Truly Interview: November 1995

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Truly likes to leave a unique impression on their listeners. “We want to give them something different, [something] that they can’t get from any other band,” vocalist Robert Roth said. For the Salt Lake audience at DV8 on October 3, they may have left a lasting impression.  After only a few minutes into their set,

Review: Lucy Dacus — Forever Is A Feeling

A woman is styled like a classical icon painting with an ornate gold frame

When it finally happens, time stops. It’s bliss. But it’s also hell. Forever is a feeling that Grammy Award-winning former boygenius member Lucy Dacus knows full well. … read more

Poppy Injects Optimism Into Negative Spaces

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. Photo courtesy of Poppy.

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. … read more

Play Review: The Antipodes

(From L-R): Olivia Custodio, Jared Kamauu, Sophia Van Nederveen and Kelly Branan appear in Voodoo Theatre Company's production of The Antipodes.

Both playwright Annie Baker and director Jack Cobabe excel at finding the extraordinary in the mundane, and isn’t that what stories are all about, anyway?  … read more

Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig from the new Looney Tunes movie.

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is everything you could reasonably want it to be: a great mix of wistful throwback and just enough modern sensibilities to strike a perfect balance. … read more

Film Review: The Electric State

Millie Bobbie Brown sits next to a yellow grinning robot.

It’s hard to imagine anyone becoming invested in the odious piece of dreck on either level, and its only value would have been as a massive tax-write off. … read more