Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
2006, Total Gaylord Records This latest release from The Lil' Hospital, Heavy Metal , is, on the surface, a tad misleading; this album is far from Heavy Metal , for better or worse. No, Heavy Metal as a title is employed in a fairly…
What factors went into you deciding to pursue music beyond the usual passive listening? I never really decided to start writing songs, it just sort of happened one day when I was learning the piano. How did you go about writing the music…
2006, No Milk Records There's a very familiar -- yet surprisingly fresh -- style in this self-titled debut from New York's Sleepaway. The opening track, "Nice Shoes, Hollywood!" provides a good sense of the record; a seeming permutation of…
Why did you start playing music? Well, we all started jamming together in 2002. I think we were all 15. We pretty much just wanted to play music for the love of it. We had no idea we would get as far as we are right now, it's pretty…
What have been your musical influences growing up? As strange as it sounds I was heavily influenced by new school punk growing up. It's definitely not apparent in our sound and isn't what I listen to anymore but I think I've kept a lot of…
2006, No Milk Records Tomorrow Belongs To Me opens in what turns out to be an ultimately inconsistent (though undoubtedly ear-catching) sound collage of static, a soft, flowing guitar, and an essentially incomprehensible recording of a man…
What type of music did you listen to growing up? Rocky:I bought my first album when I was six, It was piece of mind by Iron Maiden. After that I liked Guns 'n' Roses for while. When I was eight i started listening to Nirvana, and then…
2006, Barsuk The latest from the acclaimed indie pop sisters that make up Smoosh, Free to Stay , opens with a full display of the youngsters' aptitude for songwriting. Chloe and Asya, at only 12 and 14 respectively, have already proven…