Free local Christmas gig at Nobrow.

On December 19th the local label Eden's Watchtower Records will have a big Christmas concert at Nobrow Coffee and Tea. Here's the lineup:

Born to Ride 5:00
Elemental 5:40
QstandsforQ 6:20
Eliza 7:00
Theta Naught 7:40
Menlo 8:20
Patsy Ohio 8:40

Enjoy a fine beverage and a pastry with your music. Admission is free and food donations are appreciated.

Show #27.

Unsigned Uncensored 3-6 pm on www.utahfm.org, The Platte, The Assent, Summer Lasts Forever live! If you have an iphone listen on QuickTime, or get an extender so you can listen in your car. It will be just like radio! The Platte (Andrew Shaw from Calico) FOR FREE at Slowtrain the same day at 6 pm. I hope to see you there and while you are at Slowtrain, buy the new Joshua James CD for only $8.99 and see his FREE show at Slowtrain this Friday the 20th at 6 pm. Good times.

Drew Danburry

In my opinion, he is one of the best singer/songwriters in Utah. He has a show this Saturday @ 55 N. University Avenue in Provo at his wife's (Lady Danburry) new craft shop, 7 pm. It's free, and there will also be food. Free food!

www.myspace.com/drewdanburry

I wish I took better pictures, but La Farsa killed it at The Woodshed last night for a Halloween super-musical party featuring three other local acts. It's Dresden Dolls-meets-Pinback-Meets-The Nitty Gritty Dirt band. www.myspace.com/lafarsa

Some Utah Halloween shows!

The Deerhunter Pub Oct. 31

2000 N. 300 W.

Spanish Fork

Dead Ball @ Velour Oct. 31

The Brobecks, Neon Trees, and Elizabethan Report

8 pm

Fright Night @ Murray Theater and SHO Oct. 31

Broke City, The Strangerz, Definition, At Last, Summer Lasts Forever, Avenue Of Embers, Allred, The Caultron Girls, Dread The Mainstream, and Grant Jones.

4:30 pm. $10 adv. Costume contest.

Temper-Torque and GOZ

Friday, October 30, 2009
8:30 PM to 2:00 AM
CLUB ALLURE

Freaky Friday

Friday, October 30, 2009
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM MDT
Area 51
451 South 400 West
Salt Lake City

American Hitman @ ABG's in Provo Oct. 31

Sorry for slackin!

Yeah, I'm a bum. Hey while I get my act together check out some of my favorite venues for local music:

www.kilbycourt.com

www.slowtrainmusic.com

www.myspace.com/theurbanlounge

New O-Town Metal Supergroup!

So I get this CD in my mailbox three weeks ago from a band called AM Revelator. It's a brand-new harsh yet melodic metal project consisting of members from former Ogden bands AK Charlie, The Invisible Rays, and Ghundi. It's intense, industrial rock that I think surpasses the afore bands mentioned. Think Soundgarden-meets-STP-meets-The Doors. Members Robert Dean, Bill Cruea, BJ Parker, and Jay Golden have been the tightest I have heard from Davis county in a very long time. A must listen for all metal-heads and 90's grunge freaks alike. They will be performing this Saturday, September 26 for the Salt Lake City Soundcheck at Club Vegas (21+), and on October 16 with Thunderfist at Brewski's in Ogden (also 21+). www.myspace.com/amrevelator

New release yesterday by Joshua James!

The current Utah resident and Lincoln, Nebraska native has come out with his second full-length CD and fifth effort "Build Me This", which has already been out on itunes for about a month. The 25-yr old has only been playing, singing, and writing for about six years, however he has already toured with David Gray, Ani Difranco, and John Mayer and performed at Sundance and SXSW. He also received the #1 Folk Album spot in 2007 on iTunes for his debut album "The Sun Is Always Brighter". He yields a whispery, melancholy voice with gentle guitar and recently, more production. Growing up he used to listen to Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, and The Doors behind his parent's backs; who banned these groups from Young Joshua. Furthermore, he explains. "You have to combine the sweet and the salty, the ugly and the beautiful." Pick up "Build Me This" wherever local music is sold. www.myspace.com/joshuajamesmusic

Dots. I like dots.

HEY!!!!!!

Here is my happier, passionate new blog on the Blogger. Thanks for coming. Here I will tell you who is new and exiting in the Utah music scene, tell you about big local music events, and local band CD releases.

My mission is to debunk the fact that there isn't a 'scene' here in the land of Zion. There absolutely is one, and it's a big, fat, talented one. Especially those kids in UT County like Orem and Provo. I don't know what's in the water there, but that's where The Used came from.

So I'm typing my first blog in bed listening to my brand-spanking new B&O clock radio. It's pretty sweet. Before, I had to crank up the stereo in the living room. I always wanted a radio in the bedroom. I usually like to listen to local radio DJ Steve Williams on KUER 90.1 FM at night who plays jazz until midnight (and he has one of the smoothest voices in town), then if I'm up apres minuit I switch to classical on 89.1 FM. Then in my car during the day I usually listen to KRCL 90.9 FM which plays a lot of local bands of different genres. I am going to get an iphone adaptor so I can listen to the station I DJ at, www.utahfm.org, founded by former members of KRCL. You can download Quicktime on your iphone and listen to Utah FM.org that way also.

SO! Let's get started with the first event and new CD release:

This one I am emceeing and it's FREE. The fourth annual Music To Clean Your Ears Out, a benefit for The Utah Food Bank put on by the Utah label Eden's Watchtower Records (www.ewrecs.com). It's at The Gallivan Center this Saturday, September 26, from 2 pm to 10 pm. There will be nine EWR bands (Elemental, Menlo, Iberis, Michelle Vreeland, DulceSky, Patsy Ohio, Born To Ride, Emily Allen, and Theta Naught) and a couple of belly dance groups, Shahravar and The Skirts. Admission is free, and please bring non-perishable food-items for The Utah Food Bank. While you are there, pick up any or all of the EWR recording artist CDs and compilations, including a brand new one that will make it's debut that day.

Featured CD release! The new full-length album from Salt Lake City singer/songwriter Libbie Linton. Titled Bird Wings In The Bleak, her round, deep vocals are reminiscent of Zach Schwartz (A.K.A. Zach Rogue) of Rogue Wave's. To listen to her music is mesmerizing. Pick Up "Bird Wings In The Bleak" at Slowtrain Records on 300 S. (Broadway) and 221 E. in SLC.

That's all for now. It's past my bedtime!

Hope to see you this Saturday,

Portia

Radio DJ for Utah FM, mobile DJ, monthly guest host on PCTV, and Utah band radio show host for six years total.