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Music Geek #1: Football and post-rock

Matthew Montgomery wears funny glasses in a Cedar City, Utah park.So, I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the past few days at home with my parents, watching no small amount of television — rotting my brain, if you will. I’m not going to complain, as I do not often watch much television at all, so this break from my normally busy life has been much appreciated. Thanksgiving, thank you!

At any rate, much of the television I’ve been watching has been, well, football. Now, now, don’t fret — I haven’t been watching American football, or gridiron, as the Australian folks call it. No, I’ve been watching two forms of football I find quite enjoyable: association football, or, to most Yanks, soccer, and rugby union — as opposed to rugby league. (more…)

The New, Improved MusicGeek.org

To the loyal viewers of MusicGeek.org:

Welcome to the new, improved site. It’s still much in progress, but by the time we are done with things, you’ll be swimming in musical content, thoughts, and the like. Don’t be afraid, we’re just trying to usher in a new era of content-provision from the nether regions of Southern Utah (and beyond!)

You’ll want to update any bookmarks, too.  Just so you know.

This is the first time since launch we’ve done anything really new, so bear with us as we adjust.

Thank you, and we look forward to providing you with entertainment as time goes on.

—Matthew Montgomery and the MusicGeek.org Crew

Antarctica Takes It! – The Penguin League

Antarctica Takes It!, from Santa Cruz, California, is a fairly easy group to figure out — a true indie pop project, they put their sound up for examination with their first — and self-released — album, The Penguin League.

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All Out War – Assassins in the House of God

Assassins in the House of God starts hard and ends, well, hard. This metalcore outfit really knows what they’re doing with their sound, and it shows in the resulting record. The album is fast, the drums punching and the guitar stabbing with distortion. (more…)

Between the Trees – The Story and the Song

This debut release from pop-rockers Between the Trees is synth-led and guitar-heavy, fronted by a vocalist that emboides the growingly popular slightly-high-but-not-too-whiney vocal style. Between the Trees is undoubtedly a rock group with pop sensibilities, but they manage to remain only slightly reserved about it. The tracks on The Story and the Song are well-paced and reasonably well crafted, though the band certainly isn’t going to win any comparisons to Lennon and McCartney.

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Amiina – Kurr

The latest in post-rock from Iceland sounds surprisingly similar to Iceland’s premier post-rock group, Sigur Rós, and with good reason. The quartet has performed with Sigur Rós on many occassions, both in the studio and live, typically as a string quartet. As such, it’s fairly reasonable to equate Amiina with the soft, ethereal glow of the Sigur Rós sound; it’s not far off to make that connection, either.

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An interview with Drew Danburry

Matthew Montgomery from MusicGeek.org interviewed Drew Danburry after a March 14, 2007 concert in Santa Clara, Utah. Danburry talked about his experience performing in the French Alps, his musical influences, and his thoughts about live music.

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An interview with Night Runs Red

Could you start off by giving a brief history of Night Runs Red?

We actually started out in the spring on 2004 as more of a metal hardcore style band. Dan and Cameron (vocals and drums) were among the original members, But the original line up had a different Bassist and Guitar player. We worked really hard for a year and put out a demo and we then were ready to record an EP and had shows lined up. Unfortunately personal Issues came up just days before going into the studio and only a week before our first show. Dan was almost ready to call it quits until Cameron convinced him to give it another go. We spent the next year picking up new members and writing new songs that fit the style we wanted to play which was more toward traditional hardcore. Since then we have been going strong with TJ and Shonn on Guitar and Chris on Bass.

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