro, is made for Instagram, forcing the group to embrace the platform's constraints and create something they never would have imagined.  … read more

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