Locally sourced tunes that capture the sentiments and sounds of the season.
by Randy Harward
On its third shot, nightlife rager is out to give 'food porn' a new meaning.
by Randy Harward
Salt Lake City psych-shoegaze duo BYSTS charge out on their own.
by Alex Springer
Former Canyons members find substance in new band.
Hearing that Canyons broke up late last year sucked.
By Randy Harward
June 7, 2017
Marcy Playground's debut album is 20 years old—but let's talk Shapeshifter.
Marcy Playground is touring to celebrate 20 years since the launch of their self-titled debut album, released on vinyl for the first time on Record Store Day 2017.
By Randy Harward
June 7, 2017
One of the artists behind the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover prefers to look forward.
Fifty years ago, Jann Haworth helped create what is likely the most famous album cover ever.
By Kimball Bennion
May 31, 2017
The Invincible Czars conquer two forms of media at once.
At South by Southwest in 2012, virtuoso guitarist Gary Lucas performed a new, original score to Coffin Joe's 1967 psychedelic horror film.
By Randy Harward
May 24, 2017
Canadian band The Sadies are content with American cult status.
The Sadies certainly have proven their mettle.
By Lee Zimmerman
May 24, 2017
The 32nd Living Traditions Festival delivers music of the world to our doorstep.
Culture is good, they said when we were kids.
By Randy Harward
May 17, 2017
After 50 years, Ian Anderson still aims to give Jethro Tull fans a real experience.
The legendary British rock 'n' roll band Jethro Tull has existed in one form or another for a half-century.
By Bill Kopp
May 17, 2017
Julian Koster takes his podcast The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) on tour.
It's fitting that this conversation with Julian Koster takes place over the phone.
By Alex Springer
May 10, 2017
The Wild Reeds offer sweet harmonies and head butts.
Soaring vocal harmonies really make a song.
By Lee Zimmerman
May 10, 2017
Taking many forms, Acid Mothers Temple is all things.
Osaka, Japan's Acid Mothers Temple is more than a rock 'n' roll band; it's an immense, free-floating, mind-blowing mothership of psychedelic sound.
By Brian Staker
May 3, 2017
The pride of Provo, Joshua James evolves through My Spirit Sister.
The places that Joshua James' music takes you can have a profound and lasting effect.
By Gavin Sheehan
May 3, 2017
Post-punk duo Civil Lust seeks balance and composure on their debut EP.
What's civilized about something as primal as lust, which leads to grunt-y rutting?
By Randy Harward
April 26, 2017
You've never heard these Johnny Mathis tunes.
Three-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Mathis has been a staggeringly popular recording artist and performer for more than 60 years.
By Bill Kopp
April 26, 2017
With 'Ménage a Trois,' three of Salt Lake City's best bands attempt a deeper musical engagement.
Look at that picture. Do you see the lengths to which some musicians will go for attention?
By Randy Harward
April 19, 2017
The birth of SLC trip-pop group Tarot Death Card.
Any horror movie that involves a spooky-ass fortune-teller inevitably has that scene where said soothsayer forebodingly flips over a card, revealing the malicious rictus of death—the Grim Reaper.
By Alex Springer
April 19, 2017
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