Issues: Issue 190 - October 2004
Review: NamelessNumberHeadman – Your Voice Repeating
NAMELESSNUMBERHEADMAN YOUR VOICE REPEATING The Record Machine Quite frankly this is an experiment that at any given moment threatens to go awry. A dose of the Flaming Lips’ bizarre atmospheric kookiness, occasional afternoon drinking binges with acoustic guitars and quiet pianos that from time to time explode into New Order’s rock-electronica before crashing into the
Review: Mambana – Felicidad
MAMBANA “FELICIDAD” Soulfuric Trax Mambana is a combination of two very different personalities united by music, Isabel Fructuosos (of Afro Medusa, Afro Angel) a Spanish singer and songwriter writer with a wandering spirit full of Latin flava and Axwell (DJ/producer/mixer: Jetlag, Usher, Stonebridge, Room 5 and Soulsearcher) a young Swedish producer, with the expertise of
Review: Iszoloscope – Les Gorges Des Limbes
ISZOLOSCOPE LES GORGES DES LIMBES Ant Zen 4/5 To celebrate the five-year anniversary of Iszoloscope, Yann Faussurier has a five-track treat—Les Gorges Des Limbes. Similar to the dark atmospheres and hollow drones of Aquifère, Les Gorges Des Limbes is just the flipside to his previous release, Au Seuil du Néant, which weaves in and out
Review: Jennifer Holliday – Think It Over
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY “THINK IT OVER” (REMIXES) JellyBean Soul Another classic hit is rediscovered and delivered in full force on JellyBean Soul; this time with Texan singer Jennifer Holliday on the vocals. Perhaps best known for her appearances on the Broadway stage (think New York people!) where she starred in a number of musicals from “Your
Review: Groove Junkies Feat. Alex Sky – I’ve Got It...
GROOVE JUNKIES FEAT. ALEX SKY “I’VE GOT IT BAD” Morehouse Records If you haven’t planned to pick this one up – stop reading and pre-order it now! We are blessed with another kick-ass, passionate lovin’ wicked track from the kings of house. Featuring the debut of multi-talented singer/songwriter, Alexander Sky – “I’ve got it
Local Review: Yield – Self-titled demo
Yield Self-titled demo Yield = Alice in Chains + Metallica’s “Sanitarium” + Extreme Mid-80s chunka-chunka low-end metal parleys with tender, suicidal Alice-in-Chains ballads touching on themes of mind-rupturing confusion with plenty of guitar-pick’d arpeggios and minor chords (choicest example: “Brainwash”). It’s been done before, but Yield succeeds at a much-traversed genre because they’re completely
Local Review: Terra Noir – Emperors of the Black Earth
Terra Noir Emperors of the Black Earth Hellspawn Creations Terra Noir = Mayhem + Dark Throne + Burzum When you look up and see the gray skies of death above your head, your final thoughts will be about the haunting voice of hell that wafts through your mind … Terra Noir have a unique
Local Review: Powerhouse Rock – Self-Titled
Powerhouse Rock Self-Titled Powerhouse Rock = Alice Cooper + Ted Nugent Good God. Someone in the 80s invented a time machine and sent a butt-rock group to the new millennium to see if it could still survive. Unfortunately, it landed in SLC and somehow made it into my hands. I’m guessing the entire band consists
Local Review: Purr Bats – Soft Fluff EP
Purr Bats Soft Fluff EP State of Deseret Purr Bats = Virgin Prunes + Rope or Bullets + candy necklaces Purr Bats, a jeweled rainbow Phoenix risen out of the bleak, life-affirming wasteland that was Utah County band Puri-do, are a fleck of unadulterated talent in a grey fog of bombastic music caricatures. They
Local Review: Malignant Inception – Black Death
Malignant Inception Black Death Slaughterhouse Records Malignant Inception = Malevolent Creation + Suffocation + Decapitated Malignant Inception have everything the die-hard death metal fan needs—relentless double-bass drumming, ever-changing guitar and bass technicality and trademark dual low vocals topped off with the screeching highs that made this band notorious. Black Death is a bloody, throat-wrenching