Music
Local Review: Students of Expression – The Astronomer EP
Students of Expression = Brook Pridemore + (acoustic) Saves The Day … read more
May 2015 Local Music Reviews
Local album reviews for Braeyden Jae, Clay, Deathblow, Dusk Raps, Hard Men, Yaktooth, Kaleb Hanly, Mideau, Oceanear, RuRu, stickfigures, Students Of Expression, Top Dead Celebrity, Triggers & Slips, Tupelo Moan, Twilight Transmissions and Westward.
Local Review: Top Dead Celebrity – High Horse
Top Dead Celebrity = Red Fang + Mark Lanegan + Neurosis … read more
Local Review: Triggers & Slips – Buffalo vs. Train
Triggers & Slips = The Felice Brothers + Trampled By Turtles … read more
Local Review: Oceanear – Self-Titled
Oceanear = The Postal Service + The Knife – Owl City … read more
Local Review: RuRu – Mother / Father
RuRu = David Gray + Radical Face + Vance Joy … read more
Local Review: Westward – The Deadly Rapture of Space
Westward = Muse x Grey Fiction … read more
Review: Color Therapy – Mr. Wolf Is Dead
Color Therapy = (The Album Leaf + M83) x Tycho … read more
OK Go @ The Complex 04.25 with Westward the Tide
OK Go and opener Westward the Tide gave fans a spectacular show in The Complex on April 25. … read more
Run With The Hunted Farewell Show: I Will Make This...
Following a 10-hour southbound trip from Salt Lake City to Mesa, my girlfriend and I basked in the freedom from Utah’s polluted air and spring snow in the warm Arizona sun. We started toward the venue and, just outside the entrance, we stumbled upon Greg Bennick (Trial, vocals) exchanging dialogue with a group of his friends. … read more
De/Vision: Binary Stargazers of German Synth-pop
In the history of music written by radio DJs, synthpop met its demise soon after Kurt Cobain shoved his Fender down the throats of the masses. Certainly the most popular of acts like Depeche Mode still filled their arenas as Erasure and the Pet Shop Boys packed theaters. … read more
Kodak to Graph @ Kilby Court 04.21 With Big Wild...
I first listened to LA-based producer Michael Maleki—Kodak to Graph—when he opened at Slow Magic’s Urban Lounge performance last year. I was thrilled to hear that Maleki was returning to Salt Lake to headline his Break the Ice tour in support of the release of his debut LP, ISA. … read more
