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Local Review: Bandhood – Self-titled

Posted on July 26, 2016 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

Bandhood = Torche + Hot Rod Circuit + A Perfect Circle
… read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Bandhood

Local Review: bc. einstein – e=mc3

Posted on August 19, 2016 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
bc. einstein – e=mc3

bc. einstein = Pretty Lights + BLVCK CEILING … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: bc. einstein, Self-Released

Local Review: Batty Blue – Peeling an Orange or Flattening a Sphere

Posted on November 18, 2016 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Batty Blue | Peeling an Orange or Flattening a Sphere

Batty Blue = (Soley X Princess Chelsea) + Cat Power … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Batty Blue, Self-Released

Local Review: BEETSBLOG – LOVERS AND FRIENDS

Posted on December 1, 2016 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
BEETSBLOG: LOVERS AND FRIENDS

BEETSBLOG = Blue Jazz TV + Ariel Pink + Adrian Knight … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: BEETSBLOG, Gym

Local Review: Benjamin Major – Warm Winds, Summer Nights

Posted on August 31, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Benjamin Major | Warm Winds, Summer Nights | Self-Released

Benjamin Major = Logic + J Cole + ASAP Twelvy … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Benjamin Major, Self-Released

Local Review: bc.einstein – just for you vol. 2

Posted on November 30, 2017 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
bc.einstein – Just For You

bc.einstein = Jamie xx + Chrome Sparks + Big Jerm … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: bc. einstein, Self-Released

Local Review: Beyond This Flesh – Self-Titled

Posted on December 15, 2004 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

Beyond This Flesh Self-Titled Beyond This Flesh = At The Gates + The Black Dahlia Murder + Kreator + Total Chaos   Scream as high-pitched, loud and hard as you can—really hard!—for half an hour straight. You now have a feel for the vocals of Beyond This Flesh. Imagine the intense, technical yet thrashing riffs

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Beyond This Flesh

Local Review: Beard of Solitude – Broken Brain EP

Posted on August 2, 2005 (September 8, 2025) by Alton Barnhart

Acoustic-driven pop-rock oddly recalling Mission of Burma and other late-80s art-alt bands come out in the Broken Brain EP, with some John Denver overtones. … read more

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Beard of Solitude, Beardo II EP, Broken Brain EP, Croakfrog Records, Fun in the Afternoon single, John Denver, Mission of Burma, The Cronies, Thin Lizzy

Local Review: Band of Annuals – Let Me Live

Posted on May 4, 2007 (January 28, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

Band of Annuals Let Me Live Self-Released Street: 05.08 BOA = Hank Williams + Bob Dylan + Magnolia Electric Company When the Band of Annuals released their live disc last fall, I wrote that it was the best alt-country record to ever come out of Salt Lake. It now seems the new album sets an

Posted in: Local Music ReviewsTagged: Band of Annuals, Self-Released

Local Review: Benjamin Dara – Single Flame

Posted on September 4, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

Benjamin Dara Single Flame Self-Released Street: 02.18 Benjamin Dara = Dispatch + Enya + Jack Johnson Benjamin Dara’s debut release begins with a music-box-like piano riff, leading into a mystical arrangement of synth strings and distorted drums accompanying his vocals as he sings, “The moon up high, the eye in the sky, the clouds, the

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Local Review: Beachmen – Self-Titled

Posted on October 2, 2013 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

Beyond the name, every aspect of Beachmen seeps through my eardrums with the pleasant sweetness of summer. … read more

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Local Review: Bellrave – No Heart To Cross

Posted on February 6, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Alton Barnhart

During my first listen, I wrote it off as another over-synthesized pop album and wasn’t looking forward to hearing it again. However, the more I listened to the album and was able to focus on the beats of each instrument, I realized it was actually very creative and well done.  … read more

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