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

Film Review: The Baltimorons 

Film Review: The Baltimorons 
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The Baltimorons is a pleasant and likeable little film that provides a refreshing alternative to a lot of the dark fare that tends to hit theaters in the fall. … 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

 
 
Film Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 

Film Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is in many ways more of an event than it is a movie. I know I’m going easy on it, but for me, it’s still an event to celebrate. … 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

Film Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Film Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a proper end to a proper English melodrama, and it’s an entertaining diversion that I thoroughly enjoyed. … read more

Japanese Breakfast @ SLC Twilight 09.05.2025

Japanese Breakfast @ SLC Twilight 09.05.2025
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Japanese Breakfast shouted, “Salt Lake City, let’s jump!” and every person in the audience complied. How could we not? … read more

SLUG Style: Arthur Diaz

SLUG Style: Arthur Diaz
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Shadow walk with SLUG as we give you the out-of-body experience that makes Arthur Diaz more aura than human. … read more

Review: Sabrina Carpenter — Man’s Best Friend

Review: Sabrina Carpenter — Man’s Best Friend
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For this “satirical” take on the pop genre and cheesy breakup songs, Carpenter blends a Kool-Aid swill of disco and country influences on Man’s Best Friend. … read more

Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney Talk Twinless with a Twin

Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney Talk Twinless with a Twin
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Twinless is a moving story of loss and the fragility of what we have to leave behind, as well as what stays with us forever. … read more

Imprint Response Machine: An Interview with Rhys Fulber

Imprint Response Machine: An Interview with Rhys Fulber
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Rhys Fulber’s new release Memory Impulse Autonomy looks to the future while returning to the sounds of his youth. … read more