Email Author Chrissy Wilmes

2010 Stories by Chrissy Wilmes

• New Release Highlights For December 21: Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole, Duran Duran and More

  published Dec 21, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Avant, The Letter The Urban Music Scene review says of Avant's... More >>

• Ten Non-Traditional Holiday Songs To Keep You Sane

  published Dec 17, 2010

  We're all force-fed holiday cheer from Halloween through New Year's, and even if you really, really love Christmas music, hearing the same old standards and modern classics over and over again can beg... More >>

• Lady Gaga's Naughty Take on Christmas Trees

  published Dec 16, 2010

  (In December, we'll be posting holiday jams for your enjoyment. Have any favorites you want featuredr E-mail me.) Two months after the release of her debut, The Fame, Lady Gaga released a single call... More >>

• Michael Jackson's Posthumous Michael and R. Kelly's Long-Awaited Love Letter: New Releases Highlights for December 14

  published Dec 14, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Cardinals III/IV The Consequence o... More >>

• New Release Highlights for December 7: Daft Punk Scores Tron: Legacy, the Robots' First Original Recordings in Five Years

  published Dec 07, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Daft Punk, Tron Legacy Megan Ritt from Consequence of Sound w... More >>

• Clownvis Presley Re-Imagines Holiday Classics -- and Creates a New One -- With Christmas in Hollywood

  published Dec 03, 2010

  Clownvis is a lot of things: a clown, an Elvis impersonator, a wedding officiator, a burlesque emcee, a controversial television show contestant, a nice dude. If there's one thing he's not, however, ... More >>

• New Release Highlights For November 30: Eric Benet, The Black Eyed Peas, El Debarge, Ron Isley, Chrisette Michele and More

  published Nov 30, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Eric Benet, Lost In Time Soultracks.com reviewed Lost in Time,... More >>

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  New Release Highlights For November 22: A Special Monday Edition

  published Nov 22, 2010

  (New releases come out on Monday this week. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies onr Find out below.) *Gangrene, Gutter Water Gangrene is a collaboration between the Alchemist and Oh No. Pitch... More >>

• New Release Highlights For November 16: Local Boy Nelly Returns With 5.0

  published Nov 16, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Cassidy, C.A.S.H. The once gold-certified rapper returns with ... More >>

• New Release Highlights For November 9: Cee-Lo Green, Floacist, Kid Cudi and More

  published Nov 09, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Floacist, Floetic Soul Soultracks.com says of the new record, ... More >>

• Magic Kids/Bosco Delrey

  published November 11, 2010

  The power-pop sextet Magic Kids first stirred up blog hype with the single "Hey Boy." The short, sugary-sweet song and its harmonizing... More >>

• The Futurebirds/Jonny Corndawg/The Dive Poets

  published November 11, 2010

  Ever wondered what Theodore would sound like if the group had sprouted out of Athens instead of St. Louis? The answer is likely the... More >>

• New Release Highlights for November 2: Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Devin the Dude and More

  published Nov 02, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *The Autumn Defense, Once Around Consequence of Sound claims On... More >>

• New Release Highlights for October 26: Bryan Ferry, Sean Lennon, Warpaint and More.

  published Oct 26, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Juliette Commagere, The Procession Commagere, who's previously... More >>

• The Contemporary Art Museum Invites You to an Evening of Neuroscience and Music

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Any reader of this blog knows all too well that some artists skip over St. Louis (or even the entire Midwest) when touring. Electroacoustic musician and multimedia artist Christopher Willits may have ... More >>

• Interview: Janelle Monae Discusses Androids, "the Other" and Making the Music That Moves You

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Janelle Monae has the voice of an R&B diva, the dancin' feet of a young James Brown and style so unique she puts Lady Gaga to shame. Originally hailing from Kansas City, Kansas -- an article in our ... More >>

• New Release Highlights for October 19: Bob Dylan Releases The Witmark Demos and The Original Mono Recordings

  published Oct 19, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 Gu... More >>

• New Release Highlights for October 12: Antony and the Johnsons, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens and Lil Wayne All Back With New Records

  published Oct 12, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Antony And The Johnsons, Swanlights NPR said of Antony's lates... More >>

• Belle and Sebastian Wants You to Write About Love For a Contest Deemed "The Coolest Thing Ever" by Matador Records

  published Oct 06, 2010

  The process of acquiring music is not what it used to be. Although many collectors still purchase music the old fashioned way (say, by digging through rows of records and CDs at record stores) artists... More >>

• New Release Highlights for October 5: Guster, Clinic, Apache Beat and Tim Kasher in a Middle Class Rut

  published Oct 05, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Apache Beat, Last Chants "Apache Beat has garnered a great de... More >>

• New Release Highlights for September 21: John Legend and the Roots want you to Wake Up!

  published Sep 22, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Flying Lotus, Pattern+Grid World Just months after releasing t... More >>

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  Review + Setlist + Photos: The Flaming Lips and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Energize and Illuminate the Pageant, Friday, September 17

  published Sep 18, 2010

  The Flaming Lips tries desperately to give more to its fans than it takes from them. It wants your emphatic applause, it wants your unconditional love, it wants your $37.50 - all fodder for creating ... More >>

• Clownvis returns to America's Got Talent as a Finale "All Star" [Goo Goo Dolls Update]

  published Sep 15, 2010

  Back in June, Clownvis Presley's audition for America's Got Talent aired. Despite his quick and obscenity-ridden dismissal by the judges, Clownvis was invited back to America's Got Talent for tonight... More >>

• Sleepy Kitty Celebrates the Flaming Lips Show With a Zaireeka Pre-Party and Halo Bar After-Party

  published Sep 15, 2010

  Many of us have heard stories or seen footage of the Flaming Lips' infamous interactive parking lot and boombox experiments. In 1997 the Lips released Zaireeka, a sort of at-home version of these expe... More >>

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  New Release Highlights for September 14: The Return of the Vaselines and Azure Ray

  published Sep 14, 2010

  (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this weekr Find out below.) *Azure Ray, Drawing Down The Moon Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor ... More >>