Thursday, September 24, 2015

September 29th - October 5th


Wednesday, September 30th
at Foam - $5
Dark post-punkers Population from Chicago bring their depressive sound to St. Louis and will be joined by ghoul punks Trauma Harness and experimental madmen Demonlover.

Thursday, October 1st
Chizmo.tv
at Tavern of Fine Arts - FREE
Two of the best improv/experimental acts in St. Louis come together for a night of improv, noise and insane visuals done by the people of Chizmo.

at Schalfy Tap Room - FREE
Three of the absolute best bands in St. Louis playing a free show at a restaurant.  Trauma Harness is, well, read above. Two shows back-to-back - so punk! Burners is a brand new punk band featuring members of Posture, Q, Dem Scientist and Nos Bos.  The Brainstems are lo-fi garage rippers that are about to take the world by storm. Did you know Gabe Karabell is in this band now? Rad.


NOiSETTE
Beauty Pageant
Berdella
biggiestardust
Dave Stone
NNN Cook
Stone Hen
at Foam - FREE
Everyone's favorite little noise festival returns to Foam with some of the very best experimental and noise artists in St. Louis. Make sure to get your hands on some sick zines at this free event. Check out this video from the last NOiSETTE in July.


Friday, October 2nd
First New Music Circle Show of the Season
Evan Parker
Peter Evans
at Joe's Cafe - $10 for students, $20 general
Two free jazz legends from two different eras are coming together in St. Louis for the first show of NMC season.  Evan Parker is known all over the world and back for his incredible work with a saxophone.  At 71 years young, Parker is still going and collaborating with some of the best up-and-coming free jazz musicians.
Peter Evans is a improvisational trumpeter/composer from New York City that since 2003, has been recording some of the best in free jazz of the last 12 years.  He has collaborated with names like Zach Hill and Nate Wooley and a regular collaborator of Evans says "Peter can do anything!"


  Saturday, October 3rd
Staghorn Tour Kickoff/Record Release
Staghorn
Jr. Clooney
Holy Gallows
Anodes
at Dugen House
Brand new experimental rockers Staghorn embarks on their first tour. But first, the hometown kiddos need to get their hands on the new record before anyone else. Therefore the tour kickoff and release show are the same show. Staghorn hits the road with silky smooth indie rockers from St. Louis, Jr. Clooney and heavy rippers Holy Gallows from Nashville.

his year marks the 10th Annual Grove Fest – St. Louis’ highly anticipated and outrageously eclectic street festival. Presented by the Grove Community Improvement District and Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, Grove Fest is celebrating 10 years of debauchery on Saturday, October 3rd between 2:00pm and 10:00pm.


Shannon Hayden at Kranzberg
Shannon Hayden
at Kranzberg Arts Center - $10
Shannon Hayden is an incredibly talented experimental celloist from Chicago.  With the ability to make large composition in front of your eyes, Hayden is a must-see act.

Sunday, October 4th
Garage rock not being played in a garage
Army of Infants
Holy Doldrums
Kenshiro's
Sole Loan
at Foam - $5
Army of Infants is a garage rock duo hailing out of Dayton, Ohio.  After a tour with Shitstorm, they stop by Foam, where the bartender is Mr. Shitstorm.  They will be joined by three of best rippers in St. Louis.

Monday, October 5th
Band with best name comes to St. Louis
Thelma & the Sleaze
Miss Molly Simms Band
Sugar Rags
at Foam - $7
A band with one of the best names brings an equally as good sound. Thelma & the Sleaze are a garage rock trio from good ole Nashville. Being joined by Miss Molly Simms Band and Sugar Rags guarantees a night of bad ass women telling you where you can shove it.

Electronic Acts from All Over the Globe
Tellavision
Invisible Circles
Wamhoda
Wiggpaw
Zak M.
at Los Punk - $5
Invisible Circles are an experimental electronic act from New York. Tellavision are dance-fulled, layered, lo-fi electronic act from Germany.  They are joined by a talented and eclectic group of St. Louis musicians.


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Friday, September 18, 2015

September 22nd - 28th


Tuesday, September 22nd
3 Nights in September
3 Nights in September is a 3 night festival of freely improvised music presented by all St. Louis musicians.

Day One:
Brain Transplant
NNN Cook
Henry Claude/Glenn Wright/Joe Hess
Hess/Cunningham Duo

Day Two:
Ghost Ice/Mister Ben
George Sams/Charles Shaw
Dave Stone & friends
Perihelion Ensemble

Day Three:
Experimental Arts Ensemble STL
Vernacular String Trio
STL Free Jazz Collective
$5 - Tavern of Fine Arts

WHSKY JANEToR Tour Kickoff!
WHSKY JANEToR
Free Willy
No Hits w/ Mr. Ben
Foam - FREE
Weirdo queens WHSKY JANEToR is taking their show on the road and the kickoff of their tour starts in St. Louis with other local oddballs. Free Willy is combination of Willis and Beauty Pageant. What more could you want?


Croaw
Soft Target
Veil
Ghost Ice
DJ Swan Gone
at Blank Space - $7
Croaw and Soft Target are two experimental acts from Providence, RI. Craow is drum-machine laced ghoul pop for your soul and Soft Target is sonically pleasing noise for everything else. They are coming through the STL on their Peace Frog Tour.

Wednesday, September 23rd
Diane Coffee
The Vanilla Beans
Hylidae
at The Billiken Club - $5
Diane Coffee is the solo project of Shaun Fleming, who is known as the drummer of Foxygen. Diane Coffee is the perfect blend of indie pop, Motown and psychedelia.

 Thursday, September 24th
Indie Rock at the Tap Room
Cinema Verite
Danaides
I Could Sleep in the Clouds
at the Schlafly Tap Room - FREE
Holy smokes, you guys! Some of the best indie rock bands in St. Louis (well, Western Illinois) will 
be at the hottest venue in St. Louis. Be there or be square. It's free. Get a burger. They're good!

at Foam - $10/$12
Comedian, actor, writer, musican, rapper and co-host of the podcast Who Charted? on Earlwolf, Howard Kremer will be performing at Foam. Have a Summah!

Friday, September 25th
The Angry Penis Humor Tour w/ Collin Bullock
Collin Bullock
David Rader
Max Friedman
Dan Muller
Hosted by Justin Luke
at Foam
Chicago-based stand up comedian is on The Angry Penis Humor Tour with a load of hilarious comedians and they are stopping by Foam to make you laugh for only 5 of your dollars.

 Sludge boys from Tulsa
Senior Fellows
Van Buren
at CBGB - $5
Jesus Christ, these guys from Tulsa, Oklahoma are heavy. Come bang your head with this band that has a little doom, a little sludge, a little hardcore and a lot of power.

Saturday, September 26th
Bruxism #11
OkENDO
Another Pink World
David Burnett
DJ No Dolby
at Foam
Bruxism is back for their 11th installment. Bruxism is bi-monthly event presented by Close/Far and Apop Records of iprov/noise/electronic/experimental acts. This addition features three solo projects of some of the best artists in St. Louis. OkENDO is the new solo project from JJ Hamon of Demonlover. Another Pink World is the new project from Joseph Raglani. And Beauty Pageant member David Burnett will be there, solo, with his "electronic problem solving" as he calls it.

Some Punks from NOLA in a basement
Mystic Inane
Lumpy & the Dumpers
Trauma Harness
Burners
at Bonerville - $7
Mystic Inane is a punk band from New Orleans and man, they are good. They will joined by Lumpy & the Dumpers and this show will serve as the release show for their newest flexi. Also playing is ghoul-punks Trauma Harness and new punk band Burners. Should be fun. Have a crisp $7 bill at the door.
Monday, September 28th
Experimental artist from Brooklyn
Public Speaking
Smallpox Champion
Hess+Hall
at Foam - $5
Public Speaking is the work of Jason Harris out of Brooklyn. Multi-instrumentalist, Harris' music has been called "organized sound." Using nearly anything he can find to make noises for his music. Joining him will be drone/noise act Smallpox Champion and improv duo of drummer Joe Hess and  electronic artist Eric Hall.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

September 15th - 21st


Wednesday, September 16th
Fart Music
Breakdancing Ronald Reagan
Solypsis
Gas Mask Horse
Sister/Brother
Band Boy
Biggiestardust
at Art Bar - $5
A night of harsh noise from Austin, Denver, Chicago and St. Louis over at the lovely Art Bar on Cherokee. Get ready to get weird.
Thursday, September 17th
NMC's Kickoff Celebration
Join New Music Circle at Tick Tock Tavern for an evening of drinks, live DJing from Jeremy Kannapell and Josh Weinstein, raffle prizes and more. This is a free event at all the proceeds go to upcoming NMC events this coming year.


Not Half Bad
The Kuhlies
?U3ST!ON!
Old Mountains
at The Demo - $8/$10
Those damn CCB folks are at in again. This time bringing in good ole pop punkers Not Half Bad from Fort Worth up to the STL. They will be joined by three local acts that know how to have a good time, The Kuhlies, ?U3ST!ON!, and Old Mountains.


Ciej's Going Away Party
STL hip-hop collective MME is hitting the road on their "Black Matter Lives Tour" and when they hit Colorado, the will be dropping off talented member Ciej. This is the send off show for him. It will be on a rooftop somewhere in St. Louis. More details coming from those MME fools soon.
Experimental trumpeter from Mexico City
Jacob Wick
Ghost Ice + Alex Cunningham Duo
Brain Transplant
Grant Nikseresht
at Kismet Creative Center - $5
Jacob Wick is an experimental/improv artist from Mexico City who is known for his mastery of the trumpet. He is known all over for his experimental sound and will be hitting St. Louis on his fall tour. Joining him on the show is a duo of Ghost Ice, bringing his style of experiential electronics and Alex Cunningham playing experimental electric violin.  Also playing is trip-metal kings Brain Transplant.

Friday, September 18th
Less Than a Year: 3 Levels of Art
at Blank Space
Repp and Roland Burrow are doing a one night only joint show. Event will feature Black light paintings by Roland, Fashion & editorial photography by Repp, limited edition vintage 90s clothing, Adults-only room upstairs and DJ Agile One


Bay-area Noise
Bonus Beast
Cruel Work
Marble/Wall Duo
Janet
at Foam - $5
A very noisy week in St. Louis only gets noisier because of the two acts from Oakland coming to town. Bonus Beast is an industrial noise  act, Cruel Work is harsh, sporadic noise from a cello. They will be joined by new STL free jazz group Marble/Wall Duo and the infamous Janet.

Sunday, September 20th
at Tick Tock Tavern
Come buy some records from:
Reverberation Vinyl
Thomas Crone
Tiffany Minx - Apop Records
Jason Ross - Rerun Records
Jeff Hess


Monday, September 21st
Free local show
Stone Hess
Mussy Cluves
at Foam - FREE
Free show of two local bands. Stone Hess is two-piece psychedelic jam band. Mussy Cluves is for weirdos by weirdos. Get out of here you out of town jerks!
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Saturday, September 5, 2015

September 8th - September 14th

Tuesday, September 8th
Blackwater '64
at The Kismet Creative Center - $5
Henrietta is a very indie rock band out of Orlando. Their music is very catchy, wonderful and bouncy melodies and a vocalist that reminds me a lot of Andy Hull. They will be joined by STL indie rock buds Choir Vandals and Blackwater '64 and post-rockers Jr. Clooney and Staghorn. Also at the show will be 50 posters donated by Seth Rogers. First 25 get a free poster, the next 25 get one with a donation.
BRIC*A*BRAC
Sugar Rags
The Makeovers
at Bolozone - $5
The Makeovers are experimental punk group straight from South Africa. That's far away. This band absolutely rips and should play shows in front of a lot of people so it would be a shame for you to not show up. They will be joined by noisy indie poppers Sugar Rags, bringing all the sass.

Thursday, September 10th
at The Demo - $10
Black Pussy is a powerful southern rock band from Portland with riffs that will melt your face right off. They are on tour with another band from Portland, Ape Machine, that brings that real good alternative rock. Two local heavy hitters, Van Buren and Barewire join the bill for an all around rockin' good time.

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, The Heavy Anchor will be showing the film, To Write Love on Her Arms, the movie about Renee Yohe who was the spark for Jamie Tworkwski to create To Write Love on Her Arms, a non-profit organization to help those struggling from mental illness. Brief discussion with mental health recovery blogger Dave Wise after the film.
at The Heavy Anchor - FREE

at The Pageant - $35
Legendary comedian, writer and actor Patton Oswalt will be stopping in St. Louis for a stand up performance you are not going to want to miss. 

Friday, September 11th
Ghost Ice
at Blank Space - $5 (free with Tu-Fest ticket)
Before Tu-Fest official happens, the kick off show will be going down over at Blank Space and what a line-up it features. Gymshorts, out of Rhode Island brings their surf punk jams for a guaranteed party. On top of that, the group of locals playing this show is stacked.  The most prolific noise musician in St. Louis, Ghost Ice, up-and-coming math rockers Hardbody, psychedelic indie rockers The Brainstems and punch-in-the-face punk band Veil.



Stars Align: Virgos Edition
Stars Align is a monthly Astrology-themed dance party hosted by Jake Leech and Denise Ulett. At the event, you will experience live DJs, mini solar-return chart readings, a photo booth provided by Courtney Lee Photography and treats.
This month, the DJs are:
DJ Puzzle Pisces (Jake Leech)
DJ Tau R Us (Grant Nikseresht)
Abnormal
Aaron Johnson
at Melt - $5 (Virgo's get in free)


Saturday, September 12th
Tu-Fest
at 2720 - $20 for one day, $30 for both days
It's here, it's finally here. The much anticipated sequel to Pu-Fest, Tu-Fest brings a huge collection of amazing bands from near and far for a two-day event over at 2720. Make this your weekend.
One-man singer/songwriter/experiemental/avant-garde/free jazz musician Bob Bucko Jr. is in town from his home in Iowa to woo all of us St. Louisans again with his impressive and moving style of music. Joining him is one-man band Strong Force and multi-instrumentalist Tracy Andreotti collaborating with violinist Alex Cunningham for an free improv performance by two of the best improvisational artists in St. Louis.
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

10 Best Bands I Saw in St. Louis this Summer

This summer, I attended and covered a lot of shows for this here blog. I felt inclined to share my opinion on what artists I enjoyed the most. 10 of them, to be specific. In no particular order, 5 locals and 5 not-so-local.


Honorable Mentions:
(locals)
 Skin Tags // Shitstorm // Complainer // Swear Beam // MME // Willis

(not-so-local)

I don't know how else to put it, this band is groovy. Noodly guitars with a tight rhythm section that makes for one of the "prettier" sounds in the St. Louis scene. Parts will make you tap your feet, other parts will make you move your whole body and the rest will simply make you just say "Yes" aloud over and over.

A psychadelic, garage rock group out of Detroit that kind of sounds like an all-girl Black Sabbath came to St. Louis and had the crowd eating out of the palm of their hands. Smooth bass lines, a maestro on guitar, catchy jams and vocalist that was small in stature but large in presence and delivery.  
"Posture can do anything" is something I once heard. This St. Louis three-piece lo-fi, indie rock whatachamacallit may have had the biggest buzz amongst St. Louis bands this summer, and for good reason. I must have listened to their demo 1,000 times this summer and when their Never Knows Best tape dropped, I was all over it.  
Those damn Acid Kat punks introduced St. Louis to this lo-fi psychadelic garage two-piece from Ontario at Acid Kat Fest 3. Of all the bands that played AKF3, Moon Hag stood out to me the most. Shortly after AKF3, they released Terrify, a wonderfully put together tape that you can buy online or physically the next time you see those Acid Kitties wondering around.
This St. Louis math rock trio is currently my favorite act going right now. A group comprised of some of the most talented musicians in STL, all known from their other projects have come together with each of their individual styles to create a fresh and unique sound all their own.
Post-punk weirdos from Chicago, Toupee put on one of the wildest, stickiest and most entertaining shows I have been to in quite a while. If you are into pounding drums, wild and noisy guitar licks, a barrage of vocal power and having your emotions played with, please listen to Toupee. 
No punk band in St. Louis is making quite the waves that Veil has been making. The aftermath of Self Help has turned to one of the biggest attractions in St. Louis. Veil is a must-see band with a must-hear sound. I am eager to hear what else they have in store. 
Goner Records garage rock renegades, Nots put on a show that turned human beings into rabid animals. With a sound so powerful, aggressive and uncontrollable, it's understandable how they managed to do such a thing. They have become favorites to many in St. Louis including myself with their raw energy and I hope to keep seeing them.
These wily veterans of math rock are still pushing forward and crafting new elements to their already impressive sound. This St. Louis trio is one of the most technically sound bands around. Their songs are not short, sweet or to the point. You can never predict where Yowie is going. As soon as you think you know what's next, they make a complete 180 and all you can do is try and keep your jaw from hitting the floor.
 
True legends of noise and experimental music from Los Angeles came through St. Louis and played the very last show at the William A. Kerr Foundation* and what a way to say goodbye.  A three-piece that may have been the loudest band I heard this summer. No telling how many songs they played, considering a lot of their songs don't reach the 30 second mark, but all of them were intense. Not a band for everyone, but to say these men are not talented would be silly.


* apparently not the last show anymore!
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