Music
NOVA Chamber Music Series: Fry Street Quartet Plays Haydn, Ellison...
The influence of folk songs, or rather folk styles of song, has a long tradition of being reinvented as formal music for the concert hall. The NOVA concert of January 12 at Libby Gardner Hall perfectly illustrated this with a set of pieces covering three different centuries and three different styles with works by Haydn and Dvorak, and a new work by contemporary composer Michael Ellison. … read more
The Chamber Music Society: The Sweet Song of the Sleeping...
The instrument Faust played was a 1704 Stradivarius violin named “Sleeping Beauty” that still contains its original neck. The reasoning behind the name was that it was forgotten in a vault for over a century and a half, and rediscovered in 1900. … read more
The Moth & the Flame @ Velor 01.25 with Apt,...
The night of January 25, 2014 was a “welcome home” of sorts for these local art scene favorites and the Provo faithful were in full swing at the sold-out show. The lights finally went down, as they often do before headliners and vigorous bowling competitions, and The Moth & the Flame welcomed everyone to their show. Little girls screamed and pats were received on several backs. This was a non-alcoholic show, so the pats were about as intense as the well wishing became. … read more
Tribal Seeds @ The Depot 01.24 with Wakane, Mystic Roots,...
The smoky haze was just starting to thicken as Mystic Roots walked onstage to open the show with a reggae-style cover of Lorde’s “Royals.” … read more
The Zero Summers @ Burt’s 01.10 with The Paper Guns,...
The stand out of the night was Gerade (pronounced guh-RAH-duh). They are a rock band from Spanish Fork and this was their Salt Lake City debut. These three boys rocked the house and brought the night to an energetic and powerful finish. The vocalist had an amazing range, the bass was loud and sexy, and the drums nailed it all together. … read more
Pepper @ Lo-Fi Cafe 01.22 with Lionize
As the members of Pepper walk on stage, there is a roar coming from the crowd before the band can even touch their instruments. With little introduction, they go right into the newer song “Freeze.” Older songs like “Boot” and “Stone Love” make me feel more at home. … read more
Pepper @ Lo-Fi Cafe 01.22 with Lionize
The legendary Pepper makes their triumphant return to Utah performing live with opening act Lionize at the infamous and revamped Lo-Fi Cafe. … read more
The North Valley @ Kilby Court 01.10 with Golden Sun,...
It’s hard to think of a local band with more potential for longevity than The North Valley. Their first full-length, the release of which was marked by tonight’s show, sparked a fire in my heart that I still haven’t put out, content to live with a charred, murmuring and hollow organ if it means I can spend one more goddamn moment here, letting my ears bleed, and my eyes roll back in my head, and the vibrations break my ribs in a million little pieces. … read more
Be Like Max @ Kilby Court 01.11 with Super Hero,...
Be Like Max set the energy levels to an all time high when they came on. Kicking off their set with the brand new “Bring on the Suits,” the crowd erupted into the biggest circle pit of the night and I found myself face to face with lead singer Charley Fine screaming into the mic “Hey! Bring on the suits!” Between all of the foul language, dirty humor, onstage insults and demands for circle pits, Fine started to debate about doing a stage dive during “Hand Me a Beer.” … read more
Sharon Needles: Nightmare Before Xmas @ Metro Bar 12.14 with...
Out of the crop of RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants that Metro Bar has hosted in this post-Pride season—including Manila Luzon, Honey Mahogany and JuJuBee— Sharon Needles is most certainly the Baddest. … read more