Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Pinpoints and Gin Joints The album starts with a sound familiar to any fan of ska music. It's an instant reminder that The Mighty Mighty Bosstones haven't lost it, even after all these years. The band started…
The latest effort from American indie outfit Aloha is bold and refreshing: While not necessarily the pinnacle of progressive indie rock from Aloha, it's 1) something new, and 2) something good. How many other indie rock bands are out using…
Mark Linkous, leader of rock group Sparklehorse, committed suicide yesterday in Knoxville, Tenn. He leaves a musical legacy that spans four full-length albums as Sparklehorse and two in collaboration with Danger Mouse and Fennesz. Linkous…
Few things change your working environment more than good music. In my experience, music is often an essential part of work, whether I'm working on some routine data entry, trying to plow through that last line of code, or getting a…
After a multitude of revisions by Tim and Lisa Cretsinger, the lineup for the 2010 Groovefest American Music Festival has been released. Tim and Lisa own Groovacious Records in Cedar City, Utah, and have been organizing Groovefest for nine…
Dark Night of the Soul is an album written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse that was planned for release with a book of photos by David Lynch. The book of photos was released in early 2009. Due to disputes with the record label, though,…
Nouela and Brian at The Sunset (credit: Christen Shaw) People Eating People is the solo piano pop project of Seattle artist Nouela Johnston, and it is absolutely astounding. Johnston has gone through much turbulence to arrive at her…
Today Minus the Bear have premiered "My Time," the first track from their upcoming album, Omni, due May 4, 2010. Immediately noticeable is the lack of guitar playing from Dave Knudson which we hear none of on the first track. Instead,…