Local Review: Juse – Concentrate This!

Local Review: Juse – Concentrate This!
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Juse Concentrate This!  Self-Released Street: 09.01 Juse = Social Distortion + Rancid + The Offspring Juse (pronounced like “Juice”) have been throwing out their brand of punk influenced rock in Ogden for almost four years. With Concentrate This!, Juse presents some interesting songs with plenty of energy, but it’s a little too rough around the

Local Review: Junk Drawer – Album of the Same Name

Local Review: Junk Drawer – Album of the Same Name
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Junk Drawer Album of the Same Name Self-Released Street: 11.21 Junk Drawer = 311 + Dinosaur Jr. + Lansing Dreiden There is something inherently 80s about the band Junk Drawer. Maybe it is the vintage synths or the verse chorus nature of some of their songs, but what can definitely be said is that they

Local Review: Cross-Eyed Slut Rough

Local Review: Cross-Eyed Slut Rough
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Cross-Eyed Slut Rough Hump! Records Street: 2006 Cross-Eyed Slut = Guttermouth + The Cramps + System of a Down We are lucky in these days of information to have access to many different types of musical influences. Sometimes it is a hindrance to bands when they try to incorporate too much into their music, but

Local Reviews: Die Monster Die — Only the Dead Will Survive

Local Reviews: Die Monster Die — Only the Dead Will...
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It’s another Die Monster Die release, and nothing is different from previous releases, but it’s still good. … read more

Local Review: De La Vega – 5-song demo

Local Review: De La Vega – 5-song demo
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As if their full-length wasn’t enough, De La Vega sends another rap-metal-reggae release that wants badly to be Rage Against the Machine spooning with Staind. … read more

Local Review: Erin Haley – Catastrophe Fantastic

Local Review: Erin Haley – Catastrophe Fantastic
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It’s clear Erin Haley is loaded with talent, and luckily, she has a great recording to promote herself. … read more

Local Review: Die Monster Die – Only the Dead Will Survive

Local Review: Die Monster Die – Only the Dead Will...
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It’s another Die Monster Die release, and nothing is different from previous releases, but it’s still good. … read more

Local Review: Day of Less – Porcaria

Local Review: Day of Less – Porcaria
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Not only is Day of Less as tough as Hell’s Angels, they will get under your skin in the worst, or best of, ways, depending on how badly you need woken up. … read more

Local Review: Beard of Solitude –  Broken Brain EP

Local Review: Beard of Solitude – Broken Brain EP
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Acoustic-driven pop-rock oddly recalling Mission of Burma and other late-80s art-alt bands come out in the Broken Brain EP, with some John Denver overtones. … read more

Local Review: Agape – Self-titled EP

Local Review: Agape – Self-titled EP
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One might compare Agape to Gold Standard Laboratory bands, and yeah, that’d be accurate, but one-man-band Ryan Powers leaves ’em all in the dust if you ask me. … read more

Local Review: The Awesome Possum Band – Blendn’ In

Local Review: The Awesome Possum Band – Blendn’ In
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Covers include the Southern-accented “Wish You Was Here” and “Under the Milky Way.” The Awesome Possum Band is funny but not in an annoying way. … read more

Local Review: Gift Anon – Mum’s the Word

Local Review: Gift Anon – Mum’s the Word
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Heaps of reverb helps the darkness go down smooth and sugary, but in your stomach, it’ll explode with Gift Anon. … read more