POSTED // May 9,2013 - Clad in a respectable, gentlemanly suit accessorized with a smartly worn cowboy hat, Junior Brown cuts a fatherly, 1950s figure. His resonant baritone is mellow, with just a hint of don’t-fuck-with-me-and-I-won’t-fuck-with-you attitude—and a wickedly dry sense of humor.

POSTED // Apr 12,2013 - Colin Hay is on the move, driving away from his home in Topanga Canyon, Calif. His momentum is his own, he says ...

POSTED // Apr 11,2013 - Brian Baker has played guitar in bands for 34 years—19 of those in Bad Religion. He was a founding member of esteemed punk bands Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Government Issue and the notorious Meatmen

POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - Talk about your meteoric rises. Right now, Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait is hanging out in Donald Trump’s green room at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

POSTED // Feb 18,2013 - Locals and visitors can really discover Salt Lake City—and the world—by seeing it through its art and artifacts, and the wide-eyed, sharp-tongued critiques of children.

POSTED // Feb 18,2013 - Newcomers and even Salt Lake City locals might be surprised to discover there’s a lot more color—literal and figurative—here than they’d previously heard. We’re beginning

POSTED // Dec 13,2012 - One Christmas, Justin Shandor’s mother gave his father some Elvis cologne. “He never opened it,” says the 28-year-old Elvis impersonator.

POSTED // Dec 7,2012 - Even when it’s out of season, alternative Xmas music is a riot. But when the stores break out the cinnamon- pine-cone stench and equally noisome Christmas muzak and maudlin mainstream country covers, it’s essential.

POSTED // Nov 29,2012 - Megadeth’s 13-album discography is littered with similar songs, where Mustaine laments puppet politicians, the military-industrial complex, censorship, poverty and the environment. Dude’s a liberal, right?

POSTED // Nov 1,2012 - It’s kind of a weird juxtaposition, Crushed Out recording their beachy, vaguely twangy garage rock with images of Brooklyn and a snowy or verdant New Hampshire countryside.