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Local Review: Mortigi Tempo – Bob Your Head Suzie

Posted on October 30, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Bob Your Head Suzie begins heavy, with overdriven guitar bass and what sounds like pounded, low-end piano on a track called “Air Raid” that has vocals so buried it comes off as instrumental. … read more

Local Review: MiNX – 13

Posted on March 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The duo behind MiNX has always been experimental in their approach to music. Just attend one of their live shows with their costumed antics and you’ll get a clear idea of their creative nature. … read more

Local Review: Muzzle Flash – Delightful Suffering

Posted on March 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The debut from the Salt Lake City–based post-grunge trio does all of the things you would expect from an outfit whose main influences include Queens of the Stone Age and the Foo Fighters—mainly gritty, angsty, power rock. … read more

Local Review: MoneyPenny – Self-Titled

Posted on April 3, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

If I wasn’t a decade removed from being 17, I’d probably be jamming to this pop punk album in my beat-up Chevy Lumina with a vanilla ice from Top Spot and my best friend, but I’ve since upgraded to a Subaru, pour-overs, a husband and post-whatever. … read more

Local Review: Mustard Tiger/Satanic Hispanic

Posted on April 30, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

This grind/fastcore/powerviolence split comes from two groups who don’t take themselves too seriously. Mustard Tiger, whose name is derived from an insult hurled during an episode of Trailer Park Boys, bring some raw jams to their side—and we’re talking raw. … read more

Local Review: Mkaio – The Devil Lived EP

Posted on July 29, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

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: Monkey Rum – Banished from the Garden

Posted on September 3, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Banished from the Garden moves through so many genres and styles that it gets hard to pin these guys down as one genre or another. In that way, you could almost call this album a dad-rock melange, where distinctions between styles get lost in the blend of hair metal, glam rock and grunge. … read more