Soundwaves is a biweekly podcast produced by Salt Lake City's SLUG Magazine, an independent free monthly magazine published since 1989. An acronym for Salt Lake UnderGround, SLUG's podcast, Soundwaves, focuses on local musicians and their music or upcoming events in Salt Lake City. For more information visit slugmag.com.
In this episode, SLUG Junior Editor Asha Pruitt reads her review of Whisperhawk’s Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2, released on November 2, 2023. … read more
Parallax is a hardcore band that was popular in the early 2000s, in the Utah Valley. They will be playing Crucial Salt Lake happening May 25, at Soundwell. … read more
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This week’s episode is part of a new segment called Soundwaves Reviews, where we give our listeners an audible edition of our online music reviews. … read more
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In this episode, PERSONA 749 members joined me at the SLUG headquarters where they spoke about their upcoming debut album. … read more
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Cautious Clay, aka Joshua Karpeh, is a singer/songwriter and producer from Cleveland, Ohio. … read more
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In today’s episode, the guys talk about writing their second album, “Player,” and how that move to Chicago actually didn’t go as planned. … read more
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Bad Luck Brigade is a five-member band from Logan, Utah. In this episode, they define their jazzy hip-hop sound and discuss some of the technicalities they’ve discovered together. … read more
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The Mellons are a four-piece baroque pop band residing in Salt Lake City and Provo Utah. The band formed in 2020, and was signed by the label Earth Libraries in 2021. … read more
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Goldmyth is a harpist and singer-songwriter in Provo who crafts dreamy, indie-pop melodies. She chats about balancing motherhood with a successful music career and debuts some unreleased music. … rea…
The guys from Over Under reminisce about their time on tour and what they realized about themselves when their dreams became reality. … read more
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Worlds Worst talks about their first time recording in a studio, what they call the “slacker ethos” and how it’s actually crucial to their band’s sonic fingerprint. … read more
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Anaïs Chantal sits down with SLUG Soundwaves to discuss her new album Where Do I Go?? … read more
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Tyler Harris and Ian Kirby from psych-pop group future.exboyfriend sit down with SLUG Soundwaves to chat about breakups, playing Kilby Block Party and getting high at the gym. … read more
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Western surf-rock outfit Casio Ghost chat about the authenticity of playing actual instruments and existential inspirations in their music, such as the writings of Albert Camus. … read more
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In an exclusive interview with SLUG Soundwaves, psychedelic singer-songwriter Elowyn debuts never-before-heard songs from her upcoming album release. … read more
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SLUG Soundwaves sat down with not one, not two, but all four members of The Apathetics! The band chats about the intersection between pop-punk, emo-punk and skate-punk. … read more
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In an interview with SLUG Soundwaves, guitarist and vocalist Alex Sandoval of Gonk explains why people call their music "punk for kids." … read more
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Mark Dressman of RIP Cassette chats about quarter life crises, wrestling with dissonance and "looking back on this phase of [your] life as if they were polaroid pictures." … read more
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Multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Heath chats about the landscapes she visualizes when composing songs and the addition of heavier metal elements to her eight-piece orchestra. … read more
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Rachael Jenkins talks about their lyrics-first approach to songwriting, struggles with identity after leaving the LDS church and signing with a record label after posting songs on TikTok. … read mor…