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Local Review: Grits Green – Imagination In Motion

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

I commend Grits Green for having a unique and innovative sound in their most recent album, Imagination in Motion—though it’s hard to classify it as solely hip-hop/rap. … read more

Local Review: I See Your Nightmares – Affinity For Broken Things

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

The latest entrant in the local oddball folk music area, I See Your Nightmares includes some experimental and even slightly prog-amplified touches, like in the fuzzed-out musings of “Crocodile Tongues.” … read more

Local Review: her luminaria – The Dawn Is Your Enemy

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

her luminaria is quietly emerging into the SLC music scene with a beautiful collision of Midwestern grit and soft synth. … read more

Local Review: In The Making – A Wisher, A Liar

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

First off, I like this album, so I’m going to get my biggest pet peeve out of the way before I get into it—this album sounds like it was recorded in a tin can, which is not a compliment. … read more

Local Review: Great Interstate – Inversion Songs

Posted on June 4, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Great Interstate is what happens when an emo band decides to skip the whole shitty pop-punk Dashboard Confessional thing and tries to be more like Explosions in the Sky. … read more

Local Review: Heartless Breakers – Lighter Doses

Posted on June 4, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Hot off the heels of their Prescriptions debut EP last year, Lighter Doses is an acoustic breakdown of Prescriptions’ songs mixed in with a couple brand-new ones. … read more

Local Review: Henry Wade – Meet Your Creature

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

Henry Wade Meet Your Creature Self-Released Street: 04.22 Henry Wade = Joshua James + The Avett Brothers If there’s a simple formula for making Western-folk music, I’d say it includes an ingredient list of steel guitars, banjos, harmonizing female vocals, brass instrument, along with references to trains, the night sky and Jesus. Henry Wade pretty

Local Review: Honey Pine – Self-Titled

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

Honey Pine Self-Titled Self-Released Street: 04.05 Honey Pine = Deer Tick + Grateful Dead Honey Pine is an alternative rock band from our backyard. The Honey Pine guys didn’t name the band after a tree, but rather the verb—to pine—which makes sense. These rockers are after something, and you can hear it when they play.