POSTED // Nov 17,2011 - When asked if he ever books metal shows, University of Utah public-relations student and club investor Rick Jones laughs and retorts, “What for? Nostalgia?”

POSTED // Nov 17,2011 - There’s a new instrumental “supergroup” attracting buzz in Zion. The Chickens are a septet consisting of members from local reggae, ska, jazz and country bands such as Insatiable and 2 1/2 White Guys

POSTED // Nov 10,2011 - Ra Ra Riot's Twitter followers have had the chance to win spots on the band's guest list for many gigs by answering obscure baseball and hockey trivia questions.

POSTED // Nov 10,2011 - With a name like Young Yet Brilliant Sleuths (YYBS), it would seem that they could easily get to the bottom of a lineup that works. Elementary, my dear Watson? Not quite.

POSTED // Nov 3,2011 - The home serves as the base of operations for Northplatte Records—co-owned with McKay Stevens

POSTED // Nov 3,2011 - Seafarers will tell you there’s a calm right before the storm. Then, gale-force winds and sideways rains might blow a boat to smithereens.

POSTED // Nov 2,2011 - Before metal splintered into factions, each trying to be more metal than the other, Judas Priest—along with Black Sabbath and AC/DC—formed a power troika of bands to fear. Priest, while thoroughly metal, was the least sinister. Clad head-to-toe in leather, Rob Halford and mates were more like bikers than bloodthirsty cultists, and they covered freakin’ Joan Baez and Fleetwood Mac. Halford barely had long hair, but his mighty voice conveyed a nonspecific threat, and the unknown is deeply fearsome.

POSTED // Oct 27,2011 - Where to get your Halloween rock on in Salt Lake City tonight.

POSTED // Oct 27,2011 - The studio at Midnight Records on Main Steet has a loose connection to serial killer Ted Bundy, but only through the local five-piece rock band Max Pain & The Groovies.

POSTED // Oct 27,2011 - We like to portray songwriters as craftspeople, hailing their craftsmanship as though they make canoes instead of songs.