SLUG Contributor Limelight
April 4, 2019
Contributor Limelight: Connor Brady
Connor Brady not only loves music; he adores local music. Since January 2015, Brady has tirelessly acknowledged hardworking Utah musicians with his review and feature coverage for SLUG Mag. Though he’s largely a fan of hip-hop and indie rock, Brady has an insatiable appetite for any genre that comes his way. To boot, he is collegial, ardent in his craft and hardworking in his own right with each assignment. This month, Brady penned SLUG’s monthly Localized double feature about Malev da Shinobi and Earthworm & Clësh on pgs. 6–7. Brady is no stranger to writing Localized, and cites those about Mimi Knowles/Static Waves and Freemind Movement/Alyxandri Jupiter as favorites he’s written, alongside a feature about Bboy Federation’s DJ’ing classes. We love Brady’s passion and having him on Team SLUG!
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Local Music Singles Roundup: March 2022
This month’s Local Singles Roundup brings several fiercely catchy tunes from multiple genres that are sure to stick in your head. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: January 2022
Another month means another edition of SLUG’s Local Music Singles Roundup, so spring into the new year with these fresh new bops. … read more
Local Review: jives – wait for me
jives = Epona + Kainbeats … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2021
SLUG is here with the power of the “Local Music Singles Roundup.” These songs are perfect for getting those finishing touches on your costume … read more
Local Review: Arcadia Light – THE DOORWAY
Arcadia Light = 2814 + Macross 82-99 … read more
Local Review: Mooninite – Lightworks
Mooninite = Flying Lotus + Teebs + Nosaj Thing … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: June 2021
While we wait for everyone to get their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, pop on some local tunes to rock out and welcome these brighter days! … read more
Review: Coultrain – Phantasmagoria
Coultrain = The Internet + J*DaVeY + Steve Spacek … read more
Review: DJ Camgirl – CANNON / Problems
DJ Camgirl = The House Crew + DJ Mastercard + MOM$ … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2021
This February, turn toward your ever-reliable music community to help cure the winter blues with tracks from Rainy Dawn, KAL MARA and more. … read more
Local Review: Gryzzlee – Rollerblades
Gryzzlee = Death Grips + Bloodtone + Grimes … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2020
Here, find four reviews of new singles from local artists, a set of music that showcases the breadth of our state’s artistic offerings. … read more
Review: Butcher Brown – #KingButch
Butcher Brown = The James Hunter Six + Olympians + Blue Lab Beats … read more
Local Review: Heather Grey – While My Girl Was In...
Heather Grey = Tomppabeats + Kenny Segal … read more
Review: Twin Peaks – Urbs in Horto
Twin Peaks = Merchandise + Alvvays + Eagulls … read more
Review: Twin Peaks – Sweet ’17 Singles
Twin Peaks Sweet ’17 Singles Grand Jury Music Street: 02.18 Twin Peaks = The Orwells + Alvvays + Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks I think we can all agree that 2017 was not a great year—some may even goes so far as to say that 2017 was a shit year—but Twin Peaks made sure to close
Review: Tobacco – Sweatbox Dynasty
Tobacco = Deadmau5 + Dan Deacon + Com Truise … read more
Review: The Internet – Hive Mind
The Internet = Kali Uchis + Thundercat + Anderson .Paak … read more
Review: Talk in Tongues – Alone With a Friend
Talk in Tongues = DIIV + Hideout + Tame Impala … read more
Review: The Black Ships – Dead Empires
The Black Ships = Joy Division + The Smiths + Tears for Fears … read more
Review: Small Black – Best Blues
Small Black = Wild Nothing + Craft Spells + New Order
… read more
Review: Sleigh Bells – Jessica Rabbit
Sleigh Bells = Cults + Phantogram … read more
Review: STRFKR – Being No One, Going Nowhere
With their fifth studio album, STRFKR hit you with an ’80s-flavored synth accompanied by a funky baseline and percussion in the form of “Tape Machine.” Check out their latest album, “Being No One, Going Nowhere,” available today, Nov. 16. … read more
Review: Shadow in the Cracks – Self-Titled
Shadow in the Cracks = Coachwhips + Ty Segall + The Fresh & Onlys
… read more
Review: Simian Mobile Disco – Murmurations
Simian Mobile Disco = Digitalism + Boys Noize + Enigma … read more
Review: Rey Pila – The Future Sugar
Rey Pila = Tears for Fears + Crystal Castles + Joy Division … read more
Review: Michael Vidal – Dream Center
Michael Vidal = Morrissey + Real Estate + The Drums … read more
Review: Lone – Lemurian
Lone = Machinedrum + Nujabes + DMT Tapes FL … read more
Local Review: SKELLUM – Anode/Cathode/Diode Vol. 3
SKELLUM = Lorn + Slugabed … read more
Review: Hints – No Regrets in Old English
Hints = The Smiths + Merchandise + The Church … read more
Review: Hibou – Self-Titled
Hibou = Craft Spells + Wavves + Beach Fossils … read more
Local Review: YZE – Ugly Picture Perfect
YZE = Slug + Sage Francis + Aesop Rock … read more
Local Review: Whysir – Sigh Quests
Whysir Sigh Quests Self-Released Streets: 03.12 Whysir = Hopsin + MC Frontalot + Yelawolf Witty, clever, angry and thought-provoking—this is what comes to mind when listening to Whysir’s debut mix tape Sigh Quests. Whysir approached the layout of this mixtape in an amazingly creative way, played out as an intimate conversation between a madman and
Local Review: Whysir – Imaginary Friends
Whysir = Twenty One Pilots + Mac Miller … read more
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Local Review: zonekidd – [ there are a lot of...
zonekidd = Flying Lotus + SAINT PEPSI … read more
Local Review: zonekidd – if i die, just know i...
zonekidd = Lorn + Sushileaf + Nosnija
… read more
Local Review: XavierTheRapper – 8 Man
XavierTheRapper = Lil Tracy + Lil Skies + Night Lovell … read more
Local Review: Various Artists – Fall Songs
Fall Songs = Silversun Pickups + Isaac Brock + Tigers Jaw … read more
Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Misery Can Be...
Valentine & The Regard = The Cure + The Smiths + DIIV … read more
Local Review: Triiibe OOak – 1st Episode (Revolution)
Triibe Ooak = Flatbush Zombies + Odd Future … read more
Local Review: The Zion Curtain – Zero 9F
The Zion Curtain = Tycho + Dye + Aphex Twin … read more
Local Review: The Artificial Flower Company – Africa
The Artificial Flower Company = Mac DeMarco + Beach Fossils … read more
Local Review: Stretch – Euphoricolor
Stretch = Slug + Nujabes + Flying Lotus
… read more
Local Review: The Americants – Self-titled
The Americants = Breathe Carolina + Cherub + Hoodie Allen … read more
Local Review: Soft Cyanide- Soft Cyanide
Soft Cyanide = Anberlin + Saosin … read more
Local Review: Starbass – Distant Signals
Starbass = Depeche Mode + Tobacco + Crystal Castles … read more
Local Review: Soap – 90’s Niños
Soap = Logic + The Dean’s List + Souls of Mischief … read more
Local Review: Soothbone – Infinity Pool
Soothbone = Tycho + Sufjan Stevens + Flying Lotus … read more
Local Review: Scenic Byway – Hydroplaning
Scenic Byway = Flobots + Sweatshop Union … read more
Local Review: Salt Palace – Eyes Like Night
Salt Palace = Anoraak + Magnetism … read more
Local Review: Radius – Self-titled
Radius = Yelawolf + Twenty One Pilots + m.duby … read more
Local Review: Poet – Radical Thought
Poet = Immortal Technique + Killer Mike + Atmosphere … read more
Local Review: Reaper The Storyteller – Surprise the EP
Reaper The Storyteller = 2Pac + Big Boi … read more
Local Review: Poet – Rio Grande
Poet = Immortal Technique + Slug + Jedi Mind Tricks … read more
Local Review: Reaper the Storyteller – “REBIRTH” The Mixtape
Reaper the Storyteller = 2 Pac + Killer Mike + Big Boi … read more
Local Review: Opey Tailor – Shoplifting Ephedrine
Opey Tailor = Eminem + Insane Clown Posse … read more
Local Review: Morning, Sexy – Ghost Sex
Morning, Sexy = The Hush Sound + Bombay Bicycle Club + Modest Mouse
… read more
Local Review: Miniature Planets – Panorama
Miniature Planets = Kings of Leon + Fall Out Boy + Maroon 5 … read more
Local Review: m.duby – Fireworks
m.duby = Childish Gambino + Radius + Mac Miller … read more
Local Review: m.duby – Seeing Color
m.duby = Childish Gambino + Logic + Mac Miller … read more
Local Review: men in the kitchen – on a date
men in the kitchen = Beach Fossils + The War on Drugs + Black Moth Super Rainbow … read more
Local Review: MC Who – So Many Faces
MC Who is a Salt Lake City hip hop artist with a raw, old-school style that allows him to stand out in the current trap-heavy and producer-focused scene. … read more
Local Review: Linus Stubbs – Degenerate Beats
Linus Stubbs = Pen Pointz + Ant + Hieroglyphics … read more
Local Review: Lost, The Artist – Sure
Lost, The Artist = Atmosphere + M.Duby +Twenty One Pilots … read more
Local Review: less.people – Origins
less.people = Nujabes + Flying Lotus + Sleepdealer … read more
Local Review: J Knote – Self-titled
J Knote = Living Legends + Atmosphere … read more
Local Review: Joseph Michael Pedersen – Man at the Devil’s...
Joseph Michael Pedersen = Ducktails + Real Estate + Modest Mouse … read more
Local Review: J-Funk – Mad Honey
J-Funk = Flying Lotus + Danger Mouse + J Dilla … read more
Local Review: Illwinded P – Spirited Away Vol. 2
Illwinded P = Del The Funky Homosapien + MF Doom + Nujabes … read more
Local Review: Icy Blue – Portraits of Imagination
Icy Blu = Tech N9ne + Hopsin … read more
Local Review: Gryzzlee – Flow
Gryzzlee = Ice Cube + Jedi Mind Tricks … read more
Local Review: Grits Green – Water
Grits Green = Hoose + Beastie Boys + Rhyme Time … read more
Local Review: Heather Grey – 50 $HADE$
Heather Grey = J Dilla + The Alchemist + Madlib … read more
Local Review: Heather Grey – A Long, Cold Walk Home
Heather Grey = Uyama Hiroto + Fat Jon + Shing02 … read more
Local Review: Festive People – Parade
Festive People = Young the Giant + Imagine Dragons … read more
Local Review: finale – Proverbs
finale = Netsky + Tycho + Flite … read more
Local Review: Dusk Raps – All Is Fair
Dusk Raps = El-P + Aesop Rock + YZE … read more
Local Review: Dumb Luck – It’s Not Official Yet
Dumb Luck = Yelawolf + Immortal Technique
… read more
Local Review: Dylan Grimm – SERENITY
Dylan Grimm = Adrian Delgado + Anagramm … read more
Local Review: Famous Relatives – Carte Blanche
Famous Relatives = Toro y Moi + Com Truise … read more
Local Review: Cosmic Arena – Self-titled
Cosmic Arena = Purity Ring + Lauren Mayberry … read more
Local Review: Dallas Wayde – So Young and So Damaged
Dallas Wayde = The Chainsmokers + The Dean’s List … read more
Local Review: Cinders – Acoustics, Vol. 1
Cinders = Of Monsters And Men + RIVVRS + The Northern Empty … read more
Local Review: Cinders – Looking Forward to Looking Back
Cinders = Motion City Soundtrack + The National Parks + The Solarists … read more
Local Review: Chief Edit & Identities – (ME)Stizo
Chief Edit & Identities = Souls of Mischief + Brockhampton + Pharcyde … read more
Local Review: Boxy Auto – Moon Traipsing
Boxy Auto = DYE + Tycho + Com Truise … read more
Local Review: Boss TV – Self-Titled
Boss TV = LCD Soundsystem + Hot Chip + Yeasayer … read more
Local Review: bc. einstein – e=mc3
bc. einstein = Pretty Lights + BLVCK CEILING … read more
Local Review: bc.einstein – just for you vol. 2
bc.einstein = Jamie xx + Chrome Sparks + Big Jerm … read more
Local Review: B.C. Einstein – Just For You
B.C. Einstein = Nujabes + J Dilla + Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician … read more
Local review: Arloe – Strike Gold
Arloe = Flume + Chet Faker + Animal Collective
… read more
Local Review: Arath Gonzalez – 0303000
Arath Gonzalez = Yung Lean + Mc Chris + Slug … read more
Local Review: Alexa Diane – Hate the Internet
Alexa Diane = Zola Jesus + Poliça + Grimes … read more
Local review: •kordlhan – •Steez
•Kordlhan = Flying Lotus + Yung Lean
… read more
Local Review : Chase Million – Reflections
Chase Million = T. Mills + Hoodie Allen … read more
Local Music Review: Men in the Kitchen – adrift
Men in the Kitchen = Neon Indian + Toro y Moi + Craft Spells … read more
Review: Fruit Bats – Gold Past Life
Fruit Bats = Dr. Dog + Blitzen Trapper + Phoenix … read more
Review: Doldrums – The Air Conditioned Nightmare
Doldrums = D’eon + SBTRKT + Aphex Twin … read more
Review: DEADREPLICANT – Standby
DEADREPLICANT = Flying Lotus + Nujabes
… read more
Review: Cullen Omori – The Diet
Cullen Omori = DIIV + Girls + Twin Peaks … read more
Review: Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us
Calexico = Magnolia Electric Co. + The Handsome Family + Songs: Ohia
… read more
Review: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms
Black Moth Super Rainbow = Dan Deacon + The Octopus Project + Atlas Sound … read more
Review: B Boys – No Worry No Mind EP
B Boys = Ty Segall + DIIV + Wire
… read more
Review: Aerial – Put It This Way In Headlines
Aerial = The Decemberists + Animal Collective + Sonic Youth … read more
Local Review: Bird – Send It
Bird = Poliça + Lorde … read more
Local Review: Rufio – Nothing’s Free
Rufio = Chiddy Bang + The Dean’s List … read more
Local Review: Sentou – In Bed
Sentou = Washed Out + potsu + Skylar Spence … read more
Local Review: T. James – Distant Shapes
T. James= Atmosphere + Chris Webby … read more
Review: Marquis Hill – Love Tape
Marquis Hill = The Internet + Flying Lotus … read more
Review: Tawiah – Starts Again
Tawiah = Sy Smith + Georgia Anne Muldrow + Silhouette Brown … read more
Local Review: Drew Danburry – Danburry 2003–2018
Drew Danburry = Ugly Casanova + The Lower Lights + Sufjan Stevens … read more
Local Review: Israel West – Avenue
Israel West = Left Brain + MellowHype … read more
Local Review: D E M O N S – Back...
D E M O N S = $uicideboy$ + Horse Head + Wicca Phase Eternal … read more
Local Review: finale – amore e perdita
Finale has built an unsettling atmosphere with amore e perdita, blending chaotic industrial sounds with canned samples of nature … read more
Local Review: Flakes – A Stairway in the Sky
Flakes = Flume + oOoOO … read more
Review: RJD2 – The Fun Ones
Fans of funk, soul, disco, jam, hip-hop and, honestly, music in general will find something to love within RJD2’s The Fun Ones. … read more
Local Review: Jomudesi – Ancient Guides
Jomudesi = Brainwaltzera + Aphex Twin … read more
New World Distillery: Bleeding-Edge Tech in a New World
New World Distillery isn’t just creating spirts starting from a passion for knowledge but continues to educate people on the benefits of craft spirits. … read more
Localized: Earthworm and Clësh
Listening to their new, self-titled release, it’s easy to hear Earthworm & Clësh’s modern hip-hop influences. … read more
Localized: Malev Da Shinobi
Malev Da Shinobi is someone who carries himself humbly and with humor, a contrast to his deeper and serious delivery about the subject matter in his music. … read more
Localized: Freemind Movement
Salt Lake City hip-hop group Freemind Movement stay true to their name with their brand of conscious and insightful bars over a more traditional styles of production and instrumentation. … read more
Localized: Alyxandri Jupiter
Out of all of the artists I’ve talked to over the years, none have been more ingrained in their particular style of music like Alyxandri Jupiter. Her space-themed blend of electronica and hip-hop sparked at the time she was born. … read more
V School Bringing Opportunity to Salt Lake City
V School is a tech-education boot camp teaching industry-celebrated curriculum, and has been since its start back in 2013. The school offers lessons in coding, UX and UI design, as well as other skills that are hand-selected by the school’s board. … read more
The Bboy Federation – They Reminisce 07.08 @ Rose Wagner...
The show even sent a good message of bringing together both the mainstream and underground factions of hip-hop, that they both can coexist, and in a way, need one another to thrive. … read more
Persistence of Audio: Skullcandy’s Process
The core ideals of Skullcandy speak to their heavy consumer focus and passion to create a connection between their users and the music they listen to. … read more
Educating the Next Generation of Disc Jockeys
Looking at the Hip-Hop Education & Resource Center (HERC) located at 2505 S. State St. in Salt Lake, you get a sense of the raw and organic style of teaching that goes on here. … read more
Localized: Static Waves
Feel-good indie rock and hip-hop are going to be filling the Urban Lounge as they once again host some of the Beehive State’s finest musicians for Localized, brought to you by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. The event will be held Aug. 20 at 8 p.m., and with the affordable
Rey Pila With Brandon Flowers @ The Complex
Instantly, I was impressed by how well Rey Pila’s sound transitioned to live performance. … read more
Localized: Mimi Knowles
Feel-good indie rock and hip-hop are going to be filling the Urban Lounge as they once again host some of the Beehive State’s finest musicians for Localized, brought to you by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. The event will be held Aug. 20 at 8 p.m., and with the affordable
Aesop Rock at Urban Lounge 01.19 with Rob Sonic, DJ...
The crowd as a whole looked more like they were there to see Local Natives, and not the indie rap giants that are Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic, but maybe that’s just the direction of style that rap nerds are headed towards … read more