Sweet Salt Records was founded last fall by Tom Bennett, a transplant from North Georgia’s Piedmont region and singer/songwriter “in his own write,” to borrow a phrase from John Lennon.
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Local Review: Frankie Smooches – In All Honesty
Frankie Smooches = Radio-era LL Cool J – Rick Rubin … read more
Local Review: Grass – Naysayer
Grass = Minus the Bear … read more
Local Review: Fossil Arms – Only Ever Have Nightmares When I’m Ill
Fossil Arms = New Order + Ian Curtis … read more
Local Review: Faces In Mountains – Brain Slave EP
Faces In Mountains = Lymbyc Systym + Bugfood + Mooninite … read more
Local Review: Dusk Raps – All Is Fair
Dusk Raps = El-P + Aesop Rock + YZE … read more
Local Review: DulceSky – Spies Of The System: 03–14
DulceSky = Depeche Mode + Alcest + The Cure + Echo and the Bunnymen … read more
Local Review: False Witness – Ascent To Chaos
False Witness Ascent To Chaos Self-Released Street: 03.28 False Witness = Avenged Sevenfold + Mudvayne + Sepultura Upon first listen to False Witness and their album Ascent To Chaos, I felt that I was handed another generic melodic metalcore release within the “paint by numbers” realm. After the fourth listen, I realized that I was
Local Review: Ethan Blackburn – Impressions of Her
Ethan Blackburn = Herbie Hancock + Jaco Pastorius … read more
Local Review: Erasole James – Tawa’s Nephew
Erasole James = Blu +Eddy Baker … read more
Local Review: Empty-Handed – Self-titled EP
Empty-Handed Self-titled EP Empty-Handed = Cat Stevens + Counting Crows This band could probably sell 3,000 copies of this EP on the U of U campus in a couple hours. “I need time to think this whole life through/I’m so sick and tired of feeling blue” warbles Empty-Handed on “This Life” while alt-countryish emo arpeggios
Local Review: Fasba Fpel – Book LXVII—Mobile Home Manor
Fasba Fpel = Red Krayola + Jazz Fusion + June of 44 + early Pink Floyd … read more
