In this week's paper, I spoke with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, and asked him for etiquette suggestions for this show. He had this to say:Give yourself a little bit of space.
"It's not like going to a dance club, it's not like going to a concert.
At the same time, it's still dance and celebration music to me. You can
do that in a crowded room, you can do that shoulder to shoulder. But a
lot of time at shows, everyone's pushing forward, everyone's trying to
get onstage, everyone's trying to be
Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was.
Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly because there was no formal structure to the performance. At 9:45 p.m. or so, the lights went down and rev-up music started. Main man Gregg Gillis, sporting a gray hoodie and red jogging pants, appear
​Grizzly Bear's show in Brooklyn yesterday made waves yesterday due to the presence of Jay-Z and Beyonce in the crowd. (Judging by the Girl Talk remix of GB's song "Knife" -- which spliced together bits of the Clipse and Tears for Fears with the haunting tune -- the idea that hip-hop artists might be a fan of the band isn't that preposterous.) And now news comes today via Pitchfork that the Brooklyn indie-orchestral darlings have collaborated with St. Louis native Michael McDonald. The b-side
For the third year running, the PLAY:stl Music Festival and Conference will descend on the Delmar Loop for three days of live music and industry panels. (Think of it as a smaller, more manageable South By Southwest or CMJ Conference.) About 90 acts, both national and local, are scheduled over the three-day event, which takes places from September 17 to 19. Highlights include indie acts such as Owen, the Antlers the Atlas Sound (yes, the alter-ego of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox) and Saman
