It’s hard to neatly box up the music of the Vibrant Sound into one cut-and-dried genre, but that didn’t matter much to the packed crowd that attended the band’s album release party at Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo on Saturday evening. Marley and Hayley Hernandez opened the show with their brand of quiet acoustic [...]

It’s the weekend and, as such, the next two nights will undoubtedly be marked by thousands of college students sitting in their apartments, repeating the same tired refrain: “There’s nothing to do in Provo.” While Provo isn’t exactly a bustling metropolis of nightlife, it certainly isn’t dead. There are cool things going on — you [...]

As you undoubtedly know, music legend and cultural icon Michael Jackson passed away this afternoon at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., after suffering cardiac arrest. The singer was 50 years old and is survived by his three sons. America has had a strange relationship with Jackson over the past few years. A literal [...]

R.I.P. Pennyroyal, our dear friend. Today is a sad day for all that enjoy great food and a good place to hang out in Provo. The fledgling Pennyroyal Cafe, located on University Ave. in the heart of downtown, will be closing its doors after just a few short months of awesomeness. Tonight, June 24th, will [...]

When Barack Obama was elected as the country’s 44th president, there was great hope amongst the LGBT community and their supporters that things would change. Gone were the days of Bush, Cheney (who, weirdly enough, turned out to be a pretty big pro-gay guy recently) and the like. In was the shining savior of the [...]

Isaac Brock and Company, known to the world as popular indie band Modest Mouse, are coming to Utah. Take a minute to catch your breath. The band announced the details of their upcoming North American tour on Tuesday and — surprise! — will make a stop at Salt Lake City’s In The Venue on September [...]

The Republican Party’s formerly unbeatable battle cry of “Family Values!” (loose translation: “the gays are coming!”) is taking a beating from within this week as Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., admitted to doing a rather dirty deed: Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada Tuesday admitted an extramarital affair with a woman who had worked for him. [...]

Indie-eclectic outfit Mudbison rocked Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo on Monday evening, ultimately bringing home the title in night one of the venue’s summer “Battle of the Bands” competition. Led by frontman Spencer Russell, the new-look Mudbison tore through their five song set with a ferocity not generally associated with Russell’s solo material. The [...]