Authors: Kristin Porter
The Science of Coffee: Three Pines Carves a Niche in...
As the only coffee shop in SLC to use a refractometer, Three Pines Coffee brings science-minded brewing to Salt Lake City—while simultaneously creating a uniquely delicious, one-of-a-kind beverage. … read more
Localized: Your Meteor
Incorporating a wide range of influences including Joni Mitchell to ’70s rock, Your Meteor dynamically presents a non-linear indie-rock style that combines elements of jazz, math-rock and character-based storytelling. The result is a singularly unique sound, albeit not without its deviations. … read more
Localized: Forest Feathers
Forest Feathers, a dynamic group that incorporates the dreamy space of prog-rock into the technical elements of math rock, initially started as a solo project by Camron Sackett in 2013. Sackett had no idea that the project would eventually evolve into the atmospheric sounds, sampling and shredding that currently represent the local trio. … read more
Localized: Soft Limbs
Local trio Soft Limbs doesn’t want to be known for a Salt Lake sound—on the contrary, the psych-rock punk group aims to redefine their place in the local scene. Soft Limbs fuse together instrumentation lifted from garage rock groups of the late ’90s with dynamic, unpredictable psych melodies and art-punk catchiness—but that’s just scratching the surface. … read more
Localized: Magic Mint
Magic Mint, the solo-project brainchild of local musician Andrew Shaw, might seem like an axiomatic extension of Shaw’s four-piece band, Color Animal, but it’s not. Self-described as “the marriage of looping and pop music,” Magic Mint presents a psych-pop sound with a few intentional nuances that give Magic Mint its euphorically retroactive sound. … read more
Review: The Besnard Lakes – A Coliseum Complex Museum
It’s no secret that The Besnard Lakes have an affinity for the supernatural and even look to it for inspiration. Yet, what sets A Coliseum Complex Museum apart from the band’s previous work is its openness in addressing the group’s relationship and overarching obsession with nature and the occult. … read more
Graveyard: You Can’t Invent Music Again
Innocence & Decadence is Graveyard’s fourth studio album and undoubtedly their tightest and most focused effort to date. The album features myriad tenacious bass rhythms redolent of Priestess circa 2006, layered with subtle references to proto-rock bands of the ’60s such as Blue Cheer. … read more
Soft Limbs: “Playing Shows Is Dangerous”
By retaining a sense of DIY that hearkens back to the music scene in the Pacific Northwest circa the late ’80s and early ’90s, Soft Limbs manage to seamlessly thread together melodies rich with eclectic instruments such as the vibraphone while incorporating calculated synths, looks and bossa nova–inspired percussion. … read more
Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper: Breaking The Familiar Silence
I can tell what questions Eric Earley, lead singer-songwriter of the alt-country outfit Blitzen Trapper, has been asked previously. … read more
Def Leppard play USANA with Styx and Tesla
If the Def Leppard, Styx and Tesla concert at USANA proved anything, it’s that rock n’ roll knows no limits when it comes to its fans. … read more
