Year: 2024
Review: Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
Mdou Moctar is part of a modern recreation of the Assouf genre that embraces many more elements of American classic rock. … read more
Review: Hobo Johnson – FLOOD THE EARTH AGAIN/JANSPORT
Hobo Johnson reflects on his loss, all the while managing to throw out other wild-card topics such as the effects of capitalism. … read more
Local Review: Zodiac Killer – Bonded by Morbid Brutality
All in all, Bonded By Morbid Brutality stands up to, and even higher than, Zodiac Killer’s other releases. … read more
Local Review: Sunny Day Soap Opera – Me & The...
Sunny Day Soap Opera’s newest release is swelling, orchestral, full-bodied and builds a feeling of melancholic rage. … read more
Local Review: Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions – Never...
Gary Dranow’s Never Give Up is an album… that’s it. Trust me, I really wanted this to be more engaging than your run-of-the-mill Americana album. … read more
Wētā’s Phillip Leonhardt on The Evolution of Apes and VFX
Leonardt has worked on all four of installments of the modern Planet of the Apes series, starting with the 2011 release Rise of the Planet of the Apes, followed by Dawn of The Planet of the Apes in 2014 and War for the Planet of Apes in 2017. … read more
Written in Blood: Hard Music for a Hard World
This, as with any good eulogy, will reflect on the greatness of a life. The life being one of the greatest bands that ever existed. … read more
Film Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
This feels more like the work of a filmmaker who has been told he’s a visionary and is too eager to bask in the glow of that pronouncement. … read more
Film Review: The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie didn’t have to be a great film to win me over. It just had to live up to its title. … read more
IDLES @ The Union 5.17
IDLES returned to SLC with a vengeance. Joe Talbots’ Pro-Palestinian message rang louder than any song they played that night. … read more
The 12th Annual SLUG Cat Presented By Fat Tire
The 12th Annual SLUG Cat Presented By Fat Tire took place on Saturday, May 18, featuring games, a manifest of clues, a swarm of bicyclists and amazing sponsors. … read more
Past and Present Collide with Pat Ring’s Newest Skate Film...
Patrick Ring, also known as Pat or P Ring is a local skier and filmmaker in Salt Lake City. … read more