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

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

POSTED // Sep 15,2011 - Gross said Fisch's staticky, laid-back groove reminded him of an evening in late spring or early summer when he was planting a garden, and "other nice things."

POSTED // Sep 8,2011 - He sounds weathered, worn out. It’s tough to reconcile this voice with the one that moans and shouts with such conviction on No Time for Dreaming.

POSTED // Aug 24,2011 - He also has over 60 beer pairings under his belt, so we figured Capt’n Crompton oughta be able to handle these puzzlers.

POSTED // Aug 24,2011 - We Utahns have unique problems and obstacles that are difficult for people nationally and globally to wrap their heads around

POSTED // Aug 24,2011 - They say you don’t buy beer—you rent it. But does beer really produce more urine than water or other beverages? If so, how?