POSTED // Jun 26,2012 - Vicki Mann has toys on her desk. And one in particular holds special value. Her must-have office ornament is a stuffed dog, Dug, from Up, whose line is “Squirrel!” “He’s always looking for the squirrel,” Mann says.

POSTED // Jun 21,2012 - Rest your eyes from the visual smorgasbord at the 36th-annual Utah Arts Festival, and let your ears do the artistic appreciation for a while.

POSTED // Jun 21,2012 - Scott Hansen is a patient but determined man. As the mastermind of ambient electronica project Tycho and the graphic designer also known as ISO50, Hansen speaks about carefully thought-through plans

POSTED // Jun 20,2012 - The second-annual Crucial Fest launches Wednesday, June 20, at The Woodshed, beginning a 14-concert program that will carry over two weeks at six different venues.

POSTED // Jun 14,2012 - It’s hot in Albuquerque, N.M. The a/c is blasting in Les Claypool’s hotel room; Deadliest Catch is on TV. The bassist extraordinaire loves reality television—about fishing, at least.

POSTED // Jun 14,2012 - For the guys in This Will Destroy You, the Texas-based instrumental-rock band, life has been a roller-coaster ride since the release of their first EP, Young Mountain, in 2006.

POSTED // Jun 12,2012 - A collective, 1,000-person group hug knelt in the dirt before the main stage to “send energy into the universe” at the “Consciousness Ceremony” Friday night.

POSTED // Jun 7,2012 - According to him, part of the show's purpose is to demonstrate the motivation behind the music.

POSTED // Jun 7,2012 - The bands you get into as a pissed-off teenager tend to stick with you, having been discovered during such critical years. Post-hardcore four-piece Thrice was one of those bands for me.

POSTED // Jun 6,2012 - This month, the logo-ubiquitous Heavy Metal Shop (63 Exchange Place, HeavyMetalShop.com) celebrates 25 years of rock & retail, and owner Kevin Kirk is throwing a party on Sunday, June 10