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October 31, 2008Homespun: Upright Animals, Carnivore City
In this week's Homespun, Christian Schaeffer reviews the Upright Animals' Carnivore City. He had this to say:For its latest EP, the Upright Animals decamped to Blackbird Studio in Nashville, where the disc was recorded and mixed by Vance Powell (who has worked with the Raconteurs, among others). The professional studio space and the band's own deft production has yielded a clean, compact EP that finds the quintet comfortably working within the realm of modern rock while occasionally tinkering wi
January 8, 2009Tag-Team Review: Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream
Today, Bruce Springsteen releases Working on a Dream, his sixteenth studio album. To mark the occasion, writers Steve Kozel and Christian Schaeffer had an e-mail volley over the merits of the new work. Steve Kozel: Working On A Dream starts with the eight-minute Western epic, "Outlaw Pete," which chronicles the life of a man seemingly born on the wrong side of the law. Springsteen lays this plain in the first verse with all the hyperbole of a good ol' fashioned tall tale: "At six months old he'
January 27, 2009Photos: R.I.P. Frederick's Music Lounge
Fred Friction, "proprietor and figurehead of the late, great Frederick's Music Lounge," as Christian Schaeffer writes in this week's RFT, has been busy in the basement of the Iron Barley in South City.Schaeffer writes: "Friction recently began booking shows in the basement space at the restaurant Iron Barley. Dubbed Fred's Six Feet Under, the space currently hosts live music on Friday and Saturday and promises an intimate venue for fans of local talent."Read more about Friction's new venue and h
February 5, 2009Homespun: Bad Folk, Part of the Problem
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Bad Folk's swan song, Part of the Problem.Problem nicely captures the band's progression from a shambling folk ensemble to one that lets its frayed edges show without letting its songs unravel. Musical flaws have always been part of Bad Folk's charm, mainly because most of the band learned their instruments on the job. However, Problem's stylistic range shows how the group has coalesced over the past few years.Read the rest here. Listen to an MP3
March 6, 2009Homespun: Glass Teeth, Glass Teeth EP
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviewed Glass Teeth's self-titled EP. He had this to say; Mike Hansen's drums can go from minimal to overdrive at a moment's notice, although they're a little too high in the mix on this recording. It's Mark Early's synth work, however, that separates Glass Teeth from other hardcore bands in town. He's not so much playing a keyboard as he is wrangling sawtooth waves and endowing them with the right amount of white noise to give Teeth's songs a brittle,
March 12, 2009Tonight! The Rosebuds and Megafaun at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Head to the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center tonight to catch pure-pop 'heads the Rosebuds along with friends-of-Bon Iver, Megafaun. In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer says: In Annie Hall Woody Allen's character Alvy Singer notes that a romantic relationship is like a shark: It has to keep moving forward, or it will die. This advice is doubly true for Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp, the married couple who's also the core of the Rosebuds. The North Carolina band has continually moved forward ov
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January 17, 2007Feature Story: How Celia Shacklett and Bruce Cockburn Became Collaborators, Pals
After Christian Schaeffer reviewed Celia Shacklett's album Transformateurs a few months ago, they got to talking, and it turned out she had a very interesting story about how she met folkie Bruce Cockburn, who appeared on the album. In our feature this week, she gives details: Jennifer SilverbergAnd then when I was eighteen my dad died, and the night before the funeral, I wrote Bruce a letter, thanking him for having this kind of impact and for being a constant in my life. I mailed
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September 27, 2006MP3 Feature: Alvin Jett and the Phat noiZ Blues Band
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer interviews Alvin Jett, the leader of Alvin Jett and the Phat noiZ Blues Band. He had this to say: Christian Schaeffer: Where do you see Phat noiZ fitting in within the spectrum of St. Louis blues music?Alvin Jett: I just hope to continue the musical legacy that St. Louis has already -- I hope I'll be a part of that, to continue the legacy that moves on forward for decades to come. You got people like Oliver Sain, Ike and Tina Turner, Little Milton, Chuc
April 30, 2009Homespun: The Pragmatic, Circles EP
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews the Pragmatic's debut EP, Circles. He had this to say: On its self-released Circles EP, it's hard to miss the influence of the Postal Service, the collaboration between Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard that opened many ears to the beauty of sculpted synth sounds and clicky drumbeats. The Pragmatic carry this torch mostly because of Karl Kling's nice-guy vocals, which are positively Gibbardian in their breathy inflection and sweet approach. But t
April 30, 2009Reminder: Music Awards Party TOMORROW Night at the Schlafly Tap Room
Just a reminder that the RFT is having its free, open-to-the-public awards party tomorrow night at the Schlafly Tap Room from 7 to 10 p.m. Performers will be Earthworms and Rum Drum Ramblers; presenters of awards will be Roy Kasten, Christian Schaeffer and yours truly. Swing by and have a drink (or three) and celebrate the city's musical talent. The winners of said awards, don't forget, are here.
June 22, 2009Saturday! The Red-Headed Strangers Release Show at Off Broadway
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer critpicks the Red-Headed Strangers, the eight-piece featuring the Sullivan siblings. He says: Along with their bandmates, the Sullivans use acoustic guitars, piano, fiddle and light drums to round out their folksy songs, which range from breezy and sunny to slightly overcast and foreboding. The band's releasing its debut, Come On In, this Saturday night at Off Broadway. Grab an MP3 below.MP3: Red-Headed Strangers, "Young Skin"
July 2, 2009Homespun: The Radical Sons, Throwing Knives EP
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews the Radical Sons' debut EP, Throwing Knives. He has this to say: The Radical Sons' twin-guitar lineup allows for the interplay between lackadaisical strums, inventive leads and the occasional bit of stop-start dynamics. The guitars are mostly played without much adornment, letting the amplifier's natural distortion give a little crunch and bite (as on the tail end of "Planes and Trains"). This leaves plenty of room for Goldstein's boho drawl
July 2, 2009Interview Outtakes: The English Beat's Dave Wakeling
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer chatted with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat. The band will be co-headlining the Pageant tonight with Reel Big Fish. We'll have photos tomorrow. In the meantime, read Schaeffer's feature and enjoy some interview outtakes -- along with some video I shot at last year's VooDoo Lounge show. CS: How did the tour with Reel Big Fish come about? DW: It was actually a confluence of [booking] agents - we're both in the Agency Group, and they had this notion o
August 13, 2009Homespun: Phaseone, Thanks But No Thanks
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Phaseone's Thanks But No Thanks. He had this to say:As a songwriter, Phaseone relies on a few pet sounds: '80s orchestral synths, sharp-edged hi-hats and loads of reverb. His use of samples is tasteful and discreet (you'd have to be a hell of a crate digger to pick them out) and, on a song like "Temp Tags/Starfox," he is able to conjure some subwoofer-punishing Moog bass lines. This tension -- Vangelis' synth rig mixed with Dr. Dre's drum machine
August 21, 2009Interview Outtakes MP3: Old Lights, "Losing My Mind"
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer wrote a feature on Old Lights. (Photo above by Jennifer Silverberg.) The band's limited-edition vinyl LP, Every Night Begins the Same, is available today on St. Ives. (Order here.) Schaeffer describes the band's sound thusly: Old Lights' ascent is first and foremost a product of the band's songs. Built around piano and guitar, a typical live set will touch on jangle-pop, ramped-up folk songs, Brill Building-era standards and a few moments of heart-on-s
October 20, 2009Homespun: Strawfoot, How We Prospered
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Strawfoot's How We Prospered. He had this to say: From the start of Strawfoot's second full-length, How We Prospered, it's clear that the ramped-up bluegrass band has lightened its mood. Where its debut album, Chasing Locusts, was scorched by fire and blackened with brimstone, Prospered finds no small amount of joy in the dark folds of its Gothic Americana-inspired songs. The disc kicks off with the jaunty, banjo-driven "Broken Crown," which car
October 29, 2009Homespun: HUMDRUM, Individual Man
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews HUMDRUM's CD, Individual Man. He had this to say: If you were to break a certain folksy dictum and judge HUMDRUM's CD by its cover, you'd be right to assume that space is the place for this local quartet. The artwork for Individual Man features a hand-drawn image of an astronaut adrift in the cosmos, and the track list features titles such as "Hide and Seek in the Universe" and "Outerspace [SIC]." But for all the celestial reveries, vocoder fre
November 5, 2009Interview Outtake MP3: Stace England and the Salt Kings
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer interviewed Cobden, Illinois, resident Stace England. The singer-songwriter's latest project is an album called The Amazing Oscar Micheaux. As Schaeffer says, "Micheaux was an African American filmmaker whose work was, in part, a response to D.W. Griffith's infamous 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation. Micheaux's work was mostly forgotten until recent discoveries of long-lost prints made it possible for film scholars to reassess his contributions to
November 13, 2009Homespun: The Hibernauts, Velvet Suit
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews the Hibernauts' new album, Velvet Suit. Suit opens with the slow-grower "Make Me a Son," which unfolds with plaintive piano chords, some George Harrison-inspired slide guitar and a string section. Where the Hibernauts of old couldn't wait to get to the hook or unload a big fat chorus, the song displays twin traits of patience and destruction: After a steady build to the coda, everything -- even those pretty violins -- gets loaded into the shred
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