SLUG Mag’s Virtualized: An Online Concert Featuring Utah Bands aims to highlight local music by featuring three musicians on the SLUG Magazine YouTube Channel for a virtual performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virtualized: Lit’l Grim

Virtualized: Lit’l Grim
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Essentially, Lit’l Grim’s style is a succession of each band members’ taste in music—especially those of frontperson Tate Grimshaw. … read more

Virtualized: Jacked Johnson

Virtualized: Jacked Johnson
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Performing at our May Virtualized, jacked johnson give jazz-infused, angsty tunes with a touch of culturally driven flavor. … read more

Virtualized: Jay Warren

Virtualized: Jay Warren
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Jay Warren is a careful artist, in the sense that he’s very strategic and detail-oriented about every moment of his creative process. … read more

Virtualized: Bri Ray

Virtualized: Bri Ray
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Bri Ray is all about creativity in its purest form—the type that allows unbounded emotion, conveys freedom and undiluted expressionism. … read more

Virtualized: Valerie Rose Sterrett

Virtualized: Valerie Rose Sterrett
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Valerie Rose Sterrett wants her music to be able to connect to all walks of life—even if playing at Utah ski resort for a tourist mother. … read more

Virtualized: The Fervors

Virtualized: The Fervors
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With such an intense emotional descriptor as their band name, The Fervors deliver a unique sound that is just as captivating to listen to. … read more

Virtualized: Ivouries

Virtualized: Ivouries
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Now a fine-tuned four-piece, Ivouries have grounded themselves in an area full of opportunity and astounding local talent. … read more

Virtualized: Herring

Virtualized: Herring
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The five-member ensemble Herring creates sounds that do not fit into one specific category—a unique separation from genre labeling. … read more

Virtualized: $liing

Virtualized: $liing
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Piecing sounds together makes music interesting for $liing, who, after four years as a producer, still likes to keep things fresh. … read more

Virtualized: Ben Ra

Virtualized: Ben Ra
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Though there’s no official “hottest in the whole town” award for hip-hop and rap in SLC, Ben Ra is definitely up there. … read more