Review: Toupee – Leg Toucher

Review: Toupee – Leg Toucher
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Toupee Leg Toucher Moniker Records Street: 07.07 Toupee = Siouxsie and the Banshees + X + Lost Sounds Whitney Allen, lead singer of Toupee, vocally embodies all of my favorite female voices of punk at once. On the album’s more mellow moments, in songs like “Leg Toucher” and “Sensei, Swami, Guru,” Allen’s vocals lean toward

Review: The Relationship – Oh Allen 7″

Review: The Relationship – Oh Allen 7″
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The Relationship = The Beat + Weezer + The Velvet Underground … read more

Local Review: Batty Blue – Ekphrasis

Local Review: Batty Blue – Ekphrasis
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Batty Blue Ekphrasis Self-Released Street: 01.17 Batty Blue = Amelie soundtrack + Laura Marling There’s an oversaturation of folk bands in Provo, but this album is charming and off-beat enough from the typically clean-cut music of Happy Valley to stand alone. It rubs into you nicely— like a good sweater from the D.I. Soft accordion is

Review: Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia

Review: Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia
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The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia = Cambodian Space Project + Dengue Fever … read more

Review: Ancient Ocean – Blood Moon

Review: Ancient Ocean – Blood Moon
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Ancient Ocean  Blood Moon  Beyond Beyond is Beyond Street: 06.30 Ancient Ocean = Sigur Rós + Deuter Ancient Ocean’s latest release is a meditative album that takes you on a journey through space and sound. It’s an impressive collection, to say the least. I loved listening to this album in the midst of a spring

Review: Cuushe – Night Lines EP

Review: Cuushe – Night Lines EP
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Cuushe Night Lines EP Cascine Street: 04.07 Cuushe = Supreme Cuts + Populous + oOOoOO Shaking off the murky, noisy and wandering tangles of earlier works and slipping into a suit of dark, rhythmic clarity, Kyoto-native Cuushe presents her four-track EP Night Lines. She keeps with her trippy, experimental foundations, but the addition of faster

Review: Full Scale Riot – Depopulation

Review: Full Scale Riot – Depopulation
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Full Scale Riot Depopulation Riot Records Street: 02.08 Full Scale Riot = Bane + Vision of Disorder + Burn Armed with an old school hardcore sound and an arsenal of politically themed lyrics, these NJHC heavyweights tear it up with this torrential EP. Hailing from New Jersey—home to hardcore giants like Vision and Mouthpiece—FSR discernibly