POSTED // Dec 8,2011 - Eric Rich may be best known for his outdoor performances at the Downtown Farmers Market, but for this local musician, the pianobike-guy persona ...

POSTED // Dec 8,2011 - In Velour’s lobby and on the sidewalk, where 100 or more folks are lined up for The Moth & The Flame’s 11/11/11 CD release show, there are sculptures of giants: Art meets art rock.

POSTED // Dec 8,2011 - You know you’re making it in music when you learn you’re going to be opening shows for a band that’s not only been one of your biggest influences, but also one of your reasons for making music in the first place.

POSTED // Dec 2,2011 - It’s been 35 years since punk reared its mohawked head with self-effacing irreverence and joyous chaos, laying waste to the pretense of its rock-god forebears.

POSTED // Dec 1,2011 - The puffy orb of a marshmallow arcs through space, seemingly in slow motion, lobbed from a blue hand to its intended target.

POSTED // Dec 1,2011 - Utah County may be home to a dominant indie/folk scene that’s taken root at music venues like Velour, but the local hip-hop crowd has been steadily chugging along and gaining traction with less fanfare

POSTED // Nov 30,2011 - Kristen Merrill is considered the doyenne of singers in Salt Lake City. She died peacefully in her home Monday, Nov. 21.

POSTED // Nov 25,2011 - The day before Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter plays in Salt Lake City, F.W. Murnau’s vampire movie Nosferatu plays at the Tower Theatre.

POSTED // Nov 25,2011 - A song is like a recipe. The right combination of ingredients in just the right amounts is what it takes to make something that really pleases the senses, whether auditory or gustatory.

POSTED // Nov 25,2011 - Camden Chamberlain (The Suicycles): I’m most thankful for my house/recording studio and the fact that my whole band lives here