Month: July 2015
Local Review: DJ Buttweed – Got My Money and Mercedes
DJ Buttweed = Jon Lajoie + Three Loco … read more
Local Review: Crook & The Bluff – Down To The...
Crook & the Bluff Down to the Styx Self-Released Street: 01.13 Crook & the Bluff = Those Poor Bastards + Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove Down to the Styx is a rise and fall of a drawn-out song—eroded down to the twang of the guitar and redolent of all psychedelic hearts longing for the Southwestern desert.
Local Review: Cult Leader – Useless Animal EP
Cult Leader Useless Animal EP Deathwish Inc Street: 06.16 Cult Leader = Converge + Coalesce On the heels of the acclaimed debut Nothing For Us Here comes this tiny but crushing EP to grind the lesser music out of your ears. Both “Useless Animal” and “Gutter Gods” are short tracks, like brutal slashes with rusty
Local Review: Daniel Pimentel – Selfish Songs
Daniel Pimentel = Modest Mouse x Blitzen Trapper + Ben Gibbard … read more
Local Review: Clawson – Old Soul
Clawson = Sage Francis + Eyedea and Abilities … read more
Local Review: Burnell Washburn – Gratitude
Burnell Washburn = Action Bronson + Grieves + Kooley High … read more
Local Review: Black Jupiter – Salvation in a Self-Destructive World...
Black Jupiter Salvation in a Self-Destructive World EP Self-Released Street: 01.16 Black Jupiter = A Perfect Circle + Radiohead + Pink Floyd It was so wonderful to listen to such a calm and gripping strut through the melodic wanderings of Black Jupiter’s EP, Salvation in a Self-Destructive World. The heavily instrumental album takes me back to nights
Local Review: Batty Blue – Ekphrasis
Batty Blue Ekphrasis Self-Released Street: 01.17 Batty Blue = Amelie soundtrack + Laura Marling There’s an oversaturation of folk bands in Provo, but this album is charming and off-beat enough from the typically clean-cut music of Happy Valley to stand alone. It rubs into you nicely— like a good sweater from the D.I. Soft accordion is
Local Review: Audio Polaroids – Learn To Fall EP
Audio Polaroids = Nickelback + Foo Fighters … read more
Local Review: Baby Girl / Gaytheist – Split EP
Baby Gurl/Gaytheist = Queens of the Stone Age + Fucked Up + Hot Snakes … read more