POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Ah, the changing face of Form of Rocket. It’s been three years since the Salt Lake City rock band released Lumber on New York indie Some Records. The band went touring, heavily, crisscrossing the United States with fellow locals New Transit Direction...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Steer clear of the grate, my ass'so much for the hot tip from the junior punk pundits. Although I’m far from the Avalon Theater’s maw and its rusted braces, a gangly, mohawked teen’s elbow has just caused this delicate (sniff) flower...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Six-Sided Box are at an odd juncture. Having just completed their first album, I’m Glad We Had This Conversation (SixSidedBox.com), they should be gearing up for scads of shows, maybe even a tour.As it is, they’ve got boxes of shrinkwrapped...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - You have to admire the attention to detail HolloH (yes, it has to be a perfect palindrome with dual capital Hs) show on their debut album. Especially since, for better and worse, they fit in the dreaded, oh-so-generic “corporate rock” slot....

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - If Afroman knows one thing, it’s good times. In fact, he wrote an album about ’em: 2001’s The Good Times, which boasted the mega-novelty single “Because I Got High.” Then came another, the two-disc The Even Better Times,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - template_imagennSleepytime Gorilla Museum. The name sounds cute and fuzzy, but the band is not. Which is perfect, because Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is about shattering perceptions. The band’s latest album, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of Natural History,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Hit Agape-Technology.com, the Website of local electronic music artist Agape (aka Ryan Powers), and you won’t see much: a white page with links that say little and a crude rendering of Powers with a thought bubble containing a scribble punctuated...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Supagroup’s latest album cover spoofs the Enter the Dragon movie poster, picturing the band in a kung fu totem above scenes of ass-kicking, explosions, motorcycles, skulls, dragons, headphones and helicopters. Singer-guitarist Chris Lee and his...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Say you manage to get 20 minutes on the phone with Slash, the legendary Guns N’ Roses, now Velvet Revolver, guitarist—what do you ask him? Chances are you could think of plenty of stuff. When it’s an “interview,” however,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Medicine Circus look, as Gary Busey said in Silver Bullet, nervous “like a virgin on prom night.” Tonight the band releases their fourth CD, Bottle Rockets of Emotion (MedicineCircus.com), at Todd’s Bar & Grill. It’s set to...