Music

In the House

SoFar Sounds brings a different kind of live music concept to SLC.

by Erin Moore

Dome Sweet Dome

Conquer Monster takes their experimental work to an unusual venue: Clark Planetarium's dome theater.

by Erin Moore

Ghosts of Venues Past

A Halloween remembrance of Utah live-music spots that have gone to the other side.

by Erin Moore

In the House

SoFar Sounds brings a different kind of live music concept to SLC.

Nothing is immune to app adaptation these days. Enter: SoFar Sounds—an app where you enter a lottery for randomly-selected tickets to a secret show, with a secret venue, and the info is only revealed about two days in advance.

By Erin Moore November 13, 2019

Into the Mystic

You can soak in some happy tunes in Monroe before you soak in the hot springs.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a small, rural town in Utah that harbors something more special than Monroe does. It has red rocks on one end of the valley, blue mountains on the other, and some of the coolest (not temperature-wise) hot springs in the Intermountain West: Mystic Hot Springs.

By Erin Moore October 23, 2019

No Krooked Path to Success

Krooked Kings find their sound flying by the seat of their pants.

The result is a surprisingly smooth output of indie-rock with a deftly delivered dose of surf that doesn't tip into the region of jangled-out pop that most self-described surf bands deliver.

By Erin Moore October 16, 2019

Joined Voices

Sacred Harp unites singers of all kinds in beautiful vintage songs.

I recently visited two all-day events called singing over a weekend in late September where for the first time in about 15 years, the local Sacred Harp community played host to singers from around the U.S.

By Erin Moore October 9, 2019

October's Musical Thrills

Get in the Halloween spirit with a few tunefully terrifying offerings.

Tinkling, almost-Christmas-y bells give way to low, ominous, throaty bass poings, and truly unsettling goblin-like whispers that build alongside the plucking of guitars and a mandolin-like instrument called a bouzouki.

By Erin Moore October 2, 2019

Locals Only

Crucialfest 9 returns to a focus on heavy Utah bands.

The ticket price is also more reasonable: $6 per day compared to the $50 per day prices of Crucialfest 8.

By Parker s. mortensen September 25, 2019

Living (In) the Dream

Peasantries and Pleasantries is more than a music store to Parker Yates—it's a home.

Owner Parker Yates actually calls his little spot on the corner of (in fact) 8th and 8th "9th Heights," despite it actually being west of 900 East.

By Erin Moore September 18, 2019

Pulled Together

A little initial friction didn't prevent the members of Gravity Castle from finding a creative collaboration.

Artists like Provo-based duo Gravity Castle prove that there are exceptions to that norm.

By Erin Moore September 11, 2019

Inside the Sound

Envelop turns a hot, hectic day into a chance for sonic repose.

San Francisco-based nonprofit Envelop has finally settled on a place to open a new venue locally at 660 N. 300 West in Marmalade.

By Erin Moore September 4, 2019

Summer's Last Dance

Options to get your groove on before a chill is in the air.

Here are four great places to get in one more night of dancing before summer ends, and you don't have to worry about checking your coat everywhere you go.

By Erin Moore August 28, 2019

Dudes to the Back

An educational rant for guys who like music from a girl music editor.

I, a powerful, music-loving woman, watched Rundle, a powerful woman who plays music, from behind and between the shoulders of two tall men in front of me.

By Erin Moore August 21, 2019

Rockin' and Rustlin'

The headliners for Utah Beer Festival's after-parties know how to bring the good times.

At City Weekly's own Utah Beer Festival, you can enjoy a vast selection of beers and local music.

By Erin Moore August 14, 2019

From Busk Till Dawn

Busker Fest celebrates the vitality street performance brings to a city.

Buskers fill a city with a sound that's often as omnipresent as that of traffic—always distant or too-close, always around the corner, bouncing off the concrete and the buildings.

By Erin Moore August 7, 2019

Why Do We Karaoke?

I stopped into four very different SLC bars to see what I could find—which turned out to be a lot of questions about the solitude of the stage and the camaraderie of being part of the audience.

By Erin Moore July 31, 2019

A DJ's Present Is a Record's Past

The Caviar Club collective cover the history of plying the DJ's craft.

After playing music into the night at SLC bars and clubs, churning out hits for 9-to-5ers and youngsters, these friends gather at the small, grotto-ish bar and play their stuff.

By Erin Moore July 24, 2019

Mirror of Disco

Goldie & The Guise re-explore an orphaned musical genre through its queer roots.

It's not often that one finds a small, devoted band in 2019 churning out disco of all things, but that's exactly what we have here in Salt Lake City

By Erin Moore July 17, 2019

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In the House

Dome Sweet Dome

Ghosts of Venues Past

In the House

Into the Mystic

No Krooked Path to Success

Joined Voices

October's Musical Thrills

Locals Only

Living (In) the Dream

Pulled Together

Inside the Sound

Summer's Last Dance

Dudes to the Back

Rockin' and Rustlin'

From Busk Till Dawn

Why Do We Karaoke?

A DJ's Present Is a Record's Past

Mirror of Disco

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