POSTED // May 1,2013 - A woman had fallen through the caving-in floor—that’s what we were told after the encore. The floor over the orchestra pit at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn., couldn’t stand the weight of the sweaty, spinning mosh

POSTED // Apr 25,2013 - When we book bands to play in our annual awards show—this year there are 22 bands in seven show-cases—we strive to match genres to make for a cohesive concert.

POSTED // Apr 18,2013 - “Holy shit, Joe McQueen is real,” thought Brad Wheeler when, years ago at an Ogden bar, he first met the saxophone player, who turns 94 this month.

POSTED // Apr 2,2013 - James Loomis’ approach at 2012’s DJ Spin-off was “to mix as tight and fast as possible, which is as risky as it gets, and to incorporate a bunch of my own music.”

POSTED // Mar 21,2013 - It’s the stuff of dreams, Imagine Dragon’s chart-soaring 2012 LP Night Visions. Based largely on the subconscious nonsense that comes during deep sleep, the album—and singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive,”

POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - A new music discovery is one of the supreme joys of appreciating—really digging into—the art. Maybe you’ve heard of Neon Trees, King Niko, Max Pain & the Groovies, Tolchock Trio and others for the first time

POSTED // Mar 7,2013 - If two leading ladies of indie rock were given the chance to turn the table on the typical interview process and become both the interviewer and interviewee—of each other—what would they talk about?

POSTED // Feb 28,2013 - Upon learning about Darwin Smith’s love of existentialism—add that to his off-kilter inclinations and wry sense of humor—this query seemed like the best way to start what would hopefully be a provocative interview.

POSTED // Feb 21,2013 - RJD2 laid a square egg and it cracked open on Mark Wursten’s coffee table. The bassist and amateur guitar- effects-pedal builder is displaying the innards of a green Russian Big Muff Pi—actually, it’s a clone

POSTED // Feb 20,2013 - My former roommate, a semi-professional rock climber, had torn a tendon in his finger and was desperate to get back on the rock. He swore by acupuncture as the quickest way to heal from injury.