The Ten Best Non Mardi Gras Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: February 8 to 10

By Mabel Suen Fri., Feb. 8 2013 at 6:32 AM

Categories: Weekend Best Bets

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DeRobert & The Half-Truths - Friday @ Off Broadway

Anodes
w/ Regret the Informer, Trauma Harness, Laika
@ The Radskeller
8 p.m. | $5
Anodes wraps up a nine-day tour with cross-state buds Regret, the Informer. See them both in their post-hardcore prime. (MS)

Speakers in Code's 3rd Birthday with Tift Merritt
w/ David Wax Museum
@ Off Broadway
9 p.m. | $20/$23
Speakers in Code is a wonderful local blog, run by St. Louis bloggers / die-hard music fans Jason Gonulsen and Katie Guymon, and this is the celebration of its third birthday! Celebrate with North Carolina singer-songwriter Tift Merritt. Check out a recent interview with Merritt on said blog. (DH)

Tower Groove Singles Club Release #2
w/ Doom Town, Pillow Talk, Spending Habits
@ Blank Space
9 p.m. | $7
Tower Groove strikes again! See three hard-hitting local acts and pick up the new 7" featuring Doom Town and Black For a Second. (MS)

Voyage of Slaves
w/ Rites of Impiety, Eternium
@ Cusumano's Pizza
8 p.m. | $5
I couldn't find a lot of info on Voyage of Slaves, but YouTube videos of the band's live performance show impressive technicality without delving into anything too mathematical. I dig. (DH)

Sunday (Feb. 10):

dada 20th Anniversary Tour
w/ Jerad Finck, 7 Horse, This City of Takers
@ Old Rock House
8 p.m. | $20
Save for that little break in the early '00s, California rock trio dada has been playing for 20 years. Remember that song "Dizz Knee Land?" You bet you do! (DH)