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Category Archives: St. Louis Music
Chuck Berry, Live at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room in St. Louis, May 13, 2009
I was shocked mostly by the size of his hands. They looked like baseball mitts — old, leathery, well-worn. It seemed inconceivable that they would fit through his shirt sleeves, let alone exercise the finesse required to move up and down the neck of his lacquered Gibson. And yet there they were, still playing the [...]
New Bones, New Discs
I’m no economist by any means, but when I can’t even squeeze over to the used bin without artfully dodging a slow-moving herd of cash-flush consumers, I’m guessing business is doing fairly well. Record Store Day in St. Louis was, by my entirely non-scientific analysis, a resounding success. Every single record store I went to [...]
Also posted in Appreciations, Concerts, News Tagged Apop Records, Bikini Acid, Euclid Records, Record Store Day, so many dynamos, Vintage Vinyl 3 Comments
Quief Quota – “Love Triangle”
Somehow this eluded me earlier. The YouTubes tell me this video was released back in October ’08, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it and it’s too good not to share. What we have here is the farcically named Quief Quota at their best with “Love Triangle,” a rock and roll song so jubilant, [...]
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Ode to the High Strung, tonight at the Firebird (St. Louis)
The High Strung – “Standing at the Door of Self Discovery” (from Ode to the Inverse of the Dude) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The High Strung are playing at the Firebird tonight, just one of the gaggle of bands making a pit stop in St. Louis on their way to or from [...]
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The Blind Eyes – Modernity
The Blind Eyes – “January” (from Modernity) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] At first, whenever anyone talked about the Blind Eyes, myself included, it seemed inevitable that someone would group the St. Louisans alongside the neatly-tailored English pop of the Jam and Elvis Costello, or occasionally next to the slightly more rambunctious Thin [...]
Friday Fix: David Bowie, Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship, Jumbling Towers
(art via) David Bowie – “Breaking Glass” (via) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] One of the most remarkable achievements of Bowie’s Berlin triptych was his ability to mechanize the idiosyncratic. Long before any debate about whether autotune is a more or less sincere means of human expression in recorded format, Bowie realized that [...]
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Friday Fix: Saint Louis Showcase