The Mystery Hour turns 4, celebrates with epic concert and, presumably, gross amounts of cake
There’s no party like a birthday party. Inevitably, every one of them is either awesome or obnoxious. Chalk this one up under awesome: The Mystery Hour, the comedic take on a talk show hosted by Jeff Houghton at the Skinnky Improv Theatre just after the Mainstage Show, is turning four. Well, it’s completing its fourth [...]
Singer for 7 Dollar Stereo hospitalized with Bell’s Palsy
Tough news to swallow for the local rock community: Matt Eden, lead singer for Lebanon-based band and frequent SGF performer 7 Dollar Stereo, was rushed to the emergency room this morning with numbness in the left side of his face. Matt’s wife, Kayla, posted this to their shared Facebook profile: “please keep Matt in your [...]
CONFIRMED: Alan Jackson to play JQH in Springfield, MO
Nottingham Productions has just announced their latest major concert. Alan Jackson will be coming to Springfield, MO to play JQH arena at Missouri State University on September 23, 2010.
Stolen gear alert! Assembly Line Gods and Tokyo Sauna hit by thieves
It’s not your typical news post, but for the sake of the music community I’m writing about it anyway, because there is nothing I hate more than when hardworking bands have their equipment stolen by opportunistic jerks, thereby taking away from not only a musician’s passion but your ability to enjoy a show, dear reader. [...]
Bring on the FREE: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real return to play for you, you pay nada
Think about your typical Sunday entertainment for a moment. A good book? An episode of 20/20? Dump them both, at least on August 1. Lukas Nelson, son of country legend Willie Nelson–and a guitarist who can shred, by the way–is coming back to SGF that night with his band Promise of the Real to play [...]
Under the radar, a big reunion show looms
There’s nothing like a special occasion to shake things up a bit. Christmas has long been a good time of year to see local bands get back together for that “Why not? We’re all in the city at the same time anyway!” show, and, as we learned a few weeks ago, July 4 weekend has [...]
It Returns: Bloody Battle of the Bands is back August 6
One of last year’s most unusual, interesting and memorable music-related events is back for its second edition. The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks has announced the lineup for its second annual Bloody Battle of the Bands, a contest among high school-age acts in which fans must donate a pint of blood in order to [...]
New Music Update: The North Decade, The Rugs, The Seed
It could only be predictable that after compiling a summer and fall local album preview word would come along of records that slipped through our cracks. Some were just announced, others are still on the way, but while the pace of their news outran our ability to write about it in the midst of a [...]
LEAKED: “Banned (By The Man)” off Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s upcoming release Let It Sway
StereoGum.com has released another track off of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin‘s upcoming album Let It Sway. Hurry over if you haven’t already and check out the new track titled “Banned (By The Man).” You can stream and download the track FOR FREE here. SSLYBY’s album Let It Sway is due out on August [...]
CONFIRMED: Jason Aldean will be the next JQH Arena concert October 29
As reported by numerous sources earlier this morning, country star Jason Aldean is bringing his Wide Open 2010 Tour to JQH Arena October 29 with opening act Luke Bryan. The show marks just the third concert to come to the arena since its opening in November 2008. So the line of succession in JQH Arena [...]
CONFIRMED: Protomen return to Springfield
Indie video game rockers Protomen set to mark their return to Springfield, MO in only a few weeks. The Nashville based band has developed a cult following for their concept albums based on the Nintendo game series Mega Man. The band has recently announced its latest tour here. The band has received praise in some [...]
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 [...]
Zombie surf rock on your TV with The Boogeymen on Ozarks Fox in the Morning
In case you missed it, Springfield’s very own zombie surf rockers, The Boogeymen took another step towards conquering the world and enslaving Springfield’s women by dominating Springfield’s morning television airwaves. Catch them performing and a quick interview at Ozarks Fox. Be sure to cast your rating on the star rating system at the top of [...]
New Josh Heinrichs live album coming July 20… or, you know, right now
The moral of this story: Why wait? In a little more than a year since leaving Jah Roots and going solo reggae singer/songwriter Josh Heinrichs has released two albums and toured across the country, and according to an email Heinrichs sent us we can expect a third album July 20. Live In Hawaii was recorded [...]
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils: Who’s In, Who’s Out
It has been one of the most intriguing questions to come up since the announcement that The Ozark Mountain Daredevils would be playing their first SGF show in four years this September 10 and 11 at Gillioz Theatre: Which Daredevils will be playing? After all, few bands have had as many lineup changes as the [...]
