Music
Prelude to Invasion: Questions for Another Ska Revival.
Blazing a checkered trail through North America, the Ska Revival Tour is about to land on the salty shores of Salt Lake City on August 6th. While ska music has not died out, this revival tour seeks to shine a spot light on an otherwise overlooked and perhaps under appreciated genre. … read more
These Little Hands: The Craft of Lindsay Heath
If a guy with a golden horn can serve as emblem of mainstream Salt Lake, then songwriter Lindsay Heath may well be our underground’s anti-Moroni. … read more
Your Summer Road Trip: Total Fest 2014
Imagine a festival where you could see killer bands like Shannon and the Clams and Wolf Eyes, Kitten Forever and White Night, for only $50 and only a seven-hour drive away from our beloved Salty City. … read more
Dirty Provo
In the greater art community, as a whole, there is a special bond between the people that are trying to make Provo just a little more beautiful and cultured. Like a shared mission—for lack of a better term—to show whomever is willing to pay attention how special Provo is. Enter Jacob Hall of Dirty Provo. … read more
Josh Stippich and Electronluv: An Ear For Beauty
Clean in design, visually dramatic and imposing yet subtly stylish, E3—also going under his brand ElectronLuv—has its own, distinct look. … read more
Urban Wild: Crook & The Bluff Meet Craft Lake City,...
Wilford and Dath met eight years ago, when they moved in together, but they didn’t start playing music until just over a year ago. Since then, they have been detonating music out of two guitars that is much more thunderous than you would imagine, aided by some extra hardware. … read more
VCR – AFT: VCR-5 at the CLC DIY Fest
The epitome of the term “DIY music,” Greathouse produces and performs from a stack of old VCRs rewired to work as instruments. … read more
Localized: Koala Temple
This month’s Localized features experimental wizard rockers Koala Temple and the cinematic poetry of existential ’70s punk weirdos Pentagraham Crackers. Drum and guitar duo Dog Sweat open. As always, $5 will get you in to Urban Lounge on Aug. 15 for a night of rock n’ roll, Salt Lake City style. Sponsored by Fat Tire, Spilt Ink SLC and KRCL 90.9FM! … read more
Grendel 101: An Interview with VLRK
Finally, a powerhouse aggrotech EBM artist is making a stop in the Beehive state. Regretfully, most of these musicians pass over us, completely unaware of just how dedicated our music community is. I am very excited that the word is getting out about how fanatical we are when it comes to music. … read more
Energizing Salt Lake’s Electronic Scene: An Interview With V2 Productions
With Das Energi just a few weeks away, we talked about what fans can anticipate, as well as some of my personal, burning questions involving what it takes to pull off such a big event. … read more