Scrolling through local artist Hirad Sab’s website is like watching a strange, distorted projection of the not-so-far-off future unfold in front of you. Sleek chrome bodies fall away into glitching, semi-recognizable landscapes while the line between organic matter and digital projections blurs beyond distinction. … read more
Desire Lines at UMOCA: Jane Christensen
Of 15 total, Desire Lines features three local artists, Jane Christensen, Janell James and Kelly Larsen, who discuss their participation in the show. … read more
Personal/Public: Artist Jorge Rojas on Performance
For the last 10 years, Jorge Rojas has focused on performance art, veering between intimate moments and dramatic gestures, drawing from lived and shared experience, intercultural and contemporary identity, and much more. … read more
Film Review: Phantom Thread
In Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s vision is as exquisite, meticulous and fixated as that of his lead character, Reynolds Woodcock. With superb cinematography, Anderson’s is a ravishing inspection of the pursuit for aesthetic perfection, of love and power and their dizzying, sickly, perverse intimations. … read more
Localized: Cupidcome
Cupidcome are a band unlike anything else in Utah, and as such are difficult to accurately describe to the uninitiated. The five-piece band blends psych-tinged textures and reverb-laden drum machines with profound yet lighthearted lyrics. … read more
Your Demon or Your Angel: Noah Jackson and Jacob Haupt
Nox’s upcoming show between Jacob Haupt and Noah Jackson could not exist without the friendship the two share. Angels Don’t Cry, Demons Don’t Cry is a collaboration between them, which feels de facto for the pair. … read more
Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio Gallery
The brainchild of local professional artist and curator Clinton Whiting, Art In The Home is a meditation on the powerful impact that owning original works can sustain for families who might not otherwise access them. … read more
Local Reviews: AODL
Punishingly thick noise, AODL’s Scab Vodka Melt has a distinct protonoise flavor��a single layer of frequencies wildly fluctuating and distorted beyond all reason. Occasionally, the sounds will layer to create a bit of a dynamic building effect, but overall the album leans towards hammering consistency and repetition. … read more
Local Reviews: The Bad Apples
Salt Lake locals, The Bad Apples are back by popular demand from fans. Penalty Box Records founder, MC/ producer Mike Booth, and MC Sir Louis Wildamiss bring some cognizant vocals to this LP with many local artists popping up in guest spots too. … read more
Local Reviews: Ex Machina
I honestly have to say that Ex Machina is probably one of the best local bands. They may be slightly inconsistent, but who isn’t. The first song on the album, “Syphoned” is by far the best track, but also seems to be sort of the bastard child. “Syphoned” comes out blaring and with serious intensity. … read more
Local Reviews: I Am The
After having reviewed the EP, I thought I was prepared for whatever I Am The was going to throw at me next, but nothing could have prepared me for this full-length LP. Everything these guys did right the first time around has just been added to and amplified. … read more
Local Reviews: Johan the Angel
This fun little four-track goes something like “The General’s Son” Pt. II, I, III, and IV and in that order. Or is it one track that just lasts eleven minutes? I think they are trying to trick us. Where is Ashton Kutcher? If I’m not being punk’d, then what was Johan the Angel thinking when they wasted however much money to put out an EP with four slightly, and I mean slightly, different tracks? … read more
