The Screaming Eagle slays Salt Lake City

July 31, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes You’d think it was a steamy Saturday night at the Apollo Theater. Charles Bradley and the Extraordinaires blasted a hole through the fabric of time and took Pioneer Park back to the 1960s/70s on Thursday night, July 24, at the third installment of the Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake City. From the look, feel […]

Twilight with TV on the Radio

July 29, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Week two of Salt Lake City’s annual Twilight concert series and things are ramping up. July 17’s concert featured indie-rock band TV on the Radio as headliners and Twin Shadow as opener. The lines to get in were much more manageable this time around, what with the additional entrance. The sweet summer evening atmosphere of […]

Reba gets Fancy at Country Explosion

July 22, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes It all started with the hot smell of asphalt and beer. The second annual Country Explosion 4-day music festival was held at the Deseret Peak Complex in Tooele July 17-20. As we drove in to the Complex on Friday the 18th there were areas for RVs or tents for those who wanted to experience the […]

The return of Twilight and triumph of Ms. Lauryn Hill

July 16, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Salt Lake City’s annual Twilight concert series is back. The gang of food trucks rolled in and circled like Hell’s Angels, the adult beverage tents stocked with beer and wine, and the army of port-a-potties stood like soldiers awaiting their duty. The gaggle of Salt Lakers swarmed in through the one main entrance*, a steady […]

Retro-groove at Red Butte Garden

July 8, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fitz and the Tantrums are like six shots of espresso, right to the heart. For those unfamiliar with this band, they combine neo-soul and indie pop into 90 minutes of spunky, dance-inducing, heart-thumping, uplifting music. On June 30 they played a sold-out show at Red Butte Gardens. Their setlist came from two studio albums: Pickin’ […]

Provo is Love-struck

June 19, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes Local bands Cory Mon, VanLadyLove and We are the Strike played in the latest installment of Provo’s Rooftop Concert Series to their screaming fangirls and fanboys. A tall, wild-haired, bassist that wore a white tank and red suspenders took the stage first on Friday night at this year’s second concert of Provo’s rooftop series. His […]

Saturday’s Shows

March 28, 2014

Reading Time: < 1 minute The New Electric Sound with Mad Max and The Wild Ones and Mister Smith at Velour, Provo 8pm – $8 RSVP Check out The New Electric Sound here.  Check out Mad Max and The Wild Ones here. Check out Mister Smith here.      Songwriter Showdown finals at Muse Music, Provo 8pm – $5 RSVP […]