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Local Review: Die Monster Die – Only the Dead Will...
Die Monster Die Only the Dead Will Survive Dr. Cyclops Records Die Monster Die = Misfits + Slipknot It’s another Die Monster Die release, and nothing is different from previous releases, but it’s still good. For those not aware of DMD, they are heavily Misfits-influenced with a straight-ahead rock sound and an obsession with zombies,
Local Review: Day of Less – Porcaria
Day of Less Porcaria Exigent Records Day of Less = Gaza (of course) + High on Fire + Converge (kind of) Um. Yeah. This is probably the heaviest music I’ve heard come out of Salt Lake since The Kill. I don’t even think Iodina was this heavy, cowboys. I’m glad it fell on my last
Local Review: Beard of Solitude – Broken Brain EP
Beard of Solitude Broken Brain EP, Beardo II EP, Fun in the Afternoon single Croakfrog Records Beard of Solitude = your mother’s record collection , the crappy, cheesy stuff Y’know, I don’t even know if I was supposed to review this, but hey, it’ll be fun. It’s a whole buncha Beard stuff on one CD for
Local Review: Agape – Self-titled EP
Agape Self-titled EP Agape = (ABBA + I Am the World Trade Center + Wesley Willis) x (insert any GSL band here) One might compare Agape to Gold Standard Laboratory Records bands, and yeah, that’d be accurate, but one-man-band Ryan Powers kind of leaves ’em all in the dust if you ask me. (Ask me.)
Picking Up the Pieces with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
Picks Us Apart, the new album from The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, serves as a memoir for Paul Gonzenbach (lead singer/songwriter) and his summer 2003 bout with severe mental illness. The songs have cold, disturbing lyrics painted beautifully on the canvas of intelligent pop music. The messages of grief and despair are unpretentiously laid out before
Off to See the Wizard: Ozzfest’s Bury Your Dead and...
After 10 years of avoiding Salt Lake City, Ozzfest finally brings its extravagant headbanging musical tour to Utah. The USANA Ampitheatre will turn into an all-out heavy metal circus Aug.16. One of the nation’s biggest touring festivals features mainstage bands that include Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, In Flames and Shadows Fall. There are 14 on
Localized: Carphax Files
Suggestion is a powerful force. Thinking about lemons makes you pucker, and seeing someone else yawn will nearly force you to yawn in response. It follows quite logically that given the season of heat and despotic, constant sunlight, one would want to experience something both chilly and dark. The music of Carphax Files, Redemption, and