Authors: Alex Cragun
![Review: Home – Bound To Gravity](/uploads/304/7461-home-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Home – Bound To Gravity
I had to dig through the dusty recesses of my mental vault to describe Home. They straddle the line between sludge and post-hardcore. … read more
Review: Grabass Charlestons – Dale and the Carreeners
Grabass Charlestons did some growing up ladies and gents. I’m not the first person to say this and I don’t care, they should be praised for an album well done. Their earlier work is slightly juvenile in its content and simple three chord riffs. … read more
Review: Globe and Beast
st 15 minutes of this album gives me a feeling of overwhelming chaos—like when a circle pit gets too crowded or finding a light switch in a large dark room. … read more
![Local Review: Well Okay – Homesick for a House Fire](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/well-okay.jpg)
Local Review: Well Okay – Homesick for a House Fire
Well Okay = The Hold Steady + Andrew Jackson Jihad … read more
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Local Review: Tom Bennett – The Man Who Shook the...
Tom Bennett = Caleb Followill + Woody Guthrie … read more
![Local Review: The Statuettes – Great Western EP](/uploads/315/9489-thestatuettes-crop-396x396.jpg)
Local Review: The Statuettes – Great Western EP
The Statuettes = Fictionist + Minus The Bear … read more
![Local Review: The Rompstompers – Richard Cranium](/uploads/316/9686-rompstompers-crop-396x396.jpg)
Local Review: The Rompstompers – Richard Cranium
The Rompstompers = Highway Cross + early Megadeath … read more
![Local Review: Simian Greed – Self-Titled](/uploads/302/7103-sg-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Simian Greed – Self-Titled
The album opens with the bass-heavy “Epic,” a song that took a moment to grow on me. What I initially took to be butt-rock vocals were in fact Lee Ving–styled yells and croons. “Different Circles” has the same aspects of Ving-meets-Danzig vocals. … read more
![Local Review: Second Nature – Fawkes Hunt](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Second-Nature.jpg)
Local Review: Second Nature – Fawkes Hunt
Second Nature = Code Orange + early Converge … read more
![Local Review: P. K. Workman – Utah Sky](/uploads/315/9487-pk%20workman-crop-396x396.jpg)
Local Review: P. K. Workman – Utah Sky
P. K. Workman = Jay William Henderson + Duncan Sheik … read more