Issues: Issue 297 - September 2013
Local Review: Cliffs – Pets In The City
Cliffs Pets In The City Self-Released Street: 05.26 Cliffs = (MGMT + Panda Bear) x Saucerful of Secrets–era Pink Floyd In their first full-length album, Cliffs take a few more positive steps, adding some higher production values on newer songs and honing their sonic range. Overall, the band has a nice, eclectic sound that carefully
Local Review: D.I.E. – Dying Is Easy
D.I.E. Dying Is Easy Esoteric Entertainment Street: 03.08.11 D.I.E. = NIN + Carlos Satana + Dead Can Dance D.I.E. is a project that is composed in a couple of different regions. Jason Wright is a guitarist based out of California and J. “Bunnie” Dreher is a local keyboardist and producer. Their work on this
Local Review: Candid Coyote – Blessed Be Those Who Weep
Candid Coyote Blessed Be Those Who Weep Self-Released Street: 04.14 Candid Coyote = Townes Van Zandt + Gram Parsons One of the great challenges a solo musician faces is to engage the ears of their listener, and, once they do, to elicit some kind of emotive response or make them feel a certain way. However,
Local Review: Benjamin Dara – Single Flame
Benjamin Dara Single Flame Self-Released Street: 02.18 Benjamin Dara = Dispatch + Enya + Jack Johnson Benjamin Dara’s debut release begins with a music-box-like piano riff, leading into a mystical arrangement of synth strings and distorted drums accompanying his vocals as he sings, “The moon up high, the eye in the sky, the clouds, the
Local Review: 90s Television – Going Blonde
90s Television Going Blonde Self-Released Street: 12.14.12 90s Television = The Strokes + Animal Collective + Pepper + Smile from the Streets You Hold–era John Frusciante I think these guys found their recording equipment rusting in some corner of the D.I. Going Blonde is a distorted mess, which makes certain tracks almost painful to bear.
Review: Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir
Brooklyn’s Crystal Stilts are a tough band to pin down. At various times, they’ve used post-punk, psychedelic garage rock and indie pop jangle, often in the same song. … read more
Product Reviews
Reviews of Chrome Industries’ Truk Pro Shoes, Welded Ricksack, Harman/Kardon’s headphones, Hickies elastic lacing system and JBL’s bluetooth speakers. … read more
Movie Reviews: Salt Lake Film Festival
The Salt Lake City Film Festival celebrates five years Sept. 26–29. Featuring the best in local filmmaking, along with highlights from this festival season’s national and international independent films, the SLCFF has something for every level of film buff. Here are reviews for some of the SLCFF films showing this year for your consideration. … read more
Beer Reviews
September is a weird month for beer. The weather is still relatively warm, but autumn is right around the corner. … read more
Beautiful Godzilla: Davey Davis For President!
About six years ago, the urban cycling scene in Salt Lake City was at the height of its glory, with Davey Davis at the helm … er, handlebars. … read more