Linescratchers

Young Sim, honorary Linescratcher, and Definit’s new album, My Life, is now available for download on iTunes.  We will be reviewing it in the upcoming weeks.  Stay tuned and keep listening!

SOUNDTRACK/CLASSICAL

If you like classical music that kicks, you’re in for a treat. Violinist, pianist, classical composer, performer, and mother, Jennifer Thomas brings quite a bit to the table, and yet she manages to seamlessly transition from modern to traditional, from dramatic to gentle, from tempest to forest and in between. Listeners will at once connect with her melodies and themes. Her compositions are complex enough to resonate with fellow musicians, but Jennifer is also quite adept at emotional connection with the lay listener. Jennifer has quite a bit to say about her musical process, and has taken the time to answer some questions for us. She talks about promoting her music, how composition requires hard work, and how she feels God helps her as she composes her music. Read the rest of this entry »

Provo alternative band Neon Trees will be performing on March 30th, 2010 on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.  Our very own Dallin will be interviewing them soon about their performance, and their band.  Good luck guys!

Kirby Heyborne – The Elm Tree

Recommended if you like: Polished and elegant pop music, cute boys with cute guitars

Recommended Tracks: “Honest Ground”, “We Fall Back”, “Courage”, “Sunset”, “Give Up On Me”, “Mistakes and Stowaways”

Kirby Heyborne’s specializes in music that can be summed up with one word: Elegant. Read the rest of this entry »

The Steelwells have been nominated for three 2010 OC Music Awards (awards for artists living in Orange Country, California). They have been nominated for:

Best New Artist
Best Indie
Best Song for “El Capitan”

The winners will be announced on March 6th, 2010.

Linescratchers welcomes Gregg Hale, a new writer/reviewer from Salt Lake City. Gregg is a producer, engineer, songwriter, guitarist of Our Dark Horse and Last Response, and former guitarist of the band Spiritualized. He owns Handsome Rob Records and Lincoln Street Sound Studio in Salt Lake. – Syphax

Citizen Fate – Cranked To Overkill

Recommended if you like: depends on the song, but the album gave me thoughts of LA Guns and Oasis, with hints of Ocean Colour Scene, The Jam, and The Kinks.

The first two members of Citizen Fate that I met were lead guitar player Greg Fetzer and Drummer Johnathan Nay. After talking to them for a few minutes, I met bass player Mike Sharp. I could tell they were probably around 18 or 19, and it soon came to light that they were all in the same ward, and were getting ready to go on missions. The trio were soon joined by two other gentlemen who turned out to be Young Mens leaders in their ward. I thought it was nice that they had that type of support from their church leaders… I was only half right.

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Linescratchers welcomes Jim, a new writer/reviewer from Kentucky.  Long-time Linescratchers fan, with experience as a radio host and pretentious new music reviewer, Jim brings a non-Mormon whistle-blower perspective to our elite circle. – Syphax

The Sweater Friends – Dear Abbey EP and Everyone We Know album

Recommended if you like: great boy-girl harmonies, coffee shoppe acoustic guitar pop, sweaters, friends

Recommended Tracks: Dear Abbey EP: “Dear Abbey”, “Sinners in the Repentance Club”, Everyone We Know: “Filo Sophia”, “The Last Pirate Song”, “Breaking the Azeotrope”

Upon first listen, The Sweater Friends’ music sounds deceptively simple.  A boy and a girl, each equipped with an acoustic guitar, and nothing else.  However, underneath that plain appearance first impression are songs about the difficulties of love and life, featuring music with beautiful lyrics and gorgeous melodies and harmonies.

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It’s hard to believe that someone as laid-back and cheerful as Kirby Heyborne could incite any sort of controversy whatsoever, but being an LDS celebrity comes with a price.  Many know Kirby as an actor, from LDS-themed films such as The R.M., Sons of Provo, and The Singles Ward, but he’s also a heartfelt, passionate, and sincere musician.  Kirby’s acoustic-based folk is touchingly simple, yet texturally complex, and the strength of his lyrics are in their honesty.  In this interview, Kirby talks about the pressures of being a celebrity and the motivation necessary to succeed in music.
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Your Siren Song – Jeff Zentner
All Things – Last Response
In My Stony Lonesome – Sunshine Brady and the Moonlight Lady
See Through Rocks – Cary Judd
Waiting For A Call – Miles Haeberle
Over Ya Baby – Definit and Young Sim
Empty Beds – Good Morning Passenger
Perfect Eight – Fossil Fools
I Lost My Horses to the Moon – Douglas Stambler

 

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