SLUG Contributor Limelight
July 30, 2025
Contributor Limelight: Marzia Thomas
Marzia Thomas has significantly contributed to the SLUG ecosystem since March 2024, as a former Editorial Intern and current Senior Staff Writer. They are a passionate and prolific music reviewer, covering pop, indie, rap and punk with a voice that balances pithy observations and poetic flourishes. Read their vignette features about DIY Fest artisans in the August 2025 issue!
Articles by contributor
Review: Lily Allen — West End Girl
My heart truly belongs to the pop girlies of the early 2000s and among the most underrated is Lily Allen. Post-90s, there was a sudden wave of women musicians. … read more
Local Review: LaFerris – I’m Pretty Sure the World Will...
Highly referential yet entirely unique, this album feels familiar. It touches on a lot of old favorites, but there’s a new spin on the medium in every song. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2025
The genres chosen are unknown, but the talent is unmatched. Venture forward as you’re about to enter… SLUG’s Local Music Singles Roundup! (Insert The Twilight Zone theme.) … read more
Local Review: Ńix – CIGARETTE TALKS
I have a soft spot for late-2010s Soundcloud rap. CIGARETTE TALKS takes all of the best parts of those sounds and combines them with acoustic and electric guitars, brought to a slow blur of R&B and alt-rock. … read more
KillingZoeCo: DIY Festival Artisan
Staley started skateboarding less than a year ago but has been rollerblading for 20 years, giving them lots of time to be inspired by local skate parks. … read more
Wild Roots Press: DIY Festival Artisan
The motive of Wild Roots Press is not to replicate the appearance of nature but to convey the essence of engaging with the earth. … read more
Review: Tyler, The Creator — Don’t Tap The Glass
Shattering expectations, Tyler the Creator broke his own release schedule and dropped an album less than a year after his last project Chromakopia had hit the airwaves. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: August 2025
Summer is winding down, but let me tell ya, that doesn’t mean our local musicians stop putting out unforgettable projects or creating excellent shows. … read more
Review: Sextile — yes, please.
Sextile aims to please and yes, they did. You get everything with this album: the seduction, the substance and the sizzle. … read more
Utah Skatepark Advocacy Group: Concrete and Stone Can Be a...
Utah Skatepark Advocacy Group is made up of passionate skaters from all over Salt Lake Valley who are fighting hard to build and renew spaces for the local skate community. … read more
Review: Addison Rae — Addison
The truth is she is just so damn charming and delightful so listeners welcome the new superstar with open, loving arms. The world is her oyster and she is the only girl. … read more
At The Center of Something Sweet: Peach Pit on Favorite...
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
32 Sensational Performances at Kilby Block Party 6
Kilby Block Party was bigger and better than ever this year. Check out reviews of 32 of our favorite performances from this year’s festival! … read more
“Love All” is the Beginning and the End: An Interview...
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
Local Review: Henny — In Case of Fear
With an affinity for a well-placed sample of dialogue from an old sitcom or talk radio show, there is an element of effortless mastery in Henny’s sound. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2025
The through line for all six of these tracks is dissent (except for the ones that aren’t about dissent). Now, just like the past, is a great time for dissent. … read more
Localized: Fight the Future
With straightforward and strong opinions as the foundation of their lyrics and sound, Fight the Future continues the long-loved tradition of making punk music for the sake of social change. … read more
Localized: P.S. Destroy This
Taking notes from Bikini Kill, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, X-Ray Spex and Crass, P.S. Destroy This carries on the tradition of pushing the envelope and synthesizing exquisitely loud sound. … read more
Jordana Still Records Her Premonitions In Her Bedroom
I am honored to present my interview with the priestess of nostalgic new-wave pop; in which we discuss intuitions, imposter syndrome and the idiosyncrasies of love and life. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2025
But no man (they/them) is an island, and so I’ve called upon some of SLC’s oldheads who helped me find some of the freshest (25+ year-old) tracks from Utah’s golden era. … read more
Roll the Credits: Salt Lake’s Brightest Film Specialists
Find out what these four creatives have to say about the local filmmaking scene (beyond the big screens at Sundance) and the individual part that they play in it. … read more
Top Five Albums of 2024 for Thought Daughters
For the femmes who analyze everything and have a good time doing it, this one’s for you. … read more
Local Review: Gilded Lillies – UP IN ARMS
It’s no accident that the figure on the album Gilded Lillies cover has their arms raised up to the sky, as if wishing for mercy. … read more
Hold On for Dear Life With Salt City Drift
For the last 15 years, Salt City Drift has been providing events for the car guys and thrill-seekers of the Salt Lake Valley. … read more
Review: Westside Gunn — Still Praying
The latest Westside Gunn and DJ Drama record, Still Praying, is no exception to the ongoing chain of letdowns. … read more
Local Review: Little Moon – Dear Divine
Little Moon’s Dear Divine is like a warm hug from a good friend or feeling the sunlight blush your face and like reading The Canterbury Tales for the first time. … read more
Clairo @ The Great Saltair 10.13
Clairo is daisies and cherry blossoms, dainty jewelry worn every day, hot green tea with honey and mary-jane Doc Martens. … read more
Local Review: Desert Camo – Desert Camo
The prolific producer Heather Grey and the masterful lyricist Oliver the 2nd have come together to create Desert Camo–both the hip-hop duo and the debut album. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2024
It’s SLUG’s Local Music + Graphic Design Issue, and what would that be without our Local Music Singles Roundup? … read more
Local Review: Bad Luck Brigade – SOMETHING’S AT MY NECK
Coming out on Friday the 13th of September, SOMETHING AT MY NECK promises all the fate in the world. … read more
Heavenly High Tops and Haute Couture at FICE Gallery
The ideal intersection of modern art and intellectual fashion, FICE Gallery provides retail space for Utah locals to secure stellar new styles and shoes. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2024
Please! SLUG needs your help. We have so many good, local singles that need to be listened to. … read more
Great Salt Lake Audubon: Fighting For Free Flight
Le Ber has gained insight into how the collective can contribute through the Great Salt Lake Audubon Society.
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Local Music Singles Roundup: July 2024
Hot local (music) singles are in your area! You’re sure to find your (musical) match for a seasonal fling here in this roundup of our favorite new tracks by Utah artists. … read more
Local Review: Mariel Croft – Trying My Very Best
Mariel Croft’s Trying My Very Best creates room for anyone to stop, acknowledge, and work with their shortcomings. Or at least think really hard about them. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2024
The sun is out (occasionally) and SLUG is back at it again with May’s Local Music Singles Roundup! … read more
Local Review: Daytime Lover – Shimmer
Daytime Lover’s new ep Shimmer retrospects with iridescence for the cherubs, Don Quixotes and adoring idealists of the world. … read more
Local Review: You Ever Contemplated The Orcas? – Chance Lewis...
In a concise seven tracks, Lewis and Bonelli pull the spectators of the Salt Lake music scene into their idea of a modern, metropolitan, and material world. … read more
