Midnight Records at Counterpoint Studios: The Biggest Donation to the Utah Arts Alliance

Midnight Records at Counterpoint Studios: The Biggest Donation to the...
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As of this past January, Counterpoint Studios is the official studio space for Midnight Records (MRP) and Utah Arts Alliance’s (UAA) Recording Arts Program. MRP are dedicated to making high-quality recording at Counterpoint Studios affordable for local musicians, where every aspect of Counterpoint’s construction was built to revolve around sound.

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Travesura @ Garage on Beck 03.27 with Dark Seas, Freckles

Travesura @ Garage on Beck 03.27 with Dark Seas, Freckles
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Skaters rejoiced this past weekend as Freckles and Travesura rolled into town, each band consisting of skate greats Josh Harmony and Leo Romero (respectively). The two bands played alongside local rockers Dark Seas, who closed the night out. Skate rat or no skate rat, Friday night’s lineup wasn’t one to miss.   … read more

Localized: Better Taste Bureau

Localized: Better Taste Bureau
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If hip-hop in Salt Lake is something you’ve never experienced, look no further than April’s Localized, sponsored by Uinta Brewing Co., KRCL 90.9 FM and Spilt Ink SLC. This month’s lineup is solid through and through, starting with Swell Merchants and the Dine Krew, who will lay some groovy tracks down to get you hyped for Better Taste Bureau. You might just find yourself jumping up and down to their fresh flow. As always, $5 gets you in, so load up the van and get down to Urban Lounge, Saturday, April 18 at 10 p.m.

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Localized: Dine Krew

Localized: Dine Krew
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It’s not unusual for a group of teenagers to spend long stretches of time in their parents’ basement, eating ramen noodles and staring at some sort of a screen while vaguely recognizable jams bump in the background. Generally, these hangouts don’t equate to much other than high scores on Mario Kart, but Dine Krew took their adolescent experiments and ideas and painted that shit gold, so to speak. … read more

Sulphur Aeon Open the Gateway to the Antisphere

Sulphur Aeon Open the Gateway to the Antisphere
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Sulphur Aeon release their third full-length album, Gateway to the Antisphere, on April 3 with Imperium Productions.

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Review: Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake – Modern Surf Classics

Review: Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake – Modern...
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Swami John Reis and the Blind Shake = The Ventures + The Gorgons + Link Wray … read more

Just Another Man From The Cosmic Inferno: Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple

Just Another Man From The Cosmic Inferno: Kawabata Makoto of...
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Over 20 years, 72 full-length albums and countless tours throughout the world, Japanese music collective Acid Mothers Temple have produced some of the world’s most fascinatingly weird tunes. At the center of this ever-shifting kaleidoscope of musical collaborators, Kawabata Makoto acts as both originator and catalyst for a cosmic musical energy that stretches beyond the boundaries of the strange and into the realm of the sublime.

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