St. Louis' Indie Music Scene Is On The Rise

Here is a video St. Louis documentarian Chase Macri made! It is a wonderful look into the local INDEPENDENT music community of St. Louis! It features great interviews with Tiffany Minx (of Apop Records), Joseph Hess (of Spelling Bee/Wrong Division),  Luc Michalski (of Gateway Drug/Violations), Josh Levi (of Flood Yr Face),  Michael Tomko (An Under Cover Weekend) and Tara Pham (of Eleven Magazine)!

Sam McPheeters Book Tour!

Sam McPheeters, the legendary personality behind Born Against, Men's Recovery Project, and Wrangler Brutes will be making a St. Louis stop on his current book tour. McPheeters will be reading excerpts from his latest novel, The Loom of Ruin. The FREE reading will take place at Apop Records on Tuesday, May 15th at 7:00pm. Brett Lars Underwood kicks off the evening with a reading from his personal works.

Check out this great interview on the new book tour: HERE

CUT HANDS Cancels Friday's Performance at Apop Records

This just in: Cut Hands (Whitehouse's William Bennett) will no longer be performing at Apop Records this Friday due to unforeseen circumstances. Bennett is currently on a 1o-day U.S. tour with DJ Tesco Jane. For those willing to make the long haul, Cut Hands will be performing this Saturday, February 18th at The Empty Bottle (Chicago) with BONGRIPPER.

Apologies go out to all St. Louis friends who were stoked on seeing this living legend. Bummer.

FLOOD YR FACE UPDATE - 01.19.11

Amazing gig from New York's Teeny Bopper & Tension Fields at Apop Records last Tuesday. The Halflings/Yellow Tears crew did not disappoint with their maniacal brand of sonic offerings. Cheers to Poptards and the Song of the South aka Melissa DeBus for a demented set of left-brain ramblings with special guest dancer Joanie Walbert!!

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For more Apop Fun, mark your calendars! Prepare for an evening of psychedlic folk wanderin

gs as well as an evening of Argentinian goth/darkwave & New York-style Minimal Wave. Dark and brooding, a cloud covers St. Louis.

Wednesday, January 26th:

HUSH ARBORS (Ecstatic Peace! | VA)

Jason Ajemian (New York)

The Lonely Procession

Flowers

Mike Pitts

FB Invite: HERE

Hush Arbors is the moniker of singer-songwriter Keith Wood. In addition to his solo effort, Wood has toured and collaborated with Current 93, Six Organs of Admittance, Sunburned hand of the Man, Jack Rose, Wooden Wand, and Voice of the Seven Woods. Hush Arbors on tour with New York jazz man, Jason Ajemian!!

Saturday, February 19th:

Mueran Humanos (Argentina via Berlin)

YOU (New York)

at: Apop Records | 2831 Cherokee St.

FB Invite: HERE

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For the hardcore heads:

Tonight at Cranky Yellow | 2847 Cherokee St.

TENEMENT (WI)

SHAVED WOMEN

DOOM TOWN

SWEET TOOTH

Three of St. Louis best hardcore/punk acts open tonight for Wisconsin's Tenement, an examination in pop thrash therapy!

FB Invite: HERE

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Sunday, January 23rd marks the first show of 2011 at Floating Laboratories!! Always exciting and challenging the brain, FL is proud to present Iowa City's SOLID ATTITUDE and Maine's EVIL SPIRITS.

Sunday, January 23rd:

SOLID ATTITUDE (Iowa City)

EVIL SPIRITS (Maine)

CACKLING HEN

LARVA LOU & DINNER MUSIC

at: Floating Laboratories | 4528 Ohio St.

Iowa City's SOLID ATTITUDE wrecks through St. Louis with a whirlwind of thrashing garage rock and violent rhythms!! Featuring Matt Fenner, Wet Hair's latest addition! EVIL SPIRITS from Maine have hopped on the gig! Total dirge two piece of feedback and sweat! Dr

ums and amps! Get Faced! Witness local destruction from Cackling Hen & the collaboration between Larva Lou & Dinner Music (aka Rick Weaver of Form-A-Log/The New Flesh!!)

FB Invite: HERE

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Our friends at the Luminary Center for the Arts have done a spectacular job programming concerts for this spring season! COLD CAVE will be performing their first ever St. Louis concert on Saturday, April 9th!! LIGHTNING BOLT returns to St. Louis after 9 years (LB last played in STL as part of the Oops! The Tour at the Creepy Crawl with Erase Errata, Arab On Radar, The Locust, and The Flying Luttenbachers) on Saturday, April 23rd! Tickets can be purchase HERE and HERE. Cheers!!

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SLU's Billiken Club is doing it big this year with some amazing performers that usually don't make it around these parts. NOTE: All shows at the Billiken Club are open to the public, and most importantly FREE:

WED 02.23 - Dum Dum Girls

MON 02.28 - Akron/Family | Delicate Steve

THU 04.14 - Zola Jesus | Cult Of Youth

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If you haven't heard: My good friends, Mabel & Joe of 88.1 KDHX's Wrong Division (Fridays from 1am to 3am) host a showlisting blog at W.R.O.N.G.D.I.V.I.S.I.O.N. - Highly recommended! And if you didn't know, Joe Hess does all of the music booking at Cranky Yellow on Cherokee St. Hit him up!

NIGHTMARES - Locals Added!

This just in! Local haunted chamber duo - The Lonely Procession & Silent Wanderer N.N.N. Cook have been added to the Nightmares show at Apop Records on Wednesday, August 26th! Nightmares is the dark synth trio of Jonathan Canady (Angel Of Decay, Deathpile), David Reed (Luasa Raelon, Envenomist), and Mark Solotroff (Intrinsic Action, Bloodyminded). This show should prove to be an incredible force of sound. A perfect way to end the Summer.