Video: Gentleman Auction House - "The Book of Matches" Video

St. Louis' Gentle Auction House are playing tonight at the Pink Door with a DJ set by Rahman McGinnis of Zero Element. Gentleman Auction House are stopping through town on their way to the CMJ festival in New York to showcase their talent and hopefully turn the corner towards success. The 7-piece recently released their debut Alphabet Graveyard on September 26th and have drawn comparisons aplenty to Wilco's Hotel Yankee Foxtrot, as well as Beruit, neither of which is no small compliment. Should be a great show tonight....hopefully I'll see you guys out there.... [...]

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We're excited to be making our first foray into the Chicago live music scene with a performance by one of our favorites. Gentleman Auction House and Yea Big + Kid Static are kicking off their Cannonballs & Catapults Tour at the Abbey Pub on Sunday, September 21st. Doors open at 8:00 PM, show starts at 9:00 PM. Make sure to get their early to also catch Pet Lions and the Blue Ribbon Glee Club who kick things off before Gentleman Auction House! Tickets: $10 MySpace: Gentleman Auction House MySpace: [...]

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I don't want people to start hating Gentleman Auction House because I post about 'em so much, but you know what? In recent weeks. Alphabet Graveyard -- its debut full-length -- debuted at an impressive #77 on the CMJ charts. Plus, the band's appearance at Oklahoma's DFest was quite a success, or so I hear. ( ASIDE: Other St. Louis bands who were at DFest -- looking at you, the Feed and the Maxtone 4 in particular -- chime in and tell me how your sets went.) [...]