Year: 2014
![Local Review: Hectic Hobo – Our Medicine Will Do You In](/uploads/309/8152-hectic%20hobo-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Hectic Hobo – Our Medicine Will Do You...
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](/uploads/312/8550-grizzly-crop-396x396.jpg)
Local Review: Grizzly Spectre – All of Them Witches
Grizzly Spectre = Arthur Russell + Loscil + Julianna Barwick … read more
![Local Review: Herban Empire – Self-Titled EP](/uploads/312/8551-herban-crop-396x396.jpg)
Local Review: Herban Empire – Self-Titled EP
Herban Empire = The Dirty Heads + Pepper + Slightly Stoopid … read more
![Local Review: Fleetwood – Saying Goodbye](/uploads/303/7226-fleetwood-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Fleetwood – Saying Goodbye
Fleetwood puts his soul into the lyrics on this album, which is a defining quality for an artist. He vocalizes what he knows, speaking on topics such as family, love, his hometown and his career. … read more
![Local Review: gLife – All I Know](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/all-i-know-glife.jpg)
Local Review: gLife – All I Know
All I Know is an orchestrated mix of classical sounds with hometown flows from gLife. This album has a blend of uplifting, hard-hitting, independent songs and somber melodies about love and life. … read more
![Local Review: For All The Girls – 70 Love Songs](/uploads/304/7438-for%20all-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: For All The Girls – 70 Love Songs
Seriously, Drew Danburry, do you ever stop? “For All The Girls” is a solid compilation of woman-lovin’ by Danburry featuring almost every single Provo musician in existence. … read more
![Local Review: Foster Body – Landscapes](/uploads/304/7439-foster-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Foster Body – Landscapes
Foster Body are a punk combo comprised of four of SLC’s hardest-working millennials, happening an alternative scene around their friendships. Landscapes, their debut EP, captures the group at a brilliant moment of process—merging strong musical sentiments and live performance practice into a compelling vision for contemporary post-punk. … read more
![Local Review: Forest Feathers – Hush](/uploads/306/7776-forest-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Forest Feathers – Hush
With Hush, local artist Cam Sackett takes us through the cosmos on a journey through space and time, crafting a luscious album sprinkled with stardust and glitter. “Stargazer I” and “Stargazer II” start the EP on an epic note that leads humbly into “Mumbled love.”
![Local Review: Giraffula – Smile and Wave](/uploads/307/7903-giraffula%20smile%20and%20wave-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Giraffula – Smile and Wave
Giraffula Smile and Wave Self-Released Street: 04.25 Giraffula = Neon Trees + TOBACCO A variety of influences are packed into this electro-pop composite. There’s some Robert Smith–inspired vocals on “Haunting Me,” bass akin to Radiohead on “Magic Figure 8,” and even some Kraftwerk-meets–Black Moth Super Rainbow on “Geronimo.” Wacky hip-hop track “Pizza Party” sounds like