@theblackangels & @rokyericksonTM storm @firebirdstl on 2/1.

The Black Angels of Austin, TX. storm The Firebird along with Roky Erickson on Saturday, February 1st. In a celebratory fashion they are offering listeners a free download of their EP entitled, 'Live In San Francisco' on their Facebook page. It features live renditions of 'Evil Things', 'Broken Soldier' & 'Indigo Meadow'. The latter of which is the reason for the winter tour. It is also the name of their new release that supports the mission & is available now on ITUNES. This is their fourth now & is a follow up to 2010's debut of 'Phosphene Dream' along with quite the acclaim. They can be considered the face of what is contemporary psychedelic rock. Witness the kaleidoscope thrust forward into the future with a legend and a revelry that only Christian Bland, Alex Maas, Stephanie Bailey, Kyle Hunt & Jake Garcia of The Black Angels can bring. Behold.

Visit HERE for the Facebook event info. & such.



The Black Angels - Live In San Francisco EP

#VideoOfTheWeek! by @rhubarbarellas produced by @KJeffStudios

This week's #VideoOfTheWeek! was produced by Kyle Jeffrey Studios and features a group of ladies that began singing folk music together in March of 2013. It came to us last July, so here are the lovely sounds of the gals from Fredericktown known as RhuBarbarella. The y consist of Kelli Nicholson, Kate Drennan and Alexa Brewen.



RhuBarbarella video for Wild Woods.



RhuBarbarella - Faces, Beggars And Bones, Wild Woods.

@RockUFest tunes & highlights from the 3rd annual event. #STL #MUSIC

The third annual Rock U Festival went off without a hitch and everyone seemed to have a good experience again this year. Seven Eighteen, Daniel Dwyer & IQ, Out Of Sequence had battled it out earlier this year for optimal slots on the event. This year also brought acts like Jay Brooke Lipe & The Terrible Two's from the Riverbend area & he along with the festival's organizers made the Alton Telegraph. Juggernauts of rock like Divine Sorrow amazed the crowd outdoors on the new stage outside Atomic Cowboy. Final Veil dazzled & was unique. I could go on and on. The night was rounded outdoors with a fantastic set by The Pat Sajak Assasins & inside the Demo also brought the event to a climactic crescendo with Unifyah. Here is some of the artist's from this past year's event that took place on Saturday, Sept. 28th of 2013. We hope to see you for the fourth annual event in 2014.



The Advocates - Youth



Daniel Dwyer & IQ - I Don't Know



David Hancock - King Of The World



Divine Sorrow - Surface



Ekkomouse - The Look In Your Eyes



Final Veil - Arabian Daze



FreedomAndForgiven - Memories (Wood Remix)



Jay Brook Lipe & The Terrible Two's - Mi Amore



Lines In The Sky - Threads



Out Of Sequence - Scarlett's Letters



Panic Attack - Stay Awhile



Pat Sajak Assassins - Droppin' Robbo @ The Trop.



Pirate Signal - We Don't Care



Revence - Black Widow



Roundheels - Quiver



Seven Eighteen - Charlie

@goddesseyproj this Sat. & Sun. @fubar_Stl as part of @StLouFringe #stlf13 #STL #MUSIC

Pop, Rock, Electronic diva Karalyn Alderson and her band mates Josh, Dustin and Tony of The Goddessey Project will be appearing at this year's St. Lou Fringe Festival Saturday night and also Sunday evening. Both are all ages events. These appearances will be their biggest theatrical productions of the year which encompass the tale of a woman on the search for her true identity. They will both take place at Fubar on the venue side of Lord Fanch's domain. The actual festival itself takes place from Thursday, June 20th to Monday, June 24th featuring over half-a-dozen shows within several city blocks with artists of all types of performers.

The G.P. shows are on Saturday 6/22/13 is at 7:30 pm & on Sunday it is at 6:00 pm. The two events will also feature Adverse Impact & Ashleyliane Dance Company. Below the ticket info. and festival badge stuff is the title track off of G.P.'s new album.

Tickets are $10 which includes One FREE album ($10 Value) for 'Emergence See'. Fringe Fest badges $5 admittance. I heard that the badges are no longer available online, but can be purchased at the Fringe's Box office at 519 N. Grand (next to the Fox Theater). Hours are as follows: Thursday, JUNE 20th 4pm-9pm; Friday, JUNE 21st 4pm-10:30pm; Saturday, JUNE 22nd 12pm-10:30pm; Sunday, JUNE 22nd 12pm-9pm. Ticket sales for the shows will stop 15 minutes before the show begins on both nights. Advance tickets for these two in particular are available through:

www.brownpapertickets.com/events/391502
www.stlfringe.com/2013/05/08/the-goddessey-project/
www.goddesseyproject.com

*Click HERE to stream/download "Emergence See" by The Goddessey Project.

Additional G.P. social network links below:

www.soundcloud.com/goddesseyproject
www.twitter.com/goddesseyproj
www.facebook.com/goddesseyproject
www.youtube.com/goddesseyproject
www.myspace.com/goddesseyproject

@METSTL @PlushSTL Saturday 6/29 w/ #UmbrellaBLVD 4 CD Release show! #STL #MUSIC

Brooks Bracken returns with his new project Umbrella BLVD who will be releasing their debut album "A Wretch Like Me" on Saturday, June 29th at Plush along with Man Eating Tiger and Bad Graphics. The doors open at 8:00 pm and this is an 18 and up show only, the cover is $8.00 at the door. Visit HERE for the event page on facebook. I think this looks and sounds like an interesting show to attend. It features some veterans of the scene that have continued to be a part of this thing we call independent music in St. Louis. Take a moment to listen to the music below and or download it. The Umbrella BlVD. stuff is only available to stream, but they do have a link on their website to purchase it. One may find that linked above in this paragraph.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Bleeding Out - (Radio Edit)" by Man Eating Tiger.

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*Click HERE to stream/download "A View Of The Aftermath" or "Scattering Pearls" by Man Eating Tiger.



*Click HERE to stream "The Old Disappearing Act" by Umbrella BLVD.



*Click HERE to stream "Ghost" by Umbrella BLVD.

@Cora_Camille of @FinalVeil interview on @kdhx. Review of "Arabian Daze". Debut's tonight @PlushSTL! #STL #MUSIC

Last week I shared with you some media on Final Veil's debut of "Arabian Daze" happening tonight at Plush. In case you missed that post, scroll down the blog or visit HERE. Today I would like to share with you the interview she did this past week on KDHX about tonight's show and also I'm including a two-song review of the introduction part of the new album shared to me by Cora Camille. It's also nice to see this show made the RFT's top ten shows for this weekend too. I can certainly appreciate how much effort and thought it takes into putting together a show like this. Be sure to bookmark or "like"/follow the group's website or pages as they will be posting the full-album for streaming purposes in the coming week, or so. Now I'm going to share with you my experience of the first two songs on the new album. Find that below the interview.



*Click HERE to stream the Cora Camille interview on KDHX.

"Arabian Daze" : This first track is actually the traditional classic "Arabian Nights" turned on it's head. Listen to Cora on the interview for the back round on the original author, if you unfamiliar. I felt like Alice after she fell into the rabbit hole after listening this one. A dramatic string-section initiates a familiar strand of threading once formerly associated with it's vintage predecessor. Cora's vocals are introduces abruptly afterwards in fine, Arabian fashion summoning the listener as if her voice were the sound of the wind initiating a storm in the desert. Along with the strumming sound of the ude, it creates a tension in the tonal value of the song. After the first thirty seconds of this song, Cora sings a familiar phrase from the original version and the vibe is altered by the dramatic beat of a drum. This sets the pace for the rest of the track. The strings, the drum both speed up and a electronic beat is introduced. Arabian Daze is now born. The storm has quelled and a desert rose blooms, metaphorically speaking. The chorus goes dub-step and the melody swoons over the music. It re-minds me of the image that I get in my mind from listening to Moby's instrumental theme "God Moving Over The Waters". The back round vocals are inviting and add a nice touch. At about this point in the song, one min. and forty-five seconds, the difference in Final Veil's version and the original are polar opposites. Egyptian-Electronica, orchestral strings and dub-step continue for another forty-five seconds and then another tonal adjustment is made with the introduction of a piano. I find that the theme of the strings throughout mixed with the piano really set the tone for the song, musically. The piano continues to carry the bridge into the end of the song. Certain themes are created musically and vocally throughout the song and come to fruition at the end of the song, as it ends similar to the way it began. I thought the filter on Cora's voice was a good way to differentiate this part from the rest. I loved the down-beat and trip-hop influences in portions of this song. If this song doesn't give you chills, then something just might be wrong with you.

"Sinister" : The second song is much different than the first. The beginning few measures begin with a lull in sound that increases in volume introducing the beat and rhythm. "He's a joker, he's evil" is the vocal and lyrical cue for the chaos that ensues with the percussive beat. The rhythm of this one is more industrial influenced. Something you might have heard on David Bowie's "Earthling" release in the nineties, for example. Cora sings over the verses with a confidence and haunting tone to her voice. There is some cool vocal-bends and falsettos mixed in along with additional reverb for effect. Some faint dub-step is introduced after the first chorus and some guitar that sounds familiar to something you may have heard from the movie 'Pulp Fiction'. Around the one-min. twenty-second mark there is a build in layers with additional percussion added in along with the electronic portion of it. The pace is set when verse two is began by Cora's vocals and followed by the second chorus. From there additional themes and beats are slowly added in, similar to a chef cooking his finest meal with timed calculations and experience. Just when you begin to really adjust and settle in to just how evil the song's character is, it is over. It left me wanting more, which is exactly what a song should do sometimes. Especially, the second track of a thirteen song album!

Battle 4 @rockufest Sun. @Fubar_Stl w/ @SayYes_Music @AxisDenied_Band @DDwyerMusic & more! #RockUFest2013

The second event of three that the Rock University Festival is putting on this year is almost here! It is a benefit show for Play It Forward, so bring donations and also any used instruments to help out our schools in need. Two of these original music acts will secure a spot at the third annual event this fall and one will get to play immediately before this year's head-liner. Tickets are available from all the bands and you can find their links below and also on the "Buy" tab on each SoundCloud widget. HERE is the official event page for the show at Fubar this Sunday evening. Be sure to also stop by the website at the top of this post for video by the bands on this bill, plus the commercial for this year's fest, a Play It Forward documentary, plus media coverage from last year's festival and also the "Dues Paid" event from earlier this year at Lemmons.

Sunday's show features pop-punk band Seven Eighteen, Alt. Rock band Say Yes, hard-rock/alternative group Axis Denied, singer/songwriter Daniel Dwyer, the indie-rock band Carpathia will be re-uniting for this show, plus the hard-rock/alternative band Out Of Sequence and the progressive-rock/metal band Crank Sanctuary will be throwin' it down. The indie, pop-rock act Bella & Lily were scheduled to perform, until the other day, when they received word that they were presented with the opportunity to open for The Go-Go's at The Pageant this same night. So, they will not be appearing. However, this is going to be a great show full of young talent! Please note that I threw in the Bella & Lily track to stream and also that Crank Sanctuary's music is simply the audio downloaded from one of their YouTube videos and it was a song that was special to them and their late music instructor. It's a tribute to him and it is an instrumental. In addition, Out Of Sequence is working on their latest recording and they mentioned that it is not necessarily the best overall example of what they actually sound like now. Fair enough. See you this Sunday!



*Click HERE to stream "Charlie" by Seven Eighteen.



*Click HERE to stream "My Juliette" by Say Yes.



*Click HERE to stream "Out Of My Mind" by Axis Denied.



*Click HERE to stream/download "I Don't Know feat. IQ" by Daniel Dwyer.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Card Tricks" by Carpathia.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Scarlett's Letters" by Out Of Sequence.



*Click HERE to stream/download "Atmospheric Re-entry" by Crank Sanctuary.



*Click HERE to stream "Prince Charming" by Bella & Lily.