Feel free to download a free track by Mike Borgia & The Problems below, if you care to purchase his music there know that there are two different packages available. In addition, be sure to download the latest release by The Educated Guess below. Both are "Pay What You Want", so if you enter any price from $0.00 on up it is there for you to download.
Click HERE to stream/download "Goodbye New York" by Mike Borgia And The Problems.
Click HERE to stream download "West Skyline Drive" by The Educated Guess.
The trio Estevan is releasing their new EP at The Livery on Saturday, November 17th. The Potomac Accord will also be performing. This is a 21 and up show and is free to attend. HERE is the details on the event. Estevan is celebrating their bandmate Andy Keppler's birthday the night of the event. (Happy birthday, Andy. This one's for you.) If you scroll down the event page, one will also find that they posted a free download link to the new EP called,"Gloria" also. Isn't she lovely?
Click HERE to stream/download "Chasing All The Ghosts Away" by Estevan.
Click HERE to stream/download "I Want To Put A Bullet In Your Face" by Thanatos Eternal.
Click HERE to stream/download "Kill Your Own King" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "ColdBurn" by Sinfinis.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Devil's Fiddler" by Ballpeen.
Click HERE to stream/download "Dirac Constant" by Secant Prime.
Click HERE to stream/download "In Sod We Rust" by Flood Damage.
Click HERE to stream/download "Bong The Blocks" by Diablo Syndrome.
Click HERE to stream/download "Molecular Structure Gone Wrong - Feat. Ionosphere" by NOAD.
Click HERE to stream/download the instrumental "Creep" by Antigeist.
Click HERE to stream/download "Boogieman" by Sheriff Scabs.
Click HERE to stream/download "Interference - Phobic Mix" by Japanese Carcrash.
Click HERE to stream/download "Unliving1" by PJ Corvus.
Click HERE to stream/download "Dismembered" by Animated Dead.
Click HERE to stream/download "Harding's Tale" by Mr. Russia.
If you missed CD 1 of the first volume, click HERE for that post. Also, if you are interested in the compilation about horror movies and their themes, HERE is the feature on that compilation. More to come!
Ghetto Electro Productions put together a compilation for all you ghouls and goblins. It features themes from some familiar horror flicks and also others inspired by these sort of films. It features mostly Saint Louis based artists, plus some out-of-towners. Those making their mark on this effort include Glitch Factor, Thanatos Eternal, PJ Corvus, Japanese Carcrash, Retardo D-2 & Hung Like A Martyr. All of these songs were written just for this compilation. Note, due to Hurricane Sally, Animals In Denial's track "Virus T" is currently missing. It is supposed to be track four. Here are the other eleven tracks in order. They are as follows:
Click HERE to stream/download "We All Fall Down" by Glitch Factor.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Gremlin Rag" by Thanatos Eternal.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Haunted Mansion" by PJ Corvus.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Shining" by Japanese Car Crash.
Click HERE to stream/download "Blockhead Spooks" by Retardo D-2.
Click HERE to stream/download "Halloween Theme" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "Death Has Come" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "She Bitch" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "Ballad Of Gage" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "Bubba's Got A Girlfriend" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Click HERE to stream/download "Heart Full Of Dirt" by Hung Like A Martyr.
Ekkomouse is a two-piece producing original alternative "beat" rock. Look for them to perform their first show in the near future. Meanwhile, be sure to take a listen to some of their music from their debut release "Suspicious Cricket". They incorporate guitar and bass along with live drums and drum programming/loops. The vocals are strong and spirited that carry a melody over the groove. The band describes it as a mash-up of hip-hop drums with a modern take on grunge and punk rock. Be on the look out for their first performance and feel free to name your price or download the release for no charge at their Bandcamp site HERE. Included below the three tracks from Sound Cloud is the complete album I just mentioned. Enjoy.
Click HERE to stream/download "Baking In The Sun" by Ekkomouse.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Look In Your Eyes" by Ekkomouse.
Click HERE to stream/download "Shades Of Grey" by Ekkomouse.
This week's #VideoOfTheWeek! is "Dan Boone Stomp" and it is named appropriately and also brought to you by Decadent Nation. They are releasing their new album on Friday, November 2nd at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO. HERE is the official event page for that. Check it out!
Wednesday, October 17th The Crack Fox is bringing in two artists from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jenny Dalton is a singer-songwriter who leads this indie, alternative group with former Cloud Cult members Dan Greenwood on and Deborah Copperud on cello. The Daymoths consist of a two-piece pop-rock ensemble. Click HERE for the official event page. It also provides a comprehensive description of both artists, as well.
This is a 21 and up show and is $5.00 day of show. Doors are at 8pm, show starts at 9pm. They both stop in Kansas City, MO. on the 18th at the Czar Bar and then The Jackpot in Lawrence, Kansas. Click HERE for or more details on the tour.
Click HERE to stream/download "Terrible Beauty" by The Daymoths.
Click HERE to stream/download "Nightmare" by Jenny Dalton.
This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is held by none other than Jenny Dalton and I particularly enjoyed it, hope you do too.
Allow me to introduce to you eight members with one collective passion for music and they go by the name of The Great Grandfathers. They will be sharing the stage with Jimmy Griffin and also The Defeated County this Saturday at Plush. HERE is the official event on facebook.
The Pop-Rock, Soul-Dance extravaganza that is "Saint Anthony's Fire" is their first effort. The Riverfront Times had the following to say about them this past June,"Saint Anthony's Fire is the band's first release, and it sounds like the fruitful labor of plenty of both bedroom songwriting sessions and meticulous studio tinkering." This is just an excerpt of the review by Christian Schaeffer. But you get the idea that they put a lot of thought and time getting it just right. With a heritage, yet modern sound, they have created a truly unique album with an addictive title track. HERE is a link to their EPK is you feel so inclined to check it out. Without further ado here is a song by the group.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Saint Anthony's Fire" by The Great Grandfathers.
Dancefloor Makeout formed at Washington University in St. Louis, Yao Liu, Alex Plutzer and Yohahn Jo all bring something different to the group. Fans of Electronic and Pop are sure to dig this music. It will get you through the best and worst of Saturday nights. Some of their influences include Daft Punk, Shinichi Osawa, Michael Jackson, The Twelves, Above & Beyond, Prince, Chromeo & Deadmau5. They also just released their Fall mix and that is available to stream right HERE. Give them a listen and grab this free track below.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Slut" feat. Jabari Kiongozi by Dancefloor Makeout.
Cub3d Roots is an Acid-Funk, Electro-Dubstep group that focuses on the synthesis of live music, and electronic music. They will be performing at Cicero's tomorrow which is Thursday, September 20th. HERE is the official event on facebook. It is a 17+ show w/ a $7 cover. Doors at 7pm. They recently released their debut EP called, "Avant Garde" and it is appropriately named such. Daniel Dwyer produces and plays keyboard and also trumpet, in addition to vocals. Michael Becker provides saxophone and also vocals. Joe Issacs plays the guitar and does vocals, as well. Their influences are deep and wide. They consist of the following: Big Gigantic, Herbie Hancock, Skrillex, STS9, Modestep, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Flux Pavillion, Cam Meekins, Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Daft Punk, skerik, Garage A Trois. Track five of seven off their EP is posted below and you can quickly see why they chose this as their first single.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Bemsha Swing" by Thelonius Monk in the style of Cub3d Roots.
If you want to pick up the entire EP, you can enter the price-point of zero to get it or if you care to support them, enter the amount that you feel is beneficial or that you can afford to give. See the Bandcamp widget and hyperlink below.
*Click HERE to stream/download "We Call It Something Else" by Cub3d Roots.
Ryan Escobar and Tenelle Donta make up the hip-hop duo Souls of Liberty. They claim that they are not here to give you fluff or to give you something they feel like you could get somewhere else. Their intent is to give you what they call 'Life Music'. Life Music is the brand of music that they make, songs to get you through the journey of life. Ryan and Tenelle have been best friends since second or third grade and through their music they want to communicate life's emotions and make a real connection with you. They hope that they can become apart of your everyday musical enjoyment and be there with you through your journey of life. In the summer of 2011, The Souls released their most acclaimed project to date with Brave New World. The project was voted as the Album of the Year at the 2012 SlumFest Awards, and several songs from the project were featured on hip-hop blogs HipHopDX and DJBooth.Net. Check them out below.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Fly" by Souls Of Liberty.
Croc x Bharlie gives us a southern-swang mixed with east coat lyrics. They are part of a new wave of music coming through our town. Croc is considered to be a muliti-purpose producer, while Bharlie is the creative songwriter and designer. Here is a catchy 'lil track by them.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Taking Pictures" by Croc x Bharlie.
Okay, moving right along. Here is a rapper/producer/multi-instrumentalist from St. Louis by the name Deloney (Pronounced duh-LOAN-ee). HERE's the link to the tape on Sound Cloud.
All tracks were produced by Deloney. This his 3rd mixtape which is entitled "STL-ien". The idea came from a word-play of Alien and STL (St. Louis abbreviation) and influenced from OutKast's "ATL-iens". The mixtape gives listeners a full musical experience starting off hard on the first few tracks and gradually slowing down into a more mellow mood towards the end. Below is one of the tracks of the mixtape.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Can't See Straight" by Deloney.
RecapLife Media Group presents us with Tommy JiZoo Rice who is a twenty year old that seems to know the formula of pushing Urban, Hip Hop & Pop music where real artists left off. This story is no different, he created a full documentary accompanied by his new music material and videos. Highlighting nature, and futuristic matters, he applies to the present. Below is his latest track from Sound Cloud. It is followed by the documentary and soundtrack mentioned above also.
*Click HERE to stream/download My Moment (IZDABOMB G-MIX) by Tommy JiZoo Rice.
Be sure to enter the price-point as zero on Bandcamp as the album is set to pay what you want. Once you do that you may download it. If you want to pay something for it, you may do that as well.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Southside Glory" the soundtrack by Tommy JiZoo Rice.
With that being established, here is his documentary in it's entirety. It's called,"Southside Glory". Here is your #VideoOfTheWeek!
Authentik Artists is excited to provide you with new music by one of our own. The Rock/Metal band known as Inimical Drive. The EP was produced by Trapt bassist and producer Pete Charell and mixed by Alan Hessler (Avenged Sevenfold, The Used). Special guests on this record include Travis Miguel of Atreyu on “Signal The Sirens” and Robbie Torres of Trapt on “The Call”. When the EP was released St. Louis Today did a full write up on it. In addition, Inimical Drive has shared the stage alongside Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Chevelle, The Used, Trapt, The Offspring, It Dies Today, Otep, Red, The Damned Things, Janus, The Parlor Mob, Blackstone Cherry, Crossfade, and Taproot, among many more.
Their next show is this Saturday, September 22nd at The Crack Fox. HERE is the official event page on facebook for the event. This is a 21 and up event, doors are at 8pm, show starts at 9pm. $8 day of show. Helping put on the show is Sicfaist, among others. Both bands put on a killer show and the production value is excellent also. If you haven't been to this venue before, it is cool. This year they also installed new sub's and they thump. Like this track, actually it is the title track from Inimical Drive's new EP entitled,"Signal The Sirens". It is available for streaming and or download below. If you are a fan of bands like Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Modern Day Escape and Breaking Benjamin this is right up your alley.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Signal The Sirens" by Inimical Drive.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Oblivination" by Sicfaist.
Far Fetched presents "A Brave New World" at Plush this Saturday. The production is organized by a new initiative, let's call it a label, that is interested in featuring future-minded musicians and also the eclectic. They carry the belief that music is of much value in this day and age where it can be viewed as easily dispensable and or little worth. I appreciate the idea and hard work that it takes to put together something like this and thought it would be good to take the time to acknowledge this and also to let you know about it. I ran across their Sound Cloud account a few days ago and it just made sense. Click HERE for the venue's event on facebook for the 411 on all that. Be sure to click on the hyper-link for Far Fetched and check out the links to all of the artists on the bill seen in the above flyer.
Here is the "Brave New World" 2012 sampler track by track:
Click HERE to stream/download Cave Of Swords "Flowers For Flores".
Click HERE to stream/download Michael Franco x Hugh Augustine "Without You".
Click HERE to stream/download Adult Fur "R=log(2sin(256θ))".
Click HERE to stream/download Hearskra-Z "How Tall Are You?".
Click HERE to stream/download Unifyah "Light'Em Up".
Click HERE to stream/download Mathias & The Pirates "South City Livin'".
Click HERE to stream/download Black James "Troll".
Click HERE to stream/download Ou Ou' "Magnus".
Click HERE to stream/download iLLphonic's "Get Ugly".
Click HERE to stream/download Scrub "XS1".
Click HERE to stream/download DJ Mahf "MAHFIA".
Click HERE to stream/download SNS "Escalators".
Click HERE to stream/download Dolor & Lorn(Untitled) feat. 18andCounting.
This is the third and final feature on the three stages for tomorrow's second annual Rock University Festival. If you haven't taken the time to see the website, it has just about everything you could want or ask for. It is mobilized for your convenience too. If you missed the other two features, for the Acoustic/Electro Stage click HERE and for the Fox Hole Stage click HERE. If you are interested in downloading all of these tracks in any speed/format you like, click HERE to get them via the Rock U Fest 2012 Digital Compilation free of charge. Thanks to all of the artists for the music contributions and to the artists who also provided the festival plus this blog with exclusive tracks offered no where else.
Outside Stage schedule is listed below with artist links, the stage is located in the expansive patio of Atomic Cowboy. The schedule is as follows:
As promised, part two of three features is now here for this Saturday's second annual Rock University Festival. This post shines a light on The Fox Hole Stage at Atomic Cowboy. This stage is located adjacent to the Acoustic/Electro stage. However, those double-doors will be closed to keep out any noise bleed through's between rooms. How do I get into the Fox Hole? One might ask. Well, when you enter the venue, just follow the hallway to the rear of the building and go outside to the expansive patio. When you get outside and are past the cantina area, the space opens up and you will see the Outdoor Stage. To your right will be the door to enter into the Fox Hole. Let's have a look at the schedule, shall we?
*For the full schedule and event page, simply click HERE.
Click HERE to stream/download "Sink Or Swim" by AudioViral.
Click HERE to stream/download "Stereo Days" by The Orbz.
Click HERE to stream/download "Retaliation" by Unanimous.
Click HERE to stream/download "Good Lovin'" by Unifyah.
Click HERE to stream/download "Don't Baby Me" by Arbor Lights.
Click HERE to stream/download "Belly Full Of Whiskey" by Whiskey War Mountain Rebellion.
Click HERE to stream/download "The Distance" by Fer De Lance.
Click HERE to stream/download "Fuck You!" by CeeLo Green in the style of the Fuck Off And Dies.
*Also, this just came in for the Acoustic/Electro Stage...
Click HERE to stream/download "Nerve" by Hurts To Laugh.
*I already updated the previous post, but wanted to include them so they get their fair amount of support. For more on the Acoustic/Electro Stage click the hyperlink.
This is the first of three posts you will see in the course of the next few days leading up to the second annual Rock University Festival. It's an all ages, all day event dedicated to promoting unity in the St. Louis rock-n-roll community. The Atomic Cowboy will be hosting three stages of simultaneous rock music from 2:00pm to 2:00am on Saturday, July 28th. Attendees and artists, alike, will range in various age groups, ethnicities, back rounds, belief systems and lifestyles, not to mention genres of rock. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Play It Forward foundation.
Click HERE to view the official event page. If you can't attend, Indio Radio will be broadcasting live from the event. Tune in this Friday at 10:15am CST for interviews and artist exclusives all in preparation for a new feature called,"Indio Radio At Night".The festival and the blog here are both excited to offer up to you exclusives that artists have presented us with.
Indie-Experimental, Folk-Bluegrass artist Old Jim & The Mountain Orchard Band will be giving some people a rare treat tonight. O.J. M.O.B. shares the stage with Austrailian singer-songwriter Grayson and Tom Hill aka "Coniglietto" at Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. On Sunday through Thursday every week the venue has show times start at 8:00 pm and end at 11:00 pm. $5.00 day of show and they are all-ages friendly, no minor surcharge either. This one is more experimental and electonic, Jimmy sent this to me on Sound Cloud. Delve further into his album available for FREE download right HERE via Band Camp.
*Click HERE to stream/download "Utopia" if reading this in a Google Reader.
Bassist Rich Wooten of The Falling Martins was kind enough to introduce me to his group's music. He showed me their double-disk that was recorded live at The Old Rock House, which is an impressive package, by the way. This conversation ironically took place at The Old Rock House this past April 17th after the first STLMU meeting in three years. It was two years ago, in May, that I began applying myself to this blog. Over the course of which, I have seen a unbelievable interest in our music scene in St. Louis. The meeting went pretty well and it was on a Tuesday night, same night at the Cardinals were in a post-season game downtown. All that I had to go by in my mind was the first meeting that I attended years ago, when I was introduced to this group. There were two tables connected at the "late" Cruisin' Rt. 66 located on Watson Rd. It was interesting to me because there were musicians of all ages from all types of genres, including people that work at venues, promote, etc. I did a lot of listening. There were around 20-25 people at that first meeting then, so I think that the 30 or so that attended the meeting I mentioned from this past April is a good sign. I think that because it was after only three meetings that it caused a domino effect and there were around 250 people in Cruisin' Rt. 66 on a Monday night years ago. I just wanted to get the ball rolling, so to speak. A big thanks to those that attended from acts like The Falling Martins, Revence, Midwest Avengers, Shotgun Abby, Sinfinis, The Psychedelic Psychonauts, It!, Kyle Walz, Alex Rosales, Angerchild, Ockum's Razor, The Washco Lowlifes, Castlewood, J. Boozer & also The Ragged Blade Band. They came from areas reaching from as far as Nashville, IL to O'Fallon, MO. In addition, I would like to thank Tara Pham of Eleven Magazine, Royal Management, Sara from the Alton Main Street in Illinois & also to The Grove STL for their presence there. The theme was about events and festivals, seeing that this is when that season is in full-swing. The next one will take place toward the end of summer, probably in August. The theme will be the same for the next meeting also.
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