POSTED // Nov 5,2008 - nnnnSalt Lake City dark-rock (don't call it goth) band Subrosa toured Europe in October, supporting their Swedish label debut Strega. The following is is singer-guitarist Rebecca Vernon's best recollection.n nTouring Europe has been my dream for years, and we finally did it: Subrosa toured for nine solid hellish-amazing days in Europe last month, making it through customs, six country borders...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Oh, to find the perfect wedding of the balmy outdoors and the convenience of a club; the conjugal bliss of a wild, starry night and a full bar with martini olives within easy reach; the joyful joining of a cool breeze straight from nature and a man-made...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Seven *** Doe-eyed Enrique Iglesias is much hotter than Ricky Martin (where is Ricky, anyway?) but this is about the music, right? Looks don’t sell CDs (except in the case of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Staind, Justin Timberlake,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - PHANTOM PLANET Phantom Planet **** Ethereal vocals hover over a background of red-hot rock à la Queens of the Stone Age pump up “Watermark Language.” But then, “Jabberjaw” and “Badd Business” explode via new-wave...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - SHEDAISY Sweet Right Here *** Utah’s own SheDaisy freely admit that they might have overproduced their last album—a commercial dud—and it’s easy to tell why after listening to their easygoing, accessible country pop screaming...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Let the games ... end! The Olympic Opening Ceremonies seemed to be slanted towards a more mature audience with such acts as Sting and the Dixie Chicks, but, probably guessing that the entire mature population of Salt Lake City would be totally wasted...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - YYRKOON Occult Medicine **** Yyrkoon render words like “disaster,” “tragedy” and “chaos” into awe-inspiring, anal-retentively organized sonics. Technical acrobatics dazzle the ear while hopelessness drowns the brain....

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - BLOOD BROTHERS Crimes **** Firmly welding the rough, splintered texture of Kill Me Tomorrow with The Centimeters’ disturbing, spastic dementia gets Blood Brothers high marks for brilliance and change-the-world potential and low marks for bromide....

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - THE HIDDEN HAND Mother Teacher Destroyer **** The Hidden Hand combine the tech-y finesse of Opeth with the bawling elf overtones of Big Business and the fuzz ‘n’ buzz of Sea of Green and Corrosion of Conformity. There’s something ultra-satisfying...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - M.I.A. Arular **** nnM.I.A. sounds like she studied from the feet of Peaches for her teaches on drumbeats and infectious slangy rhymes and nastiness, then hung out with Northern State and Fannypack, who taught her the kitschy street appeal of gross simplicity....