Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
219 posts, May 2005 to January 2012
The Telepathic Butterflies Breakfast in Suburbia Rainbow Quartz, 2008 The Telepathic Butterflies - “Telescope” | download One thing is made clear from the opening track of Breakfast in Suburbia : The Telepathic Butterflies (what a name!)…
As you may or may not have noticed, there's been quite the absence of new material coming from the MusicGeek.org camp. I can't help but feel wholly responsible for this -- MusicGeek.org is, after all, a site I run. I won't go into reasons…
Aviary Ghost Memory is a Hallway Self-released, 2008 Aviary Ghost - “Somewhere Else” | download There are times that self-releasing an album can be the best option for a band, especially given the many instances of hot-air blowing by music…
Conor Oberst Conor Oberst Merge Records, 2008 When I first heard Conor Oberst, I was an impressionable 14 year-old in grade nine. Following the recommendation of Bright Eyes by a friend whose musical interests I trusted (“Download 'The…
Ah, gentle-but-active pop music — Team Genius, who released the Hooray EP on Feb. 26, are the perpetrators of some fairly simple music, but that doesn't mean they don't create something addicting, too. Of course, this much is likely…
The OaKs Songs for Waiting Self-released March 4, 2008 The OaKs, previously the subject of a MusicGeek.org spotlight , self-released Songs for Waiting Tuesday. Opening track, "The Two Calls (of Dietrich Bonhoeffer)" — posted below for…
New History Warfare, Vol. 1 Releases March 4 on Aagoo Records Let's get one thing straight: it's not everyday one runs into music like this — nor should it be. Colin Stetson performs a frantic, solitary-instrument jazz on the bass clarinet…
Released Feb. 19, 2008; self-released. A Faulty Chromosome, previously the subject of a Feb. 19 MusicGeek.org spotlight, is an unruly shoegaze group; while they do pull from a variety of influences — and it's evident, it's not just some…