exenecervenka.comCervenkaExene Cervenka, singer of the influential LA-punk band X, who now lives in Missouri, announced on her Web site today that she has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Cervenka, 53, posted this statement on her site:After some months of not feeling 100% healthy, I recently had some medical tests run and the prognosis is that I am suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Apparently, it has been affecting me for quite some time.Although this is obviously unfortunate news, I am
Here are concert announcements for the week of February 17 at clubs around St. Louis! Editor's note: Keep in mind these are generally long-lead shows with national ties or last-minute local things just announced by venues -- not locals-only concerts happening in the far-off future. So don't be offended if your show isn't listed.Billiken Club
*In the Garage: Weezer Tribute (a.k.a. So Many Dynamos), Saturday, February 21*Foundry Field Recordings, Thursday, February 26*Junior Boys/Max Tundra, Satur
So, this year's model of SXSW snuck up on me: Two weeks from now, I'll be in Austin running around in eighty different directions, music surrounding me from the second I step off the plane. Accordingly, I'm a bit behind as to who from St. Louis is going this year. So far, my list includes:Official showcases:*Magnolia Summer*Theodore*The Pragmatic*Teresajenee*The Living ThingsUnofficial day party appearances:*DJ Trackstar, Rockwell Knuckles, Nato Caliph and Black Spade, at a day party*John Henry
Off Broadway
*Marshall Crenshaw, Thursday, April 2
*Lydia, Wednesday, April 8
*Michael Jonas, Sunday, April 12
*Hot Panda, Monday, April 13
*Joy Bus, Wednesday, April 22
*Richard Buckner, Sunday, May 3
*KRISTEENYOUNG, Tuesday, May 5
Pop's
*Dragonforce, Friday, April 24
*Twiztid, Saturday, May 9
Firebird
*The Educated Guess, Saturday, April 4
*Bad Veins/Eulogies, Monday, April 6
*Torche, Thursday, April 9
*Cursive, Friday, April 24
Friday, April 3
*The Ting-Tings/DJ Superconductor, Pageant
*Rosebuds/Megafaun, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
*Beach House/Raglani, Billiken Club
*Goldcure, Way Out Club
*Glass Waves, The Gramophone
*Tionol, Schlafly Tap Room
*Off With Their Heads/Humanoids, Firebird
*The Spares, Music Folk
*Fresh Heir/Earthworms, Off Broadway
*Jake's Leg, Cicero's
Looking for something a bit different to do tomorrow night? Head on down to Beale on Broadway to catch rockabilly act Kim Lenz & the Jaguars. The singer just released a new album, It's All True! -- and as the LP's first single, "Touch Me," proves, Lenz can hold her own with other fiery females such as Exene Cervenka and Patricia Day of the Horrorpops. (Incidentally: No, the song is not a Samantha Fox cover.) Nick Curran is also on the bill. The show starts at 9 p.m., and it's $10.Joseph Cult
Photo: Jill RitterBroken, bloody and a murderer -- what's not to love?​Kyle Jarrow's Love Kills is a different sort of musical. Set in a 1958 Nebraska jail, the plot matches two sets of lovers -- middle-age Gertrude and Merle, teen-age Charlie and Caril -- and their attempt to understand what the other couple has done with their lives. Charlie and Caril have been apprehended at the end of their state-wide killing spree, and Merle, the town sheriff, uses his wife as a pawn to wring a confession
Every Monday (or Tuesday), A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Euclid Records
1. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
2. Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
3. Avett Brothers - I & Love & You
4. Boston Spaceships - Zero To 99
5. Exene Cervenka - Somewhere Gone
