Recommended Shows This Week 6/17/13 - 6/23/13

TUESDAY, JUN. 18

Bad News (San Francisco, CA)
Coppice (Chicago, IL)
Jason Zeh (Kansas City, KS)
N.N.N. Cook
@ Apop Records / 2831 Cherokee St.
9 PM / $7 / all ages
Guitar blends with synth in this experimental evening curated by Apop Records. The $7 price tag might be higher than usual, but the acts featured are all worth the extra scratch. Jason Zeh works with cassette tape manipulation, using prepared devices to create realms of varied sound.

THURSDAY, JUN. 20

Zack Kouns (Ironton, OH)
Zak Marmalefsky
Larva Lou
Spelling Bee
@ CBGB / 3163 South Grand Ave.
9 PM / free / 21+
Zack Kouns brings a mixed bag, sometimes pushing harsh noise while, at other times, playing sleazy electro-jams peppered with saxophone. Zak Marmalefsky croons over dark guitar melody, providing thick and accessible songs that feature deeply literal and personal lyrics. Larva Lou and Spelling Bee bring a little femininity to this Zach-Fest.

SATURDAY, JUN. 21

Black Flag
Good For You
Ultraman
@ Fubar / 3108 Locust St.
8 PM / $30 / all ages
This is not the original Black Flag, but it is the (Official) Black Flag nonetheless. Not much else to say here.

Yowie
Xaddax (Brooklyn, NY)
Lovely Little Girls (Chicago, IL)
@ Schlafly Tap Room / 2100 Locust St.
8 PM / free / all ages
Skin Graft emerged in the early '90s as a comic and music hybrid label blending 7" record releases with 7x7 comic books. Label owner Mark Fischer spent the label's early years in St. Louis, where he started a legacy that would resonate in experimental circles for years to come. Skin Graft put out amazing groups like Dazzling Killmen, U.S. Maple, Space Streakings, Melt-Banana and many others. On Friday, June 21, the Schlafly Tap Room in St. Louis will host a free showcase featuring three of Skin Graft's active bands, including Yowie, Lovely Little Girls and Xaddax (featuring Nick Sakes of Dazzling Killmen). Al Johnson (of U.S. Maple) will MC the show.

Taking a break this week...

Recommended Shows This Week 6/3/13 - 6/9/13

MONDAY, JUN. 3

Cloud Becomes Your Hand (Brooklyn, NY)
Catholic Guilt
Trancers
@ Chromozone / Ask A Freak
9 PM / $5 / all ages
Cloud Becomes Your Hand makes a strange blend of progressive folk via violin and synthesizer amid a typical rock set-up. Coming from Brooklyn, CBYH brings gnarly compositions that sound like some twisted jazz-odyssey con movie soundtrack. Catholic Guilt opens with their wild and usually abrasive improv-set. If you don't know where Chromozone is located, here's a hint: Ill-noise and misery.

If psychedelics aren't your vibe, Need from Champaign, IL plays guttural hardcore over at CBGB.

TUESDAY, JUN. 4

Sete Star Sept (JAPAN)
Shaved Women
Gutterpriest
@ Blank Space / 2847 Cherokee St.
9 PM / $5 / 21+
Sete Star Sept is semi-improvised grind metal from Japan. If screaming and guitar mutilation from a tiny Japanese woman with a back-line of a machine-gun drums isn't your thing, I don't know what to tell you.

If you're really against Japanese guitar noise, then I suppose you could check out the much more palatable Ex Wife from New Jersey over at Foam.

WEDNESDAY, JUN. 5

Stab (U.K.)
Lumpy and The Dumpers
Life Like
@ No Coast / 4260 Manchester Ave.
9 PM / $5 / all ages
Stab flew across the ocean to play hardcore for you. Lumpster and The Dumpsters return from their run at Chaos In Tejas and they'll no doubt be celebs and soon you'll have to pay thirty bucks to see them live. Come to a skate shop on Wednesday night and be able to tell your grand-kids you knew Lumpy "back then."

THURSDAY, JUN. 6

Hoax (Western MA)
Can We Win(Last Show)
Pink Sock
@ Bonerville / Ask A Punk
8:30 PM / $5 / all ages
Hoax turns hardcore into a dark ritual. The lyrics are straight forward and stab with real, pertinent issues. Hoax provides a varied set through use of many genre trappings, and does it so genuinely while proudly owning the moniker of hardcore. This is your last chance to see Can We Win and your two-hundredth chance to see Pink Sock.

SATURDAY, JUN. 8

Nurse (Nashville, TN)
Graphic Tease (Nashville, TN)
Opportunist (Hot Springs, AR)
Beauty Pageant
HMPF (Jim Fitzpatrick/Joseph Hess)
@ Foam / 3359 S. Jefferson Ave.
8 PM / $5 / all ages
Nurse is a vicious male/female noise rock duo from Nashville, Tennessee. Opportunist brings weirdo rock for you '90s enthusiasts and happens to be from Arkansas, so keep your fingers crossed for cute southern accents. Beauty Pageant will be playing a special stripped down set (who knows what they mean by 'strip') and HMPF is a barrage of guitar and drums.

For less noisy and more heavy; Check out Lizards Have Personalities from Kansas hitting the Lemp Arts Center on their last tour ever.

If none of the above sound too appealing, maybe you'll dig an all-local show with Little Big Bangs, Middle Class Fashion and more over at The Livery

SUNDAY, JUN 9

Kowabunga! Kid (Champaign, IL)
Dino Bravo (Champaign, IL)
Times Beach
Trauma Harness
Cal and The Calories (members of Lumpy and The Dumpers)
@ Chromozone / Ask A Freak
9 PM / $5 / all ages
Surf-pop, pro-wrestling and saturated fats soak into the concrete at Chromozone. Witness a five band power-run this Sunday, God's day, and wash yourself in the blood, sweat and tears of punk and rock and/or roll. Also, Trauma Harness.

Recommended Shows This Weekend 6/1/13 - 6/2/13

SATURDAY, JUN. 1

FREE/LATE SHOW
Non Serviam (Columbia, MO)
The Daggers
Fumer
@ Lemmons / 5800 Gravois
11:30 p.m. / free / 21+
Bring ear-plugs for post-rock, stoner metal and every harsh noise in-between. Lemmons stays open real late, so consider this show the after-party to whatever else you're doing on Saturday. Although the show is listed as being free, there are two bands from out of town so bring the dough to donate or spend on merchandise.

JACK BUCK'S 7" RELEASE SHOW
Jack Buck
Bald Eagle (Columbia, MO)
Believes (Columbia, MO)
Union Rags (ex-Hibernauts)
@ Off Broadway / 3509 Lemp Ave.
8:30 p.m. / $10 / 18+
Jack Buck releases its second record on this eve, and continues the band's tradition of unique packaging with a clear hard-plastic case and clear vinyl. Bald Eagle will make their first appearance in St. Louis since playing at the Bluebird (the former Firebird) in late 2007. Expect a brainy and noisier-than-thou take on metal from Jack Buck.

N. Nomurai
Dibiase
Saluda
@ Schlafly Tap Room / 2100 Locust St.
9 p.m. / free / ALL AGES
N. Nomurai's dark improvisation features complex rhythms among a backdrop of booming bass and swirling sounds. Eric Hall commands twisted electronics while pushing this trio into bizarre territory. Instrumental rockers Dibiase open the show with Saluda.

If you're brave enough to traverse Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis, check out the RFT Music Showcase which features tons of radical bands.

SUNDAY, JUN. 2

FREE/LATE SHOW
High Horse (Carbondale, IL)
Zagk Gibbons
Temples
@ Lemmons / 5800 Gravois
11 p.m. / free / 21+
High Horse provides progressive rock filtered through punk execution. Featuring members of Autonomy, a goth-punk band from Carbondale, High Horse merges rough-edged influences with a classic genre to make a strict but engaging set of songs. Zagk Gibbons is a one man wrecking ball of drums and guitar.

Swells (Denver, CO) hits the Livery TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

Swells (Denver, CO)
Volcanoes
Whsky Gngr
Rooster and The Coop
@ The Livery / 3211 Cherokee St.
8 PM / FREE / 21+
Swells funnels hardcore into a mindful, jazzy affair for weirdos and rejects. There's a complexity present that reaches far to undermine any genre trappings. Swells comes recommended if you're into the hard and heavy but always wanted something slightly more heady. Barely Free off-shoot Rooster and The Coop opens with help from the dubsteb-meets-noise Volcanoes and Whsky Gngr.

If you want straight keyboards and none of this feedback or guitar business, check out Anamanaguchi at the Demo tonight.