Reading Time: 2 minutes Rock royalty often grants the Deal sisters and their band, the Breeders, status and respect amongst its elites. Kim Deal, having been the bassist for the legendary Pixies, ensures that the group at least has a consideration in this category. But the Breeders, with their sporadic releases, have also managed to earn their own admirers, inspiring one band to write the song “Cool As Kim Deal.” And, indeed, cool she is.

Reading Time: < 1 minute On June 21 at 8 p.m. when local band Chris Merritt releases their second album, Pixie and the Bear, at the Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo, you’ll be getting an indie rock show and a free barbecue — two out of the three things that make summer in Utah tolerable, and that isn’t bad.

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a lot of ways, Square-Enix’s recently released and hard-to-find Nintendo DS game, The World Ends With You, is a mixed bag.

Reading Time: 5 minutes There is a noticeable difference between Disney’s and DreamWorks’ animated films: Disney’s are of such high quality that they do not need to rely on celebrity voiceovers, while DreamWorks sells their mediocre movies on the names involved. Usually. Even though DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda has a typical list of celebrity voices, it is far better than any of their previous animated flicks.

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you don’t already know about the band Atmosphere it’s about time you do.

Reading Time: 2 minutes As one of the first titles for the Nintendo Wii’s new downloadable game service, “Lost Winds” is the story of the spirit of the wind named Enril and her fight against one of her evil, older brothers. As spirits in video games tend to do, Enril enlists the aid of a small and fearless-bordering-on-suicidal boy who, in this case, is named Toku.

Reading Time: 2 minutes As Matt Costa took the stage at the Avalon in Salt Lake City, he was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans.

Reading Time: 6 minutes What can be said about Iron Man that you haven’t already heard from your friends? Nothing, really. It’s all that everyone’s cracked it up to be. It’s fun, visually amazing, it’s got a great story, and it’s 100% entertaining.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The post-hardcore-punk sages NOFX came through SLC on May 3 at In The Venue. The audience was pretty excited because “NOFX hasn’t played a club in Salt Lake City in like 5 years,” according to frontman Fat Mike. Although all the excited fans in attendance expected a good show, they were about to be delightfully surprised on a bigger scale.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Joshua James is arguably the most popular modern musician that calls Utah home. The label behind that success is North Platte Records, which is co-owned by UVU alum and adjunct professor McKay Stevens.