Thursday Nights in STL

Wake the fuck up St. Louis! You missed it. Yeah, it was a Thursday and also the same night as the KDHX Mayhem event but the Schlafly Tap Room was the scene of balls to the wall musical explosions and mind numbing orchestrations that you rarely find in the Midwest. I can't sum-up N. Nomurai in words, you will have to go see them play and be blown-away for yourself; The Ottomen had a strong set and have inspired me to dig out my early Fugazi cds. Spelling Bee was the middle band on the line-up card, who apparently were playing a set at the Tap Room and then moving on to play another show that night (it was almost midnight).....the jokes of 'a large sound from a small package' are too lame to make but the two member group (or duo) was like Pussy Galore and Danzig meets Gene Krupa on crack! Holy shit!! Check out all these bands the next time they play.
(image: one of my older works of art that seemed to fit the music)