http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8404-1-music-articles.html By Kolbie Stonehocker

This six-member ska/reggae outfit, led by singer Lauren Hoyt, just released a self-titled album in May, and the nine songs are catchy examples of ska’s continual strong presence in Utah.]]> By Austen Diamond

It’s either beautifully brilliant or ridiculously irrelevant, and Joshua Tillman, aka Father John Misty, entertains both of these two not-mutually-exclusive viewpoints regarding whom he follows on Twitter. ]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

When I met with Orem-based all-girl band The Blue Aces at the downtown Coffee Garden for an interview, I never would’ve guessed ...]]> By Brian Palmer

Grace Potter & the Nocturnals are clearly doing something right. The indie-rock five-piece has been seen and heard just about everywhere the past few years, including on TV shows The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ]]> By Gavin Sheehan

Like a hurricane hitting a shore, the heavy-rock Salt Lake City band Light/Black has rolled into the local music scene and left a path of musical destruction in its wake.]]> By Colin Wolf

If you’re in your late 20s or early 30s, you more than likely have some distant memory of a music video called “Particle Man” from the Warner Bros. cartoon show Tiny Toon Adventures. ]]> By Reyan Ali

Should you ever forget what’s hot in contemporary pop music, crank up Crystal Fighters’ “I Love London.” The track, which appears on Fighters’ 2010 full-length debut, Star of Love, ]]> By Randy Harward

“Is your name Dave?” “It is!” Dave “Gruber” Allen replied. He has the same friendly demeanor as Jeff Rosso, the high school counselor he played on the beloved canceled-too-soon series Freaks & Geeks. ]]> By Austen Diamond

Michelle Tanner was at Pickin’ in the Pines, a bluegrass- and acoustic-music festival based in Flagstaff, Ariz., listening to Dan Kruger’s banjo, when she felt so moved that she decided to take action. ]]> By Colin Wolf

Right now, no rapper is hustling harder than the godfather of Southern-crunk: Jordan Houston, aka Juicy J. His highly anticipated third studio album, Stay Trippy, drops in July; Washington Post named his lead single, “Bandz a Make ]]> By Brian Palmer

To hear Alex Brown Church, the singer and lead songwriter of the indie-rock band Sea Wolf, talk, it’s no surprise that almost three years elapsed between his latest release, Old World Romance, and the previous record, ]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

Seeing the Mariachi Divas onstage for the first time probably makes many people do a double-take. Not only is each of the 15 musicians female—rare in the male-dominated genre of mariachi music]]> By Brian Staker

Tom Fec of Black Moth Super Rainbow has always been a musical chameleon, but then, his music is like the field recordings at a sanitarium—if there were an early-’70s dance party going on—with period synthesizers ]]> By John Paul Brophy

Willie Nelson had a birthday April 30—no doubt one that was filled with gifts, wrapped and/or rolled.]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

Sitting around a firepit at The Woodshed with local folk-punk five-piece Folk Hogan is comparable to gathering with a troop of grizzled fisherman to swap tall tales—it’s a type of storytelling where the line ]]> By Katherin Nelson

Although today, Brazil’s proclivity for exporting hot beauty trends, Victoria’s Secret models and good music has made it commonplace for Americans to treat their tresses with formaldehyde and their nether regions with wax ]]> By Randy Harward

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.]]> By Reyan Ali

To get technical about it, Drew Lustman’s encounters with electronic music predate him having an age.]]> By Austen Diamond

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. ]]> By Brian Palmer

Tim Fogarty, one half of the duo that makes up El Ten Eleven, is struggling to contain his anger. “I hope they die, honestly,” he says with a what-can-you-do sort of laugh. ]]>