Year: 2015
Local Review: Berlin Breaks – Empty Spaces
Berlin Breaks = Trapt + Tool … read more
Local Review: Band of Annuals – Live Warehouse EP
Band of Annuals Live Warehouse EP Self Released Street: 11.01 BOA = Neil Young + Emmylou Harris + that dreaded country twang It’s rare these days that a record can actually exude warmth. Live Warehouse EP does exactly that. From the first song, “Thought I’d Have Learned,” to the final “Blood on my Shirt,” these seven
Local Review: AudioTreats – Vol. 2.5
AudioTreats = Cashmere Cat + Takagi Masakatsu … read more
Local Review: Baker Street Blues Band
– EP (Demo)
Baker Street Blues Band = The Doors + Grateful Dead + Muddy Waters … read more
Local Review: Audio Polaroids – Learn To Fall EP
Audio Polaroids = Nickelback + Foo Fighters … read more
Local Review: Baby Girl / Gaytheist – Split EP
Baby Gurl/Gaytheist = Queens of the Stone Age + Fucked Up + Hot Snakes … read more
Local Review: Baby Gurl – Incompoop
Baby Gurl = Primus + Queens of the Stone Age’s Songs for the Deaf / Yaktooth … read more
Local Review: B.C. Einstein – Just For You
B.C. Einstein = Nujabes + J Dilla + Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician … read more
Local Review: Baby Ghosts – Ghost Walk
Baby Ghosts = P.S. Eliot + Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
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Local Review: Artificial Flower Company – Creamium
Artificial Flower Company Creamium Self-Released Street: 03.16 The Artificial Flower Company = 90s Television + Delicate Steve TAFC are an experimental project out of Provo who give old and new pop influences unexpected flavors within a low-budget recording style. For me, most lo-fi music sounds endear- ing. However, TAFC have a certain cabaret panache in this
Local Review: Atomic 45 – Cauterized
Atomic 45 Cauterized Self-Released Street: 04.04 Atomic 45 = System of a Down + Suicidal Tendencies + Corrosion of Conformity I love a band that goes for it unapologetically in their approach, not that they should be apologizing for anything. What I’m getting from Cauterized is an element of exuberance that wasn’t as present on
Local Review: Andrew Shaw – You’ve Got An Evil Place...
Andrew Shaw You’ve Got An Evil Place In Your Heart Self-Released Street: 07.07 Andrew Shaw = All-Time Quarterback / Bright Eyes Andrew Shaw makes the kind of lo-fi bedroom folk that flourished in the mid-2000s through artists like Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes. Shaw’s latest album, You’ve Got An Evil
