This is the first album by American Standard, a record company set up by Patrick Dubar, singer for Uniform Choice. … read more
Review: Wonderland by American Standard
Skin & Bones: The People’s Band
Skin “n” Bones is more of an attitude than a band. Not the kind of attitudes that manipulate or piss people off like early punk bands. … read more
Film Review: Compartment No. 6
I was not on board at the start of Compartment No. 6, but it’s a testament to the original text, adaptation and the performances that, by the end, I am endeared. … read more
Film Review: Shakespeare’s Sh*tstorm
One of the major goals of the film seems to be a critique on criticism itself. As the preceding decades of his career demonstrate, Kaufman is entirely incorrigible. … read more
Localized: In Your Grave
In Your Grave wear their early-aughts, nu-metal influences on their sleeve, pulling liberally from all corners of the metal/hardcore universe and beyond. … read more
Localized: Anonymous
Anonymous combines a variety of musical backgrounds and stylistic preferences to form a metal-tinged punk sound “[like] taking a chainsaw to another chainsaw.” … read more
Review: Deadly Kung Fu Action by Warlock Pinchers
The Curious George saga continues, this time not with George Peppard but with the Ayatollah. … read more
Figures On A Beach
Apparently, most of Utah’s unjaded and skate punks missed Figures on a Beach when the band signed albums at Imagine Music, 107 N. Main, Bountiful, on September 18, 1989. … read more
Mike Brown: Beer is Here to Save the Day
Beer turns the timid into the brave and turns bad ideas into great ideas—for this Beer Issue, I’d like to turn my attention to how beer can solve our problems. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: April 2022
Our Beer Issue Local Music Singles Roundup offers six new lager-than-life singles to listen to—we’re sure at least one of them will make your heart malt. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Nils Mindnich
Nils Mindnich pulling out a stalefish on the Brighton pipe. … read more
Skate Photo Feature: Kallie Lowery
Kallie Lowery regularly skates bowls and ramps that are bigger than anything I ever even had the nerve to drop into, as at this abandoned pool. … read more
