Blaq Void looks to create a label—and an identity—focused on supporting the local music community
By Erin Moore
More notes from the SLC music scene on 2020 (and 2021).
By Erin Moore
Notes from the local music scene on what we've been through and what's to come.
By Erin Moore
Music
Blaq Void looks to create a label—and an identity—focused on supporting the local music community
Though it's been a barren year events-wise, the dance- and party-focused cadre still put on events like one "Enter the Void" party at Soundwell in October, that besides COVID regulations featured rules like "rage responsibly," "consent consent consent," "plan a safe ride home" and other very heartening advice.
By Erin Moore
January 13, 2021
Music
A taste of some of the best individual tunes from Utah musicians.
Utah musicians have been putting out a lot of music this year, and that includes singles. So, here is the roundup that spotlights the cream of 2020's crop.
By Erin Moore
December 23, 2020
Music
The documentary Jingle Bell Rocks! explores the weird, wild world of Christmas songs.
Dorough's distinctive, honeyed voice continues with its bebop ease over the tumbling of Davis's instrumentation: "Blue Christmas, that's the way you see it when you're feeling blue / Blue Xmas, when you're blue at Christmastime you see right through / all the waste, all the sham, all the haste / and plain old bad taste."
By Erin Moore
December 16, 2020
Music
Ideas for the music-lover on your holiday list
This holiday is like no other before it, in that many people have been deeply financially impacted by this unprecedented yea.
By Erin Moore
December 9, 2020
Music
Nick Passey turns his superfan knowledge into a resource for music lovers and artists.
"We all have that one friend who's super into something, and any time that you need help with that thing, you go to them. 'Which car should I buy? Which phone should I buy? I probably could figure it out, but this person's obsessed with that.' I'm kind of that guy with music."
By Erin Moore
December 2, 2020
Music
Finding music in unusual places while fighting off the 'rona.
Below is a log of how I've dealt with the uncanny experience of harboring the killer virus while restlessly bobbing around my apartment. Feel more than free to borrow my coping mechanisms.
By Erin Moore
November 25, 2020
Music
Utah musicians turn to the popular app to help advance their careers.
In the ever-changing landscape of the internet, trends rule—and the biggest trend right now is TikTok. With its emphasis on lip syncing, the app adds a decidedly musical bent to the short format popularized on long gone apps like Vine, and with viral songs just as integral as the video elements, the app has launched some artists to fame.
By Erin Moore
November 18, 2020
Music
Utah State's team keeps the Cache Valley music scene connected.
For the second part of City Weekly's college radio investigation, we turn northward, up to Utah State University, the home of Aggie Radio and its diverse group of student directors, who help lay out the whole, complicated nature of running college radio—and living as students—through a pandemic year
By Erin Moore
November 11, 2020
Music
How college radio is trying to stay vital in a difficult time.
This week, City Weekly starts a brief investigation of the small world of college radio stations—and more specifically, their pandemic survival strategies.
By Erin Moore
November 4, 2020
Music
Musical selections to get you in the Halloween mood
For anyone who loves to get into the spirit of the holidays, particularly one as delightful as Halloween, it can be a challenge to find music that goes beyond "Monster Mash" or the extra long version of "Thriller."
By Erin Moore
October 28, 2020
Music
A Halloween variety fundraiser gathers support for Decarcerate Utah
Van Sleen, along with fellow DU member Shaylee Syme, will be hosting a Punk Rock Halloween-inspired variety show and silent auction to benefit the efforts of DU's Community Bail Fund, a project with the goal of helping incarcerated Salt Lakers get back to living their lives.
By Erin Moore
October 21, 2020
Music
Cecil Smith discovers—and releases—a record he doesn't recall having made.
While it may seem obvious to point out that art is usually fundamentally tethered to its creator, it seems that sometimes the relationship between the maker and the made can fracture from reality.
By Erin Moore
October 14, 2020
Music
Russ Wood of Eichlers applies a new genre to fun, silly, unpretentious songwriting
To understand the music of Eichlers—the solo project of local Russ Wood—you'd better be familiar with the entirely unique world of emo trap.
By Erin Moore
October 7, 2020
Music
A local music archive goes visual with a new kind of showcase for artists.
What came of that impulse is HUM-TV, a public access TV-style video series that not only gives local musicians a new spotlight, but provides a jolt for local music-lovers, too.
By Erin Moore
September 30, 2020
Music
SLC-born Muzzle Tung evolves with a new lineup, new music and new video content.
The intense haunted house of a rock album was just one marker on the journey of Muzzle Tung, which would feature a rotating cast of supporters and collaborators over the years.
By Erin Moore
September 23, 2020
Music
A big blackout provides a reminder of the connections between music, electricity and climate.
Last week, I hiked through a smoke-filled canyon in Wyoming. The next day, in Salt Lake City, a bizarre Eastern windstorm swept down the mountains, violently felling many trees and disrupting power.
By Erin Moore
September 16, 2020
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