The Soulard venue Lucas School House will be closing after its New Year's Eve show with Jake's Leg and Naked Groove. In its two-and-a-half years open, the club hosted a diverse group of loca... Continue reading "Lucas School House To Close After New Year's Eve Show" >
After catching the flu and being run-down all last week, I managed to drag myself out of the house on Saturday night, only because some out-of-town friends were here visiting. I ended up at the Billiken Club, where I caught the tail-end of Bunnygrunt 's set; the Blondie cover of "One Way or Another" was choice. I stayed for the beginning of Dark Meat -- the trumpet-driven noise abstraction flattened me like a sonic wind tunnel (and sounded great), but I was feeling antsy so left. There were about 50, 60 people there. I [...]
KRISTEENYOUNG ( MySpace ) When: 9 p.m. Saturday, September 20 at the Bluebird Playing With : The Domani International, Mhurs Who: Affton native Kristeen Young (who performs with drummer Jeff White as KRISTEENYOUNG) returns home for a show that should spotlight her theatrical piano-rock. Here's an exclusive stream of a new song from her forthcoming album, Music for Strippers, Hookers, and the Odd On-Looker . -- Annie Zaleski [...]
VICTORIA ( MySpace ) Where: The Lot at the Schlafly Tap Room. More info here and here . When: Saturday, August 23, starting at 4 p.m. What: The trio's last show; it's breaking up after this gig. Aw. Playing With: So Many Dynamos, LOGOS, the Monads, the Feed, Alvin Jett, Earthworms, Funky Butt Brass Band Sounds Like: "Shades of Kings of Leon's Southern-rock swing (especially in Moore's howl) abound, matched by equal doses of Aerosmith and Led [...]
(Matthew Spencer) The correct date of this show was a bit confusing, but singer-songwriter Alina Simone -- who we previewed and reviewed last summer -- will be playing tonight at the Lucas School House . Things have changed somewhat for Simone in the ensuing year -- namely, that her star has risen significantly, to the point where NPR recently featured her . Take a listen to a new MP3 from her latest album, Everyone is Crying Out [...]
NOMO ( MySpace ) (George Waldman) MP3: NOMO, "Nova" When: Tonight, Off Broadway, 8:30; Vintage Vinyl, 5 p.m. Sounds Like: "Nomo transcends fickle trends, "world" music comparisons and cheap hipster spirituality by laying down a propulsive mix of tightly wound funk, lush horn lines and exploratory improvisations. The band's latest full-length, Ghost Rock , manages to channel the past without sounding overly retro by incorporating electronic [...]
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Glow 's Winter . He had this to say about the band, which is celebrating Winter' s release with a show tonight at 8 p.m. tonight at the Lucas School House. Like their '80s male/female synth-pop duo forebears Yaz and Everything but the Girl, keyboardist/programmer Brian Beracha and vocalist Brooke Edwards of Glow meld the austerity of electronic music with the warmth of the human voice. Most of these eleven tracks are open-ended and amorphous, though many, like the wonderful "When the Rain [...]
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