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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Good week for St. Louisans who like rock; bad week for folks who like sleep

I know it’s such a drag to go to shows on weekdays, but the amount of shows coming through St. Louis this week is plain ridiculous. Admit it, you’re already planning to get by this week on power naps and shots of 5 Hour Energy poured discretely in your coffee mug. If not, here’s the [...]
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Walking with Muhammad

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Muslims – “Walking With Jesus” (from Parasites/Walking With Jesus 7″ – pre-order here) God, I love the Muslims! Whoa, heh heh, that sounds a little awkward. Let me back up for a second there and explain myself: I meant to say that I’m infatuated with the San [...]
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Junior Senior Split; The World Suddenly Sucks Again

From the Post-Rockist e-mail vaults… Dan: Yo post-rockists, I was at this tiny bar in San Francisco last night and guess who was there? It was the legendary King Khan himself. I was sure it had to be him, but I didn’t get up the nerve to talk to him just in case I was [...]
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Electro Day-Glo

I get a lot of my quality music listening time in at work on my iPod. And as much as I love traditional songs in rock and pop and folk formats, sometimes the lyrics and abrupt start-stop dynamics can be distracting when you’re trying to focus on something important work-related. (Okay, you can stop laughing [...]
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Two Radical Record Releases to be Born in Detroit tomorrow – Friendly Foes and Mason Proper

This week brings us two new releases by Detroitish-based bands, as the album release season continues apace. The first is Friendly Foes‘ Born Radical, of which I had a few words to say until I read Jeff Milo’s Deep Cutz feature on the band, which will tell you everything you need to know about the [...]
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Evangelicals & two acoustic openers at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

Evangelicals Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center September 16, 2008 When I walked into the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center last night, for a second I thought I had mistaken the date and paid $5 to enter a poetry reading instead of an Evangelicals rock show. The place was library-quiet and the few people already there sat studiously [...]
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The High Strung, Scarlet Oaks, Croff Family Band at The Belmont, Sept 12

Around 9:25 in the pm, Friday night, I was feeling a bit lethargic and thought about making my way to The Belmont a little late. “Eh,” thought I to myself, warily, “bands probably won’t even start until 11. I’m just going to hang out here and do nothing for awhile” To pass some time, I [...]
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