Music
Quoting The Best Bits: Pet Shop Boys @ The Complex...
Pet Shop Boys always deliver the goods, and they adapted their latest set (gleaned partially from their recent, excellent Super album) to The Complex’s smallish stage successfully with their talent and charm and simply gave the crowd what they wanted: great dance and pop tunes in dynamic new arrangements. … read more
Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause @ In the Venue...
Two political powerhouses joined forces on Oct. 20th at Salt Lake City’s In the Venue and gave SLC a relentless, energy-packed performance. View photos from the Bad Religion and Against Me! concert, where both bands brought their political and gender identities to the stage. … read more
Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel @ The Complex 10.11
My desire to even go to the Slayer show came from wanting to see the mighty Anthrax again. That said, I had a great time by staying positive about something I could go on and on about in a negative way. … read more
Phantogram, The Range @ In The Venue 10.11
After their raucous summer performance as part of Big Grams during this year’s Twilight Concert Series, Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter ripped through Salt Lake City on Tuesday night as Phantogram in a whirlwind performance at In The Venue. … read more
Swingin’ Utters, Version Two, Utah County Swillers @ Metro 09.13
On Sept. 13, SLC’s Metro Bar hosted three punk bands that you’ll be sad to have missed: Ogden’s own Version Two, the Utah County Swillers, and the headliner, the Swingin’ Utters. … read more
Atmosphere, Brother Ali, DeM Atlas @ The Complex 09.30
For as long as I can remember, Atmosphere have been rocking the Salt Lake City music scene with innovative hip-hop beats. Friday night’s concert at The Complex was just one of many stops on the Freshwater Fly Fishermen Tour. … read more
Dissecting Die Sektor
Die Sektor will be joining a sensational group of harder acts on Sept. 30, Friday night’s edition of this year’s Dark Arts Festival at Area 51. You do not want to miss any of the acts during this year’s five-day Dark Arts Festival—there are so many things to discover. … read more
Selling the Ashes: Progressing from the Studio to the Stage
Jordan Ruiz of Selling the Ashes has constructed a full live band and will be opening for PIG at the Dark Arts Festival at Area 51 on Sept. 28. Meeting at Ruiz’s home studio and walking among the multitudes of electronic equipment and wall of guitars, I sat down with Ruiz to get some insight into what inspired a studio act to start performing live. … read more
Tegan and Sara, Shura @ In The Venue 09.22
Tegan and Sara, fresh off their newest release, Love You to Death, are on the road again and stopped into Salt Lake City for another visit, this time at downtown venue In The Venue. … read more
Cyndi Lauper: Fearless, Reckless Friend @ The Depot 09.20 with Charlie...
With her multi-colored and ratted-out hair and bizarre fashion sense that bridged aspects of punk and new wave with something entirely her own, Lauper was the most outrageous person I had ever seen, and the world admired and celebrated her for her uniqueness. … read more