National CD Reviews – August 2011

National CD Reviews – August 2011

New and recent releases from All Shall Perish, Big D & The Kids Table, City of Ships, Cults, Helms Alee, Jeff the Brotherhood, Larry and His Flask, Mariachi El Bronx, SBTRKT, They Might Be Giants, Today is the Day, Ty Segall, YACHT, Zomby and many more are reviewed. … read more

National CD Reviews

National CD Reviews

New and recent releases from All Shall Perish, Big D & The Kids Table, City of Ships, Cults, Helms Alee, Jeff the Brotherhood, Larry and His Flask, Mariachi El Bronx, SBTRKT, They Might Be Giants, Today is the Day, Ty Segall, YACHT, Zomby and many more are reviewed. … read more

All Out Ballz Out with Cerebral Ballzy

All Out Ballz Out with Cerebral Ballzy
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As Cerebral Ballzy eased into the intro of “On the Run” at Urban Lounge last June, you knew that front man Honor Titus was going to do justice to the Dead Boys back patch on his jean jacket. The normal, grooving, garage rock vibe that Urban usually hosts transmogrifies into a pissed, circle-pit hardcore show as Titus screams, “Catch me if you can! Catch me if you can! I don’t think you can! … read more

All Out Ballz Out with Cerebral Ballzy

All Out Ballz Out with Cerebral Ballzy
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As Cerebral Ballzy eased into the intro of “On the Run” at Urban Lounge last June, you knew that front man Honor Titus was going to do justice to the Dead Boys back patch on his jean jacket. The normal, grooving, garage rock vibe that Urban usually hosts transmogrifies into a pissed, circle-pit hardcore show as Titus screams, “Catch me if you can! Catch me if you can! I don’t think you can! … read more

Destroying Crowds One Bass Drum at a Time: An Interview with Bass Drum of Death

Destroying Crowds One Bass Drum at a Time: An Interview...
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Bass Drum of Death’s debut LP buzzes with lo-fi guitars, heavy drumbeats and a loose garage rock style.  The album has such a cohesive sound that it’s hard to believe a relatively new band released it and that it was recorded in such a DIY fashion. The mastermind behind the project, John Barrett, played every instrument, wrote every song and recorded the entire thing solo. … read more

Destroying Crowds One Bass Drum at a Time: An Interview with Bass Drum of Death

Destroying Crowds One Bass Drum at a Time: An Interview...
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Bass Drum of Death’s debut LP buzzes with lo-fi guitars, heavy drumbeats and a loose garage rock style.  The album has such a cohesive sound that it’s hard to believe a relatively new band released it and that it was recorded in such a DIY fashion. The mastermind behind the project, John Barrett, played every instrument, wrote every song and recorded the entire thing solo. … read more

CLC Band: The Mooks

CLC Band: The Mooks
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Pop punk has always been a home for young, loud, snotty weirdos who don’t mind their rebel music being filtered through The Beach Boys, bubblegum, comic books and shitty horror movies. The Mooks have been doing their part to keep pop punk alive in Utah since 2008, and at Craft Lake City, they’ll unleash their firestorm of cuteness upon the masses. … read more

CLC Band: The Mooks

CLC Band: The Mooks
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Pop punk has always been a home for young, loud, snotty weirdos who don’t mind their rebel music being filtered through The Beach Boys, bubblegum, comic books and shitty horror movies. The Mooks have been doing their part to keep pop punk alive in Utah since 2008, and at Craft Lake City, they’ll unleash their firestorm of cuteness upon the masses. … read more

CLC Band: it foot, it ears

CLC Band: it foot, it ears
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Emerging within a musical climate increasingly populated by power duos, it foot, it ears is a local duo with a difference. it foot consciously renounces the displays of might offered by local favorites Eagle Twin, a band they still greatly admire. To the contrary, it foot searches for ways to surrender power, to create music structured around states of syncope, stuttering and collapse. … read more

CLC Band: it foot, it ears

CLC Band: it foot, it ears
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Emerging within a musical climate increasingly populated by power duos, it foot, it ears is a local duo with a difference. it foot consciously renounces the displays of might offered by local favorites Eagle Twin, a band they still greatly admire. To the contrary, it foot searches for ways to surrender power, to create music structured around states of syncope, stuttering and collapse. … read more