POSTED // Jan 5,2012 - There’s a continuum in music between the beauty of straight, unvarnished sentiment (Hank Williams, The Ramones) and the grandiose elegance of arty sophistication (Pink Floyd, Radiohead).

POSTED // Dec 29,2011 - It's kind of vulnerable to share these, to give a glimpse at my life and what I needed from music over the past calendar year.

POSTED // Dec 29,2011 - Every year, there are big local albums that get major attention. This year, it was SubRosa, the Suicycles, Spell Talk, Palace of Buddies, Starmy ...

POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Holiday tunes you could be listenin' to instead of microwaveable chestnuts by showboatin' chanteuses and Bing Crosby wannabes.

POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Watching Giraffula’s first music video, “Remembrances,” a few insights about the man behind the show become clear: When performing, in video and onstage, Seth Cook likes to wear animal masks and ’80s-era Budweiser short shorts

POSTED // Dec 22,2011 - Let’s go, Voltron Force! Operation Voltron Christmas—taking its name from the 1980s anime series Voltron, about vehicles uniting to become a giant robot and defend the universe

POSTED // Dec 20,2011 - At exactly 8:05 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10—right as I happened to be walking up to Velour ...

POSTED // Dec 15,2011 - MusicGarage, a Salt Lake City-based music-performance and education nonprofit, just unveiled a brand-new, multipurpose rehearsal studio and performance space that still has a hip, underground feel becoming of its name.

POSTED // Dec 15,2011 - OK, so MoTab is already pretty renowned, what with having performed for every president since Taft and in almost 30 countries.

POSTED // Dec 15,2011 - The other five members of Red Rock Rondo smile at each other and silently laugh when Phillip Bimstein sings the individual symphonic parts of his score.