Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Bronco

CD Reviews: Here We Rest, Painting Pictures of a Perfect Life

POSTED // Apr 19,2011 - Here We Rest is the album Jason Isbell fans have been waiting for since the talented songwriter and guitarist left the Drive-By Truckers in 2007 ...

SXSW 2011 Roundup

POSTED // Mar 22,2011 - People tend to look at the South by Southwest Music Conference through the narrow tunnel of their own musical tastes ...

Soundgarden, Wye Oak, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel

CD Reviews: Live on I-5, Civilian, Turncoats

POSTED // Mar 15,2011 - This live set recorded during Soundgarden’s 1996 West Coast tour captures a band at the peak of its commercial success ...

The Decemberists, Tennis

CD Reviews: The King is Dead, Cape Dory

POSTED // Jan 11,2011 - Colin Meloy’s got a purdy mouth; so would say an old-timin’ troubadour ...

Top 10 Albums of 2010 by Utah Artists

You might not own these albums yet, but you should.

POSTED // Dec 30,2010 - With nearly 200 local albums released this year, it’s a little hard to choose what to grab at the record shop, especially when some of the names are new ...

Top 10 Albums & Concerts of 2010

2010’s best releases range from pop and soul to rock and old-time mountain music.

POSTED // Dec 23,2010 - It’s often difficult to settle on just 10 picks when I create a list of my favorite albums each year...

Azure Ray

CD review: Drawing Down the Moon

POSTED // Sep 14,2010 - After a seven-year hiatus dotted with a variety of projects, Azure Ray and its frontwomen Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor are back, and their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon, is certainly worth the w

Ra Ra Riot, Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses

CD Reviews: The Orchard and Junky Star

POSTED // Aug 31,2010 - New York art-rockers Ra Ra Riot thrive on the dramatic, whether it’s the bold rat-a-tat bass lines that rumble through many of their songs or ...

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, M.I.A.

CD Reviews: Dark Night of the Soul, MAYA

POSTED // Jul 27,2010 - Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's all-star collaboration succeeds; M.I.A. isn't as strong as she used to be.

Tift Merritt & Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein

POSTED // Jun 15,2010 - Tift Merritt burst on the alt-country scene with 2002’s Bramble Rose—thanks to an assist from fellow then-North Carolina resident Ryan Adams...