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