Month: July 2013
Local Review: Deny Your Faith – End Of Days
Deny Your Faith are Salt Lake local metalheads doing an earnest mix of Ozzfest style noodling and a dose of operatic ’80s power-metal. … read more
Local Review: Dark Seas – Hawkes Court
Me: “Jesus, this guy sounds like … goddamn … The Doors. Is this a long-lost track?” My friend: “No, CJ, it’s Dark Seas, and why are you drunk on a Sunday morning?” … read more
Local Review: Cliffs – Experiments EP
Cliffs have put together a great, very listenable EP (it made it into my regular listening cycle) with catchy riffs, warm vocals, and some sunny surf tunes, but they travel down too many well-worn paths. … read more
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: Baby Gurl – A Name And A Blessing
Baby Gurl have captured a sound that is unlike any other band in Utah. … read more
Local Review: Aquatic Ghost Colony – Pen Pal
Pen Pal is filled with acoustic guitar, whistling and some nice atmospheric rain effects, which come across as charming. … read more
Local Review: Atomica – Self-Titled
Atomica exists in a form of punk rock that’s not easy to classify, but it’s fun. … read more
