Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
219 posts, May 2005 to January 2012
Minus the Bear, widely loved within the indie rock community, announced today the May 4 release of Omni , their fourth full-length album. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli, who has worked with artists as diverse as My Morning Jacket, Frank…
Cedar Breaks Out! Saturday saw the release of the latest project from the home of independent music in Cedar City, Groovacious Records. Cedar Breaks Out! , a 14-track compilation consisting of some of the town's best singer-songwriters,…
"World Sick," the first track from Broken Social Scene's forthcoming Forgiveness Rock Record , hit today with the usual aplomb of a track from the Canadian indie rock supergroup. The influence of producer John McEntire -- you know, the…
That famed, prolific director Woody Allen — the auteur behind greats like Annie Hall , Interiors , and, of course, the subject at hand, 1979's Manhattan , the three of which were released over a three-year period from 1977 to 1979 — has…
In 2004, Neva Dinova and Bright Eyes released a collaborative EP, One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels , on Crank! Records to some genuine acclaim. Six years on, the split's garnering some newly focused attention as it's prepped for a reissue on…
Do you have trouble waking up? I do. Of the many strategies I've tried for waking up at a proper time — some more successful than others — one of the most successful, aside from having cold water unexpectedly sprayed on me, has been…
Courtesy of Force Field PR Influential emo band Cap'n Jazz (1989–1995) has announced their first reunion show — a gig at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on July 17 — and record label Jade Tree is prepping their 1998 anthology,…
Courtesy of Big Hassle Media Of the guitarists in the vague collection of artists rightly or wrongly dubbed "indie" that are performing interesting, engaging guitar-oriented music, Kaki King is at the very top of the pile. King may be…