Music
Local Review: The happies – Meet the happies
THE HAPPIES MEET THE HAPPIES The Happies = Nick Drake + Brian Jonestown Massacre The questions you should ask yourself right now are: Why haven’t I heard of this band before,
Local Review: When Cars Crash – All Kinds of Comfortable
WHEN CARS CRASH ALL KINDS OF COMFORTABLE (2002) Hibiscus Zombie When Cars Crash = Jade Tree Records + chutzpah One of the hardest things for me to do when helping
Local Review: McFalls – Self-Tittled Demo
MCFALLS SELF-TITLED DEMO McFalls = Pearl Jam (Ten) + Soundgarden (Superunknown) + Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) McFalls, or Rune, as they are currently known, combine classic rock/grunge-laden guitar riffs with
Hate X9 – “An American Band”
Hate X9 (lead singer Shame, guitarist R.U., bass player Rosta and drummer Danno): “We don’t wanna be rockstars, we just wanna have fun!” … read more
Fishbone Boning SLC
Fishbone can plant it in SLC anytime after their performance to a very receptive and rattlebrained capacity crowd. … read more
GWAR Review
GWAR has a wild, graphic and rehearsed stage show. For those inclined to aggression or voyeurism, it was superb. … read more
A Subjective History of Punk Rock in Utah
For those of you who thought you invented punk when you first heard Crass, here’s a crash course in the history of independent-minded music. … read more