Jeff Riley Jazz Suite, Lantern Lights, The Mhurs, Bear Hive & VOTW by Fivefold! #STL #MUSIC

Just a little over ten years ago The Jeff Riley Jazz Suite debuted in CCM's Watson Hall. Initially, the orchestra was created, performed and analyzed for the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. This was his gift to his father on his birthday that particular year. Touching story. Be sure to stop by the website to learn about the evolution of this jazz fusion orchestra. This is their most popular song on their self-titled album. Catch them at the Casa Loma Ballroom on Friday, February 24th with a twenty-four piece, contemporary swing band known as the St. Louis Big Band. Check out "Reggae Soul" below:



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The Lantern Lights are fixing to release their first album at Foam on Saturday, February 25th with support from The Mhurs and Bear Hive. HERE is the link to the show on Facebook. The band consists of me and Kari Wasoba, with assistance from Ryan Wasoba (formerly of So Many Dynamos) and Dan Meehan (Humdrum, The Floating City). Kari had the following to share with me, "We recorded the album ourselves in comfortable spaces around St. Louis, and we're pretty happy with how it turned out." Here are three tracks of the album to check out now, so you can be the judge for yourself. Also, you will find three pieces of music by The Mhurs and Bear Hive underneath the three Lantern Lights songs. They are as follows:


















#VideoOfTheWeek! this week is brought to you by Fivefold. They performed at Pop's Concert Venue this past Wednesday evening acoustic before Hurt performed their acoustic set. They recently endured the loss of their guitar player Jesse Berlin. This is a tribute to him, he died at the age of twenty-one. You can watch the video below, know that they have a free show at The Firebird this Friday night. Then on Saturday night, they will be at Pop's Concert Venue for the Pop's Stage Pointfest Video Release. Just click on the venue links in red for each particular event page on the given venue websites. Here is this week's video of the week!

New Illphonics, Cronus, The Stone Sugar Shakedown, The Scandaleros & The Eclectic Contact Run #STL #MUSIC

The Eclectic Contact Run is three men that have been working on their collaboration since the end of 2010 in their basement in Dogtown. They are a Rock, Blues, Alternative style of group which recently changed their name from "Ponder Point". They initially shared this track on the fan page on Facebook and I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw that it was a practice recording done in a basement, it is just that you never know what you are going to get. I was pleasantly surprised and this track has some good songwriting and I especially enjoyed the melody and vocals. Watch for these guys in the near future at a venue near you. May I introduce you to their song, "Money & Women"? Note: Their dog is jokingly referred to as their manager, tech, hype-girl on facebook.

The Illphonics have a new EP coming out in February on the 21st. Watch the website for details. Their next show in St. Louis is this Friday at the Old Rock House for a battle to win a spot on WAKARUSA 2012. View the event HERE. Also performing is The Elemental Shakedown, The Scandaleros, Cronus & also The Stone Sugar Shakedown. Below this song are three live tracks from artists on this bill, two of which you can download, except the last one.



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Also, Isaac Cherry, the drummer for The Ragged Blade Band has been recording some different type of music on his personal Sound Cloud account. One example is that he is doing some "Blues" drum tracks by themselves and offering them to others to cut and splice for their own beats. His group does turn-of-the-century style of music with all sorts of influences in there.

New Glitch Factor, Io Media & #VideoOfTheWeek by 30aut6! #STL #MUSIC

Justin Fisher released a new electronic track that features his friend and former band mate in Murder Happens, Paul Wood. Paul is the drummer and runs the Pro Tools for them, but here you get to hear him play the bass on this effort, "The Truth" by Justin under the Glitch Factor monicker.




Io Media consists of Mason Brown on guitar/vocals, Alex Beaven on guitar, Peter Wyrostek on bass and Jim Hughes on drums. They are a post-rock and experimental type of group that not only writes and produces their own music, but visuals to go along with the music. Something new I stumbled on this past week for you, it's called, "Knowledge".




This week's #VideoOfTheWeek! is by 30aut6 of Valier, IL. they recently had their CD Release party and this is a song called, "Perfect" from that event.

Download by The Feed, VOTW by Agents Of Inflluence! #STL #MUSIC

The Feed is coming to your TV set this Friday courtesy of the Chevy Music Showcase. Episodes air each Friday on KMOV-TV / Channel 4 between 6:50 - 7:00 am, 11:25 - 11:30 pm, and 11:54 - 12:00 midnight. Grab their track "Stella" for free below or stream it to check them out, as well as the showcase to follow it each week as it unfolds. This week's episode features them at the Venice Cafe. If you missed the recent launch party, HERE is what you missed.



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The #VideoOfTheWeek! this week is by Agents Of Influence, they will be at Just Bills Place on January 28th.

The BOB Band, FreedomAndForgiven, #VideoOfTheWeek by Various Hands! #STL #MUSIC

The BOB Band is good. I like their style. They have an Americana/Outlaw Country vibe and somehow manage to manage to make it sound punk here and there also. The group is from Millstadt, Illinois. This is a track they just shared on their facebook fan page and is a live track. I saw them live this past December at Fubar and I was truly impressed. Speaking of which, they will be back at Fubar on Friday, January 27th w/ Buffalo Bob & The Bedroom Band. Visit the venue website for more information on this show.



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FreedomAndForgiven is a experimental electronic artist and is open about his story and struggle with Epilepsy. He is from St. Louis, MO. Visit his website for more music, his story and how he tries to instill hope in others. His next show is this Thursday at The Way Out Club. Which, by the way, is now open from Tuesday through Saturday. For the details click HERE. Doors are at 8:30pm, 21 and up, $7dos. He will also be donating a portion of the proceeds to The Epilepsy Foundation.



That brings us to this week's #VideoOfTheWeek! Various Hands prides itself on being an indie/dance-rock band. They recently released their debut EP and are from St. Louis. Check out this video from Blueberry Hill this past weekend and see what you think. This one is a brand new song of their's.

Chevy Music Showcase Launch on 1/12 feat. Beth Bombara, John Henry & The Engine! Plus, Dear Genre & more! #STL #MUSIC

The Chevy Music Showcase is an online community and two minute mini-documentary TV series dedicated to the St. Louis music scene. Powered by Chevy, they launch at Atomic Cowboy this Thursday, January 12th at 7pm. The website is now live. The mini-documentary TV series will air soon on the local CBS affiliate KMOV. Watch it this Friday on Channel 4 between 6:50 - 7:00 am, 11:25 - 11:30 pm, and 11:54 - 12:00 midnight. This post features a track by both of the artists that are playing at the launch party and are also involved in the first season. Beth Bombara is scheduled to perform at the launch with John Henry & The Engine. If you visit the showcase online, one might notice that Dear Genre is their featured artist of the week. So, in honor of that, below the first two songs is one of their tracks also. Two of these three are free downloads. Also, be sure to visit the showcase website HERE for another exclusive download by Dear Genre. Also, this week's #VideoOfTheWeek goes to the showcase for all of their efforts. You can find that below the three songs, maybe I'll see you there?





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I think it is great to see a brand invest money in artists, it also nice to see the RFT, St. Louis Music Press and blog's like I Went To A Show all pumping this up before it hits. Go scene! If you missed Friday & Saturday's show announcements, check them out HERE.

Post #78 Damned Holy Rollers & new VOTW by Skiddalz #STL #MUSIC

The Damned Holy Rollers just finished up four new tracks. This is one of them. You can stream the rest of them HERE. They remind me of groups like Corrosion Of Conformity, Clutch, & Queens Of The Stone Age. I enjoyed listening to this new track by them. Also, is another track that I have blogged in the past by them and also a KDHX playlist from when they stopped by the studio there and played live. Their next appearance is January 20th at the Heavy Anchor. What a rockin' feature. Visit the Sound Cloud site to download the first two tracks by clicking on the Sound Cloud logo, bottom right of each song widget. Check them out:

"Carry The Mountain" by Damned Holy Rollers was removed 9/17/12. Visit their Reverbnation HERE for it.





This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by Skiddalz. Check it: