@TheBlackMoods @roundheels @PictureDaySTL on 2/7 @PlushSTL

The talented three-piece The Black Moods of Phoenix, AZ. will be sharing the stage with local rockersRoundheels & Picture Day at Plush on Friday, February 7, 2014. It's an 18 and up show. Visit HERE for the event info. Rock N' Roll at it's finest.



Download/Stream the self-titled/debut album by The Black Moods HERE. It can be purchased via their website HERE.

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Stream/Purchase songs from Phonocology HERE by Roundheels.



Stream/Purchase songs from Every Day Is Picture Day HERE by Picture Day.

@METSTL @PlushSTL Saturday 6/29 w/ #UmbrellaBLVD 4 CD Release show! #STL #MUSIC

Brooks Bracken returns with his new project Umbrella BLVD who will be releasing their debut album "A Wretch Like Me" on Saturday, June 29th at Plush along with Man Eating Tiger and Bad Graphics. The doors open at 8:00 pm and this is an 18 and up show only, the cover is $8.00 at the door. Visit HERE for the event page on facebook. I think this looks and sounds like an interesting show to attend. It features some veterans of the scene that have continued to be a part of this thing we call independent music in St. Louis. Take a moment to listen to the music below and or download it. The Umbrella BlVD. stuff is only available to stream, but they do have a link on their website to purchase it. One may find that linked above in this paragraph.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Bleeding Out - (Radio Edit)" by Man Eating Tiger.

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*Click HERE to stream/download "A View Of The Aftermath" or "Scattering Pearls" by Man Eating Tiger.



*Click HERE to stream "The Old Disappearing Act" by Umbrella BLVD.



*Click HERE to stream "Ghost" by Umbrella BLVD.

@Cora_Camille of @FinalVeil interview on @kdhx. Review of "Arabian Daze". Debut's tonight @PlushSTL! #STL #MUSIC

Last week I shared with you some media on Final Veil's debut of "Arabian Daze" happening tonight at Plush. In case you missed that post, scroll down the blog or visit HERE. Today I would like to share with you the interview she did this past week on KDHX about tonight's show and also I'm including a two-song review of the introduction part of the new album shared to me by Cora Camille. It's also nice to see this show made the RFT's top ten shows for this weekend too. I can certainly appreciate how much effort and thought it takes into putting together a show like this. Be sure to bookmark or "like"/follow the group's website or pages as they will be posting the full-album for streaming purposes in the coming week, or so. Now I'm going to share with you my experience of the first two songs on the new album. Find that below the interview.



*Click HERE to stream the Cora Camille interview on KDHX.

"Arabian Daze" : This first track is actually the traditional classic "Arabian Nights" turned on it's head. Listen to Cora on the interview for the back round on the original author, if you unfamiliar. I felt like Alice after she fell into the rabbit hole after listening this one. A dramatic string-section initiates a familiar strand of threading once formerly associated with it's vintage predecessor. Cora's vocals are introduces abruptly afterwards in fine, Arabian fashion summoning the listener as if her voice were the sound of the wind initiating a storm in the desert. Along with the strumming sound of the ude, it creates a tension in the tonal value of the song. After the first thirty seconds of this song, Cora sings a familiar phrase from the original version and the vibe is altered by the dramatic beat of a drum. This sets the pace for the rest of the track. The strings, the drum both speed up and a electronic beat is introduced. Arabian Daze is now born. The storm has quelled and a desert rose blooms, metaphorically speaking. The chorus goes dub-step and the melody swoons over the music. It re-minds me of the image that I get in my mind from listening to Moby's instrumental theme "God Moving Over The Waters". The back round vocals are inviting and add a nice touch. At about this point in the song, one min. and forty-five seconds, the difference in Final Veil's version and the original are polar opposites. Egyptian-Electronica, orchestral strings and dub-step continue for another forty-five seconds and then another tonal adjustment is made with the introduction of a piano. I find that the theme of the strings throughout mixed with the piano really set the tone for the song, musically. The piano continues to carry the bridge into the end of the song. Certain themes are created musically and vocally throughout the song and come to fruition at the end of the song, as it ends similar to the way it began. I thought the filter on Cora's voice was a good way to differentiate this part from the rest. I loved the down-beat and trip-hop influences in portions of this song. If this song doesn't give you chills, then something just might be wrong with you.

"Sinister" : The second song is much different than the first. The beginning few measures begin with a lull in sound that increases in volume introducing the beat and rhythm. "He's a joker, he's evil" is the vocal and lyrical cue for the chaos that ensues with the percussive beat. The rhythm of this one is more industrial influenced. Something you might have heard on David Bowie's "Earthling" release in the nineties, for example. Cora sings over the verses with a confidence and haunting tone to her voice. There is some cool vocal-bends and falsettos mixed in along with additional reverb for effect. Some faint dub-step is introduced after the first chorus and some guitar that sounds familiar to something you may have heard from the movie 'Pulp Fiction'. Around the one-min. twenty-second mark there is a build in layers with additional percussion added in along with the electronic portion of it. The pace is set when verse two is began by Cora's vocals and followed by the second chorus. From there additional themes and beats are slowly added in, similar to a chef cooking his finest meal with timed calculations and experience. Just when you begin to really adjust and settle in to just how evil the song's character is, it is over. It left me wanting more, which is exactly what a song should do sometimes. Especially, the second track of a thirteen song album!

@FinalVeil debut "Arabian Daze" @PlushSTL Sat. June 8th, 18 & up show! #STL #MUSIC

After three years of transformation, Final Veil will debut their second album titled "Arabian Daze" at Plush in St. Louis on Saturday, June 8, 2013. The doors open @ 8pm & show starts @ 9pm. It's an 18 and up show, it's $7 at the door. Music on this clip is from their new album, the track is "Yallabina" and the video HERE features Cora Camille, Victor the Constrictor, and Jazz. Final Veil is an Egyptian/Electronic group with traditional rhythms mixed with house, triphop, and drum&bass. Think hand-drums, vocals, guitars, electronics, and bellydance. If you haven't seen them before, you should. I saw them once at The Pageant a few years back and loved them. I think you might too. Stay tuned for a review of a couple of tracks from the new album right here when they release it publicly online!



Final Veil's Album Release Party and Bellydance Festival will also feature Raw Earth including their own latest evolutions with the addition of an amazing electric violin player. Many dance pieces will be performed throughout the evening by a wide variety in styles of bellydancers that are coming into town from all over the midwest for this show! This will also include live snake dancing by Ami Amore and shamadan with fire dancing by Raksanna's Desert Flames and Aalim Arabian Silk! This will be their biggest production for 2013 "The Year of the Snake", so if you cannot make any other show this year, let this be the one! If you just can't make it, Final Veil's next appearance is at the St. Louis Garlic Fest in Carondelet Park later in the month. Below is a free download of a song called, "Hark" that Final Veil released in 2010 as a gift to friends and fans. Below that is their debut album that is also self-titled.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Hark" by Final Veil.



*Click HERE to stream Final Veil's self-titled album.

Fight For Midnight, Pluto's Still A Planet & Shotgun Abby @ Plush this Sat. night! #STL #MUSIC

Fight For Midnight is a five-piece Indie, Alt. Rock outfit. Dennis Hamer, their Sax, Keys and backing vocalist was kind enough to send me over a song in promotion of a show that they are headlining this coming weekend at Plush. HERE is the official event page. Sharing the stage with them is a band from Columbia that is releasing their CD called Pluto's Still A Planet. They are a four-piece that play Blues, Funk-Rock and are scheduled to play at 11 pm. HERE is a video of the creation of their album. Check it out, it is interesting. Then at 10 pm, Indie Rock artist Shotgun Abby will be keeping the evening in motion. They are a six-piece band with some female back ground vocalists even. Frontman Shawn Telkamp is now officially a contributor to the blog here and has been a big part of STLMU from the beginning. Kicking the show off at 9 pm is Flat Earth Society from St. Charles. They are a female-fronted group that is also a six-piece playing Rock, Funk, Acoustic and Pop. Their first EP is in post-production, so when I get something from them I will share it when it is shared with me. I know that they are excited to almost have it complete. Looks like it will be a good turn out. Check out three of the four artists on the bill below and download their tracks if you like. This is an 18 and up show, doors are at 8pm. $5 at the door.



Click HERE to stream/download "Waiting" by Fight For Midnight.



Click HERE to stream/download "Southern Junk Funk" by Plutos Still A Planet.



Click HERE to stream/download "Cold" by Shotgun Abby.

Mike Borgia & The Problems w/ The Educated Guess tonight at Plush! #STL #MUSIC

Hit Makers Music Media wants you to know about the Mike Borgia And The Problems performance happening tonight Thursday, December 20th at Plush. It starts at 9pm and also features The Educated Guess playing at 10pm. Do314 is offering free entry to the show HERE. Otherwise, it is a $5.00 cover at the door. It is an 18 and up show.

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 Great Grandfathers @ Plush on 9/22 feature! #STL #MUSIC

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.

Far Fetched presents A Brave New World @ Plush. Free samples! #STL #MUSIC

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.