We Have Fun Here: July 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

July 31st - August 6th

Tuesday, August 1st

Glued (STL indie rock)

I Could Sleep in the Clouds (STL indie)

Janet (STL experimental)

Tedd Connexion (STL indie rock)

at CBGB - FREE

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Wednesday, August 2nd

Butthole (Nashville punk rock)
Chico (Nashville rock)

Jr. Clooney (STL jazz rock)

Fragile Farm (STL experimental folk)

at Kismet - $5-$7

Har-di-Har (Saint Paul dream pop)

J.E. Sunde (Minneapolis folk pop)

Dubb Nubb (STL folk)

I Could Sleep in the Clouds (STL indie)

at Foam - $5

Thursday, August 3rd

Meinschaft (Chattanooga experimental)
1MITATOR (Savannah experimental)

nebulosa (STL electro)

Ghost Ice + Larva Duo (STL experimental)

Janet (STL experimental)

Andy Lashier (STL experimental)

at 2222 Jefferson - $10

Friday, August 4th

Sailor Poon (Austin garage punk)

Bandits (Denver rock)

Hugslut (Columbia punk)

Orphan Wells (STL indie pop)

Sleepeasies (STL indie pop)

at Heavy Anchor - $7

Saturday, August 5th

WE HAVE FUN FEST:

Nurse (Atlanta hardcore/punk)

Mild IQ (Atlanta indie rock)

Glued (STL indie rock)

Dubb Nubb (STL folk)

Concentrator (STL rock)

Nicole Grace (STL folk)

nebulosa (STL electro)

at RKDE - $5 (money raised for St. Louis Public Schools)

Monday, July 24, 2017

July 24th - July 30th

Monday, July 24th

Gazm (Montreal hardcore)

Mom (STL punk)

Dentist (STL hardcore)

at RKDE - $5

Tuesday, July 25th

Slow Mass (Chicago rock)

Great Decievers (Chicago rock)

Shady Bug (STL indie rock)

Carte de Visite (STL indie rock)

at The Nest - $5

Thursday, July 27th

Ex-Cult (Memphis punk)

ICE (STL experimental)

Drug Money USA (STL hip-hop)

at The Sinkhole - $10

adoptahighway (Milwaukee experimental electro)

Dead Pawn (Milwaukee ambient drone)

18andCounting-Bobo-Hylidae Trio (STL experimental)

Moonrace (STL experimental)

at Foam - $5

Friday, July 28th

ISH (STL experimental pop) [Album Release]

Little Big Bangs (STL punk rock)

Golden Curls (STL pop)

Eric Donte (STL hip-hop)

at 2222 Art Gallery

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Saturday, July 29th

Nihilistic Fit (Fort Worth hardcore)

Elix-R (Denton punk)

G.N.A.T. (STL hardcore)

MOM (STL punk)

at RKDE $5-$7

Sunday, July 30th
Negative Approach (Detroit hardcore/punk)
Bloodclot (NYC/LA hardcore/punk)
Lumpy & the Dumpers (STL hardcore/punk)
The Stranger (STL proto-punk)
at Blueberry Hill - $15
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

New St. Louis Releases: June 2017

MOM - Demo

Well look what we got here, a bunch of perverts! This new four piece punk outfit is for the raunchy at heart. This 7 song demo from MOM is one of the catchiest punk releases to come out of St. Louis in some while. I've listed to this countless times since it was released. I already want more.

Favorite track: Hardass Lardass

Griffin Trapp - EP 2

I genuinely believe that Griffin is a genius. I am constantly blown away by them and what they create. Griffin's second EP in two months entitled 'EP 2' is a lot spacier, less straight forward and more open than the EP before it. It's very much it's own entity, rather than a follow up to the previous release. EP 2 shows the range Trapp has with his songwriting. Fuck I'm gonna miss this guy.

Favorite track: Some Things Go Without Saying

Mike Herr - Continual Debrief
One of my favorite things about watching Mike Herr play drums is how he isn't very flashy behind the kit. Herr just holds it down and takes you for a ride. Watching and listening to Herr play drums is almost hypnotizing. I could watch Herr play the same thing for hours in absolute awe. Herr's drumming is blue collar as fuck. No pomp and circumstance, no flash, just a man who is very familiar with his tools, going to work.

Brainpal - Demo
This is a very solid 4 song release from folk rockers Brainpal. These songs are clean, uplifting and powerful. There is no wasted spaces and each song is engaging, to where you are following each ebb and flow like a good movie.
Favorite track: Guess I Thought