Podcasts: SLUG Mag Soundwaves
Episode #309 – MMEND
Now off the heels of their debut album, Spectator, Mitch Winter muses about what has made MMEND successful and how a sibling dynamic affects the band. … read more
Episode #310 – Cool Banana
VHS Vic (Victor Blandon) is a stop-motion animator whose penchant for puppetry has evolved into Cool Banana, a muppet-rock band centered around theatrics and onstage characters. … read more
Episode #311 – Ugly Boys
Benton Wood believes the experienced formation of Ugly Boys paved a foundation that has poised them for the big time. … read more
Episode #312 – Rose Colored Roots
Devin Moore discusses how the band’s collective musical education has created an alternative rock sound heavily influenced by blues, jazz and a whole lot of funk. … read more
Episode #313 – Jeff Dillon
After being steered away from a musical career at a younger age, Jeff Dillon eventually found his way back home. … read more
Episode #314 – Rebel Rebel
Having played the main stage at Utah Pride Festival, Mason Comstock of Rebel Rebel caps out Pride month with some thoughts on the event and its place in our queer communities. … read more
Episode #315 – I Buried the Box with Your Name
I Buried the Box With Your Name have just released their first album, To Change, and it’s a wild release from an unassuming group. … read more
Episode #316 – Salduro
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
Episode #317 – Moodlite
Though they’ve only been together for about a year, Moodlite have developed an impressively versatile range of sound. … read more
Episode #318 – Breakfast in Silence
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
Episode #319 – Jazzy Olivo
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
Episode #320 – Pilot This Plane Down
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
