Music
Local Review: Rachael Jenkins — The End
This is a middle finger! This is Punk Rock! And Rachael Jenkins delivers it with a quiet guitar and a quivering voice, but the anger lingers just the same. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2025
The through line for all six of these tracks is dissent (except for the ones that aren’t about dissent). Now, just like the past, is a great time for dissent. … read more
Local Review: Henny — In Case of Fear
With an affinity for a well-placed sample of dialogue from an old sitcom or talk radio show, there is an element of effortless mastery in Henny’s sound. … read more
Local Review: Jacob T. Skeen — They Won’t Let Me
Skeen’s fuzzed-up guitar chugs away like a high-powered diesel engine, hitting fast and cutting deep. … read more
Local Review: Gracemaker — EP
It’s fast, it’s loud and it makes you mad that you’re subjected to live in a system not of your own design. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: April 2025
Sometimes I have to throw up my hands and say I got nothing — nothing but six excellent singles from six killer local bands. … 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 Music Singles Roundup: March 2025
Lend your ears to the high reigns of this month’s Local Music Singles Roundup! Lay down your crown and spearhead your way through a fair share of metal, grunge, R&B and… gorecore? … read more
Local Review: Josaleigh Pollett — bro’s bad january
With many more amazing tracks on the album, Josaleigh Pollett’s sound is beautifully emotional and poetic project that paints clear pictures in your mind through songwriting. … read more
Local Review: Love, Audrey — Greetings from Rocket Park
Love, Audrey also incorporates a wide variety of influences, with each song seeming to take notes from a different antecedent. … read more
Local Review: Gavanni — Fever Dream
I now await the day when Gavanni invites another artist into his now-established sound, because I think he’ll shine even brighter for it. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2025
But no man (they/them) is an island, and so I’ve called upon some of SLC’s oldheads who helped me find some of the freshest (25+ year-old) tracks from Utah’s golden era. … read more
