January 2013
Local Review: Settle Down/Sure Sign of the Nail
This split single is a fantastic introduction to two of Salt Lake’s finest bands, and the songs they’ve chosen have a great emotional contrast. Sure Sign of the Nail opens with “Flora and Fauna,” a slow, ambient, tranquil trip with a thick bass line, overlaid with beautiful humming guitar and deep vocals that remind me of some primitive, Gregorian chant, rattling the deep parts of your chest with its dark beauty. … read more
Local Review: Robert & The Carrolls
Can’t get enough Mumford & Sons? Want to be ahead of the curve on the next band from Provo destined to hit it big? Robert & the Carrolls are for you. … read more
National Music Reviews – January 2013
Releases from Amenra, Big Dipper, How To Destroy Angels, Old Man Markley, Pere Ubu, Teh Vaccines, Vomitor and more are reviewed. … read more
Movie Reviews 1/13
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, Django Unchained, The House I Live In, The Impossible, Spokanarchy and Zero Dark Thirty are reviewed. … read more
Book Reviews
Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock by David Todd, A Guru Is Born by Takeshi Kitano and more are reviewed! … read more
