What’s Going On: 8/11 – 8/14/2011
This #weekend rocks. Again.
TODAY – THURSDAY, August 11rd
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The Heavy Anchor has STL electronic punk rawkers (yes, really) Bug Chaser and Estevan, plus absolute face-melters Organized Sports from Portland and Brain Idea from Chicago. $5 for a killer 9pm show.
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KDHX brings Grammy Blues Award winner John Lee Hooker, Jr., to the Gramophone. Paint the town red to these Detroit-born Delta blues.
Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7. $8 adv/$10 door.
FRIDAY, August 12th
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Awesome local acts Paper Dolls and The Reeling Gilly open for Chicago’s LUSTER at the Firebird, presented by the Loud Label and Do314. Jam out at 9pm. $8 gets you in, and an online RSVP gets you some free digital downloads from LUSTER and Paper Dolls.
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The Gramophone hosts Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and The Stone Sugar Shakedown for a night of straight funk. If you wanna get funk’d up, go to this show. That is all.
$8 for 8pm doors/9pm show with free BBQ on the patio on a first come-first served basis.
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There’s an RFT Music Party at Off Broadway. We at Eleven have to admit: it’s gonna be rad. Kentucky Knife Fight, Bruiser Queen, Ra Cailum, and The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra performing an original score to Buster Keaton’s “The High Sign.” Need we say more?
$6 to get in at 8pm, show at 8:30.
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Embrace your inner (and outer, you mustachioed beast) creative by attending the Luminary Center for the Arts‘ FORM Design Show‘s VIP Preview Party. The Art Institute of Chicago’s Curator of Architecture and Design, Zoe Ryan, is keynote speaker, while silent auctions on designer wares, free food and drank, and DJ’d tunes rock your world. Duff’s, Harvest, Labeebee’s, Randall’s, and Schlafly provide the libations.
$40 buys you in. And holy frack, here’s the lineup for the weekend: http://formdesignshow.com/participants/. Clearly, FORM is doing awesome things to get STL on the design map!
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2720 Cherokee has Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow spinning. #dancedancedance
Andrew Wyatt, while performing with Miike Sno:
SATURDAY, August 13th
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St. Louis is a music city and a river city – both influences evident at Saturday’s multiple record release parties for one of STL’s finest Americana groups, the Rum Drum Ramblers. Influenced by both punk rock and the Delta blues, the Rum Drum Ramblers, on the local Big Muddy Records label, have taken the city by storm. Their second album and first vinyl LP release Mean Scene drops on Saturday, August 13th, followed by two release shows with great music and free giveaways. Hear it first at STL’s own Vintage Vinyl at 4pm, and enjoy free Stag beer. Continue the party through the night at the Gramophone with BBQ, compliments of the venue. The Gramophone kicks off their celebration with the cookout at 6pm and Chicago’s Mississippi Gabe Carter at 7pm, followed by the Rum Drum Ramblers. The Ramblers don’t need the free booze or food to keep your attention—but who’s complaining about those perks? Cheers to a full day of music and fun the good ol’ STL way.
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Apop does it again – this weekend bringing The Men. Yes, The Men. Bad Drugs (from Chicago) and Shaved Women join them. All we can say is GO. AND. RAWK. OUT.
Shaved Women, at Apop before:
Shaved Women live @ Apop Records from Chizmo.tv on Vimeo.
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Chicago’s ever-catchy lo-fi pop rockers Animal City return to the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. They’ll play with kazoo-clad, acoustic Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra, San Luis Obispo, CA, and St. Charles’ own Nathan Ponzar. As always, $5 gets you into this 8-11pm show. Check it out.
Animal City at the Lemp in December:
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Lola on Washington Ave has Funkin Right and Nappy DJ Needles
If the lineup alone doesn’t excite you, perhaps their Spike Lee (read: Rose Perez) -themed promo can get your body werkin’:
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BIKE RIDING. YES. Tonight, the 48th annual Moonlight Ramble and the FBC‘s 78th Full Moon Fiasco coincide. It’s will be one crazy night of wheeled shenanigans.
The Ramble starts begins at Soldier’s Memorial downtown (14th & Chestnut) at 9pm, including glow-in-the-dark tee shirts, an 18-mile route, vendors, and after-party! (Buy tickets before the price goes up by $2.50 the night of).
The Fiasco starts at 11pm at Turtle Park (Oakland & Tamm, in Forest Park by the Zoo) and goes as late as the crew can ride/yell/drink/dance.
We won’t pick favorites… but we do tend to root for the free and the late-night.
SUNDAY, August 14th
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Southern hardcore comes to the Old Rockhouse in the form of Nashville Pussy, along with veteran punks The Dwarves and local openers The Scam. You’ve seen the electric pink and yellow posters around, haven’t you? Prepare for chaos.
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Catch more Sunday night RAWK at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center: 2 Ton Bug, Bees, We Are Empire, Carrion Decay, and Orion Pax. Word is that this show’ll be your last chance to see Orion Pax for a bit. Check it outttt.
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Now get out there, St. Louis.
This entry was written by , posted on August 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm, filed under What's Going On and tagged 2720 Cherokee, andrew wyatt, animal city, apop, bad drugs, big muddy records, brain idea, bruiser queen, bug chaser, buster keaton, design, estevan, fbc, firebird, FORM, funkin right, gramophone, Heavy Anchor, John Lee Hooker Jr., KDHX, Kentucky Knife Fight, Lola, loud label, luster, Miike Snow, moonlight ramble, nappy dj needles, nashville pussy, nathan ponzar, Off Broadway, old rockhouse, organized sports, paper dolls, ra cailum, Rum Drum Ramblers, shaved women, the dwarves, The Lemp, The Luminary, the men, the rats & people motion picture orchestra, The Reeling Gilly, the scam, the stone sugar shakedown, walter mitty and his makeshift orchestra, yo mama's big fat booty band. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
What’s Going On: 8/3 – 8/6/11
We at Eleven just wanted to get something up about just some of the AMAZING shows happening all week.
TODAY – WEDNESDAY, August 3rd
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Local indie heroes Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three play the finale show of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Whitaker Music Festival. The Garden opens free to the public at 5:30pm and will be chock-full of picnickers and old timey Americana folk fans. Fresh off their July release Middle of Everywhere, Pokey and company will be a delightful soundtrack to your garden exploration and lazy snacking.
Here’s their NPR Tiny Desk Concert:
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Cherokee Street’s beloved Apop Records brings the Coathangers, with Skarekrau Radio, Pink Sock, and Escalade. All we can say is: Prepare to have your face rocked off. Full details here.
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Cults and Guards play the Firebird. Cults will bring you undeniably catchy lo-fi twee to bop around to. Guards rock, a la Portugal the Man or Suckers – definitely a band to check out.
THURSDAY, August 4th
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Atlanta pranksters The Black Lips bring their shenanigans to the Firebird. Local openers Flaming Death Trap and Seattle’s Night Beats will get the mosh pits started.
Here’s Flaming Death Trap’s Stack Session at KWUR 90.3FM, St. Louis Underground Radio:
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On the folkier side, Frontier Ruckus grace The Gramophone with their banjo-laden mountain music. Perfect to sip a craft brew to.
FRIDAY, August 5th
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Screw Lollapalooza. We’ve got a show at the Gramophone with ultra-groovy Gardens and Villa, The Reeling Gilly, and Spectator. Enjoy the show for a chance to win LouFest tickets. RSVP here for free admission.
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Off Broadway brings The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, with Craft Spells. The Pains’ yummy twee jams and Craft Spells’ tasty synth tunes will feed your music cravings.
SATURDAY, August 6th
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Holy cow. Troubadour Dali throws their release show with The Blind Eyes, Ocean Rivals, and Secret Colours – new music bonanza! Troubadour Dali’s new album Let’s Make It Right kicks psychadelic-pop ass (we got it early from Euclid Records). The Blind Eyes just released their With a Bang in June, and have been playing a lot of shows to spread their ’60s pop vibes. Ocean Rivals also recently released Summer’s Dogs, in April, and their mellow guitar-heavy rock screams America. Secret Colours fits the bill, consistent with the psychadelic-tinged experimental rock of the night.
Here’s the Blind Eyes from inside one of the haning cages at the City Museum!
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See some of hip-hop’s hardest, when Tech N9ne plays Pop’s with Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, and Jay Rock. It’s undoubtedly going to be a wild show… slash dance-off?
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If you’re in the mood for a short road trip, the legendary Blue Note in Columbia celebrates 31 years with a show with emo-folk sweetheart Bright Eyes. Here’s a Connor Oberst classic:
Now get out there, St. Louis.
This entry was written by , posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:30 pm, filed under Live, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged apop, big scoob, Black Lips, blue note, Bright Eyes, craft spells, cults, escalade, firebird, Flaming Death Trap, frontier ruckus, gardens and villa, gramophone, guards, jay rock, krizz kaliko, kutt calhoun, kwur, night beats, Ocean Rivals, Off Broadway, pains of being pure at heart, pink sock, Pokey LaFarge, secret colours, skarekrau radio, south city three, spectator, tech n9ne, The Blind Eyes, the coathangers, The Reeling Gilly, tiny desk, Troubadour Dali, whitaker music festival. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Weekend Show Forecast: 2/25
The Reeling Gilly w/ New Locomotive, Mike Kendrick and the Blue Eyed Sons
Where: the Gramophone
When: 9 PM
The Reeling Gilly create old-time, soulful rock ‘n’ roll. Though we’ve got a few months ’till those lazy, summer days need a soundtrack, we might as well get a head start. And to start off the night: Mike Kendrick and the Blue Eyed Sons provide the perfect, Midwest style Americana that’s not afraid to pack a punch.
This entry was written by , posted on February 25, 2010 at 8:59 pm, filed under Upcoming and tagged Majongg, The Firebird, the Gramophone, The Reeling Gilly. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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