Independent music reviews, interviews and downloads from Utah, 2007–2012
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Guided by Voices — Let's Go Eat The Factory A rather busy end to 2011 and start to 2012 saw me miss what I thought would be a lot, but it turned out that I was just late to my first listen to the new Guided by Voices record. Wait, what? I…
Ryan Graveface, the man behind Dreamend, has had my ear for a number of years now. He first landed on my radar when I, on a bit of a whim, bought As If By Ghosts . I was, I think, duly impressed, and I've since paid some attention to…
The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs In this series, Matthew Montgomery takes a look at five of his favorite happenings in the music world. Between today and the end of the year, you'll get a chance to read the top five. Waiting in eager…
School of Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire Given how quickly 2011 is approaching, here's a quick list of ten of my favorite records of the year. If you ask me what they are tomorrow or at any time in the near future, my answers will…
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…
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,…
That famed, prolific director Woody Allen — the auteur behind greats like Annie Hall , Interiors , and, of course, the subject at hand, 1979's Manhattan , the three of which were released over a three-year period from 1977 to 1979 — has…
See, I can look classy every now and again. Whilst listening to the latest episode of All Songs Considered from NPR — it's on the decade defined — The Arcade Fire's "Rebellion," from the group's seminal 2004 full-length debut Funeral ,…