Localized: Detzany

Localized: Detzany
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Detzany creates her own genre, fusing hip-hop with her soulful essence. Her music can be described to listeners as cinematic, sultry, nostalgic and feminine. … read more

Localized: Jazzy Olivo

Localized: Jazzy Olivo
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Dominican-American Latin jazz artist Jazzy Olivo explores her roots in music and the singer-songwriter process as a local Salt Lake musician. … read more

At The Center of Something Sweet: Peach Pit on Favorite Birds and Fleeting Youth

At The Center of Something Sweet: Peach Pit on Favorite...
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In this interview I sat down with the guitarists, Neil Smith and Chris Vanderkooy to learn more about the group’s dynamic and growth. … read more

Blondshell On If You Asked For A Picture and Masculinity

Blondshell On If You Asked For A Picture and Masculinity
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I had the honor of sitting down with Teitelbaum to discuss these big questions ahead of her show on June 6 at Soundwell. … read more

Localized X GenderFuQ

Localized X GenderFuQ
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Hosted by Gaye Whore and The Rock Princess, Localized x GenderFuQ will feature numerous acts, from bands like Cher Khan and Ginger & The Gents to drag performers like Veronika DaVil and Agony Ray. … read more

Black Country, New Road’s Charlie Wayne On Continuity

Black Country, New Road’s Charlie Wayne On Continuity
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SLUG had the opportunity to chat with BC,NR percussionist Charlie Wayne about touring, the continuity in the band’s approach and identity, parasocial relationships and playoff basketball. … read more

“Most of Your Life is Boring”: Lime Garden is Romanticizing the Mundane

“Most of Your Life is Boring”: Lime Garden is Romanticizing...
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Lime Garden will play Kilby Block Party this week, their first American music festival, and chatted with SLUG about motherhood, female friendship and romanticizing the mundane.  … read more

“Love All” is the Beginning and the End: An Interview with Tennis

“Love All” is the Beginning and the End: An Interview...
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The Denver-based duo of Tennis produces a neo-psychedelia and surf-pop fusion that is sure to make one fall in love. … read more

Thou’s Bryan Funck Takes Himself Off The Pedestal

Thou’s Bryan Funck Takes Himself Off The Pedestal
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Thou vocalist Bryan Funck, whose initial struggle to turn the camera on instantly and comedically humanized someone I had placed on a pedestal. … read more

Suffering is Softening with Vagabon’s Latest Album

Suffering is Softening with Vagabon’s Latest Album
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Performing as Vagabon, multi-instrumentalist Cameroonian-American Laetitia Tamko is the kind of artist whose sound is always evolving. … read more

SUMAC Tours Europe and the UK by Volcanic Storm

SUMAC Tours Europe and the UK by Volcanic Storm
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Northwest-based trio SUMAC, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn, establishes the voices of our ancestry. … read more

Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman of Momma Talk Welcome to My Blue Sky

Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman of Momma Talk Welcome to...
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I sat down for a virtual interview with Momma’s primary singers, songwriters and guitarists, Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman, to discuss Welcome to My Blue Sky. … read more