With all the rain and crap-ehhhh weather, it’s pretty easy to lose track of the weekdays. Thank goodness gracious for the weekend. Four days of bliss. Now, if you have any further inquiries, they better be asking What’s Going On.

Thursday, January 26

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In the Locals get LOUD feature of last month’s publication, we educated you on the ways of the STL LOUD crew. The LOUD Label is an extension of R&R Music Labs, a home-grown studio with its hand in the cookie jar of accessibility. Every so often they put together these compilations of unreleased music by local artists and have a release show per compilation. These local advocates have a goal to give St. Louis peeps and outsiders a taste of the music STL has to offer. Well, their latest release is up and ready to be celebrated. Look for Rum Drum Ramblers, Rev. Matt, and The LuLus can be found at Off Broadway. 7:30 PM. FREE!

Friday, January 27

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Last shows are always kind of a bummer, but at least this one brings hopes of a rekindling. Jailbox‘s Andy Tranz and Joseph Bassa have a relocation in the works, so they’ll be absent from the St. Louis music scene for a while.  Favoring “more slow songs than fast songs” (or so their FB says), tracks like “Baltimore” favor fragile guitar and a sweet vocal delivery. See ‘em at Plush. 8 PM. $5.

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I’m confused and frightened by this image.

Promising what seems like fun, “down and dirty drunken rock & roll from SPACE”, to be exact, The Browncoats‘ music certainly alludes to the extra terrestrial. “Space Age Loser” takes on Beck‘s token theme of loneliness and loser-dom and turns it into a reason( littered with grunge-inspired classic guitar riffs) to celebrate. See them at The Crack Fox with Gold Tooth and The Krank Daddies. Show 9 PM. $8.

Saturday, January 28

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I bet that thing still flies…

The enigmatic band formerly known as Ping Pong, Pillow Talk describe themselves as “noisy, weird, weird”. Good enough for me. The Winchester. Shaved Women. Black Panties.

See ‘em at Lemmons. 8:00 PM. $5.

QUICK QUESTION: Who, when they read “Black Panties”, thinks about this scene from 10 Things I Hate About You? BB JGL 4 LYFE!).

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The hat and pallid epidermis seal it for me.

Our Editor Tara has been blasting Michael Franco all afternoon after interviewing venue mate Cartweel for Eleven’s blog. From what I’ve gleaned, he’s worth a look and listen. Ambient hip-hip beats under Billy Holiday vocal samples? Heck yes! Watch him work at Off Broadway (and in this video) tonight at 8:30 with Adult Fur and Cartwheel. $7.

Sunday, January 29

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Nice space, Adam!

With a unique set of pipes (think a restrained Tim McIlrath), flowing acoustic guitar, and a base of ambient tones, Adam Arcuragi is a nice reprieve from the cloying clutches of most singer-songwriters (with the exception of Drake Bell, dang it!).

See him at Cicero’s. 8PM. $8.

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under Uncategorized, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged 1/26 - 1/29, what's going on.

Cartwheel rolls like a group of recently grown up kids on a fresh summer day. It’s not that their sound is anything else less than mature – Cartwheel just has that exuberant pop rock vibe to which it’s hard not to reminiscence. Eleven writer Matt Stuttler caught up with Cartwheel’s Rachel Bowdon (RB, vocals/Wurlitzer), Jason Kozemczak (JK, guitar/vocals), John Hill (JH, bass), and Kyle Collman (KC, drums). Read the interview below!

Catch them on Saturday, with Adult Fur and Michael Franco at Off Broadway.

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Written by Tara, filed under Interview, Local Profile, Q+A and tagged adult fur, Cartwheel, David Beeman, Kit Hamon, Matt Stuttler, Michael Franco, Native Sound, Off Broadway, pop.

When dealing with the promise of projects, the free-flow of invention, and the creative output that made the likes of Theaster Gates famous in the St. Louis community, a patron has to wonder: Who feeds the starving artist? Who is it that promotes the physical manifestation of an idea, and who is it that promotes this creativity that often leaves the wunderkind with a full stomach?

The answer for St. Louis’s creative type is SLOUP: a monthly Sunday congregation of artists, art lovers, and those who want to make art happen in St. Louis. A Sloup event consists of several applicants proposing future projects for an audience who will then vote for the winner of the night’s raised cash money. The micro-grant comes from the $10 cover that includes a dinner of soup and bread. Hence, the event’s title: Sloup.

Typically, the lot gathers around local establishments like Fort Gondo, the CAM, and Pig Slop. However, this month’s event will be held in many private locations, with a different host per locale. These locations are encouraged to explore a variety of inter-personal identities.

“In terms of talking about the open sites, it’s important, I think, to emphasize that having your own personal sloup at home with a friend is as meaningful and useful and creative as hosting an open Sloup or attending an open Sloup,” notes Sloup co-creator Maggie Ginestra.

This month’s Sloup is an opportunity to experiment with the Sloup format to gain participants. “We are hoping by having multiple dinners in the same nights will allow more populations to participate with greater ease and aid in attracting new applicants and attendees. Team Sloup is looking to grow up and out this year. Francesca Wilmott from Los Caminos is working with us now – this month seemed like the perfect time to be brave and try this experiment,” adds fellow creator, Amelia Colette Jones.

The results of their experimentation stem from the participation of the Sloup host. Each host will be able to retrieve the same array of proposals by printing what is provided on the Sloup website. The host will then invite some people over, feed them soup, collect $10 from each person in attendance, read the proposals, and cast a vote for the best idea.

Each host is responsible for creating a post-Sloup package containing (as listed on Sloup’s official blog):

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post-Sloup packet contents
1. a list of participants & their email addresses (& any extra documentation!)
2. the recipe or story behind the soup
3. all ballots (or a tally if your Sloupers voted together)
4. $10 per ballot (or per vote in tally)
5. process notes from your Sloup based on these 7 questions:
-What drew you to hosting and what were your plans or hopes for your Sloup? How did it play out?
-Describe your Sloup’s dynamics (i.e. host/guest, dinner/proposals, etc).
-Describe the discussion and voting process regarding the artists’ proposals.
-What were some successes and challenges of hosting your Sloup? Any supreme moments, surprises, major issues, small awkwardnesses?
-Would you host a Sloup again? Why or why not? What elements would you keep or change?
-If you have attended Sloup before, compare your Sloup to others. If your hosting experience was your first Sloup, what do you now expect from future Sloups?
-After hosting a Sloup, do you have any advice for Sloup as it moves forward?
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If you are an artist interesting in having your proposal in this month’s Sloup, e-mail a one-page of text detailing what you are making, how you’ll make it, when will you make it, what is your timeline, and what is something that you have heard or seen about making art that you have embraced to sloup2122@gmail.com. You have until the Friday before the event to submit.

And, finally, if you are interested in attending this month’s Sloup, look for host sites to be posted on the blog. Sloup’s on Sunday, January 29th from 6 PM to 8 PM.

DID YOU KNOW: January is the official international month of soup? Why not celebrate this glorious substance by becoming involved in a participating Sloup cite. Already the idea of sharing arts projects is infiltrating the world of Chesterfield and Ferguson!

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under News, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged preview, sloup.

Prologue, the seminal release by St. Louis’ newest imprint, FarFetched Records, brings new sensibilities to old material as the collective makes its bid to usher in the future sound of St. Louis. Bringing together 18 tracks, the release spans considerable ground, ranging from neo-soul to ambient hip-hop and everything in between while avoiding the feel of a hodgepodge. Dedication to pushing familiar sonic boundaries animates nearly every song on the album and ultimately ties the disparate productions together into a cohesive offering. That is not to say, however, that the album breaks cleanly or completely with the past; in a city where musical traditions run deep and are practiced fiercely, Prologue delivers exactly that – the glimpse of a new beginning.

Looking now at some standout tracks, Loose Screwz and Helen Marie go full robot on their respective cuts “Bloom of the Android” and “He Say She Say.” Where the former effortlessly blends trip-hop rhythms, French house filters and a thick, early 80’s low end, the latter delivers a smooth, almost grime-y futuristic R&B burner. On the hip-hop/rap tip, Air Haze and Whiteout twist and wind verses around minimal, eclectic beats with “Artsy Fartsy” and “Stay At Home Daddy” while Midwest veterans Scrub disregard such subtleties on their throwback banger “Double Trouble.”

With one foot in the past and one in the future, Prologue establishes FarFetched as a formidable brain trust of forward thinking artists, who this writer sincerely hopes push past this release and thrust St. Louis into a brave, new sonic future.

Hear the album here, and catch the Prologue‘s free release party tonight at 2720 Cherokee.

Written by Scott Trausch, filed under New Music, Review and tagged electronic, experimental, farfetched, hip-hop, label, local, prologue.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, weekend! Thank goodness you’ve arrived! How I always miss you when Monday comes. Tell me, what’s going on?

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“Farfetched is an independent music and art imprint based out of St. Louis, MO. We specialize in creating thought provoking, honest, and innovative content for all.”

via FarFetched’s Tumblr

OFFICIALLY. FREAKING. OUT. ABOUT. THIS. PARTY.

No, really. I am. In order to properly celebrate to release of FarFetched’s {Prologue}, we’re throwing a jubilee.

The acts featured will be: 18 and Counting, Adult Fur, Standing Sleep, Scriptz n Screwz, Thelonius Kryptonite, Helen Marie, Scrub, Whiteout, and Blank Generation.

FarFetched also incorporates other forms of art, such as the tactile. An example would be the installation from Matt Strom and Davis which will also be in attendance at the party.

You can catch the show, for free, January 20th. Festivities will commence within the space of2720 (2720 Cherokee) with doors opening at 9 PM and music starting at 10 PM.

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Julien Denoyer

New art? Don’t mind if I do…

Los Caminos, the brainchild of Cherokee wunderkind Francesca Wilmott, is having a one-night-only exhibit. Catch undergrad art students (think of this as the preview for epicness to come) question the real world (post-St. Elmo’s Fire and pre-graduation style).

Children of the End of the World Present: Are We There Yet? is slated for 7-10 PM. Remember: this is exhibit is ONE NIGHT ONLY.

PS. I have a wicked crush on Andrew McCarthy circa ’85 because of that movie. Long live the love-jaded writer!

Saturday, January 21st

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This looks legit. Yeah.

I always wanted to listen to live music in a basement…

Harmonies and acoustic guitar galore: Falsetto Boy, Kid Counselor, Heavy Weather, and Tommy and Sam of Family Might (all homies) play at the Bowen House (4107 Bowen St). 8 PM. Free!

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Melvin Theater? Do you have to go down a rabbit hole to find this place?

Whether waxing with his guitar on Success or strumming gaily on a track like Barriers, Owen Pye has enough of an innocuous vocal delivery and a practiced tepid style that could have him rubbing elbows with Ben Kweller. See him at the Melvin Theater with Sons, So Save Me, and Palace. 7PM.

Sunday, January 22nd

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Did you say… String Cheese Incident?

“Chances are if you’ve been to a bluegrass festival, the memories most prevalent in your mind are not so much that of the “scheduled” performers but more of the impromptu jams and unscheduled collaborations. It’s with that spirit that the McCoury family decided to embark on a traveling bluegrass festival that they are calling The Bluegrass Ball. Ask most string musicians young or old and they will mostly likely tell you that sharing a stage with the McCourys is at or near the top of their list…if they have not already. The McCourys are known for not only their ability to play with just about anyone but also for actually doing it! Anyone who has attended the McCourys’ highly acclaimed DelFest can tell you that the McCourys are on stage all throughout the day and night playing with many of the bands in attendance. These jams are what make DelFest unique, and The Bluegrass Ball will be akin to the epic late night jams that have become a DelFest highlight. Along for the ride are mandolin player extraordinaire Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band), Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident), and bluegrass up and comers Mountain Sprout. With this particular line up there are sure to be some phenomenal collaborations and each show will certainly be unique from the next!”

via Do314.com because I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything as succinct.

7pm. Old Rock House. $25.

Monday, January 23rd

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IS THAT A F*ING VELVET JACKET?!?!?!

Say what you will about Nickelodeon/Disney stars-cum-musicians, but this cat is the real thing. Drake Bell put out what has to be the most entirely underrated and under-heard pop album of ever 2006. If you added up It’s Only Time‘s hitgrediants (see what I did there?) you’d get the sweetest, most lovingly made carrot cake with non-fat frosting EVER. Additionally, that album could literally make you want to adopt Bell over orphan baby wombats. It’s THAT cute.

Not to mention, it’s THAT good and THAT self-aware. Bell knows he’s creating pop songs. For Christ’s sake, he can’t stop smiling when he performs. Lyrically, Bell has enough dexterity as a pop-rock musician to name drop his influences (Fallen For You), make Yellow Submarine allusions (Up Periscope) as he details his usual morning after with a lady-of-the-moment, and cash in for writing the catchiest theme song to ever grace a television show centered around two odd ball brothers with nothing in common but a penchant for mischief (Found a Way). Please click that not only to listen to the song, but watch the sweetheart give his sweaty towel to a fan.

So, with all those credentials I just listed and hyper linked the shizz out of, it’s safe to say that I’m totally championing the hell out of this cat. Catch Drake Bell and all his well-manicured, and coltish glory at the Old Rock House. Doors at 7 PM. Show at 8PM. $17.50 in advance and $20 day of.

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under Uncategorized and tagged 1/20 - 1/22, what's going on.

Today, local electronic pop favorite Née releases new single “Pretty Girls.” How fitting (see frontwoman Kristin Dennis, above).

“Pretty Girls” is the single from Née’s forthcoming EP – and a new direction from Dennis’ last EP, The Hands of Thieves. Perhaps it’s the Robyn influence. Perhaps its the involvement of Dennis’ band, which includes drummer Mic Boshans, multi-instrumentalist David Beeman, and synther Lex Herbert. Whereas Hands was dominated by Dennis’ higher vocal register and straightforward organ/synth riffs punctuated by electronic drum pad kicks, “Pretty Girls” is a faster, more bass-driven, multi-layered track. You’ve still got Née’s signature vox – a rare gem nuanced by both a haunting melancholy and an undeniable stimulus to your dance reflexes.

“Unlike the last EP, we’re doing everything on analogue, vintage gear,” says Dennis in a note to Eleven. “Although by definition synthesizers are inorganic, the way the sounds are coming through into the new songs feels much warmer and, well, organic than the last EP. There’s that ever-present hint of white noise, electricity, and the accumulated particulates of age that provide a backdrop for the melodies.”

We at Eleven are feeling the electricity. You can, too, here:

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Track: “Pretty Girls,” by Née
Recorded: at Native Sound by David Beeman and Kristin Dennis
Mixed: at Native Sound by David Beeman and Kit Hamon
Available: In CD form with screen printed artwork (Dennis at Native Prints) and a BONUS remix by Adult Fur ($2) will at the Mud House, Apop, Foam, and The Royale, among other local spots. Streaming and downloadable ($1) from neemusic.bandcamp.com.
Favorite line: “The heat of blood created chemistries to bond the two of us.” Yum. Science. Made sexy. OR: “You know I probably broke a hundred hearts by now.” True words.

Written by Tara, filed under New Music and tagged adult fur, David Beeman, Kristin Dennis, Lex Herbert, Mic Boshans, Native Sound, Née.

It’s a long standing musical tradition that at one time or another, bands must quit this brotherly love bull-hooey, and get busy with some serious sibling rivalry. A battle ensues, guitars get smashed, amps get broken, bottles of Jamieson get thrown, someone calls the fire department…or that’s at least how I would picture a proper Battle of the Bands. Not to say that won’t happen, but we at Eleven just hope for some good ol’ pure rawk rivalry. After all, we’re sponsors and don’t want the liability.

As for interested bands, applicants have been chosen, so you are too late to apply. Look for this battle to become annual as the prizes are substantial, enough to fix your tour van that keeps making that bizarre clinking sound every time I drive it to FOAM for a latte…

If you’re looking to go, expect a pretty high bar to be set for bands who are competing. First prize is $800, second place gets $350, with third place landing $150. Ask anyone in a band: That’s money to fight for.

Hosting the war battle is SIUE as part of a series of Campus Activity Board events. The carnage commences at 7pm, Friday, January 27th, at the MUC Meridian Ballroom.

Participating bands: The Ashland Project, The Madison Letter, Faraday, Primary Colors, Soccer Moms, The Broken Hands Band, Mouthbreaker, and Tear Down These Walls.

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under News, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged preview, siue battle of the bands.

With all these songs caught in my mind, and me being desperate for a reprieve, I can’t help but ponder what’s going on this week!

Thursday, January 12th

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It must be said, that a community is nothing without collaboration. In order to let teamwork and community prevail, members of this community must work together in order to form a concrete whole. In St. Louis, we have a rather large network of musicians willing to work together and bring to our ears unique projects that illustrate the beauty and genius of STL’s brightest music minds.

Yankee Racer is the brainchild of musicians Aaron Greber and Riley Meek. Gathering multiple local artist, Greber and Meek created an album of the collaborative sounds of local musicians, many stretching with maximum dexterity in genres outside of their comfort zone to bring an interesting disparity to the tracks that comprise the album Doulogue.

Friday, January 13th

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South City has plenty of uncharted territory in terms of nightlife. Often the red-headed step child of St. Louis, South City is normally bypassed on the weekends in favor of its neighbor, Tower Grove . An underrated source of decent venues and cheap booze, South City is charming, hospitable, and a little dirtier than most would like to admit.

Invest a night visiting one of South City’s best bars, The Heavy Anchor. Known for its Hemingway meets nautical decor (completely with framed photos of the ex-patriot author), The Heavy Anchor is slowing building up steam toward becoming South City’s most venerable bar-venue. Stop in to see local indie-rock outfit, Fight for Midnight. The lead singer, Mr. Leif Johnson, has an issue with believing he’s a better singer than he actually is and ever will be, yet when he coasts within his range, and utilizes his esophagus, not nasal passages to produce sound, the band comes together with a pretty and promising sound.

Also playing are Mona Grooves and Highway Heat. Show starts at 9. $5.

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Blending intelligent humor with sentimental alt-folk singer song writer aesthetics, Todd Snider effectively weaves factual tales of the Billy the Kid kinda antics of D.B. Cooper, with the realism of a frat-boy laden late night beer run.

The Portland native and Nashville based singer plays The Sheldon. 8 PM. $15 – $25.

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With album tracks christened “Poop”, “Masturbate”, and “Cheetos, why the hell would you not want to check out the punk outfit called Stinkbomb? Apparently conscious of the issues plaguing uneducated modern punk-rock, Stinkbomb maintains a cantankerous and humorous approach to their lyrics’ subject matter. Never do they delve into tricky, sometimes pretentious topics like politics or corporate fuckery. Stinkbomb keeps it real. Really real. Like bowel movement real. The music carries with it a void in the realm of “noise”. Never cacophonous, always aware of rhythm and timing. Stinkbomb is an interesting band worthy of your time.

See ‘em at Fubar.  Doors at 7 PM. Free show.

Also playing: SCENE OF IRONY, GANG CONTROL, THE BASEMENT, PETCOCK, Captain DEE & THE LONG JOHNS, ALL THINGS AQUATIC, SNOOTY & THE RATFINKS, AL BUNDIE’s ARMY, LEFTOVERS, 431, and VIVISECTIDE.

Saturday, January 14th

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Pay attention to the shirt, not the melancholy expression on his little pre-pubescent face.

The Hibernauts, easy-to-shimmy shimmy shake-to indie rock, may have a peculiar marketing strategy (see the ennui victim above), but can definitely brighten up an other-wise overcast sky. Honest, bittersweet, and antagonistic lyrics manage to covet the spotlight on tracks like “People Better Than You”. While “Throwing Rice” is a colorful allusion to the musicianship starry-eyed  brit-indie pop bands like The Kooks.

Catch them at Off Broadway with Kishi Bashi. Show at 9 PM. $8/$11.

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Jack Buck might make your ears bleed. But, maybe you shouldn’t be such a wuss and just handle it like a man. Coward is all instrumentals, all the time (as a voracious proponent for Fantasia, this sounds sweet to meeeee). Magic City incorporates a Leonard Cohen/Lou Reed style vocal delivery with tepid Strokes-esque arrangements for a surprisingly complete and intriguing sound.

Catch all three at The Heavy Anchor at 9 PM. $5.

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The Heartbreakers Rock and Roll Saloon might not be the most well known and it might not be where one would expect a band like Steepwater to play (I mean, how many more T&A themed bars does this world need?), but Chicago bred Americana-rock n’ roll troupe The Steepwater Band doesn’t seem to mind. After opening for the likes of The Black Crowes, Wilco, and Gov’t Mule, The Steepwater Band is in town to play a benefit show with the proceeds going to help Steve and Shaunna Eaton. Doors open at 8 PM. $5.

Sunday, January 15th

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Local psychedellic alt-indie rockers, Troubadour Dali, are getting in the swing of this residency idea that’s spreading through St. Louis. First it was So Many Dynamos at Foam. The band’s last record, Let’s Make It Right, sounded like a hybrid between a lucid version of Grandaddy and, what Scotty says is, Brian Jonestown Massacre. I agree. But, don’t take my word for it. Seriously. Do not take my word for it. Just go see them this Sunday, fo’ free at Off Broadway. Show starts at 8 PM.

Correction: Troubadour Dali’s first residency at Off Broadway was 2 years ago.

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under News, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged 1/12 - 1/15, what's going on.

In anticipation of the joint exhibit of Tommy Hartung and Uri Aran, Eleven decided to send some questions to the man in charge, White Flag Project’s, Matthew Strauss. Like he asked, these inquiries and replies are without omissions and without editing for content.

Eleven: How did you come to find Tommy Hartung and Uri Aran?

Matthew Strauss: I first encountered Tommy’s work at the Greater New York exhibition at PS1. His film “The Ascent of Man” was something I wanted to show at White Flag and I put it in a group show called Impossible Vacation (MoMA actually just bought that film…) We started talking about a show of his work at that point. I was aware of Uri Aran’s work, but really it was Tommy’s idea to bring in Uri for a more or less collaborative show. They’ve known each other since grad school and have a very close friendship.

11: What is the theme of the exhibit?

MS: The nature of these two really great young artists’ exchange with one another.

11: Where is it you find a median between the work of Tommy Hartung and Uri Aran? Hartung is a filmmaker and Uri Aran arbitrary utilizes a vast breadth of approaches and mediums for his found sculptures. It seems like this could lead to either a disjointed exibit or an exciting experiment in the cohesion of two different mediums.

MS: They both make films, they both make objects, they help one another with their separate work… it’s really not about finding a median as much as it is about letting these two great friends and great artists try something out. It’s just about their relationship and the relationship of their work, and then my faith in them as artists.

11: In Aran’s last work, there where over 80 artists participating who effectively collaborated to create a distinct vision. Where your choices influenced at all by Aran’s participation in Commercial Break?

MS: That’s actually not my understanding of how Commercial Break was conceived if we’re thinking of the same thing- I think that was just a really disjointed bunch of videos Neville Wakefield put together for Venice that was supposed to go around with a big screen on a boat or something, right? Anyway, I don’t think those films added up to much aside from a good party in Italy. In any case I didn’t even notice Uri was in it- everyone was talking about the video with Lindsay Lohan that Richard Phillips made.

11: In reference to Tommy Hartung’s latest film, Tommy Hartung’s Budget Guide to New York, how is it that St. Louis artists could learn from Hartung’s film?

MS: That’s actually not one of his films- that’s something PBS’s Art21 did about him. I think the only thing a St. Louis artist could learn from that is that living in New York is not impossible, it’s just difficult and requires a lot more hustle and sacrifice than it does in St. Louis- but they probably already knew that.

11: Is there any local artist that you feel could make a pertinent film on how to make it in St. Louis as an artist? What aspects do you think he or she could focus on?

MS: There’s no such thing as making it as an artist in St. Louis… I mean I guess it depends a little bit on what one means by making it- an artist can survive here, make a living I guess. You can show your work and get a teaching job. But no artist is going to get work into MoMA hanging out in St. Louis. No one’s going to have Art21 following them around- for better or worse that’s just not how it works. If someone could make that film it would be pretty fucking impressive.

Thanks Matthew for clarifying the nature of Tommy Hartung’s Budget Guide to New York!

We’ll let the reader decide on the nature of the Commercial Break work. What do you think? Disjointed, cohesive, containing Aran’s work, or just plain lacking in the LiLo?

Who: White Flag Projects

What: New exhibit featuring Tommy Hartung and Uri Aran

Where: 4568 Manchester Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110

When: January 19 – February 18, 2012

Why: ‘cuz White Flag is dope and we all need to question the legitimacy of contemporary art as a reflection of our world.

Written by Blair Stiles, filed under Interview, Q+A, Upcoming and tagged Matthew Strauss, preview, tommy hartung, uri aran, white flag, White Flag Projects.

This coming Friday at the Koken Art Factory happens to be one of the most terrifyingly awesome nights of the year thus far (and for a while to come, I’d imagine) as St. Louis booty shakers Drew Digital and Get Serious combine their darks powers, giving birth to ”Glow 2 - Gore In the Dark,” a horror themed, glow-in-the-dark dance party .   As the second iteration of “Glow” to hit town, this party promises to please by highlighting some of St. Louis’ most talented DJs and producers under the same roof.  Most notably, St. Louis native and Mad Decent signee Jay Fay will be pushing out some serious moombahton rumble, while long time South side boys Sweets, Tapes and Brandon B deliver their own delicious takes on house, disco and moombah-x.  Also making a headlining appearance will be St. Louis’ prodigal son of boogie, Kool Hersh, spinning a vast collection of funk, electro, disco, house, breaks and anything and everything else you can think of.  Not to be missed for a mere  $10.  Check the facebook event here, rsvp and get ready to get your feet bloody. 

Written by Scott Trausch, filed under Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged dance, glow, horror, jay fay, koken art factory, kool hersh.