Category Archives: St. Louis Music

Goings On This Weekend in St. Louis

By Todd | Published: September 17, 2009
Since when did tonight become the night that everything happens? There is so much going on in Brick City tonight and through the weekend, it’s almost enough to make up for the complete dearth of quality entertainment we’ve had since Sonic Youth experimentally jet set and trashed the riverfront back in July. So let’s dispense [...]
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“Gilberta” and the return of Jumbling Towers

By Todd | Published: September 11, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jumbling Towers – “Gilberta” (from Kanetown City Rips) I’m not exaggerating when I say that this song has been lodged in my head since I first heard it a little over a month ago. Entire albums have come and gone from my radar without as much as a [...]
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The Lot Music Festival Starts and Ends Saturday

By Todd | Published: August 28, 2009
The Lot Music Festival is taking place this Saturday down in the heart of St. Louis. It’s located at the Schlafly Tap Room, so you know there’s going to be an abundance of quality brews, but there’s also going to be red hots, bar-b-que, alcoholic sno cones, Fred Bird, hoosier golf, and something called “What’s [...]
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Thanks, But No Thanks: Phaseone

By Todd | Published: July 14, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Phaseone – “Confessio Amantis” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Phaseone – “Love Test (Only)” When I interviewed Phaseone back in February, he told me his new album Thanks But No Thanks was going to drop in just a few weeks. Well, a few weeks turned into [...]
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Grace Basement – Gunmetal Gray

By Todd | Published: July 9, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Grace Basement – “Tilly Lingers” (from Gunmetal Gray) It’s one thing for a band to proclaim Harry Nilsson and XTC among their primary influences; it’s quite another to follow through and deliver the goods. Gunmetal Gray, the sophomore effort from St. Louis’ Grace Basement, hearkens back to the [...]
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Last Week in STL Music, In Case You Missed It

By Todd | Published: June 29, 2009
This past week has been exceptionally bonkers. First, there was the gigantic shitstorm kicked up by the Crocodiles’ appearance at the Firebird on Wednesday night. Riding in on a wave of moderately not-negative buzz, the San Diego two-piece coifed their carefully crafted Lou Reed circa 1967 look, flicked on their drum machine for approximately 13 [...]
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On being local and a music blogger

By Todd | Published: June 22, 2009
There’s an interesting article about music blogging and local music over at the Saint Louis Beacon, featuring interviews with Matt Jordan of You Ain’t No Picasso, Annie Zaleski of the Riverfront Times’ A to Z, and yours truly of this little site you’re reading right now. Aside from touching on the general theme of what [...]
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