Rock Candy

Show Flyer: Boorays reunite Sat. at Blueberry Hill

Matt Fernandes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:15:56 +0000

The Boorays will come together once again tomorrow night at Blueberry Hill — the same spot as so many of their early 1990s gigs at the old Cicero’s. The Helium Tapes will play last.

Q&A: Rockabilly icon Dex Romweber plays Atomic’s Fox Hole Friday

Matt Fernandes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:42:02 +0000

Don’t miss an icon of underground music tomorrow (Friday) at the Atomic Cowboy’s Fox Hole.

Sandwiched between ‘Kentucky porch-stompers’ The Dirt Daubers, Carbondale’s Whistle Pigs and Bob Reuter’s Alley Ghost is Chapel Hill’s Dexter Romweber Duo. Dex is best known for…

Out this week: Them Crooked Vultures, Bowie re-issue

Matt Fernandes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:06 +0000

Them Crooked Vultures s/t (DGC/Interscope)
Pretty much just need to know the line up to get a sense of what’s going on here: Josh Homme on vocals and guitar (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss), John Paul Jones on bass and keyboards (um,…

Q&A: Getting to know the Helium Tapes

Matt Fernandes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:04:17 +0000

It’s CD release time once again for the Helium Tapes, the local power pop quintet whose debut came out just over a year ago.

Ghost Wave, another stellar effort, will be released Sat. at the Off Broadway. On it, the band…

Q&A: Peter Bjorn and John

Matt Fernandes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:44:00 +0000

It’s a banner weekend for the Gargoyle Club on the Wash U campus as those crazy Swedes Peter Bjorn and John and El Perro Del Mar team up on Friday followed by RJD2 on Saturday.

PB&J are touring in support of…

So. Ill. band joins forces with film festival this weekend

Matt Fernandes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:49:49 +0000

The St. Louis International Film Festival, running today through Nov. 22, is offering a musical twist to a few of their film presentations this weekend.

The late film director Oscar Micheaux, a Metropolis, Ill. native, will emerge from obscurity this Friday…

California’s Mumlers bring unique roots sound to Pop’s Blue Moon Wed.

Matt Fernandes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:21:59 +0000

The Mumlers will make their first visit to St. Louis Wed. night at Pop’s Blue Moon on the Hill.

Devotchka meets the Felice Brothers is as good a description as any for the NorCal band, named after a 19th-century photographer who…

Asylum St. Spankers whip up another album, play Off Broadway Wed.

Matt Fernandes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000

It’s time for another spanking, St. Louis.

Austin’s Asylum Street Spankers will administer the blows Wed. night at their usual venue, the Off Broadway.
Never known for their modesty, they have titled their new release God’s Favorite Band. It’s another solid outing…

Out this week: Nirvana re-issue, Clientele

Matt Fernandes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:41 +0000

Nirvana Bleach (20th Anniversary Edition) (Sub Pop)
Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s debut album, Sub Pop re-issues the platinum certified Bleach, cut for about 600 dollars in Jack Endino’s studio over just a matter of days. This expanded CD includes a never-before-released…

Out today: Devendra B., Morningwood, Wolfmother

Matt Fernandes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:48:29 +0000

What Will We Be

Devendra Banhart What Will Be (Warner Bros.)
It’s everything its predecessor was not: straight-forward, cleanly produced, consistently laid-back (to nearly Jack Johnson proportions) and free of ambition.

Morningwood Diamonds and Studs (Morningwood)
Riff-shredding, lovably raunch-friendly rockers. They mold elements of hard-rock, punk, new wave…