So, I started the long Thanksgiving weekend off with the Smashing Pumpkins show and ended it with a strained neck so bad that all I could do was lay on the couch and watch My So-Called Life on DVD. (A suggestion to imbibe some magnesium, found in black beans, spinach and coffee, three things I happened to have on hand at home, helped a wee bit. Yay home remedies.) In between, I caught a few local bands here and there. What did everyone else do/see? Anything blow your mind? *The Jovan Chorus, Fri
Pop's
*Combichrist, Saturday, June 20
*Evans Blue, Tuesday, June 23
Blueberry Hill
*Matthew Sweet, Friday, June 19
*Trevor Hall, Friday, July 10
*Dar Williams, Tuesday, August 18
Pageant
*Story of the Year, Saturday, June 27
*Mat Kearney, Monday, July 13
*Old 97's, Saturday, July 18
*Edwin McCain, Friday, August 14
Friday, June 19
*Kepi Ghoulie/The 75s/Midtown Thieves/Blind Eyes, The Library
*Matthew Sweet/Magnolia Summer, Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
*Joe Dirt & the Dirty Boys Band/The Who Band, The Pageant
*Kim Lenz & the Jaguars, Beale on Broadway
*Dual Boot (CD release)/Ghettface/Chapa, Firebird
*Target Market (CD release), Vintage Vinyl, 8 p.m.
*The Melroys, Deluxe
*Soft Black, Lemmons
*The Commodores, Saint Louis Zoo
*Stacy Mitchart/Paul Brown, BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups
*Morgantown/David G. Kalz & Im
Matthew Sweet is playing tonight at the Duck Room. We'll have a review tomorrow. (P.S. I'm going to freak out if he plays "Superdeformed" tonight. Just saying.) Also -- go check out this random blog I found that posted an entire set of Altered Beast demos for you to stream and download. And you can get the second part of those demos, right here at this random Cleveland blog called Addicted to Vinyl.
"Sick of Myself""Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young, with Susanna Hoffs)
Over the years Matthew Sweet has proven that all he really needs is a "room to rock in," which is what he laments in the second song ("Room to Rock") on his latest album, Sunshine Lies. On Friday night, St. Louis fans of the veteran songsmith and power-pop genius were lucky enough to see him and some of his long-time cohorts at one of best St. Louis rooms to rock in, period: Blueberry Hill's Duck Room. Sweet was joined by a stellar lineup that was the latest incarnation of fellow power-pop group
Every Monday 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. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward*
2. Wilco: Wilco The Album*
3. Son Volt: American Central Dust
4. Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs: Under The Covers Volume 2
5.Willie Nelson: Lost Highway*
6. Yim Yames (Jim James) Tribute To George Harrison
7. Green Day: 21rst Cen
In June, power-pop darlings Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs released the second volume in their covers series. Under the Covers, Vol. 2 focuses on the '70s -- which means the album spans prog (Yes' "I've Seen All Good People"), sappy folk (Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"), power-pop (the Raspberries "Go All the Way") and rock royalty (Tom Petty's "Here Comes My Girl"). Sweet rocked the Duck Room in June -- and Hoffs is playing the Illinois State Fair this weekend in Springfield with the Bangles -
Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. (Vintage Vinyl will be added once it arrives!) An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Euclid Records
1. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward*
2. Arctic Monkeys: Humbug
3. Modest Mouse - No One's First, And You're Next
4. Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol.2
5. Son Volt: American Central Dust*
6. Mew: No More
