Show Reviews
Black Heart Procession @ Urban Lounge 12.11
With a band like the Black Heart Procession, you don’t always know what to expect. I’ve seen their membership swell from three people to as many as five, and I have always been impressed by how much effort goes into getting the details of their stage show perfect. Tonight was no different—the band was spot on. … read more
The Grouch, Zion I, Eligh, Evidence, DJ Fresh and DJ...
On December 6, the 5th Annual How the Grouch Stole Christmas tour came through Salt Lake City, bringing Zion I, the Grouch, Eligh, Evidence and DJ Fresh to the Urban Lounge for a night of some of the best underground hip hop. … read more
Priory @ Kilby Court 11.21
You gotta hand it to these hipsters. And when I say hipsters, I mean the Portland dwelling, bearded, easy-going, most likely stoned kind. Yes, Priory fits said cliche, but let’s not be too hasty to judge. The dudes of Priory stood out enough amongst the masses to land a tour, hop in a bus and live the musician’s dream. … read more
Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake: Doric String Quartet @...
The English Chamber Music outfit, the Doric String Quartet, played at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall last Thursday, a program of quartets featuring Beethoven, Korngold and Brahms. … read more
Nova Chamber Series: American Composer Andrew Norman @ Libby Gardner...
Mr. Norman is a nice kid, who, at thirty-two years old, is talented as hell, looks like Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock, and writes chamber music like it came from outer space. … read more
Mates of State @ Urban 11.12
I don’t feel like I can say this very often, but this was the best show I have been to in a long time—there were no parts for which I would have rather been somewhere else. I walked in, took one look at the stage, and knew that it was going to be a good time. The whole wall behind the stage was filled with different colored flowers and there were clouds made of cotton hanging from the ceiling. … read more
Deer Tick, Guards, The Trappers @ Urban 11.09
On November 9, hundreds of Deer Tick fans packed into the Urban Lounge for a sold out show with Guards and Salt Lake City’s own The Trappers opening. … read more
Gardens, Max Pain and the Groovies, Dark Seas @ The...
Setting a steady, driving beat for the rocked-out audience, Gardens taps into something classic about rock and roll that doesn’t need intensity or psychedelic fuzz to communicate itself. … read more
Appleseed Cast, Kathryn Calder, Hospital Ships @ Urban 11.09
The five-piece Kansas outfit known as Appleseed Cast came back to Utah to grace us with their presence for the second time this year on November 8. Instead of playing to an all-ages assortment at Kilby Court, they sought refuge from the impending frigid weather with a loose crowd of twenty-somethings at Urban Lounge. … read more
Puscifer, Carina Round @ Capitol Theatre 11.09
Not everyone at the Capitol Theater for Puscifer’s SLC stop was scruffy, pierced and topped with a beanie. Sure, there were those, but despite Maynard James Keenan’s understandable appeal to the working class dirtbag in us all, the crowd was diverse, including gents in suits and several older couples. … read more