Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
308 posts, November 2004 to January 2012
2006, Asthmatic Kitty Records My Brightest Diamond, consisting primarily of the stellar-voiced Shara Worden, as well as a smattering of additional instrumentalists, debuts with Bring Me the Workhorse , an album that portrays a rare musical…
2006, Self-released Trance , the first release from Southern Utah musician Cody Hunt, who performs as The Dayspring Anthology, opens with a piano that maintains a certain ubiquity across the album. Alongside the piano is a gentle demeanor…
2006, Self-released New-comers The Stock Market Crash open their debut release, Geology , with a sort of rare infectious drive. Sounding significantly like a throwback group in all the right ways -- and, luckily, not too many of the wrong…
2006, Self-released Spider's self-released The Way to Bitter Lake , which is also the first release for Jane Herships under the moniker Spider, opens with a gentle sort of feeling that seems from a bygone era -- an era where feeling wasn't…
2006, Blunthouse Records Redder Than Last Tuesday , the first full-length from Salt Lake City group Life By Accident, starts powerfully, but quickly digresses into some strange sort of attempt to sound harder than they really are. It's…
2006, Barsuk The latest release from indie rock sensations The Long Winters, Putting the Days To Bed , is a rough, melodic sensation that begins with a veritable whirlwind of energy -- though it's almost hidden in the mellow first moments…
2006, Musical Family Tree Delicious Berries , the first compilation release from Musical Family Tree, a project started in 2004 that aims to archive the Indiana music scene, is a dazzling display of variety and real care that most…
2006, Self-released The Artichoke's first studio album, The Streets Were Finally Bright , is loose and relaxed -- a sort of feeling many artists (even some very popular, well-paid groups) struggle to obtain. The Artichokes have a go at it…