10/08/15
“So stand still, Don’t you wanna be a part of something bigger, Something strange, is catching up to you.” Alicia Bognanno’s gravelly, Cobain-esque scream reverberated across the brick of STL’s favorite rock club last night. Montreal’s Heat and Chicago’s Fake Limbs were supporting. Here’s a few photos and notes. ✒ Bully Bully drummer Stewart Copeland went to… Read more »
03/14/15
“To the moon and back,” Patrick likes to say when talking about touring. It’s the distance he’s spent on the road since he’s been playing shows regionally in Northeast Ohio, and he’s done it twice. To put that into perspective, it’s over one million miles to date. Patrick was helping out with the family golf… Read more »
02/20/15
“I kinda whistle on my S’s,” Jessica Lea Mayfield warns as she clips her mic on her jacket. Before the camera rolls she goes on about her love for St. Louis, how much she digs The Fortune Teller Bar, and how awesome Native Sound’s David Beeman is at making things sound all glittery when they’re… Read more »
12/17/14
On Saturday I settled down on a town known for its mostly retired tire industry to catch Patrick Sweany play his band’s last show of the year near his hometown of Massillon, in what proved to be one of the most raucous rock shows of 2014. Rock show being blanket words for the varied styles of American music… Read more »
07/25/14
When Nashville, Tennessee via Massillon, Ohio’s Patrick Sweany came through town earlier this week, he name dropped St. Louis streets and neighborhoods like he’s lived here for years. He payed tribute to our beloved city with a cover of Roosevelt Sykes’ “Woman In Elaine, Arkansas.” Patrick jokes that, “Everyone who lived in St. Louis must’ve sang the… Read more »