Category Archives for Local Features
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Our favorite aspect of Halloween might be the time-honored tradition of grown ass adults squeezing into all manner and color of synthetic fabric to celebrate one night (or weekend, or week even) of alcohol and candy-fueled debauchery. Luckily, a ton … Continue reading →
24. October 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Local Features, Show Preview |
Tags: all the things, Alley Ghost, Bo and the Locomotive, Bob Reuter, Dinofight!, Escalade, Field Animals, FIREDOG, Foam So Many Dynamos, Halloween, Lavelle Spitz, Local Music, Mangia Italiano, Mathias, Nosferatu, Nrml Ppl, Off Broadway, Paper Dolls, Peter Stein, Pretty Little Empire, Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra, RFT Music blog, Schlafly Tap Room, Scripts n Screwz, Secret Sound Society, Tenement Ruth, Teresajenee, The Firebird, The Funs, The Heavy Anchor, The Luminary Center for the Arts, Theodore, Union Tree Review |
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2011 marks the 15th year of Twangfest and this is one you cannot miss! This year will see many local faves on the bill, including Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine, Kentucky Knife Fight, and Cumberland Gap. In addition to … Continue reading →
26. May 2011 by Dave
Categories: Giveaways, Local Features, Show Preview |
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Our pal and St. Louis music staple Beth Bombara has been playing around with a cover of Jimmy Eat World’s iconic “Hear You Me” for the last couple months. In celebration of the band coming to the Pageant this Saturday(!), … Continue reading →
23. May 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Local Features, Musician Spotlight |
Tags: Beth Bombara, Hear You Me, Jimmy Eat World |
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I like Theodore because they were putting shit back out on vinyl before everyone was putting shit back out on vinyl. I like them because Justin Kinkel-Schuster’s often grave lyrics move me without implying that I should go wallow in … Continue reading →
18. May 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Interviews, Local Features, Musician Spotlight, Show Preview |
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This wee, local music blog is just about a year old and that’s reason enough to celebrate. Therefore, IWTAS is so grateful for the opportunity we’ve been provided to host some of our very favorite St. Louis bands on what … Continue reading →
29. April 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: I Went To A Showcase, Local Features, Show Preview |
Tags: Cha Cha Chow, DJ Christian Schaeffer, I Went To A Showcase, Off Broadway, Pretty Little Empire, Schaeftown USA, Shirts, Tacos, The Breaks, The Dive Poets, Tight Pants Syndrome |
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“Arizona Moon”, the first track off John Henry’s latest release, recently pulsed through my sad, office-issue desk speakers. It’s a dusty Western-tinged siren song, and it called me to toss my computer screen (badly in need of an office-issue Flash … Continue reading →
22. April 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Giveaways, Local Features, Show Preview |
Tags: Dots Not Feathers, Dubb Nubb, Emily Wallace, John Henry and the Engine, Off Broadway, Tommy and the High Pilots |
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This Sunday at Off Broadway, energetic local pop rockers FIRE DOG take the stage to celebrate the band’s five year anniversary and the release of their newest 7″, Wait to Die. FD’s Mark Pagano sat down (on the Internet) with … Continue reading →
12. April 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Interviews, Local Features, Musician Spotlight, Show Preview |
Tags: Dave Hagerty, Ellen the Felon, Fattback, Fire Dog, Off Broadway, The Kinetics, The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra, Wait to Die |
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Hello, and welcome to the IWTAS FORTNIGHTLY. April is heating up and there are definitely some hot shows in St. Louis over the next two weeks. Julie’s top pick of the fortnightly is a two-way tie, but both shows are at … Continue reading →
12. April 2011 by Julie Dill
Categories: Local Features, Show Preview, The Fortnightly |
Tags: Arcade Fire, El Lenador, Fire Dog, Foals, Freelance Whales, Ha Ha Tonka, Hooten Hallers, John Henry and the Engine, Off Broadway, Puppet Spectaculars, Reading Rainbow, Record Store Day, Rural Alberta Advantage, The Black Lips, The Firebird, The Joy Formidable, The Luminary Center for the Arts, Union Tree Review, Vivian Girls |
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We know this isn’t the typical material we cover here at IWTAS, but when White Castle reached out to us to invite us to their special blogger event, we knew we had to cover it. In their email to the … Continue reading →
08. April 2011 by Dave
Categories: Local Features |
Tags: Corey Woodruff, White Castle, WTF |
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This April is turning out to be a startlingly impressive month of music in our city. Your favorite venue owners, managers, and promoters are set to bring in a plethora of on-the-verge, rightthissecond, and “Finally, you’re coming to St. Louis!” touring acts. One of our … Continue reading →
28. March 2011 by Jess Luther
Categories: Local Features, Show Preview, The Fortnightly |
Tags: 7 Walkers, Beth Bombara, Bleeding Deacon, Blood Pony, Blueberry Hill, Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine, Destroyer, Dots Not Feathers, Junk Wand, Kentucky Knife Fight, Mikey Dubs, Off Broadway, Oil Boom, old rock house, Peter Wolf Crier, Pretty Little Empire, S. Carey, Thankful Tree, The Benjamin Riley Band, The Billiken Club, The Dive Poets, The Duck Room, The Fervor, The Firebird, The Great Crusades, The Luminary Center for the Arts, The Union Electric, The War on Drugs, This City of Takers |
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