Tonight at Off Broadway, Springfield's own Ha Ha Tonka is headlining a bill with Magnolia Summer and John Henry and the Engine. The band's forthcoming album, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South,&nb... Continue reading "Tonight! Ha Ha Tonka at Off Broadway + New MP3" >
Roy KastenOtis GibbsSaturday afternoon at SXSW 2009 started early this year, with the second of the 10th annual Twangfest and KDHX parties at Jovita's (disclosure: I'm a KDHX programmer and Twangfest ... Continue reading "SXSW: Twangfest Party with Magnolia Summer, The Deep Vibration, Edward Burch" >
Going into SXSW this year, I was curious to see how the economic meltdown was going to affect the festival. I had heard that fewer labels were having showcases, and fewer journalists and label employe... Continue reading "St. Louis at SXSW: The Pragmatic, Black Spade, Theodore and more" >
Magnolia Summer played the Twangfest/KDHX party, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Austin. Here's "The Wrong Chord," from last year's Lines from the Frame. ... Continue reading "SXSW Video: Magnolia Summer, "The Wrong Chord" " >
So just cleaning up my desktop. I tend to find songs, take a listen, then know I am going to like it and simply download to my desktop. I tend to leave soo many tracks on my desktop that I miss actually listening to them! So here we have some tracks that haven't made it into an "organized folder" in order to arrange in perfect harmony (no pun intended) with my music library. I have included a selection for you to see if we are on the same page, but some were removed due to thinking they aren't really approved [...]
Showcase info: Magnolia Summer performs at 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 @ Habana Calle 6 Patio (707 E.6th St) Other appearances: Twangfest Day Party , 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21@ Jovita's (1619 South First St.) I'll refer you back to my "Favorites of 20083 list where I said of Magnolia Summer's Lines from the Frame , "continues on in the Magnolia Summer tradition of sounding like the perfect soundtrack to a riverfront summer concert, a cooler full of Anheuser-Busch products [...]
So, this year's model of SXSW snuck up on me: Two weeks from now, I'll be in Austin running around in eighty different directions, music surrounding me from the second I step off the plane. Accordingl... Continue reading "SXSW: Local St. Louis Bands Going? " >
Here's a pairing you might not have expected: Magnolia Summer remixed by the RAC. The song totally sounds like the type of dreamcloud music found in an 8-bit Nintendo game. Like the Super Mario Brothe... Continue reading "MP3: Magnolia Summer, "Diminished Returns (RAC remix)" + Robyn "Cobrastyle (RAC Remix)"" >
Hey, if you haven't heard...."Magnolia Summer"! Welcome again kiddies to another installment of "If You Haven't Heard" and the band in question - Magnolia Summer. This St. Louis based "rock" band (as they describe themselves) is a bit of a collection of friends that have been interchanged over the past few years under the moniker "Magnolia Summer". The eye of this storm (does that make it sound bad?) is Chris Grabau and he is bringing the family back together for the 3rd and most recent release entitled "Lines From The Frame" out of the Undertow Music Collective stables. [...]
Hey, if you haven't heard...."Magnolia Summer"! Welcome again kiddies to another installment of "If You Haven't Heard" and the band in question - Magnolia Summer. This St. Louis based "rock" band (as they describe themselves) is a bit of a collection of friends that have been interchanged over the past few years under the moniker "Magnolia Summer". The eye of this storm (does that make it sound bad?) is Chris Grabau and he is bringing the family back together for the 3rd and most recent release entitled "Lines From The Frame" out of the Undertow Music Collective stables. [...]
On Friday night, Magnolia Summer is celebrating the release of its third album, Lines from the Frame, with a CD release shindig at Off Broadway. The show starts at 9 p.m., and Jon Hardy and the Public... Continue reading "Magnolia Summer CD Release Show for Lines from the Frame" >
I wrote the cover story this week in the RFT. It's centered around Magnolia Summer and the Undertow Collective, and how the principles are utilizing technological advances and industry smarts to fashi... Continue reading "The Undertow Collective: MP3s and Videos from Centro-matic, David Bazan, Theodore, Glossary, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin" >
Congratulations to Magnolia Summer , whose song about President William McKinley, "Czolgosz's Dream," was one of three featured as a download on NPR Music's story about Of Great and Mortal Men . (For reference, the other tracks featured are about Herbert Hoover ("Woe Is A Spoon-Shaped Heart, featuring Marla Hansen) and Jimmy Carter ("A Great Beam of Light," which features Rosie Thomas).) (McKinley) This three-CD collection, as we talked about earlier in the summer in our interview with co-writers [...]
Bill Streeter has quietly started doing some pretty awe-inspiring work with local musicians over at Lo-Fi Sessions . The premise is simple: He films performances with one-camera, no editing and live sound at the colorful crevices of the City Museum . The evocative, rich performances remind me of the work Vincent Moon's been doing with his "Take Away Shows," where he captures musicians performing in various locales and cities. Or the Black Cab Sessions , where people are caught doing one song, [...]
(Magnolia Summer, live on Saturday night) Besides seeing The Dark Knight , that is. (I have not gone yet. Yes, I know.) This weekend, what I did: *Friday: Tiffany at Home Nightclub *Saturday: Magnolia Summer/Treeweasels at Off Broadway. Verdict: TW before its time, reminded me hardcore of Drive-By Truckers, with a dash of later-era Joe Strummer, along with late-'80s Southern jangle. M. Summer new stuff sounds fantastic; urgent and brisk. R.E.M. cover ("Finest Worksong") dovetailed neatly with the message [...]
(by me, taken in Off Broadway's ladies bathroom) This Saturday sees a reunion of sorts for the Treeweasels , a long-ago St. Louis group. Says Roy Kasten in this week's paper : [The Treeweasels] sounded like a punky, countrified R.E.M. with some Pere Ubu singles melted over their four-track, though they couldn't really be bothered to be oblique. Singer E.J. Fitch never met an ironic sneer he couldn't twist into a good-natured hook, guitarist Scott Roever burned every cease-and-desist order from Roger McGuinn and Mick Ronson, and drummer Danny Kathriner [...]
(Chris Grabau of Magnolia Summer) Magnolia Summer 's Chris Grabau has been hard at work recording new music as of late, but the first new music to emerge from his project in a while is a track on the Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies project. Grabau recently took time to answer some questions about the track on which Magnolia Summer appears, "William McKinley: Czolgosz's Dream." (For reference: McKinley, our 25th president, was born in Ohio and [...]
(the presidential trio) With the 2008 presidental election rapidly approaching, it's entirely appropriate that a trio of songwriters -- Christian Kiefer , J. Matthew Gerken and Jefferson Pitcher -- has collaborated on an ambitious project: a three-CD boxed set featuring a song about each U.S. president. (Move over, Sufjan Stevens and your state project!) Called Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies , the collection is admittedly a dense body of work, something to digest slowly and carefully over time, rather than [...]
(Day 2 begins here.) DAY 2 (continued) The talk with Ken Bethea took awhile so the guys went on without me. (I don't know how anyone survived before without texting capabilities at these things, it is essential.) As I mentioned before, sleep and food are kind of as-you-go at this thing, but I decided to take full advantage of a sushi bar that was near the 8 pm venue. I was still trying to
The day is finally here! Tomorrow is the 2006 Lot Music Festival . For the second year in a row, I am involved with this event and this year, I picked about 90% of this year's performers (notice the wiggle room I left myself in case you don't like one of them?). We have expanded the lineup this year to include 8 mainstage bands from last year's 6. I may be a little biased, but I think this year's lineup is the best one we've had yet. The event takes place from 4:00 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. [...]
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Slowcoustic
Atomic Ned
You Crazy Dreamers
Between Love & Like
Dividing By Zero Will Get You Nowhere
Magnolia Summer with Funky Butt Brass...
Magnolia Summer @ LouFest 8.29.10 HD
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK"
Crystalfilm
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat
Chiddy Bang - "By Your Side"
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Diplo & Usher “Climax”
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
Diplo x Usher: ‘Climax’
MIXTAPE: 10ILLE – CANDY JAMS
