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
Annie ZaleskiDex Romweber, July 2008 at Off BroadwayThis one's flying a bit under the radar, unjustly so: The almighty Dex Romweber Duo is performing at the Fox Hole at Atomic Cowboy tomorrow night, making good on drummer Sara Romweber's July 2008 promise that they'd come back. Bob Reuter's Alley Ghost, the Dirt Daubers and Whistle Pig are also performing.
Romweber was one-half of '80s favorites the Flat Duo Jets. Recently, he landed on Bloodshot Records, which released this year's Ruin
