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▼ Localized Features
SLUG Mag’s Localized is the monthly, local music showcase founded in 2001 as a way for local musicians to receive recognition for their work. The monthly showcase provides bands playing with free posters to promote the show, a write-up in SLUG Magazine for the two headliners, payouts and digital promotion.
Localized: Sympathy Pain
Where your average release will plod along in a pleasing, sedative atmosphere, Sympathy Pain’s music feels much more focused on disturbing and overtaking the listener than it is settling them. … read more
Localized: Sonnei
Sonnei is an artist whose expression has shape-shifted sonically and aesthetically. From school programs in second grade to the typical national anthem stint to singing with local dynamos, their career has been one of transformation. … read more
Localized: Stephanie Mabey
Mabey’s most recent EP, I Still Taste Fire, released in September 2016, yet her older catalog is concurrently carving a path for her expanding potential. Having no management or outside art direction, Mabey is honing her sonic and aesthetic identity in a wholly organic process, from the roots up. … read more
Localized: UTA Trax
Preferring to stay anonymous, interviewing UTA Trax for this month’s showcase of local talents was an interesting endeavor. With what information we were able to obtain, and after sifting through the layers of secrecy and mystery, we’ve pieced together enough information to provide insights into the brooding enigma known as UTA Trax. … read more
Localized: Nate Holland
Nate Holland has been a staple of SLC’s electronic scene since the glory days of our beloved W Lounge. Since then, he has continued mastering his craft. Over the past year, you could find Holland at local favorites Tinwell Bar, Urban Lounge and Club Elevate, or making a tent of festival-goers trip out at Lunar Transit. … read more
Localized: Cupidcome
Cupidcome are a band unlike anything else in Utah, and as such are difficult to accurately describe to the uninitiated. The five-piece band blends psych-tinged textures and reverb-laden drum machines with profound yet lighthearted lyrics. … read more
Localized: No Sun
By Salt Lake standards, No Sun is an interesting and refreshing band. In a small-market city lucky enough to be saturated with great bands, No Sun offers a unique blend of dreamy textures, which set the backdrop for emotive vocals and songs that break into spiraling, whimsical riffs. … read more
Localized: Comedy Showcase
Now that the holidays are behind us, SLUG Localized brings stand-up comedy back to the stage to cure the holiday hangover with a heaping dose of hilarity. … read more
Localized: Darklord
SLC’s Darklord adhere to their namesake with both sound and imagery, bringing a grim wave of ambience with crawling guitar riffs that match their live, hammer-horror theatrics. … read more
Localized: Exes
With a fully vitalized lineup, EXES released their ferocity in their self-titled EP, which consisted of the three remaining tracks from full-length. … read more