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Missouri Filmmakers Tap Punk Legends Ian Mackaye, Jacob Bannon for Dither: The DIY Sound

By Joseph Hess Fri., May 24 2013 at 6:37 AM
Categories: DIY

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Bret Hoy
The crew with Ian Mackaye in front of Dischord House in Washington, D.C.

Late last year, Bret Hoy and Sam Geneser set out to cast a lens on Midwestern punk. The duo had few preconceptions, and they found themselves welcomed into an open, diverse community. An initial interview with St. Louis's own Mark Sarich, the curator of the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, opened the pair to the inner workings of the DIY music sub-culture.


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Converge, Dither, DIY, Film, Fugazi, Ian Mackaye, Mark Sarich
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New Breakmouth Annie Record On The Horizon From Throwing Things Records

By Jimmy Eberle Tue., May 14 2013 at 10:05 AM
Categories: DIY

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Breakmouth Annie
The clock is counting down to midnight on a Friday night at Lemmon's. After some knob-fiddling and shot/water retrieval from the bar, the band begins its set, as some more friends and fans run back in after finishing their cigarettes outside. The next 25 or so minutes become a blur of head-nodding, uncontrollable leg-shaking and drink-spilling. The punk rock/sports bar-hybrid shakes as the band barrels through a set of intense but toe-tappingly and/or groin-grabbingly catchy songs. The vocals contain actual singing, with lyrics being belted out that seem overtly cathartic. You just want to ball these songs up in your hands, throw them into your car, and lock them inside of it. That way you can drive around rainy streets at night, beating on your steering wheel and working out whatever shit you're going through. At least, that's the effect Breakmouth Annie has on me. Listen to "Tiny Battles" for yourself and see if you don't react in a similarly ridiculous fashion.

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I Regularly Open My Home to Axe-Wielding Maniacs and Other Strangers... Why?

By Jesse Sendejas Jr. Tue., May 14 2013 at 8:06 AM
Categories: DIY

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Photo by B. Breaux
Lousiana's Thistle! encounters a little van trouble.
The sheriff department's officer was standing on my doorstep, still trembling with excitement. The red and blue lights from the patrol car flashed over his face, which was incredulous at the site of the person who opened the door at three in the morning - me, a middle-aged, gray-haired man in Nick & Nora PJs with horsies on them.

"We had to take your friend to jail because he was banging on someone's door with a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a full-handled axe in the other," he said.

See Also:
- Six Tips For Hosting Dirty Vagrants (Also Known as Touring Bands)
- Six Tips On How To Be an Awful House Guest: Musician Edition

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Strangers Now: New Split Ten Inch, Upcoming Summer Jam Tour

By Jimmy Eberle Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 6:31 AM
Categories: DIY

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Strangers Now
Not all things that come from the St. Charles area are homogenized and soul-less. Take Strangers Now, for example. I went out to a Halloween show at one of the members' houses out there last year: It was chock full of un-jaded, fresh-faced kids who I barely recognized. This was somewhat unheard of, a group of kids at a show who don't have nearly the levels of "damaged goods" as the upperclass-men/womyn punx. It reminded me of how growing up in the county (North, West, or South...or East, if you count Illinois) can brew up an anxious cauldron full of boredom-based, sub-culture exploring, cop-hating scribbled lyrics and furious riffs. This band seems to embody all of this and is actually making its way out of suburban purgatory to tour the country, with freshly pressed wax in-hand.

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Voight-Kampff Signs to Deranged Records

By Jimmy Eberle Thu., Apr. 11 2013 at 9:27 AM
Categories: DIY

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Nick Lucchesi
Voight-Kampff. Joe Sulier, left, and Colin Swanson-White, right.
St. Louis-Minneapolis hybrid Voight-Kampff has moved up the big(ger) leagues of the DIY realm. It's just been announced that the band is the newest addition to one of Canada's most successful/relevant DIY labels, Deranged Records (home to bands like Culo, No Class, Wild Child, Brain Tumors, White Lung, Career Suicide and formerly Fucked Up -- among many others). The post/gloom punk band has finally gotten a break (har har) after previous label troubles, a name change (formerly Run Down), and traveling back and forth between the two cities since 2005. Joe Sulier -- frontman/keeper of the haunting and at times even Ian Curtis-esque vocals -- seems anxiously excited.

"Now that we've got this new record in the works for Deranged, there's definitely more pressure and obligation to play more than one show a year, which I think we're really looking forward to. This summer should see a lot more from us on the live end."

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-Homespun: Voight-Kampff


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The Best St. Louis Punk/Hardcore Shows in April

By Jimmy Eberle Fri., Apr. 5 2013 at 10:10 AM
Categories: DIY

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The Men - April 28 @ the Firebird
Are you sick of being responsible? Does it annoy you to have to follow rules or be pro-social? Do you like basements? Well, if you are a goofy, degenerate weirdo who doesn't quite fit in anywhere else, you might consider our city's DIY hardcore/punk shows.Your underlying anger problems can be brought out to their fullest potential (in a positive way). These are my recommendations for great local and national bands that don't play five-minute (marathon!) songs or remind you about drink specials. General rule of thumb: If you have five bucks and can show up by 9 pm., then it's go time in the pit. One, Two, Fuck You!

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Spelling Bee's Last Laugh: MSNBC Cites "Noise Band" in Boston Undercover Cop Flap

By Joseph Hess Wed., Apr. 3 2013 at 10:11 AM
Categories: DIY

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"Howdy-do, fellow kids!"
I'd rather have my bottom lip pulled up over my forehead than try to park in Jamaica Plain. The tiny neighborhood in Boston feels gridlocked with huge houses smashed shoulder to shoulder. Imagine my relief when, after arriving at a house of music nerds, a special spot was hollowed out for little ol' Spelling Bee.

See Also:
-Spelling Bee Outs "Joe Sly," Alleged Undercover Cop Posing as Punk Fan
-Attention "Joe Sly" and the Boston Police Department: The Internet is Making Fun of You

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Attention "Joe Sly" and the Boston Police Department: The Internet is Making Fun of You

By RFT Music Tue., Apr. 2 2013 at 12:04 PM
Categories: DIY, Fiesta!

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The entire Internet was abuzz over the weekend with the tale of Joe Sly, the alleged undercover cop busted in Boston last week by St. Louis' own noise-punk duo Spelling Bee. The story was reported by Slate, Gawker, the A.V. Club and more, exposing a troubling pattern in Boston wherein police are apparently posing as punks online in order to infiltrate and shut down DIY shows.

The transparent ineptitude of attempts to mimic the behavior and attitude of young punks online was laughable, causing for Mr. Sly to be busted and propelling the story to go fully viral. A resident of the Boston area (Facebook name: Katrina Galore) caught wind of the excitement and created an FB event page for a "Cool Underground Basement Concert," a tongue-in-cheek baiting of the Boston Police Department that also went viral, eventually climbing to more than 5,000 invites. This past weekend, people were posting hilarious mockeries of Joe Sly's attempts at a rate of about one every five minutes. The event page was even shared by Occupy Wall Street via its Twitter feed, directed at the Boston PD.

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-Spelling Bee Outs "Joe Sly," Alleged Undercover Cop Posing as Punk Fan


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Spelling Bee Outs "Joe Sly," Alleged Undercover Cop Posing as Punk Fan

By Jessica Lussenhop Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 11:44 AM
Categories: DIY, WTF

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Courtesy Spelling Bee
This super real looking profile is allegedly the concoction of a Boston police officer.
We here at RFT Music can barely breathe this is so awesome.

St. Louis's own Spelling Bee has apparently outed an undercover police operation in Boston. The cops' goal: Breaking up DIY punk shows by posing as fans.

"Basically I think the cops should have something better to do," says drummer and vocalist Joseph Hess.

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The Best St. Louis Punk / Hardcore Shows in March

By Jimmy Eberle Thu., Mar. 7 2013 at 8:30 AM
Categories: DIY

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The Spits -- March 12 @ Fubar.
Are you sick of being responsible? Does it annoy you to have to follow rules or be pro-social? Do you like basements? Well, if you are a goofy, degenerate weirdo who doesn't quite fit in anywhere else, you might consider our city's DIY hardcore/punk shows.Your underlying anger problems can be brought out to their fullest potential (in a positive way). These are my recommendations for great local and national bands that don't play five-minute (marathon!) songs or remind you about drink specials. General rule of thumb: If you have five bucks and can show up by 9 pm., then it's go time in the pit. One, Two, Fuck You!


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ask a punk, diy, hardcore, punk, st. louis
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