Month: September 2025
OK Go @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre 09.14.2025
Another successful visit to the Salt Lake Valley is in the books OK Go. Here’s to looking forward to the next one! … read more
Local Review: Blood Cannery – Cannery not Canary
This album perfectly encapsulates what it sounds like to be defiant and relentless as Blood Cannery hammers their sonic identity through listeners’ ears. … read more
The Hives @ The Union 09.13.2025
With incredible energy and music, a “live, human experience” like this should occur yearly, if not more often. … read more
MARINA @ The Union 09.12.2025
MARINA is an artist that proves that a concert doesn’t need flashy moves or pyrotechnics to be worth the price of admission. … read more
Local Review: Ghosts of Cinema – Fantasmagoria
Ghosts of Cinema’s Fantasmagoria can be the score for this point in my life, when I look back on it: slow and steady with bursts of dynamic contrast, many things happening at once. … read more
Local Review: Runestomper — Trials, Pt. II
Trials Pt. II is almost entirely instrumental, which lends itself to creating a soundtrack for the person listening to it. It took me on a futuristic journey as well as a trip into the past. … read more
Edwin McCain
I kind of liked Edwin and his music before I talked to him. After talking to him on the phone I liked him even more. … read more
Film Review: The Baltimorons
The Baltimorons is a pleasant and likeable little film that provides a refreshing alternative to a lot of the dark fare that tends to hit theaters in the fall. … read more
Local Review: The Alpines — Dying Star
If you’re an indie rock fan or just looking for a soundtrack to your crisp autumn evenings, Dying Star is a record you can’t miss out on. … read more
Film Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is in many ways more of an event than it is a movie. I know I’m going easy on it, but for me, it’s still an event to celebrate. … read more
Local Review: Lost Lotteries — Continuous Growth
Right out of the proverbial gates, the band’s charring sound and heady lyrics communicate an understanding of the stakes as well as the breadth of the issues currently plaguing humanity. … read more
Film Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a proper end to a proper English melodrama, and it’s an entertaining diversion that I thoroughly enjoyed. … read more