Chief Edit & Identities = Souls of Mischief + Brockhampton + Pharcyde … read more
Local Review: Chief Edit & Identities – (ME)Stizo
Local Review: Cavedoll – The Harbor
Cavedoll The Harbor Psuedorecordings Street: 01.07 Cavedoll = Interpol + Stellastarr* + Franz Ferdinand + Devo Cavedoll sound like post-punk part two, not just a piece of this or that band but literally all of the bands were they smashed into three bodies and one album. While this makes for an uneven ride, it does
Local Review: Bullets & Belles – Be Glad
Bullets & Belles play contemporary folk-infused with some of the most resonant vocal harmonies I can recall. It’s incredible to me that this group could sing every tune of theirs a cappella and still be captivating. … read more
Local Review: Chalk – Self-Titled
Chalk creates a sound that is total ‘90s indie rock nostalgia—there’s Britpop, indie pop, a bit of twee, plenty of Rivers Cuomo (especially on “Joke or Numb/Flare,” for the Weezer fans)—it’s a grab bag of the sounds of an alternative ’90s childhood. … read more
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: Cavedoll – Late Nights/Bad Decisions
The truth is these guys make some very scrappy dance tunes—half of the songs pulsate with darkness and a little bit of raw romance, but in each case, dark or not, the song is dominated by lead singer Ransom Wydner’s vocals. … read more
Local Review: Charles Ellsworth & Vincent Draper – Salt Lake City: A Love Story
These two like-minded folk singer/songwriters have been helping each other with music projects for a while now, so a split record seems quite in order. … read more
Local Review: Candy’s River House – Stolen in the Middle of the Night
Candy’s River House = Lynyrd Skynyrd + ZZ Top … read more
Local Review: Burn Atlas – Self-Titled
Burn Atlas = Soul Coughing + Mazzy Star + Gorillaz – Del the Funky Homosapien … read more
Local Review: Braeyden Jae – Culture Complicit
Braeyden Jae = Six Organs of Admittance + Yellow Swans
Local Review: Brett Knickerbocker – Lost Signal EP
Singer/songwriter Brett Knickerbocker embodies a country-rock cowboy. Lost Signal EP is an almost all-acoustic set that sounds country-rock in its instrumentation with excited and emphatic strums. … read more
Local Review: Braeyden Jae / Ant’lrd – Self-Titled
Braeyden Jae / Ant’lrd = Boris + OM
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