Reading Time: 2 minutes Everyone has heard about the Provo Music Scene. After artists like Fictionist, Imagine Dragons and Neon Trees a lot of people think that they understand the sound of Utah. But three artists are About to break that wide open, with a concert set up for Friday the 28th at Velour in Provo. Performing are The […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes #1. Shoot at the widest possible aperture. It’s easiest to think of the aperture (F-stop setting) on a DSLR as the pupil of your eye. In bright light it must contract to keep too much light from flooding in. Likewise, in the dark it expands to its maximum circumference to glean any light that it […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Grammy awards are Sunday January 26 and among the nominations for best Electronic/Dance Album and best Electronic Song are works by Kaskade and a former UVU student. Born in Chicago, Kaskade—whose real name is Ryan Raddon—went to Brigham Young University and later the University of Utah where he met his wife and moved with her […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes People often seem to forget that Provo produces more than any one genre of “garage” band. 100 block holds hip-hop, punk, and electronic artists in addition to their well-known folk and singer-songwriter acts. Brad Rhoades hopes to introduce you to a few of all of these musicians with his new “Beehive Compilation.” The collection features […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute When: Friday and Saturday, January 17th and 18th Where: 135 North University, Provo How much: $8 Anyone at all acquainted with the Utah Valley music scene will be familiar with Provo’s Velour (Live Music Gallery). The venue, that helped launch acts like Imagine Dragons and Neon Trees, is having a two-night birthday party this […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Before moving forward into the new year, here’s a look back at 12 of the great local albums released in the last 12 months. Polytype’s “Basic//Complex” Check out the band here. Buy their album here. Westward the Tide’s EP “Everything Is” Check out the band here. Buy their album here. Mortigi Tempo’s self titled album Check […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU students have hidden super powers—mad drawing skills, guitar shredding, academic prowess, the ability to just eat a lot. There are plenty of talented students at this school. I was fortunate enough to spontaneously interview one such UVU student, Stefania Barr, singer/songwriter for rock band Shrink the Giant. She revealed her own personal super power. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lissie, the folk-rock artist who’s been catching the attention of the music world since the release of her first album “Catching a Tiger” August of 2010, just followed it up in October with her sophomore effort “Back to Forever.” Lucky for Salt Lake City, she’s touring through the beehive state in support of her latest […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As downtown Provo is becoming a culturally evolving place—often attracting artists, romantics and hipsters—there is a unique musician who is livening up the street every Friday night playing an instrument that many of us have never seen before. It’s called a Nyckelharpa; a Scandinavian instrument that originated in Sweden around 1350. How does an Orem, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This past Wednesday night you would have seen University Avenue’s sidewalk filling up with people young and old—musicians, friends, fans and the people who just love to hear what talent might be emerging from inside the local favorite music venue, Velour. The anticipation for a show at Velour is always great as you wait in […]