Photographer: John Barkiple
Localized: Magda-Vega
Heavy, hyperaggressive rock n’ roll is the essence of Salt Lake–based Magda-Vega’s sound. Since 2013, ex–Wild Ones members guitarist Bill Frost and vocalist Robin Brown, with the help of guitarist-turned-bassist Angela Mize and drummer Mike Walton, have created a sound that is both infectious and substantial. … read more
Localized: Hoofless
From the start, this idea that music is just as much about human relationships as it is about the music has dominated Hoofless’ approach. … read more
Shifting Gears: SLC Bike Collective’s Women, Trans, Femme Program
WTF is the SLCBC’s weekly women-, trans- and femme-affirmative offering. Every Wednesday, the shop closes to regular business and opens to anyone who identifies on the WTF spectrum, with a loving yet firm reminder to cis-male-identified patrons to please make space for these oft underrepresented customers. … read more
Youth Education at SLC Bicycle Collective: Build Bikes, Build Community
SLC Bicycle Collective works with schools around the valley, the Boys & Girls Club and even juvenile offenders and troubled young people. It provides youth with structure, “a sense of building community and the chance to meet different types of people they may not otherwise meet,” Coil-Pittman says. … read more
Mike Brown: On the Jazz Beat with Tony Jones!
This month, I was fortunate enough to interview The Salt Lake Tribune’s beat writer for the Utah Jazz, the great Tony Jones. … read more
Sagittarius, Saturn Return and SLUG Magazine: Astrology with Christopher Renstrom
The chart laid out in front of him is for the date Dec. 1, 1988, at 7 p.m., and the birthplace is listed as Salt Lake City. However, this particular star chart is not made out for a person. Rather, it is the chart marking SLUG Magazine’s “birth”—the first issue “hitting the streets” at Speedway Cafe at the tail end of 1988. … read more
Localized: Nate Holland
Nate Holland has been a staple of SLC’s electronic scene since the glory days of our beloved W Lounge. Since then, he has continued mastering his craft. Over the past year, you could find Holland at local favorites Tinwell Bar, Urban Lounge and Club Elevate, or making a tent of festival-goers trip out at Lunar Transit. … read more
Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio...
The brainchild of local professional artist and curator Clinton Whiting, Art In The Home is a meditation on the powerful impact that owning original works can sustain for families who might not otherwise access them. … read more
Paisley Rekdal: Mapping Literary Utah
Paisley Rekdal, creator of Mapping SLC and Utah’s current Poet Laureate, is in many ways a gatekeeper between literature and gripping relics of time. … read more
RJ Walker: Helping the Youth Find Their Voice
RJ Walker says that bringing slam poets to schools helps to actively engage kids’ interests—especially when introducing street-level poets, whom they can identify with. … read more
An Open Letter in a Flat Magazine to Flat-Earthers
Dear flat-earthers, I appreciate a good conspiracy. Rarely do I actually believe a conspiracy, but I do love hearing about alternative reasons to weird shit. … read more
Dumpster Dive: Salt Lake Cinema Trash Night Keeps It Classick
For one year straight, Grossl has commandeered the first Wednesday of the month for Cinema Trash Night, his big-screen love letter to films that are so terrible that they’re actually brilliant. … read more
