Music Previews

Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dead Confederate, Coliseum, Moab Music Fest, Mumly Troll, Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses & Suckers

Live: Music Picks September 2-8

Vampire Weekend might be the funkiest collection of white college kids...

The Essentials

NCAA Football: Pittsburgh at Utah; Washington at BYU

Sept. 2 at Rice Eccles Stadium & Sept. 4 at LaVell Edwards Stadium

Sometime around 2020 or beyond, your kids or grandkids will ask, “How come everybody from Utah and BYU hates each other so much when they don’t even play in the same league?”

Music Previews

Avett Brothers Avoid Cliche Brother-Band Disputes.

Fri. Sept. 3 at Deer Valley

Brother bands have a unique connection. Take, for instance, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, the Everly Brothers, Kings of Leon, Radiohead—the list goes on.

Citizen Revolt

Guadalupe Schools, Muslim Fast-a-thon & Funky 5K

Time to take your activism back to school by helping out worthy causes, like becoming a volunteer English teacher for the Guadalupe Schools. If you’re a starving student...

Club Matters

Dive of The Month: Duffy’s Tavern

Neighborhood bars are an interesting phenomenon in the City of Salt—they both exist and thrive in parts of town where no dance club would draw a crowd.

Music Previews

Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice Introduce a New Joint Effort

Wed. Sept. 8 at the State Room

The list of boy-girl singing duos isn’t especially long, but when you find the right combination of performers, it can be magic. Consider some of the great examples from pop history...

Steam Dream: Utah's Geothermal Energy Potential

Utah tempts entrepreneurs with its trifecta of renewable energy sources.

It’s the kind of thing that’s “hiding in plain sight.” Most renewable-energy sources are so obvious and abundant, they're almost invisible.

True TV

Sons of Anarchy, America’s Next Top Model, Hellcats & Terriers

Bike Force: Harleys, models, cheerleaders and no dogs.

Season Premiere: Back in the first season, The Only TV Column That Matters™ had only one criticism of Sons of Anarchy: Jax (Charlie Hunnam) seemed a little soft...

The Essentials

Debra Drecksel: Hidden Dimensions

Sept. 2 & Sept. 4

Utah native Debra Drecksel wears enough hats that you’d wonder if she were a hydra. The one-time attorney has found success as a personal and corporate trainer...