O.J. M.O.B. Tonight @ Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center! #STL #MUSIC

Cover art credit: Beau Diamond.

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.

2nd Anniv. of the @STLMU Blog feat. The Falling Martins & Alex Rosales! #STL #MUSIC

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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The Falling Martins schedule for June into the month of August:

Fri, 01 Jun. St. Louis, MO Sqwires
Sat, 09 Jun. St. Louis, MO The Dubliner
Fri, 06 Jul. St. Louis, MO Sqwires
Sat, 14 Jul. St. Louis, MO The Dubliner
Fri, 27 Jul. Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
Fri, 03 Aug. St. Louis, MO Sqwires
Sat, 11 Aug. St. Louis, MO The Dubliner

This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by Alex Rosales, a talented and young lad. Check him out, his schedule for June is also posted below:



June (Thursdays) 6-9pm Orange Leaf - O'Fallon
June 1, 6-9pm El Jimador Mexican Restaurant - Warrenton
June 2, Miles Against Melanoma - All Day Event 6pm Alex performing the National Anthem and 2-3 songs.
June 9, 12, 23 & 30 6-9pm El Jimador
June 16, Cottleville Wine Sellers (Hwy N) 2-5pm

Cutthroat Shamrock download, Drown Fish video, check them out Friday night at Fubar! #STL #MUSIC

Number Six Media recently had to move this Friday's show to Fubar. It features those whiskey drinkers Cutthroat Shamrock from Tennessee in a late-show. They like to be genre-pinned into the "Appalachian Celtic Punk" category. Below is a free download of their song,"Hell's Shovel". Also on the bill this Friday night is Drownfish. They have a harder-folk style. Speaking of them, they have this week's #VideoOfTheWeek! Below is "The Umbrella Song". I Hate Punk Rock Records artists Joe from Black For A Second and also Dan from The Disappeared bring you the cover portion of the evening, these two are doing a Bruce Springsteen tribute under the title,"Factory". For the details on this event click right HERE.

Record Store Day #MUSIC events in #STL

The 5th annual Record Store Day happens April 21st of 2012. All of the events going on around town are in, so this post features exactly that.

Apop Records:
(Click HERE to show your RSVP.)

This year Apop takes it to the street in a multi-zoned all day jam!

Come to shop for exclusive RSD releases, local exclusives, special all day sales & give aways. Extended store hours have Apop open at 10 AM and closing at 9 PM.

Check out the courtyard, "beer garden" if you wanna get fancy. Thanks to Schlafly and New Belgium for their kind beverage provisions.

And, duh, you can't miss the all day live music and DJ sets because it will be IN THE GALL-DERNED STREET IN FRONT OF APOP! Oregon will be blocked off just for us jerks.

Come on out! It's free and ridic!

Stage schedule:

12:00 MIDDLE CLASS FASHION
12:45 VOLCANOES
1:30 OU OU
2:15 WHAT WE WON'T SEE
3:00 TOTALLY GAY COP
3:30 SPELLING BEE
4:00 PINK SOCK
4:30 NEE
5:15 FAGETTES
6:00 CATHOLIC GUILT
6:45 TRAUMA HARNESS
7:30 EXECUTION TECHNIQUES
8:15 SHAVED WOMEN

DJ's Heff Hess (KDHX), Vijay Nair, and Ryan Snowden will be pitching wax between sets, plus, expect a surprise attack set from Googolplexia.

CD Warehouse:
(Click HERE to show your RSVP.)

Saturday April 21st features live in-store performances from:
Various Hands, J Boozer, Divine Sorrow, Last Nights Vice, Brookroyal, concert ticket giveaways, autographed cds n posters, all cds and dvds will be on sale, all local artist cds will be on sale and much much more !!

Euclid Records:
(Click HERE to show your RSVP.)

Euclid Records is going to be celebrating Record Store Day all weekend long, from Friday, Apr. 20 through Sunday, Apr. 22. Of course, they'll have a store wide spectacular sale, their ever-popular sidewalk bargains, food and drink for sale from our great neighbors, free beer (with valid ID) from Pabst Blue Ribbon, and tons of live music!

Check here for the list of RSD titles we ordered, and expect to get in on Saturday the 21st, here: http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/2012/03/updated-list-of-record-store-day.html

Live Music Schedule (Bands and times subject to change)

Friday, April 20th:

6:00 PM - Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship
7:00 PM - Doom Town
8:00 PM - Magic City

Saturday, April 21st:

11:00 AM - Mucca Pazza
Noon - Big Brother Thunder and the Master Blasters
1:00 PM - Sink The Bismark
2:00 PM - Judge Nothing
3:00 PM - Painkillers
4:00 PM - JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
5:00 PM - The Jans Project
6:00 PM - Finn's Motel
7:00 PM - Sleepy Kitty

Sunday, April 22nd:

Noon-2:30 PM - Tower Groove Review featuring:
Beth Bombara
Ransom Note
Tone Rodent
The Feed
3:00 PM - Tenement Ruth
4:00 PM - Bob Reuter
5:00 PM - Black Fast
6:00 PM - Troubadour Dali

FOOD from Highway 61 Roadhouse
BOOZE from Cyrano’s
BEER from PBR
DJ SCHEDULE:

Saturday -

11:30 – DJ Luxxter (Ever Since Now)
12:30 – Hal Greens (Hustle & Soul)
1:30 – Billy Brown (Ice Nite$)
2:30 – Thomas Crone (KDHX)
3:30 – DJ Alexis (Hot House Sessions)
4:30 – MF Drew (Big Brother Thunder & The MasterBlasters)
5:30 – Parisian
6:30 – 18andCounting
7:30 – Rob Levy (Juxtaposition KDHX)

Sunday -

11:00 – Cat Pick (Emotional Rescue KDHX)
2:00 – Al Swacker (GreasKDHX)
3:30 – Ashley Hohman (The Sound Barrier!)
4:30 – Josh Levi (Flood Yr Face)
5:30 – DJ Needles (Rawthentic KDHX)

Slackers:

Special sales for RSD 2012: Valid all day on April 21

Buy 2 get 1 free on used CD’s and used Vinyl
*free item is the lesser of the three*
Get 20% more when you trade in vinyl
Free $.99 used album with any vinyl purchase
20% Off Skullcandy headphones

Live at Slackers in Columbia:

2pm – Rip Rap
3:30pm – Jimmy Angelov
5pm – The Spit
TBD – Cursive

Live at Slackers in St. Charles:

4pm – Kevin Willingham
5pm – I Have A Bomb
6pm – Apollo Mudd
7pm – Locrian Manor
8pm – Lame Boyz

Live at Slackers in Alton:

12pm – Breakmouth Annie
1pm – Al Bundie’s Army 2pm – Ardor Glowing
3pm – Men Working in Trees
4pm – Bruiser Queen
5pm – 33 On The Needle
6pm – Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship

*Click HERE to view the event for the Alton, IL. location.

Vintage Vinyl:
(Click HERE to show your RSVP.)

This year the festivities will take place on April 21st and Vintage Vinyl is celebrating ALL DAY LONG with special live performances, guest DJ sets, hundreds of indie retail exclusive releases, and cases upon cases of free Schlafly Beer and Monster Energy Drink. Iggy Pop, the official 2012 Record Store Day Ambassador, wants you to come to Vintage Vinyl and partake in all the goodies. Are you going to say no to IGGY POP?

So, aside from the FREE BEER and FREE MONSTER ENERGY DRINK:

Johnny "Vegas" Moynihan will serve as Master of Ceremonies, helping you navigate the full day of free, live music. (www.facebook.com/johnnyvegas)

RSD 2012 SCHEDULE:

Live Music
10AM: This City of Takers
(http://thiscityoftakers.bandcamp.com/)
11AM: Illphonics
(www.illphonics.net)
12PM: Tower Groove Records showcase
(http://towergrooverecords.com/)
Bunnygrunt
(www.myspace.com/therealbunnygrunt)
Warm Jets USA
(www.facebook.com/warmjetsusa)
The Skekses
(http://theskekses.blogspot.com/)
1PM: Dear John
(http://rtkmusic.wordpress.com/)
2PM: Bob Reuter’s Alley Ghost
(www.myspace.com/alleyghost)
3PM: Rough Shop
(http://roughshop.com/)
4PM: Sleepy Sun
(http://sleepysun.net/)
5PM: Beat Street
(DJ Alejan, Fly D-EX, G-Wiz, DJ Needles)

Guest DJs
10AM: Jesse Raya & Holly Renshaw
(www.thepageant.com)
11AM: Louis Kwok
(http://musicvsman.com/)
12PM: Jason Stoff
(http://encor.es/)
1PM: Mike Cracchiolo & Bert McClimans
(www.firebirdstl.com)
2PM: Dana Plonka
(http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic)
& Roy Kasten
(www.rftmusic.com, www.kdhx.org)
3PM: Mike Tomko
(http://tomkobombco.com/, http://undercoverweekend.com/)
4PM: Kiernan Maletsky
(http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic)
5PM: Dean Minderman
(http://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/)

Vintage Vinyl is open on Record Store Day from 10 AM until MIDNIGHT, and yes, they DO intend to fit every bit of the aforementioned awesome into that 14 hour period, so come prepared to dance, jam, eat, rock, drink, drink, drink and, of course, buy some radical, exclusive Record Store Day tracks on wax.

Kentucky Knife Fight & Pirate Signal! #STL #MUSIC

Kentucky Knife Fight is doing something special to include their friends and fans in on their new video they are about to release. Friday, April 6th they are going to preview their new video before the night of music kicks off at Off Broadway. They will be there along with Dots Not Feathers and also the Whiskey Folk Ramblers. Click HERE for the details of the event and be sure to grab their track below. Listen as they blur the lines between country and punk right before your very ears.



Click HERE to download "Always A Bribe, Never A Bribe" by Kentucky Knife Fight.

This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by Pirate Signal. Click HERE to view it or watch it below. You can catch them next weekend on Saturday, April 14th at The Heavy Anchor as they kick off the Project 86 show along with the other acts that they are bringing with them on their current tour. They are as follows: Willet, Sent By Ravens, A Righteous Vendetta. Click HERE for all the details.

#100th post feat. new J. Boozer & Alice Sweet Alice! Plus, important announcement! #STL #MUSIC

J. Boozer plays a lot of shows. 272 last year to be exact. He is throwing out some exclusive new music for you! Grab and or stream these two tracks below. Catch him live on April 20th at the Tin Can on Morganford. *Cough* All of these 420 posts lately are starting to give me second-hand exposure. Seriously, that is just another hint to get you to check out his show. Hence, the cough. I also noticed he posted a new song on YouTube, so that is the #VideoOfTheWeek! The photo in the video is by Crista Lea Photography. It was taken at his recent show at The Big Muddy Pub in Alton, IL. Check out the one-man phenomenon that is J. Boozer:



Click HERE to download J. Boozer - When Saturday Night Turns Into Sunday Morning.



Click HERE to download J. Boozer - Pawn Shop.




Alice Sweet Alice is a female-fronted alt. rock outfit from Kansas City. Recently, Alice 102fm asked them to represent the station on their St. Patrick's Day float. Also, this past February, the group received a "Best Alternative Band" & "Best Album" nomination in the Midwest Music Awards. ASA came up with one word to describe their sound,"Electropostpunkadelic".

On Thursday, April 19th they will be rolling through St. Louis for an all-ages show at The Crack Fox on their "Singularity" tour. Local support for this show will be Ockum's Razor and Fer De Lance, plus DJ sets in between acts by Typewriter Tim Jordan.



Click HERE to download Alice Sweet Alice - Flight Of Tonight.



Click HERE to stream Alice Sweet Alice - Doesn't Matter.


This is the 100th STLMU blog post! Well, I'm excited. It has been almost two years of pecking away at this thing. If you are reading this, you are the first to know about the first quarterly STLMU meeting that will be taking place at The Old Rock House on Tuesday, April 17th. It will begin at 6pm and end at 8pm. Why the Old Rock House, you may be wondering? Because last year they announced to all musicians that if you email them your band name and info. at least a week before the show you want to attend, they will put you on the guest list. To me, I think that makes them a good candidate for hosting and I really appreciate them doing this. Via Dove is the local support for the show that night. The show begins after the meeting. The main part of the meeting will be highlighted by speakers from festivals around town. The point is to help expose these events to musicians and create awareness on what they are about and how to get involved and or get the chance to perform at them. Make sure to join the facebook group page for STLMU if you haven't yet. It is for anyone interested and it is a public group. I thought it would be fitting to have the meeting about festivals since the season is now underway. Speaking of festivals, I recently received this info-graphic below. Considering the biggest apps from SXSW often become the next year’s gotta-have apps, the people at PromotionalCodes.net thought they’d do a graphic on the insanely successful start-ups launched at past conferences and help you decide which mobile app darlings of 2012 you really do need to get right now. Check it out and let them know your favorites and what you think of it via email:
matt (AT) promotionalcodes (DOT) net

Source: PromotionalCodes.net

Stay tuned for the Record Store Day blog post and more!

Unifyah, Angerchild & VOTW by State Of Mind! #STL #MUSIC

Unifyah is an eight piece, Reggae/Rock band from the Lou. They were formerly called,"Dreadnot" and have shared the stage with the likes of the Mike Pinto Band, Jon Wayne and the Pain, Tribal Seeds, Seedless, Ballyhoo!, Aaron Kamm And The One Drops, Fishbone, Iration, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Through The Roots and Badfish to name a few. I saw these fellas at the Poinfest finals at Pop's this winter and I must tell you that they come highly recommended. You can check them out this Friday at Cicero's with Synergy, Deep Thump and The Driftaways. See info. on that event HERE. They have three tracks for you to stream and or download.



Click HERE to download this track.



Click HERE to download this track.



Click HERE to download this track.

If you attended this past Saturday night's show at Pop's, you may have caught this band there for the St. Patrick's Day celebration there. It was their first show their and they were excited to have been a part of it. Their name is Angerchild and are a hard working trio that has been seven years in the making. They consider themselves to have a Rock, Grunge, Metal, Punk style and they offer up a couple of tracks for you to stream and or download.



Click HERE to download this track.



Click HERE to download this track.

This week's #VideoOfTheWeek! goes to State Of Mind. News came in this Monday about their bassist Tim Ott having passed on. Arrangements for Tim Ott: Visitation - Ziegenhein Funeral Home 4830 Lemay Ferry Road Sunday, March 25th 3-9 *Service at the funeral home Monday 10 A.M.

Rest In Peace, Tim. Thanks for the memories!