Yesterday was a typical summer day for St. Louis: hot, hazy and humid. The perfect kind of day for a healthy dose of Neon Indian, and that’s exactly what I got last night. After a few problems getting in, the night was underway, and it was well worth the wait.[...]
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Concert Review: Here We Go Magic with AroarA @ The Firebird, St. Louis 5/7/2011
Last summer, Caleb and I saw Here We Go Magic at Pitchfork Music Festival and were surprised in the best way possible at how incredible their live performance is. Needless to say, when I saw they were coming to St. Louis, I immediately made efforts to get into the show, and it was well worth [...][...]
Review: Sea Oleena – Sleeplessness
Charlotte Loseth, aka Sea Oleena, made quite a name for herself last year. As the year went on, she went from YouTube cover star to recording her own beautiful songs to getting featured on sites such as Altered Zones and Pitchfork (and of course, our very own). And for good reason. The songs o[...]
Concert Review: Mount Kimbie, Soundclash, and Jay Fay @ The Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, 3/27/11
It was a fairly chilly spring night for St. Louis on Sunday, but it almost seemed more appropriate for the dark, moody sounds of Mount Kimbie. Shows of this caliber from the dubstep/post-dubstep scene don’t seem to make stops in St. Louis very often, so I was incredibly excited to fin[...]
Songs For Your Pocket: Emay – Because Winter and So Beautiful
Emay is one of the most exciting new(ish) hip hop artists around. His tracks are impeccably produced, managing to be both insanely catchy and captivating at the same time. His first release of 2011, Mind Altering Dynamics, has secured a consistent spot in my rotation and has climbed its way up to my[...]
Songs For Your Pocket: H.a.S.P. – At the Bottom
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m not much of a metal person. I like it, but I don’t listen to it much. So when a friend of mine who is definitely a metal head decided to unleash some of his solo recordings on me, I was expecting to like it, but that [...][...]
Songs For Your Pocket: The Jezabels –
This post is long overdue, so after a night of binging on their music, I finally decided to make it. The Jezabels are a ridiculously talented quartet from Australia, making the type of pop music that should rocket a band off into superstardom. Alas, that has yet to happen here in the U.S., but liste[...]
Review – James Blake – James Blake
It’s a fairly rare occurrence that an album comes along where you can say it blows your mind and have it not be a hyperbole. Burial managed it in 2007 with Untrue, as did Beach House did last year with Teen Dream. It looks like they have company now. James Blake’s self-titled debut full [...]
Review: The Smith Westerns – Dye it Blonde
It seems as though the recent trend in indie rock is for bands to clean up their sound. Last year, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Wavves both did it, and now the Smith Westerns seem to be jumping on the band wagon. It seems as though an important part of this process is to clearly [...][...]
Top 20 Lists From a Few People We Like
OK, I promise this is our last lists feature for a while. Some of our forum members have been posting their top 20 lists, and they’re cool people, so you should check them out.[...]