Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
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Evangelicals are set to release their second full-length, The Evening Descends , on Tuesday. The psychedelia-laced Norman, Okla.-based group fills the attached track, "Skeleton Man," with noise; guitars crash in and out, synthesizers come…
The Grizzly Owls perform a bizarre sort of alt-country: it's certainly an interesting musical perspective, but it's one that's often hard to really latch on to. Regardless, this married couple forges ahead, and they end up creating some…
Say Hi (previously Say Hi To Your Mom,) a newly Seattle-based (they previously called home Brooklyn, N.Y.,) indie outfit, plays a catchy-but-not-too-upbeat style inflected with a bit of synthesizer and flare (two things that, for some…
Chairs in the Arno, a synthesizer-packed indie pop band in the vein of notable acts Barcelona and Sprites, released their debut File Folder in October 2007. The synth-styled release, which found its home on Mushpot Records, is interminably…
The Gorgeous Hussies, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based rock band with influences ranging from power pop to fusion, are preparing to release a new album. "Dangerously Similar," from their release, Oh! Hello is an excellent introduction to the…
Kaki King, upon my first listen, is nothing too experimental. I can appreciate this, else nearly all music would be dull and pointless. No, King, who has worked with Tegan & Sara and Foo Fighters, is nice and relaxing and certainly worth a…