Year: 2015
Local Review: Icy Blue – Portraits of Imagination
Icy Blu = Tech N9ne + Hopsin … read more
Local Review: Hemis & Saul T. – White Folkes
Hemis & Saul T. = Gangstarr x Atmosphere + I.C.P. … read more
Local Review: I See Your Nightmares – A Lovely Occurrence
I See Your Nightmares = Lou Barlow + Lou Reed – Sebastian Bach … read more
Local Review: Gunfight Fever – Self-Titled
Hailing from Ogden, this four-piece instrumental metal outfit is packing some serious teeth in its jaws. Their debut album is well-structured, with a songwriting style reminiscent of the thrashier spectrum of NWOAHM blended with efficient prog sensibilities. … read more
Local Review: Grey Glass – Self-Titled
Straight out of Provo, Grey Glass are somewhere between pop rock and indie rock. Amid slow-tempo drumming, singing, and infrequent acceleration on tracks like “Lioness,” the “rock-band” essence is somewhat elusive. … read more
Local Review: I’m Designer – Lulled from Reality
I’m Designer = Alarms and Controls + 30 Seconds to Mars + A Perfect Circle … read more
Local Review: Fiendlord – Dust On The Chamber Floor
Fiendlord = Kataxu + early Nokturnal Mortum + Elffor
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Local Review: Folk Hogan – The Show
Folk Hogan The Show Self-Released Street: 04.10 Folk Hogan = Oingo Boingo + Tom Waits + In Extremo Folk Hogan have chosen an entirely new direction. The Show is a concept album centered on a nightmarish allegory of a troupe of carnival workers who feel trapped and resort to mayhem. With their signature quirkiness marinated
Local Review: Golden Plates – Eugenics
Golden Plates Eugenics Self-Released Street: 05.11 Golden Plates = (Lenny Kravitz x Monster Magnet) / The Strokes One of the toughest assignments I’ve had since I started writing for SLUG is the task of trying to define Golden Plates. Part blues, part distortion, part machismo rock n’ roll, it seems to be a music project
Local Review: G. Life – One-Five
G. Life = Tech N9ne x Nelly … read more
Local Review: Fever Dreams – Life has Departed
Fever Dreams = (Nails + His Hero is Gone) / Botch … read more
Local Review: God Country – Last Songs
Had this album come out in 2004, my 15-year-old self would’ve freaked out. To a degree, it uses the tried-and-true formula of distorted guitars with angry-soft vocals that crescendo into a cloud of noise so saturated in raw emotion, I inadvertently absorbed the singer’s climactic experience as my own. … read more
