Music
The Soul of Salt Lake: The Second Annual Utah Blues...
The Utah Blues Festival is not only a fun and family-friendly event; it’s also the largest fundraiser in Utah for the Blues Foundation. … read more
Review: Eli “Paperboy” Reed – My Way Home
Eli “Paperboy Reed = J.C Brooks + Otis Redding + Wilson Picket
Pine Hill Haints: Spirits That Are Willing
If it’s the latest, up-to-the-minute, newfangled music you want, you better look elsewhere, because that’s not what the Pine Hill Haints do. If you want honesty and candor done creatively, that’s what the Haints deliver in droves. … read more
The Top Form of Rocket Concert Memories
Form of Rocket will re-emerge after four years of inactivity to blow the top off of Kilby Court this Saturday, June 11, for Crucial Warmup Pt. 1 with Baby Gurl and Worst Friends. To prepare, Form of Rocket asked their Facebook followers for their first/best/worst/favorite FOR memories. … read more
Review: Diarrhea Planet – Turn To Gold
Diarrhea Planet = Dokken + The Plimsouls + The Eagles
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Local Review: Hard Men – Lil Wayne Gacy
Hard Men = Ghetto Blaster + These Arms Are Snakes
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The Cure @ Maverick Center 06.03
The ’80s-defining rock band The Cure come to Salt Lake City during their international tour. This English group formed in the 1970s and soon invaded and dominated the soundtrack of a decade. Fans from all over the Salt Lake Valley poured into the Maverick Center in West Valley City, many audibly exclaiming that they had never been able to see them live and have waited for years for the opportunity. … read more
Local Review: Heart Pharmacy – Xtablet
Heart Pharmacy = Minus the Bear + Bon Iver
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Azizi Gibson: Starting His New Life with a New Brand...
Azizi Gibson has been recording his own unique brand of hip-hop for several years now. He has been adopting new styles in his music lately, drawing influences from growing up overseas as well as popular culture. … read more
Local Review: Dina & Christopher Alvarado – The Opal Mirror
Dina & Christopher Alvarado = Sleep Clinic + Architect Negative Crush
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Localized: Soft Limbs
Local trio Soft Limbs doesn’t want to be known for a Salt Lake sound—on the contrary, the psych-rock punk group aims to redefine their place in the local scene. Soft Limbs fuse together instrumentation lifted from garage rock groups of the late ’90s with dynamic, unpredictable psych melodies and art-punk catchiness—but that’s just scratching the surface. … read more
