Month: April 2013
Local Reviews: Hearsay
Poppy punk chops are fun to listen to and that’s all there is to it. Doesn’t matter how high-pitched the vocals, how emo the subject matter, or how derivative the melodies. Those things are secondary. Hearsay is about playing power drums and rock guitar with energy. Perfectly moshable rhythms, staccato fills, and guttural bass punctuate the tightly structured songs. … read more
Local Reviews: Heterodactyl
These local boys deserve credit for coming up with charismatic instrumental parts which complement each other nicely, but the overall production feels overdone in a smooth jazz kind of way. I couldn’t connect with Fourier because I felt so far away from what was going on. … read more
Local Reviews: Ravings Of A Madman
These guys are having such a good fucking time being pissed off. In the Time it Takes to Hate is a heavy album, in content and sound. It is an exorcism of noise and emotion which can be exhilarating for both the audience and performer, but on occasion, and with sub-par execution, it can also be totally disorienting. … read more
Local Reviews: Subrosa
No Help for the Mighty Ones begins with whispers and it ends with whispers, but there’s a whole lot of darkened and beautiful noise in between. Once this album passes through one’s auditory passages and their individual psyche, they will be changed forever. … read more
Local Reviews: The Heavens And The Earth
Put together with more Moog technology than some may have thought existed, this short five-track electronica EP doesn’t encompass the average “techno club” vibe. Kosmichete was created entirely by Matt McMurray with a touch of mastering from Andrew Glassett (Nolens Volens). … read more
Local Reviews: Holy Water Buffalo
Although this is the debut album from local foursome Holy Water Buffalo, one would be hard-pressed knowing it after a close listen. These Heber boys have done their share of listening to rock records of yesteryear, spinning a polished twist on the prescribed notion of “garage rock.” … read more
Local Reviews: Seven Feathers Rainwater
15 Apple Magicians is the album I always knew Salt Lake City was capable of producing. Aside from being the zeitgeist-capturing masterpiece of all things happening within the burgeoning “New Weird Utah” collective in the past few years, 15 Apple Magicians delivers on every promise hinted at by the insane talent of the Moondial Tape family. … read more
Local Reviews: The Wayne Hoskins Band
The Wayne Hoskins Band have earned the reputation of being one of those groups you’ve heard of frequently, but have yet to see, partially because they spend most of their time on the festival circuit as a daylight band. Unfortunately, trying to take that big-stage feeling to pressing falls short. … read more
Local Reviews: I’m Designer
I’ve never been a fan of singers who draw heavily upon reverb and delay, but the way Robert George uses them over his Dredg-style guitar work beckons me to give this band the benefit of the doubt. … read more
Local Reviews: Jazzsequence
Local musician, Jazzsequence, aka Chris Reynolds, recently released a remix entitled WaspRemix. This CD is a follow up to his Spring 2011 release Wasp: music inspired by the Stieg Larrson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. … read more