Authors: Jon Robertson
Local Reviews: Babble Rabbit
Boy howdy!! The fuzzed-out funk/punk on this EP is so overwhelming that when you listen to it, you kind of feel like you might be sitting in a pile of your own timber. But rest assured, it’s not you that’s causing this feeling—it’s the astounding sounds of Babble Rabbit. I can’t begin to describe how breathtaking this album is. … read more
Local Reviews: Shark Speed
While the pace of most the songs on Shark Speed’s second release, Education EP, have a pace and tonal energy similar to that of the majority of the songs on VH1’s top 20 countdown there is a style about them that gives them an organic genuine vibe. … read more
Local Reviews: Small Town Sinners
Small Town Sinners aren’t what you would expect from a local alt country band. Each one of their songs seems to slightly pull at your heart strings and randomly sneak back into your brain when you least expect it. … read more
Local Review: Atilast – Atilast
Atilast = Paramore + The Material … read more
Local Reviews: Location Location
This is some contrived, pop-ass, middle-aged rock. Yet despite its lame genre and lame intentions, it is actually pretty good for what it is. The songwriting is well-crafted and incorporates interesting background percussion and effects. … 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: American Hollow
I have to give American Hollow a lot of credit for their ambition. I love the fact that they have done their best to make an album that attempts to flow together seamlessly and the structures in the songs are actually some of the more creative and progressive around the local Utah scene. … read more
Local Reviews: DropSideNine
There is some serious pain and anguish on DropSideNine’s debut EP. A Perfectly Orchestrated Breakdown definitely lives up to its name. The vocals on this record are mixed so high that it sounds like vocalist Brandon Larsen is sitting on my lap bouncing on my taters while the other member of the band, Scott Peterson, donkey-punches me. … read more
Local Reviews: Various Artists
I was pleasantly surprised when I popped in Billygoat Database’s Time Capsule compilation, featuring music from VCR5, Nolens Volens and more. Not quite knowing what to expect, I was greeted with some extremely creative and varied techno jams. Each song seems to take you on a whirlwind adventure through a strange and mysterious land that is half Tron and half Lagoon. … read more
Local Reviews: Small Town Sinners
Small Town Sinners are turning out quality discs like Notorious B.I.G. personally came down from the heavens and requested it. Blood and Dust, their most recent offering, continues Small Town Sinners’ pursuit of making the most amazing heartfelt alt-country possible would definitely inspire the late, great Biggie Smalls to put on his flannel and grab his acoustic. … read more
