Listen to this album with headphones. Listen to every album with headphones, for that matter. The two guitars harmonize through stereo and you probably won’t notice unless you are plugged in. What is this Beast? Well, this beast balances energy and harmony in a way that not many albums do. … read more
Local Reviews: Shark Speed
While the pace of most the songs on Shark Speed’s second release, Education EP, have a pace and tonal energy similar to that of the majority of the songs on VH1’s top 20 countdown there is a style about them that gives them an organic genuine vibe. … read more
Local Reviews: Small Town Sinners
Small Town Sinners aren’t what you would expect from a local alt country band. Each one of their songs seems to slightly pull at your heart strings and randomly sneak back into your brain when you least expect it. … read more
Local Reviews: Terry Lynn Tschaekofske
Illusions makes me tense. Rather than relaxing to the sounds of a simple guitar, I find myself on edge, waiting for a theme to develop into something compelling. Each song inflicts dutiful repetition, at around 80 beats per minute, with some reverb. … read more
Local Reviews: Uni.Verse.All. & Roe
As much as I dislike the whole outerspace trend going on in hip hop, Eat & Run is not half bad. Made up of U.n.i.verse.all and Roe, two local SLC cats, my only real issue with the album is how it doesn’t sound the least bit like two 15-year-old white kids. From the sound of the voice to the rhymes, the only thing sounding age appropriate is the space-man beats they rhyme over. … read more
Local Reviews: The Hung Ups
Dripping sexual frustration as teenage pop-punk is prone to do, there’s no more to Red Rocket than twelve songs about girlfriends, pizza and alcoholism. The songs blast through with such haphazard high energy that they are almost indistinguishable. … read more
Keeping Coffee Local: Rimini Coffee’s Mark Wilson
Rimini Coffee is a small, local business that’s run purely out of the love for coffee, and their focus of keeping customers happy is a vital part of the Rimini philosophy. … read more
The Science of Coffee: Three Pines Carves a Niche in the Local Scene
As the only coffee shop in SLC to use a refractometer, Three Pines Coffee brings science-minded brewing to Salt Lake City—while simultaneously creating a uniquely delicious, one-of-a-kind beverage. … read more
Local Reviews: I Hear Sirens
E. H. Gombrich said, “To talk cleverly of art is not difficult, because the words critics use have been employed in so many different contexts that they have lost all precision.” So is writing a review about a post-rock record. … read more
Local Reviews: Invdrs
The only things you really need to know about the Invdrs’ Electric Church is it makes you feel alive yet doomed, and you need to own this album. With drum hits that sound like bones snapping and popping under the immense weight of the distortion-maximized guitar and bass, you will welcome this sonic atrocity to melody. … read more
Movie Review: La La Land
While La La Land pays respect to films from 60 years ago, it remains planted in modern times and also refrains from being a predictable studio production. … read more
Growing La Barba
Cozy yet luxurious, old-world yet modern, inventive yet approachable, La Barba Downtown has become a treasured Salt Lake hub for coffee culture and education. … read more
