LouFest Lineup Released

LouFest released its official lineup at midnight tonight, with its headliners being the wildly and popularly predicted The Killers and Wilco. Some other favorites in the list are Local Natives, Ra Ra Riot, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fitz and the Tantrums and Icona Pop (who most thought would be Delta Rae on the [...]
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Exclusive: (KCV)’s new mix (Parentheses Are Mandatory) Vol. 2

(KCV) has graced us with the exclusive release of his newest track, “(Parentheses Are Mandatory) Volume 2.” Give it a listen and download, don’t forget to like his page on Facebook and check out his other stuff at his Soundcloud. JPC
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LouFest 2013 Guesses (So Far)

LouFest released a blank lineup earlier today, with one letter filled in (U, which is interesting, because it didn’t give away any of the bigger names), making for one of the better games of Scrabble I’ve ever played. I’ve made my best educated guesses, so here’s what I have my money on: I’m pretty certain [...]
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Daft Punk: An update on Random Access Memories

The most buzzed about upcoming release for the past few months has undoubtedly been Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, their first album since 2005. We hadn’t gotten much so far – cryptic messages and TV commercials, for the most park – put in the past now, the album is starting to come together. Here’s what we [...]
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Boston Artists Come Together on Mixtape Supporting The One Fund Boston

Allston Pudding, another music blog out of Boston, has put together a great mixtape with over 130 tracks from Boston artists.  All the proceeds are going towards the One Fund Boston, an organization started by Governor Patrick after Monday’s attacks to help the victims and their families.  The minimum price is one dollar, but it [...]
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The Day After

After 9/11, one of my favorite music journalists, Chuck Klosterman, wrote an essay about Radiohead’s Kid A, which had come out the year before.  Klosterman wrote that the album, which has since been named Spin’s album of the decade, perfectly reflects the horrible events that occurred that day, starting with the normalcy in the morning, [...]
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The Morning Teleporation Play Inimate Show at The Firebird

It is always a little jarring to see a club totally empty.  The bar tender starts playing with their cell phone, the bands who are preparing to play walk aimlessly around, trying to decide whether to hold out for more people to show up or to just close their eyes and pretend it is a [...]
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Hey Marseilles (with Young Buffalo) Bring Their Sweet Sound to St. Louis

Hey Marseilles, a seven-piece from Seattle, fall near the top of my “Bands That Should Be Bigger” list. I’m a sucker for indie pop bands with cellos, violas, trumpets or really any other atypical instrument, and Hey Marseilles have them all. The rich assortment of instrumentation, paired with frontman Matt Bishop’s charming but husky voice, [...]
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The Joy Formidable, Kitten and Guards Rock Pop’s Nightclub

Although Pop’s nightclub is only ten minutes from downtown St. Louis, as I cross the bridge into Sauget IL, it feels like I am driving into a different universe.  The club is framed within the iconic posts of the arch, but the bustle of city life is nowhere to be seen.  There are four warehouse-sized [...]
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Ghostpoet Drops First Single Off Of Upcoming Album

Yesterday, British rapper, Ghostpoet, debuted the first single off of his upcoming album, Some Say I So I Say Light on Zane Lowe’s show on Radio 1.  The single, which is titled “Meltdown” has the same chilled out mellow tone that dominated Ghostpoet’s last record, Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam.  While the beat may [...]
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