New (To Us) Music Monday: Fantasies, by Metric
While we do our best to work in local album reviews, we often receive requests for reviews of non-local work, too. Since we love discovering new music, but want to keep a non-local piece helpful for SGFers, we had an idea: What if we review one non-local album per week, whether brand new or just [...]
Sound Bytes: Trent Wilson
- “Have I ever told you the story of how The BoogeyMen came together? So you’ve got this band called The Filthy Thirds, right? So Toad [Wyrick, the Thirds' guitarist] has left for the Army and this is when I brought Nate [Clarkson] in… well, we were playing all these shows and changing our sound [...]
In the Studio: The BoogeyMen
It’s almost 7 p.m. on a Wednesday night at Wired Woods Studio. The bass is finally set up, the paling-around jokes are in full swing and the window of opportunity is closing. For Trent Wilson, founder and braintrust of local instrumental surf-meets-Morricone group The BoogeyMen, it has already been a 15-hour day, and the next [...]
New (to us) Music Monday: BlakRoc by BlakRoc
Miss the Black Keys rap collaboration? It was close, but we caught it in plenty of time. Don’t hesitate. Listen now, and see what else might suit your fancy.
Golden Giant to hit studio this weekend
Local post-grunge (*slash) alternative rockers, Golden Giant plan to hit Dark Egg Studio this weekend to record their upcoming album. They currently have 14 songs they’re planning to record with engineer Nathan Wall. This may be one of the first Springfield rock bands in some time to not only actively gig as a band with [...]
New (to us) Music Monday — Reflection Eternal’s Revolutions Per Minute
Is Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek’s latest collaborative effort a modern hip hop classic or old-timey cash grab. Let’s just say, “You can like rap again.”
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin documentary on making of upcoming album, Let It Sway
The self-told and self-made documentary of how hometown favorites, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin recorded their upcoming album, Let It Sway.
TAG TV Music Focus: A video tour of Wired Woods Studio
Building a recording studio is easier than ever, what with the proliferation of programs such as Pro Tools, but building a good one is still a tricky balance. Of course, when Mark Bilyeu hands over the keys to what used to be Big Smith‘s house-turned-studio, you’re probably in pretty good shape. It also means you’re [...]
From SGF to the future? Former Fools Face bassist Jim Wirt launches Crushtone Music
There was a time when Jim Wirt was the young musician fighting for recognition, the guy rolling the dice and moving away from Springfield to take a shot at making it in rock ‘n’ roll. That was in the early ’80s, when his band Fools Face was all the rage in SGF and getting signed [...]
Brother Wiley: Coming full circle
It’s reasonable to expect to have some kinks to work out in your first concert as a group, but to play a set two-and-a-half times as long as you’re scheduled for at the most nerve-wracking local show of the year is another matter altogether. But that’s how local earthy-pop group Brother Wiley got its start [...]
Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater returns with a bang!
Formerly Swiss Villa, Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater was the premier outdoor venue of Southwest Missouri in the 80′s and early 90′s. Well now its is back and with a serious summer lineup to get your attention.
TAGtv: Interview with Shawn Eckels of Speakeasy
Chris and Scott from TAGsgf.com sat down with Shawn Eckels of Speakeasy, Jah Roots, Greasy Chair, Han Trio, etc etc…seriously, we can keep going (the man is in a gagillion bands). Shawn Eckels talks music, upcoming Speakeasy and Jah Roots shows, recording and more. Watch the whole interview or just listen to the podcast.
Q & A with Zach Reasoner and Todd Gummerman of Cornbelt Chorus
It’s amazing to think not even three years ago Cornbelt Chorus was exactly where local bands such as The Cropdusters are today: Playing to packed rooms onstage and on the tip of everyone’s tongue off it. No band garnered as much attention at the time as quickly as Cornbelt, and a series of serendipitous events [...]
SGF at SXSW: A Preview
In less than a month downtown Austin will practically ooze live music from its pores as thousands upon thousands of visitors descend on a five-block radius to see superstars mix it up with buzz bands and the yet-to-be-discovered. That’s right, the annual South By Southwest (also known as SXSW) festival begins in the middle of [...]
The Music Blog: Is hip hop a slave to the simile?
You can blame Lil’ Wayne for this column. I was listening to a Drake mixtape last week on which Wayne did some guest spots and a thought rose through the muck of my brainwaves that made my stomach turn a little: Hip hop lyrics are falling into a serious creative rut, and the simile is [...]
