Paige Brubeck

'Come Dancing' with Local Bands at Kinks Tribute Show, KDHX Benefit

That's where the big bands Used to come and play My sister went there On a Saturday -- "Come Dancing" Ten local bands hope you'll believe in the power of Ray Davies and "come dancing" during a benefit concert for KDHX 88.1 FM tomorrow, March 30. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy: A Tribute to the Kinks ... More >>

Weekend Round-up Review: SXSC Day One, Rat Heart, Bass Amp & Dan-O

All right, folks. Weekend two. Recap: For the month of March (and possibly longer/shorter depending on my funds, stamina, and sanity), I am seeing at least three local bands each weekend. The rules: the shows must fit a budget (who pays more than $8 to see a show?), predominantly local bands, and ... More >>

Tonight is Guitar Heaven at Off Broadway: Read our Review of the New Incurables Record

If you only know Jimmy Griffin as the consummate tribute-show guitarist, you only know half of the story. Griffin's high-profile turns playing the riffs of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and David Gilmour in increasingly popular tributes to classic rock icons have been a central part of sold-out spectac ... More >>

Homespun: The Incurables

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Homespun: Seven-inch Singles from Sleepy Kitty and Kentucky Knife Fight

The New Seven-Inch Sounds of Sleepy Kitty and Kentucky Knife Fight: Review

Seven-inch singles are still the best way to get to know a band. If you can't kick out the jams in under four minutes per side, perhaps the rocking life just isn't for you. The end of the summer brought a few new 45s from two venerable local acts, both building off of and refining what came before. ... More >>

Tim Gebauer is both craftsman and artist

The Best Songwriter in St. Louis Who Never Books Shows: Listen to His One Recorded Song

This week's music feature is about Tim Gebauer, the proprietor of commercial sound company Electropolis and former member of such bands at Bellyfeel and Private Sector. These days he reserves his own music for impromptu, unplugged performances at open mic nights, but he's preparing an EP with Sleepy ... More >>

The 17 Best Fans, Musical Moments and Trends at LouFest 2012: Day One

17. Twenty-Five Percent of the Girl Talk Crowd Girl Talk only makes sense -- and I do mean only -- if you are dancing. Otherwise it's just your very pop-savvy friend's iTunes playlist on schizophrenic overdrive. So kudos to those bumping various body parts and whipping around beach balls -- there w ... More >>

Evan Sult of Sleepy Kitty is the New Editor of Eleven Magazine

Eleven Magazine has just announced its new editorial leader: Evan Sult, who is most well known in St. Louis as one half of the print and music-making duo Sleepy Kitty. "I've been watching Eleven since its inception, thinking about what it means to cover music and think about music as a culture in ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty couldn't just type out its lyrics

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Lineup for June 2

Chill Out, Everybody: Best Coast at the Firebird: Review and Setlist

Best Coast | Bruiser Queen | Sleepy Kitty May 30, 2012 The Firebird "Why would you live anywhere else?" It was a rhetorical question. Bethany Cosentino can mean a lot more in her California obsessions than one might think, but that doesn't mean she wants answers. But here are a few anyway: Cheap ren ... More >>

Deerhoof And Sleepy Kitty At The Luminary, 9/27/11: Photo Essay

All photos by Corey Woodruff​Prior to Sleepy Kitty's opening set, Evan Sult lamented the passing of St. Louis luminary Bob Cassilly and dedicated the first song to him. ​In further tribute to late City Museum founder Bob Cassilly, Evan Sult fashioned a t-shirt that read "Thank You BC".

Bob Cassilly And City Museum's Impact On St. Louis Music

Jennifer Silverberg​Bob Cassilly, the artist whose seemingly impossible visions included the City Museum, died yesterday while working on his most ambitious creation: Cementland. For a look at his life, his work and his famously enormous personality, read Aimee Levitt's obituary on Daily RFT. ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty's Infinity City Release Party

​Sleepy Kitty's debut full length, Infinity City, had an informal release party last week at the Royale. The band is playing a show tomorrow at Pig Slop with Cowboy Indian Bear and Little Big Bangs. We are introducing a feature, Live and Local, to help introduce St. Louis bands to people who ... More >>

RFT Showcase 2011: Highlights (Part One)

Sleepy Kitty's Paige Brubeck. Photo by Jon Gitchoff​There was no shortage of music to be had this weekend--the Float Yr Face fest was a sweaty success, Oberhofer played the Old Post Office Plaza, a shitload of cicadas serenaded the county, and oh yeah, the RFT Music Showcase was a smash. Amid ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty: Meet Your RFT Showcase Main Stage Headliners

Corey Woodruff​Although the duo isn't originially from St. Louis, Sleepy Kitty still manages to serve as an ancillary conduit that helps keep the city's arts and music scene buzzing. Utilizing "all of the advantages of 1980s-style land line," as drummer/singer Evan Sult aptly quipped, both Su ... More >>

So Many Dynamos' Cinco de Mayo Set: A Police Helicopter and an Impromptu Venue Switch

So Many Dynamos at Cranky Yellow. Photo by Jarred Gastreich.​Needless to say, things got a little hectic over the weekend at the end of Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee, which celebrated its fifth year. By all accounts the day was a success: good crowds, good art, good times, etc. However, the eclect ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty's Album Pre-Release Gift: 3% Famous Featuring New Music

sleepy kitty arts​Attendees of Sleepy Kitty's Album Pre-Release Party last week at Off Broadway were promised a "secret, one-time-only gift." We, being adamant lovers of free shit, went to the show, and our efforts were rewarded with new music! 3% Famous, which contains a song from each of the ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty Signs to Euclid Records, Announces Release Date of Debut LP

Euclid Records, the record label arm of the venerable record store, announced today that it's signed Sleepy Kitty (a.k.a. the RFT's Best New Band 2010). Says the press release: Plans are for the record, which will be released on vinyl and CD, to be in stores by the middle of February, 2011. Natural ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Sleepy Kitty's Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult on Art, Vinyl and Budgie

Jon Scorfina​Sleepy Kitty is never short of crazy endeavors. Guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Paige Brubeck and drummer Evan Sult's next gig is following the sold-out Flaming Lips show at the Halo Bar tomorrow night. In celebration of the Lips gig, the pair has also come up with a clever plan of ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend, Night One: Blind Eyes and Troubadour Dali

As the Blind Eyes is an-all male trio, there was some question as to who was going to play the all-important role of Stevie Nicks in its Fleetwood Mac cover set. The solution to this quandary was as simple as it was brilliant: Get every noteworthy female vocalist from St. Louis' indie-rock scene to ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend Night One: Union Tree Review, Sleepy Kitty, Bruiser Queen

​An Under Cover Weekend kicked off last night in fine fashion promptly at 8:30 p.m., with the Union Tree Review on stage at the Firebird covering the Postal Service. Thanks to a steady schedule of live shows, the young indie-folk band has improved mightily in recent months. Its set only solidi ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend returns for more cover-song shenanigans

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

The Art and Music of Local Duo Sleepy Kitty

​In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer interviewed local duo Sleepy Kitty. He says the band "write[s] effervescent rock songs that touch on layered girl-group harmonies, sound collages, noir country and power pop." Of its debut EP, What I Learned This Summer, Schaeffer says it "features t ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty brightens up Cherokee Street

Hear a New Sleepy Kitty Song, Catch Them Tonight with Imperial China at Cicero's

​Tonight at Cicero's, Sleepy Kitty will be hosting an out-of-town pal. Imperial China hails from Washington, DC -- and carries on that city's grand tradition of spiky, rhythmically complex post-punk. (To me, they resemble Public Image Limited's early stuff.) As for Sleepy Kitty, the duo of Eva ... More >>