Music
Local H: An Honest Chat with Scott Lucas
Scott Lucas of Local H thumped the music scene on the head in the mid-’90s with raw, catchy tunes that rocked your world and perhaps made you rethink your selfish, bitch-ass attitude. Now he’s coming to Utah at the Urban Lounge on May 18 to remind listeners that Mondays can still be a hell of a time. … read more
Author & Punisher: Mechanically Engineering Music
When he was a teen, metal bands like Melvins and Sepultura triggered something in Tristan Shone. He was aggressive and he liked that style. Some other bands that have influenced him are Godflesh, Neurosis, Aphex Twin and Ed Rush & Optical. … read more
Viv Albertine of The Slits: A Not-So-Typical Rebellion
Viv Albertine—the former guitarist for the post punk band, The Slits—has just had her memoir, Clothes, Clothes Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. released through Thomas Dunne Books. It is a uniquely humble and provocative story that covers her perspective on a revolutionary era of punk rock music and culture that is usually dominated by a largely male narrative. … read more
Leon Bridges: Soul Music and its Simple Formula
Bridges was signed to Columbia Records in December of last year on the strength of two singles posted to Soundcloud that had only been up for three months, and just last month Bridges took SXSW by storm, winning their prestigious Grulke Prize for Developing US Act. … read more
ODESZA Interview at BUKU
ODESZA live a life that every college aged producer dreams of. Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight met their freshman year at Western Washington University and began collaborating together just before they graduated in 2012 under the name ODESZA. … read more
The Legend of Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
After more than 25 years of playing with the Fly-Rite Boys, he’s more than earned the term legend. Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys are set to perform in Salt Lake City at The Garage on Beck on May 6.
Collected By Himself: Captured Tracks Founder Mike Sniper on New...
Under the direction of Mike Sniper, Captured Tracks has grown from a small, independent music label based in Brooklyn to a sonically diverse, aesthetically vibrant vision for the state of millennial music. Today, with a full roster, Sniper has his sights on an even more expansive assembly of sounds with label group Omnian Music Group.
Exploring Craters: The Soft Moon and the Making of Deeper
Perhaps it’s not too dramatic to say that listening to The Soft Moon is like wading into the riptide of a black pool—to immerse yourself in the tremulous and unpredictable forces of the project’s single visionary, Luis Vasquez.
After Hours With The Spilt Ink Crew
Spilt Ink has been rapidly taking over the screen-printing scene in Utah—their success has resulted in their recent relocation to make room for expansions. With all the expansions Spilt Ink has undergone in the past year, Jeremy Conder believes that the integrity of the operation is something that will never be sacrificed.
Midnight Records at Counterpoint Studios: The Biggest Donation to the...
As of this past January, Counterpoint Studios is the official studio space for Midnight Records (MRP) and Utah Arts Alliance’s (UAA) Recording Arts Program. MRP are dedicated to making high-quality recording at Counterpoint Studios affordable for local musicians, where every aspect of Counterpoint’s construction was built to revolve around sound.
Localized: Better Taste Bureau
If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.
Localized: Dine Krew
It’s not unusual for a group of teenagers to spend long stretches of time in their parents’ basement, eating ramen noodles and staring at some sort of a screen while vaguely recognizable jams bump in the background. Generally, these hangouts don’t equate to much other than high scores on Mario Kart, but Dine Krew took their adolescent experiments and ideas and painted that shit gold, so to speak. … read more
