Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
Geffen, 2005 By now (now being September 13th, 2005, the day of Takk 's release,) Sigur Ros has become an almost legendary group of musicians, and with good reason. In this, their fourth full length, they, once again, demonstrate an…
Barsuk, 2005 John Vanderslice's latest effort, Pixel Revolt , is what some would dub a lyrical masterpiece -- and, of course, not without just cause. At times, Vanderslice's mostly unique lyrical style resembles that of John Darnielle,…
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…
The first time I heard Nashville's Blue Merle, I could have sworn it was a side project of Coldplay's Chris Martin based on the singer's voice. Although the singer may sound alot like Martin, the music itself goes in several different…
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…
Suicide Squeeze Records, 2005 Menos el Oso opens with a rhythmic guitar and a delayed, reverbed guitar intertwining, leading into vocalist -- and guitarist, don't you forget -- Jake Snider's evocative lyricism. In the simplicity of these…
How did you form? We started in the autumn (sorry fall) of 1998, a few months after I left the Wiija Records (Cornershop, Huggy Bear, Comet Gain) band Velocette. They had been 4/5's of the original line up of Comet gain (along with David…
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…