Little snippets:
Vintage Vinyl has apparently decided the Loop likes to block party, so the first Saturday of every month DJ Needles (& guests) will be 'spinning' outside VV, whipping it up into a frenzy. So that would be tomorrow for the month of July, FYI.
I just read about this yesterday on iChannel, so sorry if I'm late, but there will be a big concert on August 16th called iFest. It's at the St. Charles Family Arena and starts at 2 pm, and there will be a whole host of bands there, including the Feed, Go Van Gogh, Building Rome, Greenwheel, the Marquette Weekend, Northside's Sweet Revenge, Ocean Rivals, Standpointe, Tomorrow's Rumor, Walk Sophie, and two yet-to-be-announced. Tickets go on sale July 8 for $10 and will only be $15 the day of show. I think it will be interesting to see how this goes.... Congrats to all the bands playing!
That's My Daughter has new songs posted on their myspace. Their CD release is Aug 2 at off broadway too!
have loads of explosive fun tonight, just don't hurt yourself too much.
current music: the white stripes, rag and bone
Friday, July 4, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
News snippets of enjoyment:
This is on the RFT A to Z blog as well, but Victoria apparently is no more (well, after two final shows they will be). :( It's always sad to hear of a good band breaking up, but we wish the guys luck in whatever they do next.
The Wooden Kites (see, they are everywhere) is the lucky local artist of the week in KDHX's local spotlight. The short interview/snippets of songs airs twice a day on your fantastic community radio station 88.1. yay!
Gentleman Auction House's CD release party for "Alphabet Graveyard" is this Saturday evening at the bluebird! eep! Darn it all, but I love these kids. I realize I am a bit behind the times on this one, and I just happened to see them by chance actually one night, but this should be such a fun show.
I'm sure there is more going on in STL, but I'm not supposed to be blogging at the moment, so that's it for now. I'm working on a big calendar, but these things are more time consuming than one might expect when embarking, so be patient, please.
julie "if she's a lady, i'm a vermicious knid" smailys
This is on the RFT A to Z blog as well, but Victoria apparently is no more (well, after two final shows they will be). :( It's always sad to hear of a good band breaking up, but we wish the guys luck in whatever they do next.
The Wooden Kites (see, they are everywhere) is the lucky local artist of the week in KDHX's local spotlight. The short interview/snippets of songs airs twice a day on your fantastic community radio station 88.1. yay!
Gentleman Auction House's CD release party for "Alphabet Graveyard" is this Saturday evening at the bluebird! eep! Darn it all, but I love these kids. I realize I am a bit behind the times on this one, and I just happened to see them by chance actually one night, but this should be such a fun show.
I'm sure there is more going on in STL, but I'm not supposed to be blogging at the moment, so that's it for now. I'm working on a big calendar, but these things are more time consuming than one might expect when embarking, so be patient, please.
julie "if she's a lady, i'm a vermicious knid" smailys
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Caleb Travers & the Wooden Kites at the Taproom
Maybe I've never been much of a reviewer because I love bands too much, especially good local ones. It gets mildly redundant to say "it was so good!" over and over.
Well, last night at the Schlafly Taproom was Corey Saathoff, Caleb Travers & the Big City Lights, and the Wooden Kites. I got there too late to see Corey (I am a bad person), but such is life. Caleb played with just Scott Swartz, not the full band (they will be at Union Station for a free show July 17, in case you're interested). This was my first time seeing him, though I've seen his name all over the place. He played a quiet, stripped-down set that I was really glad I got to see. He writes beautiful, sweet songs, and has a rich voice to go with the acoustic guitar. I saw myself listening to his songs on a night-time summer road trip with the windows down, the wind blowing. That kind of thing. He was just a bit cheeky in between songs, too. It made me want to catch his open mic at Atomic Cowboy on Tuesdays, because I think he could probably amuse me in a casual, carefree kind of setting. He did make the comment that if anyone had come alone that night they might want to "end it" after his set because of the level of mellow-ness. A joke, of course, but he has some very haunting songs. I love that though, so if you get a chance, I recommend going to see him. Maybe bring tissues.
The Wooden Kites played next and warned all our eardrums of impending noise. Aw, OK. These guys had a bit of a rough night. Brian's mic kept mysteriously deciding to not work, then work again without any discernible reasoning. The guys kept pounding out the sound though--kudos to them. Everyone helped out by yelling the lyrics when the mic went out. It was a team effort. Even with these problems, the WK were bushels of fun! They play mostly upbeat, fast-moving songs that one could bop around to if so-inclined. It's a little country, a little rock, a little keyboard...but totally rock-out good. They put on an energetic live show, and they have catchy, loud music. I danced, I won't lie. I can't help myself, usually. I hope to see the WK again, soon, and I'll bring friends (their next show is July 4 at the Way Out Club, so be take your jello-molds and bbq and go see them). They have that kind of music that I find it difficult to resist because it is fun -- it doesn't take itself too seriously, it moves, it isn't pretentious. I hope they stick around. I bought their new album, the Orchard, and put it in as soon as I got in my car, so that was a plus. And I'll give it a review posthaste after a few more listens. So congrats guys--they've gotten a lot of good press recently, and it's well deserved.
I need to finally join the twenty-first century and get a digital camera, so I can take pictures of these things.
Well, last night at the Schlafly Taproom was Corey Saathoff, Caleb Travers & the Big City Lights, and the Wooden Kites. I got there too late to see Corey (I am a bad person), but such is life. Caleb played with just Scott Swartz, not the full band (they will be at Union Station for a free show July 17, in case you're interested). This was my first time seeing him, though I've seen his name all over the place. He played a quiet, stripped-down set that I was really glad I got to see. He writes beautiful, sweet songs, and has a rich voice to go with the acoustic guitar. I saw myself listening to his songs on a night-time summer road trip with the windows down, the wind blowing. That kind of thing. He was just a bit cheeky in between songs, too. It made me want to catch his open mic at Atomic Cowboy on Tuesdays, because I think he could probably amuse me in a casual, carefree kind of setting. He did make the comment that if anyone had come alone that night they might want to "end it" after his set because of the level of mellow-ness. A joke, of course, but he has some very haunting songs. I love that though, so if you get a chance, I recommend going to see him. Maybe bring tissues.
The Wooden Kites played next and warned all our eardrums of impending noise. Aw, OK. These guys had a bit of a rough night. Brian's mic kept mysteriously deciding to not work, then work again without any discernible reasoning. The guys kept pounding out the sound though--kudos to them. Everyone helped out by yelling the lyrics when the mic went out. It was a team effort. Even with these problems, the WK were bushels of fun! They play mostly upbeat, fast-moving songs that one could bop around to if so-inclined. It's a little country, a little rock, a little keyboard...but totally rock-out good. They put on an energetic live show, and they have catchy, loud music. I danced, I won't lie. I can't help myself, usually. I hope to see the WK again, soon, and I'll bring friends (their next show is July 4 at the Way Out Club, so be take your jello-molds and bbq and go see them). They have that kind of music that I find it difficult to resist because it is fun -- it doesn't take itself too seriously, it moves, it isn't pretentious. I hope they stick around. I bought their new album, the Orchard, and put it in as soon as I got in my car, so that was a plus. And I'll give it a review posthaste after a few more listens. So congrats guys--they've gotten a lot of good press recently, and it's well deserved.
I need to finally join the twenty-first century and get a digital camera, so I can take pictures of these things.
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