The Ladells Vamp Self-Released Street: 05.15 The Ladells = Giuda + The Stooges + The Velvet Underground In an explosion of heavy, fuzz-filled riffs and prominent beats, The Ladells have more than captured my attention. The Ladells have a sound that is a welcome ferocity of sultry angst inspired by the greats of proto-punk that is
The Anchorage = (Rx Bandits + The Expendables) / Mad Caddies … read more
The Ditch And The Delta We Rust Gypsy Blood Records Street: 02.26 The Ditch And The Delta = Neurosis + Baroness We Rust merges Elliot Secrist, Charles Bogus and Kory Quist together like an angry Voltron of SLC musicians rising from the desert waste, bringing forth their dirty stoner-prog gospel. Both Secrist and Quist share
The Artificial Flower Company = Bondage Fairies + Wavves + 90s Television … read more
The Artificial Flower Company = Mac DeMarco + Beach Fossils … read more
This beachy EP from SLC natives The Boys Ranch is a collection of four tracks that hearken back to the clean, surf pop sounds of yesteryear (complete with the standard boom-tat-tat-boom-tat drum lines). Unlike the recent trend of beach-goth artists, The Boys Ranch use more classic, lighthearted guitar tones. … read more
The Highway Thieves = Justin Townes Earle + John Mellencamp + Tim Barry … read more
The Avenues = Operation Ivy + Descendents + Dead Boys
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The Fiddle Preacher = Natalie Merchant + Loreena McKennitt + Pearl Django … read more
The Hung Ups = Screeching Weasel + The Lillingtons … read more
The Dirt Nappers = Drive By Truckers + Social Distortion … read more
If I could, like one of the songs suggests, simply drive away to anywhere but here, leaving tomorrow, I would take The Dream Tapes with me for the journey. … read more
