Authors: Ryan Michael Painter
Review: The Chameleons – Arctic Moon
Arctic Moon doesn’t sound exactly like a place The Chameleons has visited before. Those expecting an extension of Where Are You? might even be surprised by how different Arctic Moon feels. … read more
Imprint Response Machine: An Interview with Rhys Fulber
Rhys Fulber’s new release Memory Impulse Autonomy looks to the future while returning to the sounds of his youth. … read more
Clan of Xymox @ Metro Music Hall 08.18.2025
I was there Ronny Moorings decided to revert to the Clan of Xymox moniker in 1997. 13 albums later, we find ourselves in the sweltering heat of Salt Lake City on August 18, 2025. … read more
Review: Rosetta Stone — Dose Makes the Poison
Dose Makes the Poison feels less burdened by the past and that frees King up to bring elements from the classic era and incorporate them into the present. … read more
Blonde Redhead + Bloc Party @ Union Event Center 06.12.2025
Thursday night, Bloc Party brought their 20 Years of Bloc Party: Silent Alarm & Hits Tour to the Union Event Center, where the stage alone could have fit the band and audience from the first show two times over with room to spare. … read more
Twin Tribes @ Metro Music Hall 06.10.2025
The atmosphere moves from the stage into the crowd as the audience forgets the rising heat and throws themselves into dancing and singing along. This is what it feels like to be alive. This is why I still attend concerts. … read more
Local Review: Von Masse — COIL
By avoiding traditional formulas, Von Masse occasionally created a few of their own. Still, COIL is an undeniably strong album from a band who has yet to fulfill their potential. … read more
Local Review: Fearless Union – The Supreme Leader
The Supreme Leader by Fearless Union is an interesting album to listen to and a nightmare to try to describe and the band is all over the electronic map. … read more
Still, Almost With You: The Church Return to SLC in...
2017 gives us Man Woman Life Death Infinity, a gorgeous album that liberally references The Church’s past phases. … read more
Review: Wrekmeister Harmonies – The Alone Rush
Wrekmeister Harmonies = Low + Thomas Feiner + Dario Argento … read more
Review: Workhouse – The End Of The Pier
WORKHOUSE THE END OF THE PIER Devil in the Woods Workhouse creates an instrumental world of organic soundscapes with more variety and style than you’d find in a dozen releases from a less skilled band. There are bits and pieces that run the gambit of shoegazer influences including nods to My Bloody Valentine, Ride and
Review: Zirafa – Turnstyles
Zirafa Turnstyles Risk the Rook Turnstyles starts off nicely with breaking glass and electronics, somewhat reminiscent of what Depeche Mode did with “Blasphemous Rumor.” The second track, “Lost,” however, hints at something far more than interesting with its lighthearted piano giving way into distorted guitars and washed vocals. There is something slightly hip-hop by way
