August 2014
Review: Lab Partners – Seven Seas
Lab Partners = Dirty on Purpose + Galaxie 500 … read more
Review: John Lemke – Walizka
John Lemke = Roger Eno + Hammock … read more
Review: Jalilah’s Raks Sharki – Stage Cuts
Jalilah’s Raks Sharki = Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack + Shankar Jaikishan … read more
Review: Impaled Nazarene – Vigorous and Liberating Death
Impaled Nazarene = Sodom + Satanic Warmaster x Aura Noir … read more
Review: Godflesh – Decline & Fall
Godflesh = Head of David + Pitchshifter + (old) Ministry … read more
Local Review: Various Artists – Sounds of Sodium
I have to admit, my local punk rock experiences have been tainted. Unfortunately, my friends and I went to many bad, local pop punk shows in the ‘90s and missed out on the good stuff. Thankfully, Sounds of Sodium, a local punk/rock/hardcore compilation, made it my way. … read more
Local Review: Tiger Fang – Endangered
This album is what it sounds like to pound a 12-pack of Pabst by yourself, jump around on your bed shredding on air guitar until you get sick and puke into a pile of week-old laundry, and knock over your foot-tall bong because you were too busy headbanging to pay attention to anything but the music. … read more
Local Review: Strong Words – Come Clean
If you’ve been paying attention to rad local bands in Salt Lake, you’ve probably heard Cathy Foy shredding drums in Future of the Ghost or The Circulars. Mixed and recorded by Andrew Goldring, Come Clean is Foy’s latest project—a work of thoughtful, honest musicianship with Foy on guitar and vocals. … read more
Local Review: Sparx – Ignition LP
Despite being personally convinced that most people try to make electronic music just to be able to say they do—if I hear “Hi, I’m a DJ” one more time I may scream—there are exceptions when someone can legitimately produce something worth listening to a few times, which is the case here. … read more
Local Review: Mkaio – The Devil Lived EP
With production technology that is more accessible and as user-friendly as iOS7, comes an influx of artistic variety that can’t simply be described as “a subgenre of electronic music.” … read more
Local Review: Masked Epsilon – Crystal Catacombs
As someone who has maybe played two hours of video games in her entire life, I’m not exactly the person to ask for opinions on a new one. However, this well-produced album is the soundtrack to a locally made online game that’s almost as nostalgic as blowing the dust out of your old Nintendo cartridges. … read more
Local Review: Dwellers – Pagan Fruit
Producing more of their psych-tinged “gut rock,” Dwellers have doubled down on the space rock sound that they experimented with on Good Morning Harakiri. The resulting album is unbelievably laid back, sounding a lot like mid-’90s stoner rock but without the angst-driven intensity. … read more
