On December 26, 2014, dozens of Utah musicians gathered together at Diabolical Records for the inaugural Bandemonium, an event that featured one-time band line-ups randomly picked from a hat weeks prior. … read more

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In this episode, SLUG Managing Editor Alexander Ortega plays tracks from each album on his year-end top-albums list. SLUG published genre-based lists this year, and Ortega wrote about the “Top 5 Teary-Eyed Power Pop Albums” of 2015 for the December ’15 Top 5 Albums Issue. … read more

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This episode of SLUG Mag Soundwaves features Chris Corry of Magic Circle. Corry talks about the history of the band, their new album, Journey Blind, and the doom bands that inspire their music. Magic Circle have been ripping up the stereos of metalheads across the nation since the release of their 2012 demo, and they don’t

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Today on Soundwaves, we’re speaking with Charles Moothart, a longtime friend and collaborator of Segall who has been a member of several bands including: Charlie & The Moothearts, Culture Kids, Epsilons, Fuzz, The Perverts and the Ty Segall Band. … read more

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This episode of SLUG Mag Soundwaves features Sam Rodriguez from Discoid A about Noise Punk Halloween. Every Halloween in Salt Lake City, several independent rock shows are thrown throughout the valley featuring punk and indie bands from around the state. These Halloween shows feature bands performing cover songs from one of their favorite bands growing up,

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In this episode we talk about The Wasatch Arts & Comic Fest (WAC Fest), which will be hosting an event at Muse Music on October 17. SLUG writer Taylor Hoffman talks on the phone with artist Jess Smart Smiley, who is a co-founder of the fest, about the festival and and the ever-growing comics industry and community

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On this week’s episode of Soundwaves, SLUG Senior Staff Writer Mariah Mellus chats with the directors of two local art spaces: CUAC (Central Utah Art Center) and UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art). CUAC is a Salt Lake art gallery that primarily displays contemporary art from around the country. The gallery originally started in Ephraim, Utah,

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On this episode of SLUG Mag Soundwaves, the official podcast of SLUG Magazine in Salt Lake City, Utah, we interview Provo-based synth pop band New Shack. The band released their first full-length album Shadow Girl in June of this year. We’ll listen to tracks from the album such as “Operation” and “Stereo Seduction,” as well as learn about how

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Amanda Rock, one of SLUG‘s trusted food and restaurant reviewers,  sat down with the Eat Local Week Program Manager, Adrienne Tuerpe, and the director of Slow Food Utah, Gwen Crist, to talk about all the events happening during Eat Local Week. In this episode, we’ll be talk about Eat Local Week, such as which restaurants to

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On this week’s episode of Soundwaves, SLUG’s trusted food and restaurant reviewer Amanda Rock sits down with The Beer Professor, Bob Trewartha, about his experience with homebrewing and the efforts he’s made in promoting local beers. Bob Trewartha coined the moniker “The Beer Professor” for himself based on his knowledge and love for craft beers

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