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Local Review: Daemos – Surface
Daemos Surface Self-produced Street: 06.05 Daemos = Pantera worship + nu metal hopefulness Daemos deserves credit for being a hard working band, I just can’t give the thumbs up on this release. Vocally, there might be tinges of Mike Patton circa Faith No More, but it only seems to be there for the sake of
Local Review: The Krypled – S/T
The Krypled S/T Self Released Street: 2007 The Krypled = I don’t even think THEY have any idea. This CD is, from start to finish, one of the most boring, hackneyed, been-there-done-that things I’ve ever heard. Honestly, if I wanted to listen to ripped off NWOBHM riffs, I’d much prefer something like Slough Feg…at least
Local Review: Mathematics Et Cetera – Eye Contact is No...
Mathematics Et Cetera Eye Contact is No Guarantee Hotel Palindrome Street: 03.31 Mathematics Et Cetera = CYHSY + Phantom Planet On the accurately titled Eye Contact Is No Guarantee, (selling out Velour every weekend doesn’t qualify boring music), Mathematics Et Cetera have delivered a mid-fi collection of eleven songs that fit together in no reasonable
Local Review: Monorchist Keep Your Eye On the Ball
Monorchist Keep Your Eye On the Ball Self-Release Street: 2007 Monorchist = Sleater Kinney + Joan Jett Kourtney Farnsworth might be feminine, but she’s no prissy girl. Singing in a taunting tone on the best track, “Action Girl”: “She’s not like Barbie, there’s no fucking way. She’s like GI Joe! Commando style.” Lyrics in “F.K.A.”
Local Review: The New Nervous – Frantic Is The New...
The New Nervous Frantic Is The New Nervous Self-Release Street: 03.24 The New Nervous = The Academy Is + Circa Survive Provo has a burgeoning music scene for all ages and of every musical genre. The New Nervous provides SLC’s southern neighbor with a good dose of aggressive (though not too angry) rock influenced by
Local Review: Sweet Jesus – Self-Titled
Sweet Jesus Self-Titled Exigent Records Street: 03.07 Sweet Jesus = Hammergun + Form Of Rocket . Yeah, I said it. Honestly, and this is a good thing, Sweet Jesus sounds exactly like Hammergun and Form Of Rocket if you mashed them together. Makes perfect sense, considering bassist Sean McClaugherty was in Hammergun, and guitarist/vocalist Peter
Loca Review: Xur/ Mich!gan – By the Beard of Zeus
Xur/ Mich!gan By the Beard of Zeus Exigent Records Street: 07.10 Xur = Ocean + Lustmord + Isis Mich!gan = Converge + Botch By the Beard of Zeus is a split LP from the bands Xur and the no longer existing Mich!gan. The first three tracks are Xur’s the band is a big gnarly metal
Local Review: Vividend – Thirsty City
Vividend Thirsty City raincLOUD Records Streets: OUT Vividend = Sage Frances + Sole Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ! I want to be a hip-hop superstar. If only to be recognized under a pretentious barely literate, semi-biblical alias. I here by now proclaim myself Milengidnus Dikotemyor Mortakye. Get it right oh ye bitches. Vividend reminds me of my Grandpa learning
Local Review: Manicproject – Squareone
Manicproject Squareone Self release Street:06.19 Manicproject = NIN – Trent + Phil, a monochromatic voice that hurts ears real bad. While the down beats and atmospheric pressure of the seemingly distant background music put you in an ecstasy based trance, the lyrics and vocals that Phil Istomin chose to combine with them immediately pull you
Local Review: Adjacent to Nothing – S/T
Adjacent to Nothing S/T Independent Street: 07.10 Adjacent to Nothing = Korn + Disturbed + Mudvayne + Chevelle This is the first release from Orem’s Adjacent To Nothing. The album was produced by big-timer Sylvia Massy–Shivy, the woman responsible for many classic records such as Tool Undertow, Johnny Cash Unchained and the first System of