Month: April 2013
Local Reviews: Black Seas of Infinity
Black Seas of Infinity = Raison D’etre + Nostalgia + Hexentanz … read more
Local Reviews: Reviver
Reviver is indisputably one of the hardest-working bands in Utah, and their dedication shows in this latest EP. Potential Wasteland is a hardcore tribute to doing exactly what it is that you want to do without letting the totalitarian structure and guilt of the surrounding system hold you down. … read more
Local Reviews: The Castanettes
The Castanettes = Sloan + Midlake + The Brobecks … read more
Local Reviews: Various Artists
Rock, pop, indie, ambient, hip hop, singer-songwriter, jazz, metal––it’s all here, and it’s all as local as the lake-effect, but way better. For 2010, The Rock Salt has given us a damn canorous cornucopia (thanks dictionary.com). … read more
Local Reviews: Christian Asplund
Christian Asplund = The Bad Plus + John Zorn + John Mclaughlin … read more
Local Reviews: Gorgeous Hussies – Sweet Surrealistic Queen
Gorgeous Hussies = Third Eye Blind + The New Radicals + Sister Hazel … read more
Local Reviews: The Insurgency
The Insurgency = The Butthole Surfers + Reverend Horton Heat + The Sex Pistols … read more
Local Reviews: Lexi Sayok
Lexi Sayok = Neon Trees + Big Gun Baby … read more
Local Reviews: Pete Fintak
Pete Fintak = Nickelback + Creed + a piano – lyrical abilities … read more
Local Reviews: The Platte
The Platte = Calico + The Antlers + Bon Iver … read more
Local Reviews: Wren Kennedy
Kennedy (often seen slinging joe with Joe at nobrow coffee, or in his band Bluebird Radio) lays down some of the tightest vocal harmonies I’ve heard from a Salt Lake project. The lyrics are also of note and the recording itself, done by Kennedy, turned out great in a lo-fi way. … read more
Local Reviews: Yaotl Mictlan
After you listen to some albums, they leave you in awe, overwhelmed by the nature of greatness that has just laid claim to your auditory passages. Yaotl Mictlan’s second full-length Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac is one of those albums. Dentro ups the extremity and pure enveloping blackness that was harshly and beautifully displayed on their debut album, but with more direct and potent songwriting that demands attentiveness to its listening experience. … read more
