Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2004–2012
V-Tunes Music Festival, which takes place outside Lake Powell in Big Water, Utah, will be returning for its third year running. Returning to the festival will be Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel, who will be headlining the event, while Pat…
Groovacious Records of Cedar City, Utah will be hosting a number of in-store shows in the coming month as they rev up for Groovefest 2010, which is just over three months away. In a week, March 24, Australian rock-blues-soul-world musician…
As it's Saint Patrick's Day -- and as we're all obviously Catholic, we celebrate this religious holiday(!) -- and people's attentions are going to be turned toward Ireland, I thought it might be nice to build a playlist with a few of my…
For some years now, I've been listening off-and-on to SomaFM's astounding radio station Indie Pop Rocks! and have, as a result, been introduced to some music that has stuck with me over years of listening, from Yo La Tengo and Pavement to…
"Dawn Metropolis" by Anamanaguchi Last week, Jared featured an article spotlighting the music of “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.” I now feel it is my solemn duty to take MusicGeek.org’s Chiptune virginity. According to Wikipedia, “A…
See, I can look classy every now and again. When I search for records, it's not an easy process. I often find myself inundated with those pesky round things — be they CDs or vinyl — as I flip through album after album. It's not always…
Wes Anderson, film director known best for emergent classics like The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore clearly knows what he's doing with film — but can we say the same about the use of music in his films? The Royal Tenenbaums proved…
See, I can look classy every now and again. While in Phoenix for a computer-assisted reporting conference — NICAR 2010, which has a name nearly as exciting as possible for this sort of this — I took a jaunt over to a couple record stores,…