Authors: Nic Smith
Review: Alex Calder – Mysteries
Alex Calder = Deerhunter + Beach Fossils + Mac DeMarco … read more
Grid Zine Fest 2017
The people behind Grid Zine Fest have been working hard to support local zine makers and those keeping the print medium alive in the public sphere. Grid Zine Fest is free and open to the public, taking place at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at the Salt Lake Arts Academy. … read more
Write or Cry: Good Phats
With two sold-out release parties at Kilby Court and a few hundred distributed copies behind them, Elaine Sayer and Chloe Monson are announcing the birth of their experimental zine company, Good Phats, and the reveal of their newest project, Write or Cry. … read more
Kurt Vile: Believe He’s Coming Up
Listening to Kurt Vile for the first time, or even returning to him after a long while, can feel strangely disarming. This past year has given him his largest amount of exposure to date, including live television performances, two radio singles, a Rolling Stone interview with J. Mascis, animation appearances and more. … read more
Bianca Velasquez: LocalMotive on the Move
For too many people, the blueprints to starting one’s creative DIY project tend to fade into the ethereal realm of When I Have More Time Land. However, Salt Lake’s own Bianca Velasquez, at just 22, has been involved with ventures across several disciplines. To name a few, she’s the author of Happybutton Cartoons, designer for
The New Nest: Albatross Recordings & Ephemera
In only a few short years, Hatziathanasiou has earned a local reputation (such as “Best Eccentric Nostalgia” by City Weekly) for his assemblage of offbeat recordings and strange but alluring pieces of art. … read more
Take the Brown Acid: An Interview with Daniel Hall &...
Barresi and Hall are both Los Angeles–based DJs and record shop owners who’ve been big fans of psychedelic rock throughout the course of their friendship. However, the idea to start the Brown Acid series came from a shared interest in discovering rare vinyl. … read more
Review: The Holy Automatic
Despite being a non-religious fellow, there have been a few times in my life when I really envy people who are well-versed in the Bible. Though, no duh, shame on me for not being so. The shit’s canon. Regardless, this zine presents a brilliant concept on the complicated relationship between poetry, words and their relationship to “the truth.” … read more
Review: Sugar House Review #10
Do not be fooled by the clown-pants print, dear readers—Sugar House Review has continued to do impressive work compiling writers for their magazine. … read more
Review: A Brief History of Melancholy
A Brief History of Melancholy is a collection of vignettes that attempts to capture the almost cruelly casual and realistically unsexy sufferings of everyday people. … read more