Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
2006, Equal Vision Records This first official release from Goodbye Tomorrow opens with what has, unfortunately, become a fairly expectable uncharacteristic approach to album openers; a soft bit of organ playing augmented by an overplayed,…
2006, Barsuk Handclaps, a harmonica, a strummed acoustic guitar, a plethora of the lesser percussion instruments, an almost-ethereal vocal duet, and, of course, much more combine for a slightly noisy introduction -- but interesting,…
2006, Barsuk Trying to Never Catch Up , the debut release from What Made Milwaukee Famous -- originally released in 2004, but here remastered (with additional tracks, no less) and subsequently re-released by Barsuk Records -- opens with…
2006, Asthmatic Kitty Records Canadian-based Shapes and Sizes aren't afraid to paint on the canvas of sound with bold strokes, as they make evident in their self-titled debut release. Vibrant vocals, jangly guitars, and a clear sense of…
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…
Betrayed's first full-length release, Substance , accentuates their hardcore stylings with more than just a tinge of punk attitude and the expected accompanying musical tactics. Substance features a thick wall of distortion (though not a…
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…