Authors: Christian Schultz
Review: The Smelly Goat Soap Company
With a name like Smelly Goat, my mind first drifted to piquant goat’s-milk cheeses, but bar soaps and bath products are what The Smelly Goat Soap Company trade in. … read more
No Sun: Shoegaze Hidden Gem
Just in time for winter’s dropping temperatures, Salt Lake’s No Sun are set to release Warm, an EP of lush, atmospheric shoegaze. The three-track EP, which the band will be releasing on cassette Dec. 5 at Diabolical Records, swells with walls of reverb and texture, walls that are densely built yet blanketed with subtle graces—everything requisite of beautiful, dreamy shoegaze. … read more
Occult Contemporary: Pictureplane’s Tips for Total Technomancy
Brooklyn-based electronic artist Pictureplane wants you to rave to the buzz of your own technology. … read more
Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak
We get it—it’s not just a winter jacket, it’s a suit of armor for your shy sensibilities and tender emotional life. This list of pure, perfect indie pop albums from 2015 would make for perfect badges to decorate it with. … read more
Review: Olio Beard & Co. – Olio Beard & Co....
Now, there are a variety of beard oil companies on the market in Utah, but none with as much variety as Olio Beard & Co. … read more
Beehive Distilling: Out of the Bathtub, Into the Barrel
Beehive Distilling has been slinging their aptly named Jack Rabbit Gin and its barrel-aged variant in Utah’s burgeoning booze scene since 2014. … read more
Review: Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
For Sleater-Kinney fans, Modern Girl’s stride hits when Brownstein plunges into the riot grrrl movement with full force. … read more
Review: Garwood’s Ginger Beer
Garwood’s Ginger Beer Ginger Beer, 12-oz. bottles facebook.com/garwoodsgingerbeer Thomas Garwood and Ashlee House Kickstarted the market in Salt Lake for fresh, organic ginger beer in early 2015, and have been the valley’s sole local supplier of the gingery, effervescent beverage ever since. Garwood’s flagship ginger beer is a mouthwatering concoction—made from a potent amount of
Review: CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye
CHVRCHES Every Open Eye Glassnote / Virgin EMI Street: 09.25 CHVRCHES = [Speak & Spell–era Depeche Mode x Purity Ring x Grimes]√Tegan and Sara In an era of revision for revision’s sake, sticking to one’s guns has become something of a gamble. Such is the case with Scottish synthpop band Chvrches, who exploded onto the
Review: Rose McDowall – Cut With the Cake Knife
As one half of the Scottish new wave group Strawberry Switchblade, Rose McDowall’s persona in contemporary consciousness is synonymous with the unbridled decadence of 1980s fashion. … read more