Post #42 featuring The Peanut Gallery:

The Peanut Gallery is a five piece out of Waterloo, IL that have been playing together for close to a year now and are heavily influenced by bands such as The Grateful Dead, The Doors and Led Zeppelin while retaining a modern Indie/Ambient sound through most of their songs. The band is playing both Friday and Saturday night this weekend at Heartbreaker's on the Landing. The Peanut Gallery shares the stage both nights with Likity Split. That is both July 2nd and 3rd. Their next events after that are as follows: The Peanut Gallery w/ The Reptilians at Just Bill's and at Fubar on Saturday, August 20th for the Live Loud and Local event. Below is three of their songs performed live from their last show at Pop's:

Bertha by The Peanut Gallery Band

Bound To Happen by The Peanut Gallery Band

Get Out/Melt Away by The Peanut Gallery Band

Post #41 featuring The Reptilians

The Reptilians are a seven-piece Reggae band from the St.Louis area. The mix of Jamaican Style Reggae with a St.Louis Blues-Rock twist, give them their one of a kind sound. They hail from Columbia, Illinois. Their upcoming show is this Wednesday night at The Firebird. On the bill for the show is Echo Movement, ROTA & also VibeSteady. Show them your support if you plan to attend by RSVP via the facebook event HERE.

Posted below are two versions of their song entitled, "Under Control". The first is the remix version. It is an exclusive download, not available on their Sound Cloud account. Posted below the remix is the studio version of the song, that is also available, courtesy of The Reptilians. In addition, this week's #Video Of The Week is from their very recent appearance at The Glowing Souls Festival that takes place annually in Jonesboro, Illinois. They are "Making Music That Moves You", check it:

The Reptilians - Under Control (Remix) by stlmusiciansunite

The Reptilians - Under Control by Reptiliansband