Show Reviews
Youth Lagoon @ Kilby Court 02.28 with Night Sweats
When I first saw Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon play, it was last year at the Urban Lounge. At the time, he was a quiet performer with only his drum machine and keyboard and one guitarist. That was a beautiful performance. … read more
Toro y Moi @ Urban Lounge 02.24 with Dog Bite,...
I have wanted to see Chaz Bundick aka Toro Y Moi perform for a long time, and I must say, my expectations were fully met. … read more
Kishi Bashi with Tall Tall Trees, Plume Giant @ Kilby...
Kishi Bashi is better known for his work with Jupiter One and of Montreal, but has made a name for himself as an incomparable one-man act in a very short amount of time. Currently touring with Tall Tall Trees as his live band in support of his first solo album, 151a, Kishi Bashi brought an incredible amount of positive energy and bright, smiling faces to Kilby. … read more
Negative Approach @ The Shred Shed 02.16.12
Alternative Utah came out in droves on Saturday to pay respect to punk legends Negative Approach. Street punks, Crust punks, SHARPs, punk-savvy hipsters, people of all ages (there was a man who clearly into his late 60s dancing at the sidelines), people from every socio-economic stripe packed the Shred Shed en masse for cynical, anti-social hardcore. I’m not sure if the show sold out, but it sure looked like it, all thanks to the promoting monsters at Pyrate Punx SLC. … read more
Between the Buried and Me with Coheed and Cambria, Russian...
Friday night, I joined a couple hundred of my closest friends and made the trek out to the fragrant Saltair to witness the coming of the Coheed and Cambria tour with supporting acts Between the Buried and Me and Russian Circles. … read more
Tesla Quartet @
Libby Gardner Concert Hall 02.07
I am still consistently surprised at the rich layers of musical complexity that the simple parameters of a string quartet can accomplish, and this month’s Chamber Music concert was particularly enjoyable. The Tesla Quartet have studied with the Takács quartet, which was the first chamber music concert of this season. They have also traveled extensively around the U.S. as well as internationally, with a multitude of awards to take home. … read more
Wovenhand @ Urban 02.03 with LIGHT/BLACK, INVDRS
Edwards, whether performing a role as prophet or actually communing with God on these occasions, is a riveting performer. He shakes and quakes, rolls his eyes back into his head, quivers his feet, and seemingly speaks in tongues. … read more
NOVA Chamber Series: New Horizons Then and Now
The genesis of this Nova Concert was the 100th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary lieder cycle, Three Times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud’s Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21 (1912). … read more
Pinback with Judgement Day @ The Depot 01.26
Doped up on DayQuil and brandishing a blue handkerchief, I braved a sea of mucus and cough fits just to see the indie-icon band, Pinback. The Depot was packed—I stood alongside inter-generational hipsters, a few of my former college professors, appreciators of minimalist rock and a small band of flannel-bros, rising to the occasion despite the onslaught of snow, long lines and $7 beer. … read more
BROTHERS OF BRUTALITY TOUR: Whitechapel, Emmure, Unearth, The Plot In...
Saturday night, I sashayed my ass through the cold and wet to check out the much-anticipated Brothers of Brutality tour at In The Venue. This tour has been rotating headliners, which makes it kind of a fun “guess who” game after the openers have their sets. … read more