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Smart Fortwo: Not So Smart After All…
By Nate Gnau Staff Writer Have you ever wondered what driving a porta-potty to school would be like? Wonder no more! I’ve driven it. And I hate it. Over my last weekend, I had the…
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SOUNDWAVES: (Song Of The Day) The Lonely Forest
Good guitar riffs +catchy melodies + a small, small bit of screaming = the perfect song to get you out of the Monday mood. Check out the Lonely Forest’s single “Sing in Time” below and…
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2 AND A 10: An Early Eulogy For My Beloved St. Louis Blues
By Ashley Sorgea Staff Writer Oh it is that wonderful time of year again where you can just smell the spring air and feel the wonderful breeze the season brings that clears away all the…
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SOUNDWAVES: Rainn Wilson Murders Blitzen Trapper
What happens when Blitzen Trapper super-fan Rainn Wilson, of NBC’s The Office, shows up at one of the band’s shows and is denied the chance to perform with them on stage? He begins picking the…
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SOUNDWAVES: (Song Of The Day) Margot And The Nuclear So and So’s
In honor of the band performing at the Firebird in St. Louis tonight, today’s song of the day is appropriately Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s “Broadripple is Burning.” More appropriately, the song is…
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SOUNDWAVES: New Fleet Foxes Song, Auction For Japan Relief
Can’t wait for the new Fleet Foxes release, Helplessness Blues, on May 3? Check out a new song the band premiered on Radio 1 with BBC’s Zane Lowe below. In addition to the title track…
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The Strokes – Angles (album review)
“Press the “play” button on the stereo, adjust the speaker volume properly, and prepare to take a journey back to the age of new wave…”
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Upcoming Flooding Along the Mississippi River
“As the St. Louis area begins to stray from the harsh weather patterns of winter and into the tranquil climates of spring, a new concern emerges in the forecast: the potential of severe flooding.”
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Egyptrixx – Bible Eyes (album review)
“Dubstep. Distorted disorienting dubstep. What is it? Allmusic describes the genre as “tense, almost oppressively dark sound built on tightly coiled production with overwhelming bass lines…”
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SOUNDWAVES: (Song Of The Day) The Frames
The Frames are one of the greatest European exports since the great rock and roll of the late 60’s/ 70’s. Featuring fantastic instrumentation and Glenn Hansard’s powerful vocals, it’s hard not to appreciate their flowing…