Month: July 2014
![Local Review: Bat Manors – Literally Weird](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bat-manors-literally-weird-1.jpg)
Local Review: Bat Manors – Literally Weird
Bat Manors are the latest in the growing tradition of indie whisper-core bands from Provo with punny names who manage to transcend their silly titles with some really great songs. … read more
![Local Review: Ben Q. Best – Apricot Exorcist](/uploads/308/8055-ben%20q%20best-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Ben Q. Best – Apricot Exorcist
Though his songs are tinged with a kind of delicate earnestness, Ben Q Best excels most in his ability to craft unique melodic passages that carry the darker themes of this album. His voice warbles and wanes through layers of shoegazey post-rock and quiet piano passages. … read more
![Review: Fucked Up – Year of the Dragon](/uploads/307/7952-10b89ae3-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Fucked Up – Year of the Dragon
Fucked Up Year of the Dragon Tank Crimes Street: 4.21.14 Fucked Up = Fucked Up Grandiosity, punk’s vilest anathema, has practically been Fucked Up’s lifeblood, separating them from their contemps and facilitating one viable single after another. Year of the Dragon marks the sixth in their 12-single Zodiac series, and their most ambitious music since
![Review: Front Line Assembly – Echoes](/uploads/308/8050-echoes-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Front Line Assembly – Echoes
Front Line Assembly = Haujobb + Skinny Puppy + Noise Unit … read more
![Review: Eyehategod – Self-Titled](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/eyehategod-self-titled.jpg)
Review: Eyehategod – Self-Titled
Eyehategod Eyehategod Housecore Street: 05.27 Eyehategod = Crowbar + Sourvein + Outlaw Order What’s fourteen years with no full-length album mean for Eyehategod? A whole lot of nothing other than what was just pointed out. The musicians had ample bands, Outlaw Order, Arson Anthem, Down, Soilent Green so on and son on to fill their
![Review: Flesh Wounds – “Bitter Boy” b/w “Kennel Cough” and “Let Me Be Clear”](/uploads/308/8029-a0333578243_10-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Flesh Wounds – “Bitter Boy” b/w “Kennel Cough” and...
Flesh Wounds = Johnny Thunders + Condo Fucks … read more
![Review: Emperors Of Wyoming – Self-Titled](/uploads/307/7961-51kg9-2lyzl._sl500_aa280_-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Emperors Of Wyoming – Self-Titled
Emperors of Wyoming Self-Titled Liaison Music Street: 03.25 EOW = Tom Petty + The Byrds + George Jones This is an interesting record. It is essentially a re-release of a record that came out in Europe a few years back. The American version adds a few more songs and remixes everything. People are paying attention
![Review: Erlen Meyer – Self-Titled](/uploads/308/8028-a1968887094_10-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Erlen Meyer – Self-Titled
Erlen Meyer = Celeste + Cult of Luna + Lycus … read more
![Review: Equateur – The Lava EP](/uploads/308/8048-equateur_ep_thelava_final_compress_2-1024x1024-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Equateur – The Lava EP
Equateur = Washed Out + Daft Punk … read more
![Review: Dub Thompson – 9 Songs](/uploads/307/7950-homepage_large.9170ce45-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Dub Thompson – 9 Songs
Dub Thompson 9 Songs Dead Oceans Street: 6.10 Dub Thompson = Pere Ubu + The Outsiders Dub Thompson are a teenage duo with a somewhat bland name and a sound that ranges between the bands listed above or, as in “No Time,” a group like Trail of Dead bastardizing an English Beat cover. 9 Songs