Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
219 posts, May 2005 to January 2012
In the track "Sylvia Plath," you combine hip-hop and an early Jazz style -- you seem to be fond of combinations like that. What brought that about? I think jazz is one of the more interesting genres of the last century. I'm certainly no…
Act One , debut album of British prog-rockers, Beggar's Opera, is a fun, timeless work in an early British post-psychedelic style. Most notable among the instrumentation is Alan Park's fantastical keyboard and organ playing, at times…
What's it like, being a growingly successful band from a small town? Do you think that your roots play a definite role in your musicianship? Growing up in a small town, you don't really have any distractions at all. I mean, what did we…
What prompted your putting "Stories of the Old Country" in old books? It just seemed natural. It was a album of stories. Instead of stories with specifics, they were stories with unspecifics. There were no lyrics, so the stories became…
You're a fairly young band, how does this affect your take on being musicians? Well, Sam has studied music quite in depth since she was ten, so even though she's relatvely young, she's also quite experienced. The overall feel is that it…
Who has been your favorite band to perform with? That's kind of a hard one. By the end of each tour I think I think we,ve grown close to all the bands. We've been lucky in that way I guess. Not many bands can probably be able to say that…
What do you find most beneficial about playing to a live audience? I think our live act needs a lot of work, honestly. I don't see it as an engaging experience for neither the band nor the audience. A few dudes playing inconsequential…
Your lineup has changed from four to two since your 2000 album, Akasha. How has this affected your sound? Laura: it feels like so long ago...........obviously the percussive element of our music was deeply effected when heath left the band…