Beats for Sale! Chance Lewis

Beats for Sale! Chance Lewis
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Whether you’re an up-and-coming emcee or a seasoned veteran, there are plenty of locally grown hip-hop producers with beats for sale. If you’re a rapper who likes to experiment and who doesn’t feel the need to be confined to one genre, Chance Lewis is the beat producer for you! … read more

Refusing Genres with Methyl Ethel

Refusing Genres with Methyl Ethel
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After another world tour under Methyl Ethel’s belt, their live show will be polished and prepared. Salt Lake City, we will see you at Kilby on April 8. Pick up a copy of their album at the show or online. … read more

Celebrating One Year Of Freaking Out At The Freak Out With DJ Nix Beat

Celebrating One Year Of Freaking Out At The Freak Out...
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DJ Nix Beat’s “The Freak Out” monthly events are dedicated to punk, power pop and everything in between to be enjoyed by anyone and everyone that expects more than just the same 50 songs on rotation on the jukebox. … read more

Softwire Synthesis

Softwire Synthesis
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Tucked away in the sleepy, smog-ridden suburbs of Salt Lake rests a small electronic instrument maker, Softwire Synthesis, specializing in Eurorack modules. … read more

Educating the Next Generation of Disc Jockeys

Educating the Next Generation of Disc Jockeys
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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

Finding an Ocean in a Storm: A Breezy Chat with Tennis’ Alaina Moore

Finding an Ocean in a Storm: A Breezy Chat with...
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Tennis are one of those rare pop bands that has managed to stay relevant all the way up to a fourth album, their upcoming Yours Conditionally. … read more

East Meets West: Wallace Mecham’s Hybrid Banjos

East Meets West: Wallace Mecham’s Hybrid Banjos
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By challenging the notion of what a traditional banjo should sound like by Western standards, Wallace Mecham hopes to create a hybrid of the Eastern and Western styles of music. … read more

Time For a Tempo Check With Cathy Foy

Time For a Tempo Check With Cathy Foy
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Cathy Foy is the head drum instructor at the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls, where she helps aspiring musicians create original music. … read more

Out of the Woodwork: Four Electric Guitar Luthiers: Ledingham Guitars

Out of the Woodwork: Four Electric Guitar Luthiers: Ledingham Guitars
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After pulling apart guitars at a young age, Casey Ledingham attended Red Rocks Wood Working Department for two years to become a certified luthier. He has since created custom guitars for bands such as Max Pain and the Groovies and Winter Burial. … read more

Out of the Woodwork: Four Utah Electric Luthiers: RIP Custom Guitars

Out of the Woodwork: Four Utah Electric Luthiers: RIP Custom...
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Rob Gray of RIP Custom Guitars offers a variety of guitar building classes: pedal building, basic guitar wiring, neck building, and full electric guitar building workshops. … read more