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?
(Click on Sound Cloud image, right of above widget to download.)
(Click on Sound Cloud image, right of above widget to download.)
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.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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:
"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:
Friday, December 30, 2011
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!
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!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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!
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!
Friday, December 16, 2011
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...
"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...
Friday, November 25, 2011
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!
Kiss Me Like You Like It by pirate signal
This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by psychadelic-jam band Cronus. Enjoy their improv!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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.
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.
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