Brother Ali Featuring Blank Tape Beloved @ Urban Lounge 10.15 with DJ SOSA and Homeboy Sandman

Brother Ali portrait.

Ali doesn’t waste time between songs giving the audience instructions on what direction their hands should wave––he transitions from song to song flawlessly. The absence of the usual bullshit chitchat between songs creates and maintains that line of awe and respect between the audience and the performer, making Ali’s stage presence even more reverent. … read more

Dinosaur Jr @ Urban Lounge w/ Shearwater 10.14.12

 Cheers announce J, Lou and Murph approaching the stage. They resemble the picture in Our Band Could Be Your Life. They are Dinosaur Jr. J slides like a newborn snail on a predetermined track, wispy strands of a silvery mane undulating with each slinking step. He removes his horn-rimmed glasses, lifts a Fender Jaguar from its stand and delicately summons a jangly wail from it. … read more

Friends @ Urban Lounge with SSION, House of Ladosha

Brooklyn friends SSION, House of Ladosha and Friends crossed tour paths Wednesday night and treated Salt Lake to a wild night of electrifying pop music. Brooklyn has been the center of music culture for over a decade, and NYC always remains at the top of its game by constantly mutating and attracting fresh musicians and artists from across the land. … read more

The xx @ The Complex 10.16 with 2:54

The xx have been a consistent favorite on the ol’ iPod since approximately 2008, when I happened upon their video for “VCR,” which at the time had a meager amount of views. Since then, they have exploded ferociously into the hip music hemisphere and when it became public knowledge that they would be playing here in Salt Lake, I couldn’t go anywhere in the city without hearing their name dropped. … read more

Add a Dash of Local Art: Courtney Blair

We are excited to announce that Add a Dash of Local Art is growing! October marked the first month of Add a Dash of Local Art at the Whole Foods Sugar House store, welcoming Courtney Blair and her beautifully designed gig posters to their walls. Expanding Add a Dash of Local Art strengthens our outreach to the community, giving us the opportunity to highlight more of the talent within our great state.  … read more