Music
Review: Downtown Boys – Full Communism
Downtown Boys Full Communism Don Giovanni Records Street: 05.02 Downtown Boys = X-Ray Spex + Black Flag Downtown Boys deliver a ferocious display of killer sax and some on-point, no-bullshit punk rock. Through their bilingual Marxist-feminist lyrics, Downtown Boys smash through a genre that is traditionally white and male. They’ve got an infectious energy that
Review: Rise Against – The Eco-Terrorist In Me 7″
Rise Against = Anti-Flag + 88 Fingers Louie + Baxter … read more
Review: Youth Worship – LP1
Youth Worship LP1 Self Harm Records Street: 06.30 Youth Worship = Local H + Hum + R.E.M. Even though this new project from Asobi Seksu’s James Hanna started off compellingly enough with the rad EP1, their debut album, LP1, turned out to be a far cry from it. Somehow, they fell prey to something of
Review: Warm Soda – Symbolic Dream
Warm Soda = Shannon and the Clams + The Strokes … read more
Review: Matrixxman – Homesick
Matrixxman = French Fries + L-Vis 1990 … read more
Review: MIDIval Punditz – Light
MIDIval Punditz = Karsh Kale + Tabla Beat Science … read more
Review: Oskar Buie – Bare EP
Oskar Buie = Eric Burdon + Muddy Waters … read more
Preparing For Lunar Transit: an Interview with Lonely Boy
Over the last year and a half, a local group of artists collectively known as New World have been curating a monthly party that caters to a lot that Salt Lake was missing in the electronic music scene. … read more
Tyler, The Creator: Over Before it Started
The sold-out all-ages crowd at The Complex swarmed like a pubescent, freshly-in-high-school hornet’s nest. White kids impatiently smoking their cigarettes casually dropped the n-word and talked about the recent Supreme Court decision on gay marriage and the prospect of marrying their “best homies.” … read more
Chastity Belt: A Quartet of Cool Sluts Out on Tour
The title to this interview isn’t meant to be a jibe, but a reference to the Chastity Belt song “Cool Slut” where lead singer Julia Shapiro sings about the lifestyle of “a couple of sluts / out on the town / fooling around.” … read more
CrucialFest 5 Gallery: Area 51 and Urban Lounge – Day...
Day Three of Crucialfest, with photos from bands including: Subrosa, Worst Friends, Eagle Twin, Giant Squid, Anthems, Exes, and Goatsnake. … read more
CrucialFest Day Two Recap @ Urban Lounge – 2015
The evening started with the band Døne, a two-piece comprising of Cache Tolman (bass/guitar/vocals) and Andy Patterson (drums). they were definitely the most “metal” of the evening. Musically, they had moments that combined doomier bits like Electric Wizard, but with the melodic sensibilities of a musical child produced by Stone Temple Pilots and Jimi Hendrix. … read more
