POSTED // May 24,2012 - Charity Rose Thielen challenged Brinton Jones to a friendly bet. Jones and the rest of Salt Lake City’s The Devil Whale were recording Teeth in 2010 at Studio Litho in Seattle,

POSTED // May 16,2012 - Michael Pollan slapped Mike Cundick in the face. The best-selling author and food-policy activist, Pollan, doesn’t have anything against the lead singer of local punk band Loom, he’s just like that

POSTED // May 8,2012 - Only virgins were allowed to rake the coveted, hand-harvested French sea salt called fleur de sel (translated: “flower of salt”), or so the story goes.

POSTED // May 3,2012 - His friend spent a few hours on the outer rings of Saturn, but Braden McKenna won’t describe the landscape he was transported to after ingesting hallucinogenic mushrooms while listening to Free Magick.

POSTED // May 1,2012 - I know it’s spring when fresh asparagus is roasting and its scent, accented by truffle salt, fills my kitchen.

POSTED // Apr 26,2012 - For a guys’ night out, Cody Christensen wears a cardigan and tie rather than a Utah Jazz jersey; instead of nachos and beer, he and his friends eat tiny cupcakes and drink Pinot Noir as they hobnob with world-class classical musicians.

POSTED // Apr 19,2012 - “Woahmen chi ba,” Luke Williams says over dim sum. It translates to “Let’s eat”—it’s the only Mandarin phrase the multi-instrumentalist in Matteo, a Chinese-American hybrid folk band, knows.

POSTED // Apr 12,2012 - Musicians rarely have a one-on-one experience with listeners, whether playing at a bar or in that they're not there when someone has headphones on.

POSTED // Apr 10,2012 - Frontman Tyler Glenn sings “Hey baby, won’t you look my way/ I can be your new addiction” on lead single “Everybody Talks" ...

POSTED // Apr 5,2012 - Imagine indie-rock band of Montreal on a DIY budget, but the irony is that the band wants to direct attention off the stage.