Best Tracks Of 2011! Top Downloaded Artist & Most Hype'd! #STL #MUSIC

Another year is over. That means it is time for me to do our first real best of lists. I am doing this according to performance record on this year. So, here are the best performing tracks on the blog here according to their performance record! Please note that if a track was blogged from the artist's Sound Cloud account, I have not a way to track their performance. I suggest artists to do it this way, it promotes your band profile their way more. But, this is according to tracks uploaded to our account this year. The top five are as follows:

1) The Last Round: To learn more on this these young turks, click HERE. In promotion w/ the first annual Rock U Fest, I emailed a ton of music blogs, etc. This group & the next one had just happened to have released brand new music and were on the main page of the blog and got a lot of plays. They broke 400 in less than 24 hrs.



2) Lost Continent: To learn more on these dudes, click HERE. This band is good, grows on you too. Nice guys. Love the sound and keyboard. These decently surpassed 300 plays in less than 24 hrs.



3) Arythma: To learn more on these guys, click HERE. I saw that these guys were on a benefit show around the holidays recently, knew they had a newer site w/ all of their tracks for free download, thought it would be beneficial to promote a track of theirs for the show and they didn't mind. They have done well in our area in the past and you just may have heard of them before too.



The Top Downloaded artist for 2011 is Zachary Friedrich. This is why "indie", not the style, the idea that is cool. Never heard of him, people liked his music, he was new and just promoted his music. It did well right off the bat. He submitted three tracks to me and he now has his own Sound Cloud account and does well there. Click HERE to learn more on him. His three tracks garnered him w/ 30 downloads on our site. I think that's good since most don't know how to use the site overall and this blog is still fairly new.

*Zach's tracks "Strawberry Blonde", "Keep The Lid On Her Urn" & "Jack & Ella" were removed on 2/16/12, visit his Sound Cloud for free downloads of his.

The most hype'd artist of 2011 is Pirate Signal. To see how our blog does there, visit us on the Hype Machine.



The most hype'd artist of 2011 that visited St. Louis and was blogged here was Pree. They have been posted by 9 blogs and are on Paper Garden Records. Congrats to all!



Thanks for the support and look for some more cool stuff in 2012!

Best Releases Of 2011: STLMU peep's choices & NYE show listing! #STL #MUSIC

I sent out a question on facebook from the STLMU music blog fan page and invited all of the people on the profile there to answer it. We just reached 5,000 and are at the cap now, so if you want to subscribe to our posts, you still can, just can't add it now. Some chose to and here are your favorites, they are as follows:

1) The 45: Click HERE to visit them online.
(The 45 received 71 votes total for their release "Feed The Monster".)



2) Corvus: Click HERE to vist them online.
(Corvus received 28 votes total for their release "Art Of Survival".)

Corvus - Unity by rockufest

3) Connibal Road: Click HERE to visit them online.
(Connibal Road recevied 21 votes total for their release "A Longing For The Black & White".)

Connibal Road - (Sean's) Favorite Things by rockufest2

* I have to note, tied for third was Doubtwhistle for "Don't Kill It If It You Ain't Gonna Eat It", however they do not have a contact on their page. So, I was unable to get a hold of them to get a track to download. Here is a widget from their Reverbnation:




All of the other votes received were under ten votes, so we can try this again next year and hopefully more will participate. Looking forward to 2012...

If you are looking for shows going on around town, visit this recent post HERE and it has an extensive list of concerts happening. Have fun and be safe!

Post #75 featuring Arythma & Strength In Numbers! #STL #MUSIC

Arythma will be performing at Fubar on Friday, December 23rd for a benefit for Stray Rescue. This song is one of six that are available on their 2011 demo site HERE. Visit Fubar's website for more info. on the show, the bands on the bill and whatnot.

"So Sick" by Arythma was removed on 9/17/12. Visit their website linked above for it.

Strength In Numbers has this week's #VideoOfTheWeek! It comes courtesy of Joe Knobbe.



Lots of good things coming in 2012. I have been burnt out and needed a short break and have been re-thinking some ideas and whatnot. Things will come to fruition. Thanks for keeping the STL spinning around...

Post #74 featuring Pirate Signal & Cronus! #STL #MUSIC

The indie rock band Pirate Signal sent a message over a couple of hours ago, they are doing a "Black Friday" special right now for all of their tracks on Sound Cloud. Below is one of them, visit the above link to stream and or download the rest!

Kiss Me Like You Like It by pirate signal

This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by psychadelic-jam band Cronus. Enjoy their improv!

Post #73 featuring Dubb Nubb! #STL #MUSIC

Hannah and Delia Rainey of Dubb Nubb return to St. Louis for Thanksgiving break, bringing with them a new full length album titled Sunrise Sleepy Eyed. The album has 11 songs including the already released single 'Mound City Baby,' an ode to St. Louis. The record features the guitar, ukulele and vocals of the twins, their older sister Amanda on drums and glockenspiel, and several guest musicians who added cello, violin, auxiliary percussion and harmonies to the mix. Special Passenger Records will put out a limited run of 200 hand made CDs and will release the album online on Dubb Nubb's bandcamp page this Friday at 8am. Sunrise Sleepy Eyed will be released in person at 8:30pm on Saturday, November 19th at Foam Coffee and Beer, 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. The release show will include performances by Googolplexia, Mr. Hopindopalis, Dubb Nubb, and Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine. Dubb Nubb will also be performing at this year's Rock N Roll Craft Show on Friday, November 25th at 3pm.

St. Louis Magazine suggested to it's readers that they listen to "New Bones Thanksgiving Snow" via the Dubb Nubb website. Every month the website has an "Arts Roundup" section, the duo was just featured on the site. Grab and or stream the first single below:

"Mound City Baby" by Dubb Nubb was removed on 3/21/12. You can keep up with the group by visiting their Reverbnation HERE.

*Click HERE for the Dubb Nubb CD Release event on facebook.

Post #72 featuring The Orbz & Sink The Bismark! #STL #MUSIC

Drummer Chris Luckett came to St. Louis from Louisville, KY a few years ago and soon after joined indie rockers The Orbz. Soon after that, he helped bring together pop-rockers BulletPOP. Soon after that, he helped form the harder-edged twin guitar blast of Supermaroon. In 2011, the day before Thanksgiving, Chris will bring all three bands together for an event they're calling The Chris Luckett Turkey Day Marathon. The Marathon happens on Wednesday, November 23rd at El Lenador on Cherokee. It also happens to happen during a weekly event called Stag Nite, hosted by local roust-about Johnny Vegas. This means that in addition to getting in for only $5, guests can also indulge in Stag beers for $1. A good portion of The Orbz music is available for free download at the web link posted.



This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by Sink The Bismark. This is an entire live set by the group from earlier this year, check out their style of punk rock below:

Sink the Bismark - 6-25-11 from mike jones on Vimeo.

Post #71 featuring Michael Arnette & SimplyEsoteric, both at Foam this Friday! #STL #MUSIC

I love foam. It's frothy and good. It is in this spirit that Foam operates with, I believe. They are a coffee and liquor bar located on the corner of Jefferson and Cherokee. South-side! This Friday night, two of the artists that will be performing can be downloaded right here, right now. The first is Michael Arnette. The second is SimplyEsoteric. Also, performing Friday night is Matt Nichols. Show starts at 8pm. HERE is the facebook event with all the info. Enjoy!

Make Me Right by michael arnette

Post #70 feat. Brandon Petit of The New Madrid Fault Line & Dreadnot! #STL #MUSIC

Brandon Petit of The New Madrid Fault Line sent over this new solo song he has been working on. Stream it or grab it below:

This time of year by The New Madrid Fault Line

This week's #Video Of The Week is by Dreadnot, they are a reggae-rock band, the video was produced by Arch City Video. Thanks for sharing this, Kevin.

Post #69 featuring The Domino Effect & Battalion!

The Domino Effect is a hip-hop duo from St. Louis that formed towards the end of 2008. The two compliment each other nicely and I'm diggin' their style. Steve Clair is the more serious of the two and is the storyteller. Young Clue has the more comedic sense of humor and it is a good balance. Feel free to grab their track below.

Boflex by TheDominoEffect

This week's #Video Of The Week! is by metal/hardcore band Battalion from Springfield, IL. Produced by JK Productions. Peep it:

Post #68 featuring Buxom Space Fish #STL #MUSIC

Saturday, Oct. 29th at the Koken Art Factory will feature a Halloween art show and party called,"Zombies Attack!" It will feature the music of Buxom Space Fish and also Murder Happens. Below are two downloads by Buxom Space Fish and for fans of Murder Happens, know that this will be Justin Fisher's last show w/ the group. They are looking for a frontman. Email info (AT) murderhappens (DOT) com if interested.

*Buxom Space Fish's tracks "Flaumata" & "Factoring The Glitches" were removed on 2/16/12, visit their Reverbnation to download music.

Post #67 feat. Hollow Point Heroes, Exit 714, plus Decadent Nation goes "guerilla" style! #STL #MUSIC

In an attempt to reach their goal of 600 facebook fans, Hollow Point Heroes called out to their loyal friends and fans and told them if they helped suggest their page to friends, in return they would release their new video. Needless to mention, they did reach their goal and here is their new video, which is also our #Video Of The Week! It was produced by Arch City Video. You can catch them live along with Exit 714, which also has some free downloads just for you, see them below the video which is also posted in the bottom of this article. If you attend the show coming up this weekend, you can also witness musical performances by The 45, Via Sleep, The Sages and also one more act. In replacement of Sicklove, from Columbia, MO. comesDecadent Nation to the rescue. Not only are they helping fit the bill on this show, they just performed a guerilla style concert down at Kiener Plaza over the weekend. They have pictures on their facebook fan page. For their press release on this matter, read it in full HERE. "It was the most likely the most punk day in DN's existence." This is what Colin asserted over the weekend on the facebook fan page, but not only there, I heard him say it in person on stage at the wedding they also performed that same night! I even snapped a picture to prove it!

03 Innocence by Exit 714

06 Fuck Yo Music by Exit 714

Post #66 feat. The new release by Sinfinis, a single from the Metropolitix, hats off to Chuck Berry! #STL #MUSIC

'Allagogue' is the latest release by Sinfinis, if you haven't about about them or the new release yet, well now you have. They are considered to be a experimental, rock, electronic artist. Some of the music is down-tempo. Check them out. You can download it for FREE right HERE in (320Kbps) mp3 format, or buy it for $5 from their bandcamp site right HERE in any format you choose. Please note the following when using the free download option if you are a MAC user: Evidently, MAC users must hold down the 'Alt' key when right-clicking in order to save the target.



While I was putting this post together, I also received a submission from the Metropolitix. They are a hip-hop artist. Verse one features Caliber, verse two features Gonzo Spinn and verse three features Kaoss. This single "Midwest" is off of their upcoming mix-tape entitled,"Evolution", here they are:

Metropolitix - 'Midwest' by akacaliber

For this weeks #Video Of The Week, I couldn't resist this, today is Chuck Berry's birthday. So, in honor of him, here is a video of him singing "Roll Over Beethoven" on Super Night Of Rock 'n Roll in 1984. In honor of Chuck Berry’s 85th birthday today, sculptor Don Wiegand will have a cast of Mr. Berry’s hands holding a Gibson guitar neck installed at his home away from home, Blueberry Hill. This will be displayed in the same case as his famous Gibson guitar in the main bar area near the front door.

Ceremony begins at 6pm and Mr. Berry will be in attendance.

Post #65 Plastic News, Kyle Walz & Dellic! Plus, Colin LaVaute's public apology for flinging a weiner at Tiger Woods! Yep. #STL #MUSIC

Plastic News is an experimental electronic artist, you can check him out on Facebook or at his blog. He will be releasing his debut album at the end of this year, watch for that, meanwhile you can grab one his tracks for free below:

Plastic News - What A Louse by Plastic News

Kyle Watz is a guitarist with a book and recordings available. Kyle gives guitar lessons in Pacific and Eureka, MO and over Skype video. He plays guitar in the St. Louis area cover band The Rebounds. You can check him out on the following sites: Facebook, YouTube or his website. Below is a free download of his song "Not By Choice".

not by choice by KyleWalz

Dellic is a hip-hop artist and sent his latest track over called "R U E" and you can check him out on Facebook or Tumblr. Grab his track for free below:

02 R U E by Dellic

So, apparently Colin LaVaute of Decadent Nation, from Columbia, MO. sent this out for immediate release. It seems he threw a weiner at Tiger Woods during the Frys.com Open over the weekend. Visit their website for the official statement from him. Here is the video of his apology to Tiger:



(I'm diggin' the shirt, Colin!)... LOL

By the way, readers, if you haven't seen the new lists going for photographers and also videographers in the STL area then now is the time. The photographer list has about fifty so far and the videographer list has ten so far. They can always be found on the "Resources" tab on your upper, right in the top column. Enjoy.

Post #64 featuring Friday's TNMS show at the Pageant w/ the Homewreckers, Via Sleep, The Takedown & Giants In The Sky! #STL #MUSIC

Friday, October 14th at the Pageant is the "Ticketmaster New Music Spotlight" show. This show features The Homewreckers, Via Sleep, The Takedown and Giants In The Sky.

Print this ticket out, or show a copy of it on your mobile phone when you enter, then it is FREE. You can get that HERE. Other wise, it will cost $5.00 if you have not a ticket and are under 21. You decide! RSVP right HERE on facebook if you are going.

Below is this week's #Video Of The Week by Via Sleep and also free downloads by The Homewreckers. You can also stream music from the other artists if your browser accepts flash. Otherwise, you will need to visit their artist links above to sample their music. Enjoy!

*VisitVia Sleep for more on them.

The Homewreckers - In Your Bed by stlmusiciansunite

The Homewreckers - In Your Bed by stlmusiciansunite
*Visit The Homewreckers for more on them.


*Visit The Takedown for more on them.





*Visit Giants In The Sky for more on them.

*I've seen all of these groups live and personally I think it will be a good show!

Post #63 featuring #VideoOfTheWeek page, call for mucho content! This week's video features Richie Callison! #STL #MUSIC

Every week, whether you realize it or not, there is a new video of the week on the music blog. See the page with that title above. This week's feature is by Richie Callison, I also would like to highlight some more recent videos of Parallel 33, Deny The Gravity, Therese Marie & also Common Era. The artist links and videos are all as follows below. In addition, this is a call for more music for the blog and also videos. Plus, currently I am working on a videographer list, similar to the photography one that was recently completed. That list has close to fifty local photographers and is done objectively and in alphabetical order. You can see that if you visit the "Resources" page, listed above also. So, if you are a videographer, or even just do editing, or specialize in a certain area of the production process then I want you to contact me. The email address is listed at the bottom of this post. Thanks and enjoy, as always...

"Video Of The Week! #24" - Posted 10/09/11

Richie Callison's song "Run Back" in the form of a music video, Richie was the former Lead Vocalist with Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath and former Lead Vocalist / guitarist with Head East. Check him out:



"Video Of The Week! #23" - Posted 10/03/11

Parallel 33's song "These Bloody Wrists" was shot and produced by Arch City Video at Pop's Nightclub. Check them out:



"Video Of The Week! #22" - Posted 09/26/11

Deny The Gravity's song "Vices" was shot and produced by Arch City Video, the band performed at the most recent installment of the Pop's stage at Pointfest. Check them out:



"Video Of The Week! #21" - Posted 09/19/11

Therese Marie's song "Candy Jar" in the form of a music video that was produced by St. Luniverse. Check her out:



"Video Of The Week! #20" - Posted 09/12/11

Common Era's song "Glass Nipple" was shot at the Pageant and produced by St. Luniverse. Check them out:



So, you got this viral video that you want to share with everyone, let us help provide you with a platform in order to do just that. We will share it on our networks and archive it here and also on our Root Music page on the music blog's facebook fan page. Email your video's link to:

saintlouismusiciansunite (AT) gmail.com

Post #62 featuring the new, free full-length release by The Humanoids! #STL #MUSIC

I just read a RFT post about this, so I figured that I would share this here too, this is the newest release by The Humanoids courtesy of the website Free Music First. They will also be appearing at The Firebird on Oct. 21st! Enjoy.

Humanoids - S/T by freemusicfirst

Post #61 Rocks the folk out! Featuring Zachary Schwartz / Steven Lightle & also Karen Choi. #STL #MUSIC

Zachary Schwartz and Stephen Lightle are responsible for “Fibs and Philosophies”. The recording was created alongside his friend and roommate, Steve Lightle, in the basement of their house in St. Louis. This fast paced effort also has some more softer/vocally based tunes. Check out the full release on their bandcamp HERE, they even offer a money back guarantee and explain that the album isn’t rational or generic, methodical or cautious. Email contact for them is: dontforgetzack (AT) gmail (DOT) com

Check out their free sample track:

The Scared, The Proud, The Naive by dontforgetzack

Karen Choi is forever a lover of the lyric and a student of the song, that is what her info. page on her facebook page says anyways. She was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and moved to St. Louis a few years ago. Her next appearance is at The Wine Press in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 28th. Karen can be reached at her email address: karenchoimusic (AT) gmail (DOT) com

She is also a folk artist and you can sample her track for free below:

Will You Be by karenchoimusic

Post #60 featuring DC's indie outfit Pree:

Pree hails from Washington D.C. and is rolling through St. Louis, MO. this Wednesday, October 5th. The group will perform at Pop's Blue Moon located at 5249 Pattison Ave. on the "hill". Pree is labeled with tags like space, rock, alternative, indie and folk if you visit their sites. Thanks to Paper Garden Records for sending this in. Here is a free download of their song "Lemon Tree":

Pree - Lemon Tree by Paper Garden Records

*More music coming this week, keep 'em coming, including video links...

Rock U Fest 2011 Digital Compilation

The Rock U Fest 2011 digital compilation features over twenty acts that are performing Saturday at the festival. If you are on a device in which you cannot see the band camp widget below, you can click HERE to go to the site. Just wanted to do something extra for the acts that offered a song as a free download, if you care to download single tracks from artists on this, you can do so below this post on the blog or on the facebook page listed above. Thanks for supporting Rock U Fest 2011!

Rock U Fest Schedule/Lineup for Saturday @ Atomic Cowboy!

Rock U Fest is an all-ages event lasting twelve hours that is dedicated to promoting unity in the Saint Louis rock-n-roll community. It will be held from 2pm to 2am at Atomic Cowboy, featuring three stages of rock music simultaneously. The festival's attendees and artists alike will range in various age groups, ethnicities, back rounds, belief systems and lifestyles, not to mention genres of rock. RSVP to show your support if you are coming on facebook HERE. You can preview most of the artists for each stage from each stage's Sound Cloud set below. Under each playlist is the schedule with times. Like/Follow these artists by visiting the Rock U Fest page on this blog.

The Main Stage Outside
(Located in expansive patio in rear.)

The main stage will be outdoors at the Atomic Cowboy, located in the rear of the building. To enter the festival, use the front entrance and make your way through the hallway, towards the exit. They have an expansive patio that extends to the rear entrance of the Fox Hole and beyond. The outdoor stage will be located in this vicinity. During the day, we will feature quality high-school acts, three of which performed at this year's LouFest (Area K) stage. Also followed by up and coming bands and also more distinguished rock acts.

Outdoor/Main Stage For Rock U Fest 2011 by rockufest-3

3:00 - 3:30 pm Lost Continent
3:45 - 4:15 pm Dear Genre
4:30 - 5:00 pm Feedback
5:15 - 5:45 pm The Last Round
6:00- 6:40 pm Sicfaist
6:55 - 7:35 pm Midwest Avengers
7:50 - 8:30 pm Something Heroic
8:45 - 9:25 pm Fer De Lance
9:40 - 10:20 pm Isaac James
10:35 - 11:15 pm Sicklove

The Fox Hole Stage
(Located inside venue, entrance inside Atomic Cowboy.)

Once you have entered Atomic Cowboy, make your way towards the bar and follow it past the acoustic/electronic stage and you will see the double-door entrance to the Fox Hole. There is also an exit from the expansive patio too. Headlining the Fox Hole stage is Corvus, which performed at this year's most recent Pointfest on the Pop's stage, along with Connibal Road. Which also shared the stage with them that day. Clockwork is a high school band, followed by more up and coming bands and also more distinguished rock acts.

Fox Hole Stage at Rock U Fest 2011 by rockufest2

2:15 - 2:45 pm Clockwork
3:00 - 3:30 pm The Neverhawks
3:45 - 4:15 pm Butterfly Distortion
4:30 - 5:00 pm Harmony Grove (John Joseph Band)
5:15 - 5:45 pm Man Eating Tiger
6:00 - 6:30 pm Damned Holy Rollers
6:45 - 7:15 pm The Sudden Impact
7:30 - 8:05 pm Ockum's Razor
8:20 - 8:55 pm Scene Of Irony
9:10 - 9:45 pm Toilet Water
10:00 - 10:15 pm Beastmode
10:25 - 11:00 pm Panic Attack
11:15 - 11:50 pm Revence
12:05 - 12:40 am Connibal Road
12:55 - 1:30 am Corvus

Acoustic & Electronic Stage

The first portion of the day will be the acoustic acts. The second portion will be the electronic performers. Many acoustic and electronic artists often get overlooked, so it is only natural for us to have a stage highlighting them, as well. This stage is located inside the Atomic Cowboy, adjacent from the restaurant area, just left of the entrance to the Fox Hole.

Acoustic & Electronic Stage at Rock U Fest 2011 by rockufest1

2:00 - 2:30 pm Erin Coad
2:45 - 3:15 pm Jen Galinski
3:30 - 4:00 pm Doubleshot
4:15 - 4:45 pm Jen Norman
5:00 - 5:30 pm Teesh Brown
5:45 - 6:15 pm The Arrangement
6:30 - 7:00 pm Banks And Cathedrals
7:15 - 7:45 pm Gemini Hustler
8:00 - 8:45 pm J Boozer
9:00 - 9:45 pm Buxom Space Fish
10:00 - 10:45 pm FreedomAndForgiven
11:00 - 11:45 pm Spiral-Shaped Mind
12:00 - 12:45 am Syna So Pro
1:00 - 2:00 am DJ K.A.I.

Post # 57 feat. The Legendary Clampetts & A-Town Mob:

The Legendary Clampetts return to St. Louis for a show at Fubar tomorrow, Thursday Sept. 15th. Check out their track for streaming & downloading exclusively through STLMU below.

*The Legendary Clampetts track was removed on 3/21/12. For free downloads by them, please visit this link HERE.

A-Town Mob will also be at Fubar on Thurs. Sept 29th sharing the stage w/ Primer 55. (The one's that taught us how to get loose.) You can check them out by streaming & downloading their track below. Let's keep the original music coming and stay tuned for the 411 on the Rock U Fest schedule & lineup's for all three stages for Sat. Sept. 24th!

The A-Town Mob song was removed on 3/21/12, for free downloads by them, please visit this link HERE.

Post #56 feat. the Fox Hole stage at Rock U Fest & two new releases by main stage artists:

For those of you paying attention, Rock U Fest 2011 is now a little less than two weeks away. Next week on the blog the full time schedule, lineup order, playlist for each stage will be posted in an extended feature here. Last week, the acoustic/electro stage's playlist was posted. Now it is the Fox Hole stage's turn. The main stage will be featured at the top of the extended post next week. If you are not familiar with Atomic Cowboy, which is the location the event will take place on Sept. 24th, note that the Fox Hole is actually part of the complex. The entrance is actually inside the venue itself, as the two buildings are connected to each other.

Also, in this post you will find a new release by two of the high school bands playing the main stage, one in particular is a much better quality recording and is their first ever! The other is a brand new release by one of the LouFest (Area K) artists from this year's event. Plus, be sure to see the #Video Of The Week page for this week's newest video! Here are your artists for the first annual Rock U Fest's Fox Hole stage, they are as follows:

Fox Hole Stage at Rock U Fest 2011 by rockufest2

Clockwork is a three-piece high school band making waves. Connibal Road and Corvus both just played Pointfest this past w/e on the Pop's stage. Damned Holy Rollers just straight rock and mean business, Harmony Grove is fronted by the former vocalist of Rusted Shine, but if you know John Joseph it is not what you might suspect. They are currently working on recording, so to represent his voice, you can listen to the track to get an idea. What I do know is that Harmony Grove is a country/rock band with some blues in there too and the size of the group is around seven members. Man Eating Tiger is a fairly newer act, along with veterans like Ockum's Razor and also Panic Attack. Revence is another newer act, hitting the scene, playing routinely. We also have Scene Of Irony, another veteran of the scene. The Neverhawks have a loud, aggressive bluesy-mix, lastly we have Toilet Water. A funky blend of madcaps that act as a revolving door for Ruka Puff to to continue to launch himself into the national scene. Oh, snap! Let's not forget The Sudden Impact and also Butterfly Distortion, you can check out their links, as I never received any music from them. But, they will be on this stage too.

Next up, two of the main stage artists that I mentioned above, them being The Last Round and Lost Continent. The Last Round was previously blogged with a I-Phone recording to represent them. That is how new they are, but they have that raw, punk angst that just can't be ignored. Fresh from the studio, we just got their first official recording, congrats to them on that. Also, below is a band that I really liked when I saw them live, they are Lost Continent. They just performed at the (Area K) stage at this year's LouFest. This is a brand new release for them, they just seem to continue to progress. Check out these two main stage artists for Rock U Fest. Kudos to these two up-and-comer's.

The Last Round - Three Ten Ten by rockufest-3

Lost Continent - Sound The Sirens by rockufest-3

*Later on this week I have another band to post that are also promoting a show for the coming w/e. Look for that one Wednesday. So, if you have something coming up, be sure to send a track or two over. I will get you on the next post. Enjoy, eight of these fourteen tracks are downloadable.

Post #55: Feat. the Acoustic/Electronic Stage @ Rock U Fest

Acoustic & Electronic Stage at Rock U Fest 2011 by rockufest1

The Arrangement, Banks And Cathedrals, Jay Boozer, Teesh Brown, Jen Galinski, Gemini Hustler, Doubleshot, Jennifer Norman, Syna So Pro, Buxom Space Fish, Spiral-Shaped Mind & FreedomAndForgiven are all scheduled to perform at Rock U Fest 2011 on the Acoustic/Electro stage inside Atomic Cowboy on Saturday, September 24th. The night will be carried to an end by DJ Kai at this given stage.

Rock U Festival 2011 is a all-ages event lasting twelve hours that is dedicated to promoting unity in the Saint Louis rock-n-roll community. The event will be held from 2pm to 2am at Atomic Cowboy, featuring three stages of rock music simultaneously with over 40 bands/artists ranging from Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative, Punk, Metal, Rap/Rock, Acoustic and Electronic for example. The festival's attendees and artists alike will range in various age groups, ethnicities, back rounds, belief systems and lifestyles, not to mention genres of rock. Our goal is to try to bring together all the different genre's of rock while also have performing the "next generation" of bands that will be making a future impact, up and coming bands and veterans of the St. Louis rock scene!

Post 54: Final Announcement Of Bands For Rock U Fest 2011

Lost Continent - Forget Everything by rockufest-3

Clockwork - Calling You Out by rockufest2

Damned Holy Rollers - Black Tongue by rockufest2

Joseph, John - (Formerly of Rusted Shine) - A Release by rockufest2

The Neverhawks - Pharaoh by rockufest2

Norman, Jennifer - Forget by rockufest1

Banks And Cathedrals - Watching the Sun Go Down On Treme by rockufest1

Brown, Teesh - Monotony by rockufest1

Arrangement, The - Heavy by rockufest1

Syna So Pro - If You Really Want It by rockufest1

Post 53 feat. 8uz *Exclusive*, Sinfinis & Spiral-Shaped Mind @ Crack Fox 8/28

This Saturday night at the Crack Fox, 8uz, Sinfinis & Spiral-Shaped Mind will be there and plan to alter your idea of what live music performance is. So, get ready to open your mind for a unique experience. HERE is the facebook event. 8uz's unique live performances stem from their usage of live drums. Unlike most electronic groups, their foundation comes from their musicianship instead of a computer and according to the RFT, they sound “like nothing else in St. Louis. Visit there website to download their earlier albums for free to prepare you for their upcoming release Valiance, available Fall 2011 (through their Withered Records label). In conclusion, we have an exclusive track by 8uz for you, courtesy of the artist and Marquee Media. So, thanks for sending us this! In addition, we have featured Sinfinis before and also Spiral-Shaped Mind, so I did some thinking and found a track that will work to represent these artists also. By the way, Sinfinis is striving for fan #777, once they reach the number they are releasing a new track for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

8uz - Citadel by stlmusiciansunite

Sinfinis - Just Once by ghettoelectro

(This is from the two-part digital compilation brought to you by Ghetto Electro.)

Spiral-Shaped Mind-Watson 387 by Spiral-shapedmind

*Check out Spiral-Shaped Mind at Rock U Fest 2011!

Post 52 feat. The Dogs @ Foam w/ Spectator, Thursday, August 25th.

The Dogs will be performing at Foam Coffee & Beer this Thursday with an up and coming St. Louis act Spectator. The Dogs are from Chicago, IL. and the details of the event are right HERE. Check out the first song off of The Dog's full-length release entitled,"Camping" on theirBand Camp and support the artist, if possible. The entire release is available by naming your price. That is from zero on up. The band has received an impressive amount of press: YVYNYL, A.V. Club, and Motor City Rocks, to name a few. As well as a Daytrotter session, later that week. Thanks to Tron Management for submitting this!

The Dogs - We Don't Have To Do Anything by stlmusiciansunite

*Stay tuned tomorrow for a feature on this Saturday night's Crack Fox show!