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Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Werewolves
Valentine & The Regard Werewolves FeralCatRecords Street: 12.23.14 Valentine & The Regard = Bright Eyes + The Cure Werewolves is a nostalgic trip through a series of poignant songs written in a manner that brings to mind both Conor Oberst and Pedro the Lion. Each song sweeps through straightforward guitar harmonies with an authentic sense
Local Review: Boone – Next Best Tapes
Boone Next Best Tapes Self-Released Street: 06.26 Boone = Kid Cudi + Pink Floyd No, Next Best Tapes is not the latest hip-hop release from frontiersman Daniel Boone (however interesting that might have been), but instead a solid premiere for the rising Huntsville artist, Boone. In Next Best Tapes, we find a rapper who is,
Local Review: Settle Down – If It Exists I Have...
Settle Down If It Exists I Have Seen It From My Throne Escapegoat Records Street: 06.16 Settle Down = Norma Jean + Touche Amore Settle Down remain one of my favorite acts in the valley. I can’t get enough of their emotionally layered groove with that sweet post-hardcore frosting. This is to say that I
Local Review: Revolt of the Potatobug – Into the Orchard
Revolt of the Potatobug Into the Orchard Self-Released Street: 06.11 Revolt of the Potatobug = Theta Naught + Drombeg + Raphi Gottesman Into the Orchard, a locally produced gem of richly composed instrumental songs that comprise an OST for a movie not yet made, exudes both an unrelenting sunny optimism and an intricate command of
Local Review: Andrew Shaw – You’ve Got An Evil Place...
Andrew Shaw You’ve Got An Evil Place In Your Heart Self-Released Street: 07.07 Andrew Shaw = All-Time Quarterback / Bright Eyes Andrew Shaw makes the kind of lo-fi bedroom folk that flourished in the mid-2000s through artists like Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes. Shaw’s latest album, You’ve Got An Evil
Local Review: Atomic 45 – Cauterized
Atomic 45 Cauterized Self-Released Street: 04.04 Atomic 45 = System of a Down + Suicidal Tendencies + Corrosion of Conformity I love a band that goes for it unapologetically in their approach, not that they should be apologizing for anything. What I’m getting from Cauterized is an element of exuberance that wasn’t as present on
Local Review: L’anarchiste – Giant
L’anarchiste Giant Kilby Records Street: 07.14 L’anarchiste = Sufjan Stevens + Bon Iver Giant, the electro-acoustic follow-up to L’anarchiste’s transitionary EP The Traveler, shows L’anarchiste stretching their orchestral-folk muscles as far as they can into an electronic realm. “Samundar” and “Hold Tight” are unashamedly Sufjan Stevens–influenced, with harmonies straight out of Stevens’ catalogue. The latter
Local Review: The Ditch And The Delta – We Rust
The Ditch And The Delta We Rust Gypsy Blood Records Street: 02.26 The Ditch And The Delta = Neurosis + Baroness We Rust merges Elliot Secrist, Charles Bogus and Kory Quist together like an angry Voltron of SLC musicians rising from the desert waste, bringing forth their dirty stoner-prog gospel. Both Secrist and Quist share
Local Review: Baby Girl / Gaytheist – Split EP
Baby Gurl/Gaytheist = Queens of the Stone Age + Fucked Up + Hot Snakes … read more
Local Review: Rich Girlz – He’s A Lover
Rich Girlz = Thee Oh Sees + The Parrots + Weezer … read more