Year: 2025
Contributor Limelight: Kyle Forbush
Kyle Forbush is a diligent copy editor, passionate music reviewer and extraordinary Editorial Intern. … read more
Local Review: Cody Hsu — snow day
snow day is the perfect soundscape to cauterize your feelings to within the purgatory of your bedroom. … read more
Local Review: Ńix – CIGARETTE TALKS
I have a soft spot for late-2010s Soundcloud rap. CIGARETTE TALKS takes all of the best parts of those sounds and combines them with acoustic and electric guitars, brought to a slow blur of R&B and alt-rock. … read more
Review: Wednesday — Bleeds
Bleeds is in the sweet spot somewhere between proto-grunge and post-hardcore. It’s melodic but hard. The lyrics are wry but sardonic. … read more
Bold & Beautiful: Kory Edgewood
A sexy rock ‘n’ roller is how Kory Edgewood describes himself. With his heart and soul rooted in classic rock music. … read more
Review: Big Thief — Double Infinity
Double Infinity is a tremendously thought-out concept album that captures the less tangible elements of love and connection. … read more
Film Review: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie:...
For fans of the series, this is their chance to see some of their favorite side characters take center stage. … read more
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
