El Perro del Mar
Where: The Gargoyle
Playing With: Peter Bjorn and John
Sounds Like: "The 2009 release Love Is Not Pop furthers Sarah Assbring's deconstruction of pop and indie-folk forms -- the melodies linger, the grooves float, the themes sigh -- but a sonic laboratory of dubby delay and electronic glimmer and glitch catalyzes her songs. Mood pieces such as "Let Me In" and "It Is Something (to Have Wept)" -- the latter featuring a lyrical assist from writer G.K. Chesterton -- languidly unfold
Todd McKenzieBjorn!
Peter Moren and Bjorn Yttling are a study in contrasts.
Bjorn, disheveled and in black, lumbers slowly across the stage. When he approaches the microphone, he drapes his mustachioed upper lip directly on the device, as if it would be too much effort to step back a few inches and project. He's aloof, unperturbed and totally chill. Bjorn is the bassist, naturally.
Peter, meanwhile, is the showman. Clean-cut and buttoned-up in a dapper beige jacket -- later discarded in
Ugh. Monday has reared its ugly head once more. And sadly, it looks to be a soaking wet week. (Again.) Hopefully our weekend coverage will brighten your day a bit. Here's the recap.Old School Tattoo ExpoPhoto: Jason StoffThis tattoo needs more... Cowbell! See more photos from the Old School Tattoo Expo.Over the weekend, Lyle Tuttle's Old School Tattoo Expo again got underway in St. Louis, and for the second year it was held at the Holiday Inn Select downtown. We have 58 photos from the tattoo
Euclid Records
1. Sting - If On A Winter's Night...
2. Beatles - Revolver
3. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
4. Nirvana - Live At Reading
5. REM - Live At The Olympia
6. Tegan & Sara - Sainthood*
7. Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
8. Jack Johnson - En Concert
9. Swell Season - Strict Joy*
10. Wilco -- (Wilco The Album)
