Show Reviews
Ogden Twilight 2018: Big Wild, Jai Wolf, Madge
On another hot summer night, crowds flocked to the Ogden Twilight Amphitheater for Madge, Jai Wolf and Big Wild. The summer sun beat down over the venue as the usual crowd of vendors, sponsors and concert-goers filled the arena. … read more
Paramore with Foster the People and Jay Som @ USANA...
“All we have to do for the next two hours is worry about nothing,” Hayley Williams of Paramore assures the bustling stadium. She’s wearing sheer blue tights, a red unitard and a très chic beret on her head. … read more
Retro Futura Tour 2018: ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Modern English @...
The first cassette tape that I ever bought all on my own was Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth,” and while my taste in music has strayed considerably away from mainstream pop, Carlisle was the act I was looking forward to the most. … read more
Ogden Twilight 2018: Sylvan Esso 07.17
Durham, North Carolina’s, electro pop duo Sylvan Esso became an especially compelling cohort among the stellar 2018 Ogden Twilight Concert Series lineup Tuesday night. … read more
Ogden Twilight 2018: Metronomy, Cold War Kids, Sleepy Passenger
The summer breeze cooled the air and Twilight goers hung out under a cloudy sky, waiting for Sleepy Passenger, Cold War Kids and Metronomy. … read more
Dirty Projectors @ Urban Lounge 06.25 with Still Woozy
Monday night saw the long awaited return of David Longstreth and his indie project, Dirty Projectors, to both the city of Salt Lake and to the Stage—capital “S”—as part of a promo tour for their forthcoming album, Lamp Lit Prose. … read more
The Menzingers and Lucero @ Metro Music Hall 06.19
I have had the privilege of seeing this band live half a dozen times, and each time, they get better and better. June 19, when The Menzingers and Lucero played at Metro Music Hall, was no exception. … read more
Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello
It’s hard to not feel nostalgic. In fact, it was a longing for the past that prompted me to attend the show in the first place. I saw the Violent Femmes numerous times in the ’90s. The first time, a night spent with friends at Kingsbury Hall where bassist Brian Ritchie smoked a giant cigar, is one of my fondest memories. … read more
Dr. Dog @ The Depot 06.13 with Sandy (Alex G)...
Coming off the release of their critically acclaimed 10th studio album, Critical Equation, earlier this year, Dr. Dog stopped off at The Depot last Monday courtesy of the fine folks at KRCL. … read more
“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big...
This is not your typical Utah happy hour. No, leave the kids at home, order a beer and sit as perplexed and entertained as I was through this intimate, close-to-home and bewildering spectacle. A guy walks into a bar … or a club, rather, and a series of events through time unfold into a myriad