Local Review: The Furies – Sunday Satellite

Local Review: The Furies – Sunday Satellite
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The Furies Sunday Satellite Dumb Angels The Furies = (Pavement + Lou Reed) x emo   The songs on Sunday Satellite are well thought-out, well produced and could serve as an accessory to a deep, deep depression. This minimalist, sad indie rock of The Furies could either woo the right concert audience into a feeling

Local Review: Rope or Bullets – Call It for What You Want

Local Review: Rope or Bullets – Call It for What...
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Rope or Bullets Call It for What You Want Rope or Bullets = Atom and His Package + Modern English   From the band that brought you “I Love Personality,” the outright best song on the Death By Salt compilation, comes a six-song precursor to a full-length album. Rope or Bullets, though not the rockin’est

Local Review: Less People, More Robots – Self-Titled

Local Review: Less People, More Robots – Self-Titled
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Less People, More Robots Self-Titled  LPMR = Fiona Apple + Weezer My friend Melinda told me that robots are one of the three things in the entire world that scare her. The other two are children and monogamy. Go figure. Though some, like Melinda, would argue against having more robots in the world, you’ll probably

Local Review: De La Vega – Innovation

Local Review: De La Vega – Innovation
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De la Vega Innovation Funk Factory Music De la Vega = MTV cover band   A letter accompanying this album alerts those unaware in SLC that straight outta Idaho, De la Vega is coming our way. They note that their songs have been played on television quite a bit for shows like Blue Torch TV.

Local Review: Deliccato – Everyone Loves the Sun

Local Review: Deliccato – Everyone Loves the Sun
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Deliccato Everyone Loves the Sun Kitefishing Family Deliccato = (My Bloody Valentine + Broken Social Scene) x synthpop Creating a brand new sound in music is both difficult for artists and exciting for listeners. Piecing together a thousand tidbits of quirky randomness and melding them together to form a signature sound that is forever shifting

Local Review: Discourse – Self-Titled

Local Review: Discourse – Self-Titled
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Discourse Self-Titled Discourse = Every Time I Die + My Morning Jacket + whatever A band named Discourse and scenes of urban pandemonium on a jacket cover generally sway me to believe that the album I’m about to hear is probably going to be punk rock of some fashion—or at least something hardcore or possibly

Local Review: Dreno – Self-Titled

Local Review: Dreno – Self-Titled
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Dreno Self-Titled Dreno = God Forbid + Downset   When Dreno’s got it, they got it. Unfortunately, they become confused every now and then and, apparently, due to a longing for originality in a saturated hardcore/metal market, stray from what they do best (ridiculously heavy riffs and guttural vocals) and incorporate things like spoken-word emo