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![Local Review: Christopher Alvarado & Ari Porki – Menagerie Of Clouds](/uploads/302/7092-ca2-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Christopher Alvarado & Ari Porki – Menagerie Of...
Like-minded New Age/dark ambient artists Christopher Alvarado and Finland’s Ari Porki have combined their crystal-gazing, third eyes to create a record marinating in New Age clichés and sweat from a thousand soccer moms during hot yoga. … read more
![Local Review: Christopher Alvarado – Ancient Doors](/uploads/302/7091-ca1-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Christopher Alvarado – Ancient Doors
There are three optimal environments for Christopher Alvarado’s newest album, Ancient Doors: the reception area of a yoga studio, a crystal shop, and exploring the rich digital worlds of MYST. … read more
![Local Review: Charles Ellsworth & Vincent Draper – Salt Lake City: A Love Story](/uploads/302/7090-charles_ellsworth-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Charles Ellsworth & Vincent Draper – Salt Lake...
These two like-minded folk singer/songwriters have been helping each other with music projects for a while now, so a split record seems quite in order. … read more
![Local Review: Ben Best & Karl Jørgensen – 2](/uploads/302/7089-bb-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Ben Best & Karl Jørgensen – 2
Coming on the heels of a well-received 2012 collaboration, Utah County’s finest sonic pioneers and purveyors of structural, minimal, experimental music regain that same magic in their aptly titled album, 2. … read more
![Local Review: Bellrave – No Heart To Cross](/uploads/302/7088-bellrave-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Bellrave – No Heart To Cross
During my first listen, I wrote it off as another over-synthesized pop album and wasn’t looking forward to hearing it again. However, the more I listened to the album and was able to focus on the beats of each instrument, I realized it was actually very creative and well done. … read more
![Local Review: The Wasatch Fault – Self-Titled](/uploads/301/6862-the%20wasatch%20fault-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: The Wasatch Fault – Self-Titled
The band from Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah veers between something like a jam-band groove and indie rock angst. Vocalist Tyler Gilvarry, in his existential meanderings, resembles a much less tortured Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. … read more
![Local Review: Vile Blue Shades – Live! in Salt Lake -or- Live! in Denver (I Don’t Remember)](/uploads/301/6861-vile%20blue%20shades-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Vile Blue Shades – Live! in Salt Lake -or-...
Red state, blue state, now that both the Red Bennies and Vile Blue Shades allegedly are no more, Utah is much less a punk rock state. … read more
![Local Review: Robert & The Carrolls – Everybody’s Famous EP](/uploads/301/6860-robert%20and%20the%20carrolls-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Robert & The Carrolls – Everybody’s Famous EP
The first time I pressed play on Everybody’s Famous, with its opener “Vintage,” I was transported to the PCH, driving fast no doubt, but still taking it all in around me—the smells, the sounds, the sun soaking into my skin. … read more
![Local Review: Riksha – Dream Drops Red](/uploads/301/6859-riksha-crop-396x288.jpg)
Local Review: Riksha – Dream Drops Red
Riksha plays heavy, hard, shiny metal, and their new release, Dream Drops Red, is a neatly executed album of exactly that. The music is loud, mean and beautiful. … read more