Battle of the Bands at the Stereo Room, Round 1

February 18, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reagan High | Staff Writer Orem’s relatively new venue the Stereo Room hosted its first night of Battle of the Bands on Monday, Feb. 16th. This first round contained everything from soulful Americana to a symphonic, hard rock cello group. The four bands that played were Fyre and Reign, Split Duality, Active Strand, and Synergy. […]

Welcome to “Break-up Season” playlist

February 18, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, mid-February brings in break-up season. The times of the year with the highest number of break ups are after New Year’s and Valentine’s Day because they are “expectation holidays.” If you weren’t all in before one of these holidays and your significant other doesn’t meet your expectations, […]

The Stereo Room’s Battle of the Bands Preview

February 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Nicola Pritchett  Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing  Editor | @tiffany_mf The Stereo Room, a relatively new concert venue in Orem, is hosting a Battle of the Bands this week, from Monday, Feb. 16 to the final round on Friday, Feb. 20. The 16 new bands are divided into four groups, which will play […]

Happy Birthday, Velour.

February 15, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photos by Gabi Campbell Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Six bands – all with ties to Provo – and hundreds of music fans, including Provo Mayor John Curtis, came to the two day bash to pay homage (or, you know, just to boogie along with good bands) to founder/owner Corey Fox and his […]

New Love§trange album “I Liked It, No I Didn’t”

February 12, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Arash Armin Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf  Perhaps you’ve seen the cryptic, Ayn Rand-ian “Who is John Galt” posters in black and white taped to buildings and light poles, with the face of a man who has elegantly high cheekbones, that ask, “Who is Karl Strange?” are scattered around downtown […]

Aubergine & Co. is bringin’ healthy back

February 4, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes All photos courtesy of Aubergine & Co. Lee Thomas | [email protected] After indulging in the college regulars of pizza, Mexican food, ramen and beer, sometimes life calls for a hearty meal full of vegetables and protein that will nourish you from the inside out. Aubergine & Co. opened seven months ago in Orem; a new […]

Bruges Waffles & Frites from the mouths of the web staff

January 31, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | Deputy Managing Editor | @tiffany_mf Bruges is this magnificently Europeanesque experience found conveniently on Center Street in Provo.  Inside the eatery is little Belgium, complete with the Manneken Pis (you know, the naked boy statue fountain that looks like its peeing), brick walls with antique waffle irons hung up and open windows that give […]

Lucy’s New York Pizza from the mouths of the web staff

January 28, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes Tiffany Frandsen | News Editor | @tiffany_mf I had the pacific pizza, which is pineapple and ham. How boring of me, when there are choices like the CCB, which is chicken and bacon bits, or the zim, which is a pizza with sauerkraut. The cheese was so a melty and hot that it set the […]