Authors: Matthew Hunter
Japanese Breakfast @ Kilby Court 09.22 w/ Ought
Japanese Breakfast’s shimmery performance was enough to make everyone in the sold-out crowd forget the emotionally melancholy subject matter of the songs they were performing. If Zauner’s sixth Salt Lake performance was any indicator—it’s no doubt that her seventh will be on a much bigger stage. … read more
BORNS @ The Complex 10.15 w/ Twin Shadow
Pop acts Twin Shadow and BORNS performed to a sold out crowd on Monday, Oct. 15. Anything below a shout was inaudible over the screams of the crowd, even between sets. The crowd filled in from wall to wall early enough to catch a killer set from opener Twin Shadow and frontman George Lewis Jr.
Wild Nothing @ The Urban Lounge 11.03 w/ Men I...
Wild Nothing and openers, Men I Trust, drove a rowdy crowd to Urban Lounge and though the show didn’t quite reach sold-out status, the newly renovated space—which seemed to have more standing room—felt like it might burst at the seams. … read more
The 18th Annual SLUG Games: Brighton Banks
Booking ourselves for SLUG Games: Brighton Banks, our yearly amateur ski and snowboard contest, was a surefire way to get the perfect storm, followed by the best bluebird day of the season. … read more
Lucy Dacus @ The Urban Lounge 03.30 w/ Adult Mom...
Lucy Dacus’s Friday night show at The Urban Lounge didn’t quite make it to sold out status but it was certainly no small affair, drawing a few hundred of SLC’s most devoted Dacus fans. … read more
Phoebe Bridgers @ Kilby Court 04.06 with Harrison Whitford
Phoebe Bridgers transitioned back and forth between emotional anthems like “Demi Moore” and more upbeat, folk-influenced tunes like “Motion Sickness” seamlessly, even covering Tom Petty’s “It’ll All Work Out” in honor of his passing last year. “This is my favorite Tom Petty song,” she said, “because it’s the saddest.” … read more
Dr. Dog @ The Depot 06.13 with Sandy (Alex G)...
Coming off the release of their critically acclaimed 10th studio album, Critical Equation, earlier this year, Dr. Dog stopped off at The Depot last Monday courtesy of the fine folks at KRCL. … read more
Dirty Projectors @ Urban Lounge 06.25 with Still Woozy
Monday night saw the long awaited return of David Longstreth and his indie project, Dirty Projectors, to both the city of Salt Lake and to the Stage—capital “S”—as part of a promo tour for their forthcoming album, Lamp Lit Prose. … read more
Wye Oak @ Metro Music Hall 07.11 with Madeline Kenney
Wednesday night at Metro Music Hall saw an appearance by 10-year tour vets Wye Oak, performing songs from their new album, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. … read more
Twilight Concert Series 2018: Diplo 08.16 with DJ Dizz, Z&Z
Diplo’s performance truly was a treat to the senses, and it overflowed from Gallivan Plaza’s border both sonically (you could literally feel the bass
from outside the gates) and energetically. After the show, fans poured into the city, sweaty and tired and in high spirits. … read more