#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:
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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!

Snooty & The Ratfinks, All Things Aquatic, The New Madrid Fault Line, Connibal Road, VOTW by Amata! #STL #MUSIC

Punk, Ska act Snooty And The Ratfinks will be playing at The Firebird on on Wednesday, April 11th in support of Mustard Plug, along with Left Alone, All Things Aquatic and The Basement. Click HERE for event details.



Click HERE to download "Deyga" by Snooty & The Ratfinks.

Download the entire EP below if you are on a PC or visit this link HERE.



Download the entire EP by All Things Aquatic, also on the bill w/ Snooty right HERE or if you are on a PC just use the widget below. They also are a punk, ska artist from the Lou.




The New Madrid Fault Line is always posting fresh demos and such on their Sound Cloud account. Here is just a few of the examples of those, plus they have remixes and such also available. Look for them to be playing a few shows again this summer.



Click HERE to download "Copper Wire Scriptures" by The New Madrid Fault Line.



Click HERE to download "Twist My Limbs" (Creeper Version) by The New Madrid Fault Line.


Connibal Road is another artist that returns to the blog, this time with a new track. You can grab this one and also "Favorite Things" on the Reverbnation site. On Thursday, March 29th you can catch them live as local support for Janus along with Deny The Gravity and Manx. Click HERE for all the details for this event at Pop's Concert Venue.



Click HERE to download "Palindrome" by Connibal Road.


This week's #VideoOfTheWeek! is by Amata. It was produced by Redwood Studios. I got the chance to see this band a couple of years ago, check them out for yourself below:

Metropolitix to drop a new release on 4/20! #STL #MUSIC

The Metropolitix has a mix-tape that will be available on 4/20. *Cough* No, that is not from the smoke. It is a hint to check them out. The other demo tracks they currently have available are at the link above. They are pushing the 4/20 show at Heartbreakers, but you can also check them out on March 22nd or on May 29th at the Baha Rock Club, if you can't make it out in April to the Landing. Give them a like HERE on facebook and then download/stream this track too!

*Click the Sound Cloud logo, bottom right to download.

Subsequently, they also possess this week's #VideoOfTheWeek! They were kind enough to submit a video and I asked them if they would like music included with it and mentioned that I could also post their show info. They sent me what I needed and it really is that easy to get a little promo:

Unanimous feature & VOTW by Drag The Dead! #STL #MUSIC

Unanimous has spent the past five years experiencing new things, not as a collective, but as four guys in four different places. Gaining knowledge to get back to where they are today, together and in St. Louis, MO. They have played in and out of town previously and are looking forward to doing the same again and also recording more music. Give this rock, reggae w/ a shot of whiskey for your blues style of group a listen or download their track below. Also, below the song is their upcoming events.



(Click Sound Cloud logo on bottom, right to download.)

Saturday, March 10th they will be at the Warehouse on Jefferson with The Driftaways and The Long Walk Home. Thursday, March 22nd they will be at Heartbreakers on the Landing with Trapdoor Symphony, Where's The Chief & PRJKT Jupiter.

Drag The Dead has this week's #VideoOfTheWeek! These guys are unbelievably brutal. Check them out:

Geoff Koch, Various Hands, Buxom Space Fish, FreedomAndForgiven, It! & VOTW by Bedford Pointe! #STL #MUSIC

Geoff Koch will be on the STL Chevy Showcase this Friday on KMOV/Channel 4 between 6:50-7:00am, 11:25-11:30pm and 11:54pm-12:00am. He is from St. Louis and has been active in and out of town since 2004 consistently. If you have never seen him live, he is definitely worth seeing, I finally caught him at Off Broadway a couple of years ago and enjoyed his music. The time is coming for his next album, local shows and tour are in the works.



(Click on Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)

Speaking of new music, I have plenty of where that comes from, for example allow me to introduce you to Various Hands. This indie, dance rock group recently released their debut EP entitled,"This Party Will Be Fun" and has been playing shows locally and just did their first tour. Their next show is at Blueberry Hill on Saturday, March 10th. They have two songs to offer up to you, they are as follows:



(Click Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)



(Click Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)

Buxom Space Fish the electronic fishy from a far is releasing a new album in the near future. They have been taking shape and played quite a few shows in town and have been recently focusing more on the new recording. Below are a couple of tracks from the upcoming effort.



(Click the Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)



(Click the Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)

FreedomAndForgiven sent me a couple of new pieces, one is more of a "trance" vibe and the other you can just "chill" too, he is also an electronic artist. He is living with epilepsy and if you want to learn more about his story, click HERE for his new video on the subject. Be sure to check out his newest creations.



(Click the Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)



(Click the Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)

It! is two dudes making music for you to dance along with. They sort of have a "punk" vibe to their sound, which makes it interesting. Check them out this Friday at The Smash Bar for Mardi Gras, HERE is their facebook event.



(Click the Sound Cloud logo to download this track.)



This week's #VideoOfTheWeek is by Bedford Pointe. They just finished production of their debut EP entitled,"Empieza". Watch for their CD Release show coming soon.

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:



(Click Sound Cloud logo, bottom right, to download.)

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!