Localized: Soft Limbs

Localized: Soft Limbs
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Local trio Soft Limbs doesn’t want to be known for a Salt Lake sound—on the contrary, the psych-rock punk group aims to redefine their place in the local scene. Soft Limbs fuse together instrumentation lifted from garage rock groups of the late ’90s with dynamic, unpredictable psych melodies and art-punk catchiness—but that’s just scratching the surface. … read more

Localized: Magic Mint

Localized: Magic Mint
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Magic Mint, the solo-project brainchild of local musician Andrew Shaw, might seem like an axiomatic extension of Shaw’s four-piece band, Color Animal, but it’s not. Self-described as “the marriage of looping and pop music,” Magic Mint presents a psych-pop sound with a few intentional nuances that give Magic Mint its euphorically retroactive sound. … read more

Review: Minor Victories – Self-titled

Review: Minor Victories – Self-titled
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Minor Victories = Ride + My Bloody Valentine + Thomas Feiner & Anywhen’s “The Siren Songs”
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Review: case/lang/veirs – Self-titled

Review: case/lang/veirs – Self-titled
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case/lang/veirs = Parton/Ronstadt/Harris + Buckingham/Nicks/McVie
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Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2016

Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2016
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Photos courtesy of Tyson Heder If one were to choose to walk through the layered depths of the punk rock community, they should strive to find themselves wallowing in the heat of the Punk Rock Bowling Festival. The festival is held on a parking lot adjacent to Fremont, and its largely open space lacks cover from