Saturday, May 28, 2016

May 31st - June 6th

Tuesday, May 31st
Beach Bodies
at Foam - $5
They just played here, but they are playing here again. Wet Ones from Kansas City are making their way down to Orlando for Total Punk Total Fuckoff Fest and one of their pit-stops is the good ole STL. If Total Punk thinks they're good, then you would be stupid to think otherwise, right?

Wednesday, June 1st
at Way Out Club - $5
Same old weird, but with a twist. Slutrockers Spray Tan from Oakland are stopping through to give you the kick in the pants you deserve. This means WOWW will be not be free this time, but the last 8 have been, so I think you have been pretty fortunate.

Thursday, June 2nd
at The Hobbit Hole - $5
Experimental dance freaks, Wei Zhongle, makes their way from Chicago to pleasure you with their off-beat crazed poppy tunes. Also it's the return of Skarekrau Radio! It's going to be a good day to be alive in the Lou. Ask a shithead for the address.

My Bloody Underwear
at San Loo - $5
Idle Bloom is a four-piece psych pop band from good ole Nashville, Tennessee. It can't be stated enough how talented this band is. After this show, you will be humming their tunes for weeks. That is a guarantee. 


Friday, June 3rd
at Schlafly Tap Room - FREE
You know 'em, you love 'em. 2/5 of the RFT Best Post-Hardcore nominees are playing a free show. Does that mean Jack Mideke is the king of post-hardcore in St. Louis? I don't know, a Monarchy is confusing to me. Either way, check it out, buy some expensive beer, hang out with your dad.

Saturday, June 4th
at Foam - $5
Psychedelic rockers from small-town North Carolina, The Nude Party, are stomping through these here parts to play us some tunes. They are joined by NOLA post punks Mea Culpa. This one should be a real rager so let's rage!

Monday, June 6th
at Fubar - $25-$30
We all know you got the bars tattooed on you somewhere and the records in your collection. 25 dollars is pretty punk, right? I guess that's the price you pay for nostalgia. 
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Monday, May 23, 2016

May 24th - 30th

Tuesday, May 24th
at CBGB
One of Cleveland's greatest exports returns to South City. A pounding post-punk sound with one of the most powerful vocalists you will hear, Pleasure Leftists is a show you a do not want to miss. An incredible pulsating sound that is made to look easy by the Northeaster Ohioans.


Wednesday, May 25th
KWUR SUCKS GOD DAMMIT
Vishnu Basement
Fragile Farm
Sunday Candy
Sleeping Cranes
at The Co-Op - $5
College radio lives! The fine people over at KWUR have started a series titled KWUR SUCKS GOD DAMMIT, a monthly basement show. The first installment features New York art-rockers Vishnu Basement. Ask KWUR for the address. Don't be a doofus. 

 Thursday, May 26th
at Schlafly Tap Room - FREE
You know the drill. Bruxism is a consistently reliable source for experimental in St. Louis. Free show, great venue and free tapes, prints and/or zines.


Seattle & Minneapolis Good-Timers
Validation
Intrepid Hearts
Sex Problems
Veil
The Bubbleheads
at Foam - $5-$7
I know all you fucking punks have been looking forward to this one. A stacked show at Foam featuring ruckus punks from Seattle and pop-punk and jazz-metal fusion from MPLS. You know you're going to be there.



Friday, May 27th
at Foam
As soon as you get off work on Friday, head on over to Foam for this rippin' early show. Royal Brat is a garage punk band from Minneapolis. Boy, are they a good time. Show kicks off at happy hour so get the drinks flowing early down your gullets.

¡Adios Amigos!
A Film in Color
Staghorn
Daybringer
at Foam - $5
Hey, since you will already be a Foam for that early banger, stick around for the post-rock party. The hardest working bastards in St. Louis, Staghorn, is heading off a short tour with A Film in Color, a post rock/shoegaze from New Jersey. Send them off the right way.


Holy Shit
Eli Keszler
Sissy Spacek
Maria Anderson
Demonlover
18&Counting + Bobo Shaw
Ghost Ice
Chizmo TV
Kevin Harris
Alex Cunningham
at William A. Kerr Foundation - $10-$12


 Monday, May 29th
St. Louis' Favorite Son
Radiator Greys
Cloning
Raglani
Smallpox Champion
Killer Tan
at CBGB
He's back! Radiator Greys is the project experimental noise project of Joshua Levi. He's been kicking it in DC for some time now, pumping out the jams. But he's back now in thee old stomping grounds. And he brought a friend. Cloning is a noise project from Pittsburgh and it rules.
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

May 17th - 23rd

Tuesday, May 17th
Ghost Ice
at The Firebird - $10-$12
The Body is a two-piece doom metal band from Portland. The Body is the perfect example of when less is more. Stripped down and heavy as all get out. The Body brings raw power to a genre that is over-saturated with masturbatory musicianship.

 Wednesday, May 18th
Biggie Stardust
at 2720
They killed it at Pü Fest, they killed it Foam with Yowie in November and they are going to kill it again. Stop reading this, watch the video below and then buy all of Ahleuchatistas music and start waiting outside 2720 right now.


Saturday, May 21st
at CBGB - $7
You like Goner Records. Spray Paint is on Goner Records. You like Spray Paint. Slimy garage rock/proto punk from Austin, Texas, Spray Paint is very good. Constant Insult is a straight up rock and roll band from MPLS. Constant Insult is very good.


 Sunday, May 22nd
Philly Punkers
Pinkwash
The Funs
Posture
Mirror Mirror
at Foam
I am so excited for this show. Pinkwash is a garage punk duo from Philadelphia. If you are unfamiliar, you are about to be acquainted. The show also marks the return of Posture. And don't forget the best band in St. Louis and Chicago, The Funs, are playing as well. This show could cost $50 and I'd be plenty okay with that.


How Does He Do It?
Rhys Chatham
Vernacular String Trio
The Luminary - $15-$17
Rhys Chatman has been a composer and multi-instrumentalist for decades and has been a mainstay in experimental music in New York City for quite a while. Chatman is most known for his work with guitars, pushing the boundaries and expectations of what you can do with just an electric guitar.


 Monday, May 23rd
Dubb Nubb Birthday Bash
Terror Pigeon
Curt Oren
The Vanilla Beans
Tubby Tom
Art School
at Chill Dawg Cove
Hannah and Delia of Dubb Nubb fame turn a year older. Celebrate with these folk sisters featuring a bunch of awesome bands and Tubby Tom. Ask a dubber or a nubber for the address.
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

May 10th - 16th

Tuesday, May 10th
at Dugan Haus - $5-7
Pile is a Boston-based do-everything rock band. You want big pops, you got 'em. You want sultry guitar licks, you got 'em. You want raw emotion, god dammit, you got it! Post-whatever, Pile makes you exclaim "hell yeah" over and over and over. Show is at a real life house, ask a dipshit for directions. Respect the space. People actually live here.

Thursday, May 12th
at Foam - $7
Golden State fuzzy punks Useless Eaters invade our favorite coffee bar for a night to remember. Heavily distorted and unadulterated, Useless Eaters slams a proto punk style that is infectious. Wet Ones is your favorite collection of Kansas City kids. You love it.


Friday, May 13th
Tubby Tom Takeover 2: Horror Prom
Sky
No Hits
DJ Will
Tubby Tom
at Foam - $0-$5
Your least favorite local alt-hip hop artist Tubby Tom is hosting a horror prom on Friday the 13th. Ooh spooky! Sick DJs playing sick dance jams for your sick ass. Dress up in horror themed costumed and you get in for FREE!


Bitch Better Have My Money
Hylidae
Biggie Stardust
Solid Waste
at The Danktuary - $5
The best of the best in St. Louis electronic are throwing the house party of the ages to celebrate anything and everything. Ask Johnny Burkz or Biggie Starz for the address and you shall receive.

 Saturday, May 14th
Sunday Candy
Mike Herr
at CBGB - $5-$7
Super cool punks are super cool. The World is from California and they make catchy punk tunes that will rock your socks off so make sure to bring an extra pair. Or just don't wear socks at all. Do whatever you want.


Sunday, May 15th
Kenshiro's Album Release Show
The Deadly Vipers
Kenshiro's
The Maness Brothers
Mirror Mirror
at Foam - $5
The Deadly Vipers were one of the best bands I saw last Summer and I have been looking forward to them coming back for a year now. Pounding garage rock and roll from Detroit that is powerful and unrelenting. Kenshiro's are pumping out a brand new album for you guys. This show is so much good, if you don't go I will judge you forever.
The dominant story of our city, culture, and country is easily accessed via mainstream media and popular entertainment. Wordsmiths Cheeraz Gormon and Stephen Houldsowrth dedicate much of their thought, actions, and writings to offering alternative stories and changing that narrative. In this unique public dialogue, Gormon and Houldsworth will offer their own original poetry and stories, and discuss issues of race, gender, sexuality, family, mortality, meaning, money, and whatever other issues are brought to the table by the attendees.
Starts at 6:00
at Foam - $5
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Sunday, May 1, 2016

May 3rd - 9th

Tuesday, May 3rd
at Foam - $7
All the way from Nantes, France comes Blondi's Salvation, a five-piece medieval psych rock project. It's garage rock meets traditional folk music. It's religious hymns meets distorted guitars. Songs where psychedelia runs wild.

Wednesday, May 4th
Zero Control
at Way Out Club - FREE (21+)
If you don't know about this by now, you're really fucking things up for yourself. Weirdo Wednesday has remained a consistent source for the best weirdos in St. Louis. This is the place to be if you're a little left of center.
 

Thursday, May 5th
Brain Transplant
Corrigan Brothers
Free Willy
at Foam - FREE
Mr. Ben has done it again. That Freezerburnt freak never disappoints with his NOiSE and NOiSETTE series. Bring earplugs and cash money for zines and things. Free show so tip those bartenders good.

Friday, May 6th
Philly Phanatics
Only
Dubb Nubb
My Bloody Underware
at Kismet - $5
Only is a lo-fi, bedroom rock duo hailing from Philadelphia. Simplistic and catchy pop tunes that are perfect for humming along to. Kismet is the ideal place for this show. Relax on one of their sofas and enjoy the soft jams. This show will make you want to find someone to harmonize with.


Saturday, May 7th
at Foam - $7
Ah yeah fam, B Boys are in town. Fuzz rock/post punkers from Brooklyn that bring the heat. Everyone loves B Boys. Noisy loves B Boys and Noisy Knows Punk. Everything about this is hip and cool. Don't you want to be hip and cool?


Monday, May 9th
Mike Herr
at CBGB
Holy shit, you guys. have you heard these groups before? Malady is a blackened surf rock group that will blow your mind. Mike Herr's solo percussion sets will blow your mind. Berdella's experimental antics will blow your mind. This will blow your mind.
 
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Monday, April 25, 2016

April 26th - May 2nd

Tuesday, April 26th
Chris Smentkowski
at St. Louis Public Library - FREE
Three very unique local experimental acts will be performing live scores to some experimental Polish films from many different eras.


Wednesday, April 27th
Sunday Candy
at Blank Space - $7
Death Index is hardcore duo featuring members of Merchandise and La Piovra. Heavy hardcore with new wave-style vocals makes for a dark, pounding, punk Bowie sound. It's some creepy stuff.

 Thursday, April 28th
Mike Herr
at The Night Owl - $5-$7
Lard Boys are a hardcore punk group from Minneapolis. They sound exactly how their name states. Thick and heavy. With the Lumpy stamp of approval, should be an excellent show. Also the Night Owl looks like a nice place, so try not to fuck it up.


Bruxism #16
Travis Bursik
Wax Fruit
Claude/Hamon/Weinstein
Ethiks' Mind
DJ Metal Oxide
at Schlafly Tap Room - FREE
You know the drill. Bruxism has been one of most consistently good series in St. Louis for some time now and has really thrived at their new home. As always, show is free and this time, it's serving at the tape release show for Rhizomatic St. Louis vol. 4.


Saturday, April 30th
Big Apple Fuzz Boys
The Mad Doctors
Soda Ghost
The Young Eyes
Beach Bodies
at Foam - $5
We got some fuzzy rock 'n rollers in the house. Simple, fast, catchy garage rock and with some real shredding. But this band not afraid to get a little groovy at times. I've never seen doctors rock this hard.


Monday, May 2nd
Monday Night Raw
Hank Wood & the Hammerheads
Q
Black Panties
Mala Leche
NSOD
at Bonerville
I love pro wrestling and Monday Night Raw is in St. Louis on the same day, but I will not be attending that. That's how good Hank Wood & the Hammerheads are. These New York-based punks make a really unique, percussion heavy brand of punk rock that is not to be missed.


Raw is War
Gnary Davidson
Van Buren
Staghorn
at San Loo - $5
If rock bands could get married, Gnarly Davidson would be married to Shitstorm. The Gnarly boys have played here numerous times and destroy every time. I hear they've got some new tunes that will blow your socks off. 
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Saturday, April 16, 2016

April 19th - 25th

Wednesday, April 20th
Slave Lizard
at CBGB - FREE
Three of the best local bands come together to celebrate every stoner's favorite holiday. You know the one i'm talking about. Show is free. Come hang out with your buds.


Thursday, April 21st
Karuna: Hamid Drake & Adam Rudolph Duet
at Joe's Cafe - $15-$20
Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph are two world-class jazz percussionists and have been playing with each other for over 40 years, but this is their first tour together. The two have incredible chemistry  that comes with four decades of forming a musical bond.


 Friday, April 22nd
My Favorite Band
Tacocat
Boyfriends
Bruiser Queen
at Off Broadway - $10
Tacocat is surf punk band from Seattle that has been one of my favorite bands for the last couple of years. Their songs are incredibly catchy and their lyrics are witty and passive aggressive while remaining uptempo and positive in their delivery. I highly recommend this show and this band.


Joe Finally Found a Venue for This
Stella
The Jockstraps
New Lives
Sunday Candy
at Kismet
Stella is an indie rock/shoegaze band from Evansville, Indiana. This band has everything you could ask for: thumping rhythm section, cool looking pedal boards and tons of reverb. You will be bobbing back and forth through their entire set and you are going to love every second of it.


Saturday, April 23rd
Cunningham/Kingston
Clapp/Clapp Duo
at Kismet Creative Center 
A night of electric duos featuring Alex Cunningham (Hardbody, Vernacluar String Trio) and Chad Hickman (Kingston Family Singers) in what I can only imagine will be sharp, piercing and frantic. Also the Clapp Brothers bring a lifetime of chemistry to the stage with their experimental treats.


Sunday, April 24th
    Main Stage
 10:15 am – Swear Beam
11:15 am – Vanilla Beans
 12:40 pm – DJ Needles 
2:00 pm – CaveofswordS
 3:15 pm – iLLPHONiCS 
5:15 pm – Bruiser Queen

The Cafe Stage
 11:40 am – The Griddle Kids
1:45 pm – Arson for Candy
 2:45 pm – Tortuga
 5:00 pm – The Funs
at Forest Park - FREE
It's Earth Day, y'all! I love the Earth and I love these bands. Wake up early and celebrate this big ass floating thingy we all live on. 
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