Local Review: Blood Cannery – Cannery not Canary

Local Review: Blood Cannery – Cannery not Canary
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This album perfectly encapsulates what it sounds like to be defiant and relentless as Blood Cannery hammers their sonic identity through listeners’ ears. … read more

Local Review: Ghosts of Cinema – Fantasmagoria

Local Review: Ghosts of Cinema – Fantasmagoria
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Ghosts of Cinema’s Fantasmagoria can be the score for this point in my life, when I look back on it: slow and steady with bursts of dynamic contrast, many things happening at once. … read more

Local Review: Runestomper — Trials, Pt. II

Local Review: Runestomper — Trials, Pt. II
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Trials Pt. II is almost entirely instrumental, which lends itself to creating a soundtrack for the person listening to it. It took me on a futuristic journey as well as a trip into the past. … read more

Local Review: The Alpines — Dying Star

Local Review: The Alpines — Dying Star
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If you’re an indie rock fan or just looking for a soundtrack to your crisp autumn evenings, Dying Star is a record you can’t miss out on. … read more

Local Review: Lost Lotteries — Continuous Growth

Local Review: Lost Lotteries — Continuous Growth
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Right out of the proverbial gates, the band’s charring sound and heady lyrics communicate an understanding of the stakes as well as the breadth of the issues currently plaguing humanity. … read more

Local Review: Dwellers – Corrupt Translation Machine

Local Review: Dwellers – Corrupt Translation Machine
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When I listened to this Dwellers’ Corrupt Translation Machine for the first time, the images it invoked in my mind were those of edgy rock music videos from the early 2000s. … read more

Local Review: The Signal Sound — Rewrite It All

Local Review: The Signal Sound — Rewrite It All
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The Signal Sound’s Rewrite It All is a welcomed addition to the local vault of Salt Lake’s punk rock expressions. … read more

Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2025

Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2025
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What remains the same is the constant (and talented) stream of local music. So soak up the sun one last time as we bring you another round of singles! … read more

Local Review: Die Shiny — Glory

Local Review: Die Shiny — Glory
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Glory’s six songs are an anthology of warring internal conflicts and an alarmed warning, blatantly calling out capitalism and the current state of unrest. … read more

Local Review: Hibernaut — Obsidian Eye

Local Review: Hibernaut — Obsidian Eye
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I digress, Hibernaut’s sound is a force to be reckoned with; they are brutal but gentle, full of grief and hope — the essence of light and dark. … read more

Local Review: Anyone Awake — Bushel and a Peck

Local Review: Anyone Awake — Bushel and a Peck
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Bushel and a Peck tells more than just one love story, and you don’t realize it until the end.  … read more

Local Review: Mom Dad & Me — margo’s house

Local Review: Mom Dad & Me — margo’s house
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Mom Dad & Me delivers an expansive and impressive sophomore record with margo’s house. … read more