It only takes one good local concert (or few strong drinks) and I'm primed to begin my often repeated sermon about how this city is filled with a disproportionate number of good people and great bands. St. Louis is not that big; we have no right to be so awesome. But like an opportunistic fungus, art finds fertile ground in the oppressive weather and dank basements of the Midwest. The right people just seem to find each other, and when the magic is poppin' it seems like nothing short of divine i
While I dropped by Vintage Vinyl on Sunday, Matt Harnish alerted me that Bunnygrunt will be releasing a new album in May on Happy Happy Birthday to Me called Matt Harnish and Other Delights.Here's a rough cut of the Delights cover, a painting rendition of the band playing live.
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"It is much more of a full-band release than the last one was," Hanish says. "This one is songs we've been playing live for a year or so. [It's] much more solid-focused, [there's] no experi