Episode #130 – SLUG Staff’s 2013 Local Music Picks

Episode #130 – SLUG Staff’s 2013 Local Music Picks

 Dan invites five of our rad SLUG staffers into the studio to find out what local bands they have been listening to this year in Salt Lake City’s music scene with a Local Music Roundtable on Episode 130 of SLUG Soundwaves.

Light/Black are a four-piece alternative rock band that formed in April of 2012 and have had our Editor in Chief, Angela Brown swooning ever since. Ethereal vocals and heavy guitar mixed with slow, pounding drums create a humble, spiraling, doom-laden sound that dares to rival the tones of stoner-metal bands from the 90s.

The Pentagraham Crackers are a group of seasoned Salt Lake music scene veterans and their years of combined experience would explain why they have been able to capture such a wonderful sound with their music. These gentlemen put forth sounds like they are from parallel universe where summer never ends and the beer never dries up and that is exactly the kind of place you could find our Digital Content Coordinator, Cody Kirkland.

– With so many bands and groups popping up, it’s hard to find music that actually comes from the soul. SLUG’s Managing Editor Esther Merono has fallen in love with The Circulars because they have captured a slowly disappearing romanticism in their music. Their songs bring up wells of emotion not only because it is beautiful, but because you can hear these artist’s passion for their music in every strum, lyric and pounding of the drum.

Cornered By Zombies technical prowess over a guitar and a drum set make them a force to be reckoned with in Salt Lake City’s metal scene. Alexander Ortega, Editorial Assistant at SLUG HQ glorifies this duo because they produce some of the loudest, fastest and technically superb metal in the Valley and they do it without a vocalist or bassist.

– Blissfully surreal, Mideau is a pairing of talented musicians who have used their project as a means to produce some of the most incredible indie-pop that has come out of Utah County. Every nuance and word and its presentation is meticulously planned and because of that dedication their final product is a magic that our very own Office Coordinator, Gavin Sheehan can attest to.

The Hollering Pines album Long Nights, Short Lives and Spilled Chances is full of lessons and musings on love and the hardships we all face day to day within ourselves and with those we know and love. Our Soundwaves host, Dan Nailen is privy to the raw, untethered emotion that The Hollering Pines possess with their breathtaking interpretation of the Americana genre.

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Episode #144 – Awkward Fest 2014, Get Stakerized!, Magic Mint, Yelp

Episode #144 – Awkward Fest 2014, Get Stakerized!, Magic Mint,...

Things get a little weird when Brian Staker stops by the Soundwaves studio, and Jeffrey Steadman from Yelp checks in to give us the scoop on “awkward” restaurants in the Salt Lake area. We also listen to music from Staker’s band, Get Stakerized! and new local, solo artist Magic Mint.

– SLUG writer and host of podcast The Awkward Hour, Brian Staker, speaks with host Dan Nailen about the upcoming Awkward Fest. A celebration of the Awkward Hour’s 6th anniversary and all things socially inept, the event will bring together a collection of Salt Lake City’s art, performance and entertainment personalities.

– Brian Staker is not only a master of the ungainly he also performs bluesy, 1990s rock under the moniker, Get Stakerized! Listen in as we check out “Dying By Degrees.”

– Local musician Andrew Shaw, who you may know from such local groups as The Platte and Color Animal, has most recently pursued a solo music project as Magic Mint. His debut release, Grand America, is a lackadaisical trip through slow, and sometimes dark, indie rock. On this episode we listen to the track “Sheep” off the six-track EP.

– Jeffrey from Yelp stops in for a chat with our host, Dan, to give us a heads up on the delicious restaurants around SLC that have an interesting dynamic. Whether it be a strange layout or an interesting theme, Jeffrey has the knowledge and we are eager to get in the know about these local eateries.

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Episode #160 – SLC Food Trucks, Mary Brown Malouf

Episode #160 – SLC Food Trucks, Mary Brown Malouf

Delve into the local food scene with our own Alex Springer’s food truck report and Salt Lake Magazine’s food critic Mary Brown Malouf.

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Episode #176 – Ririe-Woodbury and Repertory Dance Theatre

Episode #176 – Ririe-Woodbury and Repertory Dance Theatre

We get a look into Utah’s dance community with Jena Woodbury from Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, and Stephanie Perkins from Repertory Dance Theatre.

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Episode #192 – Natural History Museum of Utah

Episode #192 – Natural History Museum of Utah

We explore all that the Natural History Museum of Utah has to offer, as we preview Speed Dating an Extreme Expert and Extreme Animals exhibitions, as well as what they museum has in store for 2015.

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Episode #208 – Granary Row, The Sugar House Art Walk

Episode #208 – Granary Row, The Sugar House Art Walk

In this week’s episode, SLUG’s Senior Staff Writer, Mariah Mellus, explores two free summer events you should be checking out: Granary Row and the Sugar House Art Walk.

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Episode #224 – Chris Corry of Magic Circle

Episode #224 – Chris Corry of Magic Circle

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

Episode #240 – Dan Fletcher

Episode #240 – Dan Fletcher

Ithaca-born cowboy, Dan Fletcher, knows how to pull at your heartstrings. Fletcher’s poetic performance is sure to put you in a feel-at-home trance. … read more

Episode #256 – Cat Ghost Formerly Known As Ghost Cat

Episode #256 – Cat Ghost Formerly Known As Ghost Cat

Ashleigh Bassett tells her journey from NYC back to her home, Salt Lake City—and the formation of Cat Ghost Formerly Known As Ghost Cat. … read more

Episode #272 – Shanghaii

Episode #272 – Shanghaii

Local rapper/singer/businessman Shanghaii opens up this episode of Soundwaves by explaining where he got his start in writing rap songs. … read more

Episode #288 – Nick Johnson

Episode #288 – Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson details his journey as a guitarist, from metalhead to finger-style expert—and how to grow in this acoustic genre. … read more

Episode #304 – Scary Uncle Steve

Episode #304 – Scary Uncle Steve

Skunk of Scary Uncle Steve discusses the inception and transformation of the band as they continually treat audiences to upbeat, lighthearted punk and unexpected covers. … read more