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Chuck Berry, Live at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room in St. Louis, May 13, 2009

By Todd | Published: May 22, 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 [...]
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Beach House at the Billiken Club, St. Louis, April 3, 2009

By Todd | Published: April 4, 2009
After writing the show preview and interviewing Victoria Legrand for the Riverfront Times, I’m a little worn out on typing about Beach House. But I will say that their live show was honestly much better than I anticipated it to be. While the tinny drum machines they use on record sound as if their sole [...]
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The Blind Eyes – Modernity

By Todd | Published: March 11, 2009
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 [...]
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