Utahpolis

I’ve been in a pretty mellow mood lately.  With The Dame in the middle of being demolished and no real leads on a new location it isn’t too difficult to get bummed out.  In times like these I’m often drawn to the pleasant melodies of indie pop.
Oh No! Oh My!’s tour date announcement today gives [...]

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Kind of a slow news day around here so I’m going to feature another group who I feel deserves a little more credit than they’re given…..The Sleepy Jackson.  I suppose I should say “he’s given” since the band is basically Luke Steele and whomever is performing with him at the time.  The story goes that [...]

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Hey everybody, I’m back!  I didn’t really have enough time to devote to Utahpolis over the last few months so I decided to stop entirely rather than put up crap posts.  Well, since then, The Dame (the music venue I booked/ran) was forced to close because Lexington’s idiotic City Council decided it would be better [...]

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I just received my copy of the Vampire Weekend debut in the mail so it’s time for the obligatory Vampire Weekend post. True, they’re already old-hat for those of you that have been keeping up with the ins and outs of the indie blog scene, but there are still plenty folks that are Vampire [...]

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Some of my strongest memories from early childhood come from music. When I was roughly three or four years old, my favorites were…..
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The Beatles – Someone gave me a mix tape of Beatles songs. I remember learning all the words and running around singing the tunes and telling everyone that I sounded just [...]

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