Authors: Billy Swartzfager
Spoon, White Reaper @ The Depot 09.06
Spoon have been at it a long time, releasing indie gems since 1996 up to their most recent undertaking, the slightly spaced-out Hot Thoughts. Spoon stopped at Salt Lake’s The Depot with a young group of lovable punks, White Reaper. … read more
Wyclef Jean @ Metro Music Hall 03.20 with Culture Crew,...
Wyclef Jean throws a fabulous party! Through all the years, all the shows, the different genres, the various artists and venues that couldn’t be any more different, I have never witnessed a performer have as much fun as the former Fugees member did at Metro. … read more
Local Review: Disaster Management — Bright Shiny Futures
Bright Shiny Futures by Disaster Management feels like the varying moods a human being might deal with in any given period of time … 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: Chausie — Chow!
A lot of the album’s sound took me back to the ‘90s, when I dubbed cassettes borrowed from friends in a dual tape deck. … read more
Local Review: KJ! – 801s Demos
Lyrically, KJ! brings it with dense bars, catchy, creative choruses and wit—something severely lacking in a majority of rap music these days. … read more
Review: Eli Winter – Eli Winter
Eli Winter = Steve Gunn + Ryley Walker … read more
The Psychedelic Furs with X @ Red Butte Garden 08.04
The Psychedelic Furs played their hearts out as the audience danced, sang, and laughed along, spreading their glee from one person to the next at Red Butte. … read more
Big Thief @ Metro Music Hall 4/30
Adrianne Lenker is a singular songbird, a rare storyteller with a bleeding heart and a steely resolve. I am better for having seen Big Thief live. … read more
Review: Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
Spiritualized = Robert Pollard + David Bowie … read more
Local Review: Chris Bjornn – Killer Tofu
Chris Bjornn = James Taylor + John Denver + Blood Warrior … read more
Review: Allegra Krieger – Precious Thing
Allegra Krieger = Becky Stark + a dash of Nick Drake … read more
