Music
Local Reviews: Taught Me
This album seems violent in the same way that a rose’s edge in bloom pushing out into the world does�it’s forceful to an extent, but you really have to pay attention to understand why. … read more
Local Reviews: Stolen Marches
Ex-Endless Struggler Bobby and the boys bring eight heaping plates of punk rock snot and loveliness to the table that street punks, oi boys and rockers can all feast on together. … read more
Local Reviews: Will Sartain
Will Sartain’s solo material has trappings of Redd Tape; as RT’s main songwriter, that’s to be expected. But Will seems to strip away some of the cutesy quirkiness that Redd Tape possesses in this album and his previous one and replaces it with about the same amount of pain and offbeat discordance, but painted with much more seriousness. … read more
Local Reviews: Rotten Musicians
Here we have another sophisticated hip-hop album straight from the heart of the SLC made up of Mike Danner, Shanty, Scarecrow and Madman. “Fantasy Impromptu 89” is probably my favorite track, but the disco-ish, R&B “Rotten Musicians Go to the Movies” is also a charmer. But then again, “So What Comes After Postmodern” is really catchy and powerful too, with its strobing guitar beat and buzzy synth samples. … read more
Local Reviews: Paper Cranes
Insanity lo-fi noise guitar/synth dancebeats are piled under paroxysmal thrashpunk powerviolence/Curtis Jensen-ish screams and yelps and indecipherable mutterings, and occasionally replaced by nearly-epic keyboard dirges that deteriorate as they form to make the five songs (all named after dinosaurs — Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, etc) that comprise this EP. … read more
Local Reviews: Cave of Roses
The oddly named Cave of Roses, one of the Utah metal scene’s best-kept secrets, is finally unleashed upon us with this, Redemption, their first demo. Only a three-piece, these guys have more technicality and aggression inside them than lots of other bands combined! … read more
Local Reviews: Hellbound Saints — Demo
These boys from Provo have garnered a lot of support in happy valley. I hope this is just a taste of thing to come from the Hellbound Saints. … read more
Local Reviews: This Dying Need — Disconcerning Divine
This Dying Need might turn off non-industrialists, but for those with initiated palettes, they’ll come off as decent at their brand of old-school industrial beats and undressed synths with mainstreamish dark pop structure. … read more
Local Reviews: Redemption — Home
Redemption is like the Sandman brought to life: edgy, mysterious, not black and white but grey, aloof and cold — yet strangely warm and comforting. … read more
Local Reviews: The Rattails Present The Loyal — One.Two..Three…
It can make the listener feel a bit uneasy — kind of like when that red-headed overweight girl in the velvet dress absolutely must read you her newest poem. … read more
Local Reviews: King Tree — Chasing Ghosts
Oh my gosh! Sevenstringbassfreak is a member of King Tree! When they signed up to Violet Run’s myspace page, we were like, who the hell is this? But added him anyway because we wanted to have more than 23 friends. … read more
Local Reviews: Nolens Volens — I’m Sad Your Living
Tribal atmospheric drumming melts into NYC Ghosts and Flowers Sonic Youth wavering guitar-picking, bright as a daisy growing between a crack in a disgusting city street in the opening track, “Jon Bytheway is Actually Satan” … read more
