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
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
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
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
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.
Local Review: Hectic Hobo – Our Medicine Will Do You In
The Hobos are back with their third venture. This time around, their sound focuses much more on the piano, and an outstanding violin player has joined their ranks (as heard on “Scarecrow Jones”). … read more
Local Review: Grizzly Spectre – All of Them Witches
Grizzly Spectre = Arthur Russell + Loscil + Julianna Barwick … read more
Local Review: Herban Empire – Self-Titled EP
Herban Empire = The Dirty Heads + Pepper + Slightly Stoopid … read more
Local Review: I’m Designer – Lulled from Reality
I’m Designer = Alarms and Controls + 30 Seconds to Mars + A Perfect Circle … read more
Local Review: Fiendlord – Dust On The Chamber Floor
Fiendlord = Kataxu + early Nokturnal Mortum + Elffor
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Local Review: Folk Hogan – The Show
Folk Hogan The Show Self-Released Street: 04.10 Folk Hogan = Oingo Boingo + Tom Waits + In Extremo Folk Hogan have chosen an entirely new direction. The Show is a concept album centered on a nightmarish allegory of a troupe of carnival workers who feel trapped and resort to mayhem. With their signature quirkiness marinated
Local Review: Golden Plates – Eugenics
Golden Plates Eugenics Self-Released Street: 05.11 Golden Plates = (Lenny Kravitz x Monster Magnet) / The Strokes One of the toughest assignments I’ve had since I started writing for SLUG is the task of trying to define Golden Plates. Part blues, part distortion, part machismo rock n’ roll, it seems to be a music project
