You might remember a video of a band that I posted a few weeks ago called Thor Axe and at the time I mentioned that some of the members were in a nother band calles So Many Dynamos. Well I [See the full post…]

Amanda and Abby are from California. They started their band four years ago. Abby plays guitar and Amanda plays mandolin. They sing in harmony and are joined by their band of boys who play violin, upright bass, lap steel and [See the full post…]

This truly is a legendary band with a legendary front man. J.D. Wilkes (also an acomplished comic artist) has been called by Jello Biafra as “…the last great rock’n’roll frontman” Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers play a white-hot version of the country [See the full post…]

Even though the music business has tried to make it obsolete, the vinyl record is still alive and kicking. People still love it, and there has even been a small resurgence of sales of vinyl records in the last few [See the full post…]

We had our first live show last week (“Live-Fi Saint Louis“), and it went really well. We’ll probably do it again. This is a performance from that show where we spent an hour with Jonathan Baer.

The Help is a politically charged (yet fun) punk rock band. I think the singer Jason Toon kinda looks like Cory Doctorow. Enjoy!

Here is the last performance I’m bringing you from the Lot Fest in STL but there will be more video from the other performances at the Metropolis St. Louis Web site in the coming weeks. This episode we also look [See the full post…]

Jumbling Towers have one of the most identifiable sounds of any band to come out of St. Louis in a while. If you like them, check out some more of their stuff on their MySpace page. This performance was taped [See the full post…]

If you’ve been following Lo-Fi Saint Louis you’ll know that we’ve covered these guys before. This time I caught the 7 Shot Screamers at The Lot Festival, an annual music event hosted by Metropolis St. Louis. It’s always a good [See the full post…]

This is a solo performance by Irene Allen that I caught several months ago, but I lost the original tapes. I recently found the tapes, and the performance is really too good not to share with you. Irene is originally [See the full post…]

Thor Axe is the triumphant metal prog rock side project for an indie band called So Many Dynamos. If you dig bands like Yes, Thin Lizzy and Europe you might really dig this. Me? Prog rock is not my bag. [See the full post…]

Mark Vickroid makes his own guitars from cigar boxes. Some of them have little amps built in. I first came across him playing in the street when I was shooting the RFT St. Louis Music Showcase in June. His guitars [See the full post…]

This is a first in a couple of ways, this is a video from the first show ever of a new band, The 75’s. And the first time we’ve ever featured a clip of a band at their debut performance. [See the full post…]

The legendary Blasters performing at Beale on Broadway.

We’re proud to bring you the return of one of the best received acts we’ve ever had on Lo-Fi Saint Louis, Mr. Pokey LaFarge.

The RFT Music Showcase is a annual event where some of the best music acts in town get to perform on a single day within blocks of one another. It’s actually a pretty incredible event where you get to sample [See the full post…]

Yes, Human Aftertaste is the name of this band. They’re from Iowa. They sell their own brand of canned meat. Their show is disgusting. (It’s part of Dirty Week for a reason.) If you like sick acts, you might like [See the full post…]

Blowfly started his career in the 1960s as a songwriter (he’s written songs under his real name, Clarence Reid). He wrote songs for Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, Gwen McRae and KC & the Sunshine Band, among others. But he [See the full post…]

You might know Doc Popular as a nerdcore rapper, or a lo-fi techno musician who plays on bent toy electronics, or maybe you bought one of his crafty blue jean wallets, or read one of his comics, or maybe you’ve [See the full post…]

WARNING! This video contains the suggestion of nudity and may not be work safe! The Cowboy Cabaret is a throwback to the good old days of night clubs. You know — when good wholesome family entertainment was in style. When [See the full post…]

Parker Griggs is the powerhouse of Radio Moscow. You really have to see him play to appreciate how good he is. His style of psychedelic blues is reminiscent of Jimmy Hendrix. If you want to see for yourself, you should [See the full post…]

I’ve been looking forward to this show for a while. I discovered this band several months ago and fell in love with their raw, bluesy, lo-fi sound. They’re a two-piece (piano/organ and drums) and their home base is in Louisville, [See the full post…]

These guys have been kicking around the local scene here for about four years, and I caught them at the release party for their fourth CD. I was able to speak with Team Tomato interview before their performance. You can [See the full post…]

A few weeks ago, I posted a video from the Venus Envy art show. And I got a great response from the music I used in that video’s sound track. That band was the Helium Tapes. I got a lot [See the full post…]

Every once in a while you see a band that blows you away and you wonder why you never heard of them before. The Spark Thugs are just such a band to me. I saw them the first time a [See the full post…]