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Photo courtesy of Phobia the Greatest. Phobia the Greatest walks into the studio and listens to a beat. In 10 seconds, she knows if she can record to it. “I get in the booth, I get on the mic, I sing how I feel,” she says. Her craft, once manifested as poetry in composition books, has now erupted into an art form that leaves behind writing and comes up with songs on the spot. The contagious confidence of her high-spirited sound reflects the energy of this musical process. Years ago, you would have found the independent musician around Salt Lake City, mainly in the West Valley area. Now y...

Photo: Kevin Edwards youngassNICO grew up near Baisley Park in South Jamaica, Queens, the home of the artist’s love for music. He started listening to music in ’98 thanks to $5 bootlegged CDs from the Rite Aid parking lot. Nico grew up in the era of Angie Martinez, DJ Kay Slay, Jay Electronica and more. He would walk around the block and immerse himself in the music pouring out of apartments and cars, spreading the word that 50 Cent was making it big. “As much as I like the new shit, I am so knitted in that gritty New York rap where your bars have to mean something,” he says. �...

Quarantine gave people time to do things they normally wouldn’t have time to do. Some took up new hobbies, while some worked on fitness or caught up on TV shows. Others, like newly formed group No Shooting Friends, Joseph, started a band. Not only did they form a band, but they wrote and produced an entire album, Flicker. No Shooting Friends, Joseph started when guitarist/vocalist Dallin Cerva was messing around on his guitar. “I didn’t intend to start a band,” he says. “I was just trying to see if I could make some songs out of guitar riffs I had made up over the years.” Soon a...

Derek Harman and Jason Bohman became friends when they were in separate groups. Bohman plays drums and ended up filling in one evening for Harman’s band around 2010. During rehearsal, they came up with something that they loved the sound of, and thus began The Anchorage. “We really dug the style that came out and recruited some friends that were awesome musicians. Eleven years later we still love doing it,” says Bohman.  The Anchorage has a unique sound that incorporates several genres in their music. For example, on “Weird Night Sleepy Day,” listeners are greeted with crunchy, hi...

Racers from across the valley converged at Saturday Cycles in hopes of becoming this year's champion at the 9th Annual SLUG Cat bike race.