NMC Showcase Trailer
Above is a trailer made by Jeremy Kannapell for Friday's show at the William A Kerr Foundation. Celebrating the local talents involved in the experimental music community of Saint Louis, the New Music Circle Showcase will feature an 8mm film from Kannapell and performances from Patrick Boland, Kevin Harris, Raglani, and Chicago's Olivia Block. Pre-show ambience provided by DJ Nathan Cook.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
PSYCH SHOW TOMORROW AT NEGATIVE CONTROL
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD:
MOONRISES (CHICAGO, IL) psych three piece featuring tiger hatchery/quicksails' ben billington and plastic crimewave's steve krakow THEE OPEN SEX (BLOOMINGTON, IN) free form collective vibes on a hollow tip CORRIGAN BROS. two brothers. two amps. two guitars. too many creeps. RADIATOR GREYS new psychedelic tape destruction project from josh levi FRANCES WITH WOLVES trippy wanderers. think beach house on mushrooms. AT: NEGATIVE CONTROL (2847 CHEROKEE ST.) 9PM - $5 FORCED DONATION - FREE BEER (while supplies last) |
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tomorrow at Barbarella: Featureless Ghost | Radiant Husk | Marble
This show is tomorrow, folks, and it's looking to be a good one. Smoke a junt to this one.Here's what Jeremy Kannapell has to say:
"FEATURELESS GHOST - via Atlanta. Shawn from Wet Hair put out a recent cassette of them on his Night People label. For fans of minimal synth, keyboards, drum machines, sunglasses at night....
MARBLE - I am SO PSYCHED to see Connie Su's first solo performance. If you caught her duo with Josh Levi at "An Evening Of Tapes" you can imagine how cool her electro-compostions will sound in Jade-arella.
RADIANT HUSK - ALSO, I'm SO looking forward to recent San Fran transplant, Matt Erickson's, 2nd performance here. He played his first STL show last week and it was hallucinatory. Fans of Aaron Dilloway, Terry Riley, and Skullflower take note .
+ special intermission mixes by DJ GHOST LICE.
T H I S F R I D A Y ( April 20th )
AT JADE ROOM AKA BARBARELLA AKA MEKONG
First Band at 10pm. Show will be over by Midnight. Show up late and you'll miss tunes.
$3.00 to check out the live music. RAGLANI will be slinging drinks and body-shots."
FB Invite: HERE
Monday, April 9, 2012
Tour: Global Distance + Radiator Greys Hit The East Coast
Global Distance (Rick Wilson of Skarekrau Radio and Rick Weaver of Dinner Music/Form-A-Log) and Radiator Greys (Josh Levi) will be heading out to the East Coast this week. Global Distance will be destroying brain cells with performances of their piece "Lover's Cove." Radiator Greys creates sullen mood music through the employment of magnetic tape and broken electronics. Look out!
Wednesday, April 11th - Nashville, TN - Bad Deal BBQ
Thursday, April 12th - Carrboro, NC - Ladybird Mansion with Body Double, Menegon, Grollman, Landis, Ghabranna, DJ Steph Russ
Friday, April 13th - Richmond, VA - Stranger Matter with Mutwawa, Flesh Control, Pregnant Spore
Saturday, April 14th - Baltimore, MD - Waverly House with Andrew Storrs
Sunday, April 15th - Philadelphia, PA - Random Tea Room with Jeff Zagers
Global Distance: HERE
Radiator Greys: HERE
Shows Announced: Radiant Husk + Son of Noise + Featureless Ghost
MOSS ST. from Zach Iannazzi on Vimeo.
More info here: http://www.close-far.com and http://www.bezoarformations.com
Pig Slop Studios presents SON OF NOISE on Saturday, April 14th. Curated by the art-damaged mastermind, Mr. Ben (of Freezerburn Zine fame), Son of Noise is a continuance of last month's psychedelic art happening, Noise. Featuring live art, live booze, live drugs, an all-night photobooth and performances from local dementoids, Son of Noise looks as if it is gearing up for the unavoidable apocalypse. Are you ready to join? Participants include: Chizmo TV, Corrigan Bros., Dave Stone, Baba Yaga, Pig Slop Crew, and Melanympha and the Meatdawls.
Facebook Invite: HERE
Facebook Invite: HERE
Atlanta's Featureless Ghost will be performing at Barbarella on Friday, April 20th with Marble (the new project from St. Louis' synthstress, Connie Su). Featureless Ghost just released their new cassette "MindBody" on Shawn Reed's Night People imprint. This should prove to be an evening of family-oriented, cyber-kinetic brain molding.
More info here: http://www.featurelessghost.com
Saturday, April 21st - Kevin Harris Premiers New Works at Fort Gondo
Photo By: J.J. Lane
Local modular synth hero and Floating Laboratories founder, Kevin Harris, will be presenting three exclusively new pieces to the public at his opening at Fort Gondo on Saturday, April 21st at 8pm. The concert is put on by local experimental enthusiasts, The HEARding Cats Artists Collective. Here's what they have to say:
"HEARding Cats is proud to present St. Louis artist Kevin Harris in a solo concert! Harris is a longtime advocate and performer of synthesized music. His career as a working artist has taken him on tours of the U.S. and Europe over the last two decades. While he’s perhaps best known as the proprietor of the south city concert space, Floating Labs, his talent and abilities are not to be underestimated. Harris is an accomplished synthesist using multiple formats ranging from self invented instruments to old analog units, and even computers for digital music creation. For this concert, Harris will premier three new pieces which each take an entirely different approach to music creation: one for keyboard synthesizer, one for solo computer, and a last for modular synthesizer.
With piece names such as “D2Y9k301” and “A1Z3k302,” Harris’ aesthetic can on the surface appear robotic and emotionless. However, a quick conversation reveals both light-hearted humor, and a deep seriousness in his approach to creation. Harris cites “ice cream,” and “the inferiority of squares to circles,” as “food or ideas, which may be important to the music being presented.” Yet he also considers “the disadvantages of rational thought,” and “interpersonal information selection and distribution (the process by which humans distribute information about their thoughts, ideas, and experiences to other humans,” as keys to his artistic process. With such dichotomous influences, Harris is at once complex, sophisticated, and highly creative. A truly strange and wonderful St. Louisan."
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
Thursday, April 5, 2012
New Track: "Star-Blazers" by KiddieKultKids
Below we have a track from St. Louiis', KiddieKultKids, the moniker of newcomer Aaron Eslinger. Heavy on sampling and atmospheric rips of synth and melody, KiddieKultKids releases this fun little blip on the radar. Check it out!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Diamond Hymen + Beeman Glow Cancel! Profligate Show Added!
I regret to inform you that Diamond Hymen has dropped off the No Milk tour and will no longer be playing Apop Records. The show will still take place with performances from No Milk and Dinner Music. In addition, Beeman Glow (Daryl of Meager Sunlight) will not be making it out to St. Louis this round.
Profligate, the newest moniker from Noah Anthony (Form-A-Log, Social Junk, Night Burger) will be performing with Providence, RI's Father Finger at Kaveh Razani's open space community center (located at the old Cranky Yellow) - 2847 Cherokee St. - on Wednesday, June 6th. Father Finger last played St. Louis as part of the Float Yr Face Music Festival last summer.
NEGATIVE APPROACH Is Coming To St. Louis!
You've heard right, kids. The seminal hardcore band, NEGATIVE APPROACH, will be playing Fubar on Wednesday, June 6th with Ultraman and Everything Went Black. Tickets are $15.00. Are you ready to fight?
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Photos of Stephen Houldsworth
Local concertgoers Stephen Houldsworth and Graham Matthews make it to just about every hip/cool show in town. Whether its psych-synth dance unit Prince Rama or an evening of experimental music at Floating Laboratories, the two do their BEST to support both local and national acts. Big ups! Here are some captured images from shows you may have missed/attended this past month!
1. Joe Hess, 2. Sean Burk & Mike Pagano, 3. Dave Stone at "Spend an Evening with Tapes" Festival at Floating Laboratories on 03.14.12 | 4. Demonlover, 5. I Love You, 6. Skarekrau Radio, 7. Skarekrau Radio, 8. Skarekrau Radio, 9. Skarekrau Radio at Pig Slop Studios on 03.21.12 | 10. Kid Counselor, 11. Prince Rama at 2720 on 03.21.12 | 12. Ken South Rock, 13. Japanther, 14. Little Big Bangs at PMS House on 03.23.12 | 15. Sleep In Sundays, 16. Woodsman, 17. Dustin Wong of Ponytail, and 18. The Hive Dwellers at The Luminary Center for the Arts on 03.27.12.
Overdoser Releases Demo
St. Louis' hardcore honchoes, OVERDOSER, have finally released their demo! Overdoser has just completed a tour with Who Fucking Cares?! Check out the sounds here: http://overdoser.bandcamp.comWednesday, April 4th - MISSION OF BURMA | The Conformists
Kicking off the summer, The Firebird will be hosting one of the most anticipated shows of the year. Mission of Burma will be performing with Saint Louis' own The Conformists on Wednesday, April 4th! Tickets are $18. This is an ALL AGES event with doors opening at 8pm and the show starting at 9pm. The Firebird is located at 2706 Olive St. in Midtown St. Louis....and don't forget, this Sunday, April 1st: Many Arms, The Conformists, Yowie, and Airport Elementary School at Fort Gondo!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
One Year Ago Today...R.I.P. Danny McClain
One year ago today, St. Louis lost one of its most talented and treasured musicians in the city's history. Danny McClain was an incredible drummer and most of all, a friend. His incomparable work in Grand Ulena, Killer Looks, Johnny Angel, and countless collaborations marks him as one of St. Louis' musical legends. He is forever missed.Below is footage of a 2002 Grand Ulena concert in Chicago:
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
LEAKED KKM + BUG CHASER SONGS!
Last month, Rick Steves of STL, "leaked" a new Bug Chaser joint in addition to a conspiracy rant from St. Louis' best rap group, King Kong Magnetics. See if you can point out the Conformists, Born To Die, and Fleetwood Mac samples on "You Breath Poison Everyday."
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