Episode 222 – Noise Punk Halloween

This episode of SLUG Mag Soundwaves features Sam Rodriguez from Discoid A about Noise Punk Halloween. Every Halloween in Salt Lake City, several independent rock shows are thrown throughout the valley featuring punk and indie bands from around the state. These Halloween shows feature bands performing cover songs from one of their favorite bands growing up,


Episode 221 – WAC Fest

In this episode we talk about The Wasatch Arts & Comic Fest (WAC Fest), which will be hosting an event at Muse Music on October 17. SLUG writer Taylor Hoffman talks on the phone with artist Jess Smart Smiley, who is a co-founder of the fest, about the festival and and the ever-growing comics industry and community


Episode 220 – CUAC & UMOCA

On this week’s episode of Soundwaves, SLUG Senior Staff Writer Mariah Mellus chats with the directors of two local art spaces: CUAC (Central Utah Art Center) and UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art). CUAC is a Salt Lake art gallery that primarily displays contemporary art from around the country. The gallery originally started in Ephraim, Utah,


Episode 219 – New Shack

On this episode of SLUG Mag Soundwaves, the official podcast of SLUG Magazine in Salt Lake City, Utah, we interview Provo-based synth pop band New Shack. The band released their first full-length album Shadow Girl in June of this year. We’ll listen to tracks from the album such as “Operation” and “Stereo Seduction,” as well as learn about how


Episode 218 – Eat Local Week

Amanda Rock, one of SLUG‘s trusted food and restaurant reviewers,  sat down with the Eat Local Week Program Manager, Adrienne Tuerpe, and the director of Slow Food Utah, Gwen Crist, to talk about all the events happening during Eat Local Week. In this episode, we’ll be talk about Eat Local Week, such as which restaurants to


Episode 217 – The Beer Professor

On this week’s episode of Soundwaves, SLUG’s trusted food and restaurant reviewer Amanda Rock sits down with The Beer Professor, Bob Trewartha, about his experience with homebrewing and the efforts he’s made in promoting local beers. Bob Trewartha coined the moniker “The Beer Professor” for himself based on his knowledge and love for craft beers


Episode #216 – Saltfront & Peculiar

In this week’s episode of Soundwaves, SLUG writer Brian Udall chats with the editors of two local literary journals: Saltfront and Peculiar. Saltfront is a Salt Lake City-based literary journal that highlights writers, poets, musicians and artists from Utah. The primary focus of the series is to tell stories of what it means to be human, and the curators


Episode #215 – Mike Brown’s Utah Jazz Preview

In this episode of Soundwaves, the official SLUG Mag podcast, we’ll be previewing the upcoming 2015–16 season for the Utah Jazz with SLUG Columnist Mike Brown and Peter Makowski from the band Accidente. … read more


Episode #214 – Mod A Go Go, Guerrilla Gallery

On this week’s episode, we explore two galleries making an impact in Salt Lake City just before Gallery Stroll: Mod A Go Go and Guerrilla Gallery. … read more


Episode #213 – Salt City Lamp Works & Velo City Bags

Part 2 of our Crafty Lake City DIY Festival preview happens in this episode of Soundwaves, with interviews from participating crafters Salt City Lamp Works and Velo City Bags. Craft Lake City, an annual DIY Festival in Salt Lake, has been the largest craft festival in Utah since its inception in 2009 and attracted over 40,000