Make sure to follow these fine folks for all of your music needs. Thanks for reading, it's been more fun than you know. Icarus & Occident STL LOUD Speakers in Code Slowcoustic vocal nerd rodeo Muzzle of Bees 3 Minute Record Music VS Man Mostly Midwest [...]

Dawes - "If I Wanted Someone" Fleet Foxes - "Grown Ocean" Okkervil River - "Wake and Be Fine" The Antlers - "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out" The Dodos - "Don't Stop" The National - "Think You Can Wait" [...]

Photo courtesy of Jason Stoff Folks, I'd like you to meet Ryan Albritton . He's the man behind the STL LOUD project, a supporter of local musicians, and an individual who is truly moving Saint Louis forward. Everyone has ideas, but he makes them happen. - Travis By Ryan Albritton It has been awhile since I have blogged, and have never had the honor of doing it anywhere besides my own occasional rant-space that had been called STL LOUD [...]

This blog has been idle while I've allowed life to slow to a comfortable crawl . I blog when I feel like it (which hasn't been very often as you can tell), I don't always have an eye on my Twitter/Facebook feeds (it seems as though the world continues to spin despite this fact), and I don't care if I'm the absolute last one to know about the next greatest band (the cream will rise to the top and I'm just fine waiting for nature to do its thing). In short I have become a horrible music blogger. I've [...]

I will be honest, before this week luster was simply a word describing the reflection of light off a rock. I found this band the way I truly love to discover new music, through a friend. I can read every blog, peruse my Twitter feed all day long, and sift through PR email after PR email, but nothing compares to a recommendation from someone you trust. I first took a listen to LUSTER's album Run From Dogs last week and it's been on heavy rotation since. [...]

Hi folks, meet Brian. He's a swell guy, a fantastic writer, and a lover of all things Destroyer. Enjoy his words and keep an eye out for more from him in the future. - Travis By Brian Flavin Dan Bejar has written another song for America, in case you didn't know. In many ways the title track from Destroyer's ninth studio album, Kaputt , is classic Bejar: it references girls, dreams, America, and another song on the album; it culls up flippant disdain for modern pop culture; [...]