Catch up with new music by local arts on Bandcamp's day.
by Erin Moore
Music venues are forced to stand together to survive the economic cost of the pandemic
by Erin Moore
Salt Lake City's Rock Camp takes its mission to support the creativity of marginalized youth online.
by Emma Roberts
Music
Catch up with new music by local arts on Bandcamp's day.
For the past few months, Bandcamp has been doing its part to help small artists gain back some of the income lost from canceled tours and shows by waiving fees for 24-hours at the beginning of each month.
By Erin Moore
May 27, 2020
Music
Local record shops adapt to the pandemic with ideas they might just keep going.
The business of selling music has been uniquely impacted—record stores, generally places to go and linger while crate-sifting, have gotten crafty in the face of COVID-19. They're also now considering what changes are worth keeping for the future.
By Erin Moore
May 6, 2020
Music
Choir Boy explores beginnings, endings and creating your own happiness on Gathering Swans
At this point, local band Choir Boy isn't just a common name around town, but in indie music communities all over the world.
By Erin Moore
April 29, 2020
Music
Musicians get creative to find income streams during the pandemic
It's a scrappy way to earn that requires a constant creative approach to money-making and sensing opportunity, even as the loss of avenues for playing live music leaves musicians—including many locals—struggling.
By Erin Moore
April 22, 2020
Music
Branson Anderson finds sincerity in his own sense of isolation.
The release of his video for "To Kill a Mockingbird" (out Wednesday, April 15) confirms visually what his music suggests—that Anderson knows the value of going it alone, and getting to know oneself along the way.
By Erin Moore
April 15, 2020
Music
And while most people are finding fresh new ways of getting online inspired by not being able to go out, the artists of local electronic label Hel Audio are way ahead of the curve.
By Erin Moore
April 8, 2020
Music
In a time of isolation, Jacob Skeen shows the talents of an actual one-man band.
Not every individual has the guts to perfect the chaotic skill of playing a bunch of instruments at the same time, all while achieving a cohesive, filled-out sound. But prolific local artist Jacob T. Skeen does.
By Erin Moore
April 1, 2020
Music
Exploring the reality of an extended closure of live-music venues—and the impacts on booking.
If you've stumbled into this music section looking for reprieve from the endless sprawl of pandemic news, I'm sorry to say we've got more.
By Erin Moore
March 25, 2020
Music
First Daze's indie pop was born from one deep friendship.
Co-vocalists and guitarists Taylor Lines and Gui Peláez founded the band in 2013, and their deep friendship always will define the band's focus on harmony over technical skill.
By Parker S. Mortensen
March 18, 2020
Music
Literally and metaphorically, KSM Music puts together the pieces of the Logan music community.
>In a small-town music scene, every little bit counts.
By Nic Renshaw
March 4, 2020
Music
Creating a space for thinking about the past and future of local music.
The colloquialism "Small Lake City" is almost a proverb here, where everyone seems to know everyone. But that wasn't the case when I showed up this month to the first Artist Town Hall at Urban Lounge.
By Erin Moore
February 26, 2020
Music
A chilly Sunday shows a town's music scene isn't defined only by what happens after dark.
My favorite place to get away from home for a day is Ogden. While SLC's historic downtown buildings have skyscraper neighbors and our slopes ooze silicon, Ogden's streets remain delightfully vintage, and their culture easygoing.
By Erin Moore
February 19, 2020
Music
NVM expand their personal moody sound to put themselves in the listeners' shoes.
While they started out in 2016 scratching an itch to write a few sad rock songs, St. George-based shoegaze number NVM have moved onto bigger goals—some as lofty as making the whole world cry.
By Zaina Abujebarah
February 12, 2020
Music
Salt Lake City sees new events and venues pop up as its population rises.
If you're jonesing to groove to dark wave, disco, funky house or anything else a little different, look out for these names.
By Erin Moore
February 5, 2020
Music
After a separation, the members of Moodlite found their way back to playing together.
Have you ever experienced one of those movie-like moments where you're about to leave a place or a person and realize you really don't want to? Katya Schweiner certainly has.
By Erin Moore
January 29, 2020
Music
Ophelia trailblazes an identity mixing songs with conceptual art.
After nearly two years, local dream pop artist Ophelia (soundcloud.com/opheliaopheliaophelia) is releasing their debut EP Like a Lover on Saturday Feb. 15, emerging from an incubation period of personal growth and ready to stake a claim in the heart of Salt Lake's arts scene. The 22-year-old artist's dreamy synths are a bed for their avant-garde evangelism—a series of Kate Bush-esque reflections and responses to the world around them.
By Parker S. Mortensen
January 22, 2020
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