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Nova Chamber Series Preview: Andrew Norman and Beethoven 11.13
The Nova Chamber Music Concert Series continues this Sunday, November 13 at 3 p.m. in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall, which is on the north side of President’s Circle on the University of Utah campus. … read more
Big Harp, Maria Taylor @ Urban 10.27
Husband and wife duo Big Harp had the crowd rocking and rolling at the Urban Lounge on October 27. … read more
Warbringer, Lazarus A.D., Diamond Plate, Landmine Marathon @ The Complex...
The crowd was still thin for Warbringer’s set, but I doubt that’s how people will remember the show. … read more
Thrice and a Bazillion Other Bands @ Saltair 11.1
Thrice is my favorite band. If I was allowed to post a video of me just saying that, it’d probably be a sufficient review—that’s how much love would exude from me. Alas, my job isn’t to make creepy videos of myself, so I must describe it all to you with words. … read more
SLUG Dia de los Muertos Party @ The Garage 10.29
The moon shone crescent and ghostly this last Saturday, Oct. 29, as costumed bar flies buzzed into The Garage for SLUG’s Day of the Dead party. … read more
Back Chat, Chasing Kings, Holy Water Buffalo, John-Ross Boyce &...
This was one of several Halloween shows at Velour, and the venue was upgraded from its usual creepy chapel decor to goofy-scary chapel with the help of Frankenstein behind the drum set and a large skull above the stage. … read more
mr. Gnome @ Burt’s 10.26
I arrived a week early to mr. Gnome’s show at Burt’s … That’s how excited I was to see this band from Cleveland play live. … read more
Blue Scholars, Bambu, Grynch and DJ Inphared, Burnell Washburn @...
Blue Scholars have visited Salt Lake City a handful of times and have since gained a considerable following for an underground hip hop act in a city dominated by any genre other than. … read more
Bayside @ In The Venue 10.19
As far back as I can remember Bayside has been one of my favorite bands. Back in the good ol’ days in Illinois, a friend of mine, Tim, introduced me to Bayside and I was instantly stoked, thinking they sounded a lot like Alkaline Trio. … read more
Nova Chamber Series: Brahms, Wagner, Franck @ Libby Gardner Hall...
Last Sunday the Nova Chamber Music series presented its first concert of the season. Chamber music is written for small groups, like rock and roll essentially, but instead of amplifiers we are blessed to have the intimate and vibrantly clear Libby Gardner Concert Hall to bring the performance of these strings and horns very close indeed. … read more