Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2012 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

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  Homespun: Catholic Guilt

  published March 1, 2012

  The noisecore dudes in Catholic Guilt are celebrating the vinyl rerelease of their spring 2010 LP Beyond Pleasuredome, which is reason... More >>

• Poliç

  published February 23, 2012

  Inspired by the sessions that created last summer's coke-jam anthems on Gayngs' Relayted LP, Minneapolis' Poliça enlisted Gayngs'... More >>

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  Homespun: Water Liars

  published February 23, 2012

  When beloved ragged folk/postmodern blues combo Theodore quietly dissolved in the fall of 2011, St. Louis lost one of its finest bands in... More >>

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  Homespun: Bryter Layter

  published February 16, 2012

  While your band is working hard to finish one measly record, Joe Raglani has three or four records on the back burner and another couple... More >>

• Joe Pastor Trio

  published February 16, 2012

  The gap between "drummer" and "percussionist" can often seem vast. It's one thing to keep a beat; it's quite another to paint a rhythmic... More >>

• Passion for Perennials

  published February 2, 2012

  Sorry, Romeo, but roses are old news. Few flowers muster passion and fire the senses like the orchid. With geometrical symmetry and myriad hues... More >>

• Homespun: Lantern Lights

  published February 9, 2012

  Husband-and-wife duo Gareth Schumacher and Kari Wasoba perform as Lantern Lights, drawing inspiration from '70s pop, bedroom folk, post-riot... More >>

• Bonerama

  published February 9, 2012

  New Orleans is probably the only city where it's supremely cool to be a trombone player — look at the rise of native son Trombone Shorty... More >>

• Homespun: Last to Show First to Go

  published February 2, 2012

  When jazz and folk bed down together, the results usually divest the drive and invention from jazz and muffle the rootsy heart of folk. Norah... More >>

• Shearwater

  published February 2, 2012

  Shearwater will release its latest LP, Animal Joy, on February 14, but it hardly makes for ideal Valentine's Day listening, unless you... More >>

• The Vondrukes

  published January 26, 2012

  The Drive-By Truckers may have crafted a new subgenre solely with the title of 2001's Southern Rock Opera, and traces of that fine band... More >>

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  Samantha Crain

  published January 19, 2012

  With a quavering stridency reminiscent of Jolie Holland, Samantha Crain delivers a wallop from her tiny frame. The singer-songwriter mines a... More >>

• Superhero Killer

  published January 19, 2012

  Superhero Killer's name and logo — a pair of bloody and broken Superman-like spectacles — suggest that the band is intent on... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Yankee Racers Release First Full-Length with a Little Help from a Lot of Friends

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Curt Brewer is a familiar face in the local music community: he plays guitar with the raw, bluesy quintet Kentucky Knife Fight, lays down 1920s-inspired jazz licks in Two Swingin' Picks, and sits in a... More >>

• Ben & Allie

  published January 5, 2012

  The term "singer-songwriter" is a still a curse word in certain circles, conjuring an image of coffeehouse-dwelling, navel-gazing guitar slingers... More >>