Authors: Seeth McGavien
![Local Review: Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony – Dawn To Dust](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/81EYOlomBL._SL1426_.jpg)
Local Review: Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony – Dawn...
Utah Symphony = The Tallywood String Quartet + The London Symphony Orchestra
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![Local Review: September Say Goodbye – Some Beginnings End](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/September-Say-Goodbye1.jpg)
Local Review: September Say Goodbye – Some Beginnings End
September Say Goodbye = Jakalope + Feeder / Paramore … read more
![Local Review: Selling the Ashes – Derivative, Act 1](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/selling-the-ashes-album-art-1.jpg)
Local Review: Selling the Ashes – Derivative, Act 1
Selling the Ashes = Nine Inch Nails + Stabbing Westward / The Smashing Pumpkin
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![Local Review: Pillow Dragon – Teen Witch](/uploads/309/8159-pillow%20teeth-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Pillow Dragon – Teen Witch
Pillow Dragon are a local duo that have taken the purest elements of industrial and combined them with a modern-day feel. The best example I can give of this combination is “Repulse,” a catchy beat layered on top of subtle synth and laced with smooth, controlled vocals. … read more
![Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – TRACKS](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Contaminated-Intelligence-TRACKS.jpg)
Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – TRACKS
Contaminated Intelligence = Psyclon Nine + FiFtY VinC / Front Line Assembly … read more
![Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – The Day Before](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Contaminated-Intelligance-The-Day-Before.jpg)
Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – The Day Before
Contaminated Intelligence = Atari Teenage Riot + God Module / Pysclon 9 … read more
![Review: Fractal Mirror – Garden of Ghosts](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Fractal-Mirror.jpg)
Review: Fractal Mirror – Garden of Ghosts
Fractal Mirror = Yes + The Verve Pipe / Genesis … read more
![Review: Father Murphy – Croce](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/FatherMurphy.jpg)
Review: Father Murphy – Croce
Father Murphy = Synaesthesia + Wumpscut … read more
![Review: Father Murphy – Pain Is On Our Side Now](/uploads/309/8204-father%20murphy%20pain%20is%20on%20our%20side%20now-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Father Murphy – Pain Is On Our Side Now
Listening to this album, I found myself imagining specters and spirits dancing around a blasphemous circle of flame, while in the distance, demonic cries echo in a storm of violent proportions. … read more
![Review: Empty Flowers – The Air You Found](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/empty-flowers-the-air-you-found.jpg)
Review: Empty Flowers – The Air You Found
It is not often that I hear traditional rock mixed with ambient electronic themes and can say I enjoy it. Empty Flowers showed me that the two can be beautifully united into an ocean of imagery. … read more