Carte De Visite

Pronounced: [Cart Day Viz-EAT]

Carte De Visite is the solo project of Ryan Birkner, a Belleville, Illinois native. Ryan writes and records all the music himself at home with the help of the other members of the live band, Austin Luberda, who plays guitar, bass, and keyboards, and Christian Mundloch, who rips it on the drums. Their songs are short and sweet and to the point, but that point is filled with gorgeous melodies and soft, haunting vocals. Their music holds a likeness to a more parlour jazz style version of Beach House, with a male vocalist. 

Read more: http:www.myspace.com/cartedevisite

Right to left: Ryan, Christian, Austin

Calendar Of Events for the Month of January

At Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

January

Mon 10

SLEEP BELLUM SONNO/ Perfect Future/Men Working in Trees

Wed 12Kalli Starfox/ Roxanne Paradise/ Nathan Ponzar
Fri 14Christian Pincock -electronics and electro-acoustics
Sun 16Moyindau Quartet
Mon 17NATIVE/Canyons
Wed 26LOUGOW/ Ramona Cordova/ Robert Fishbone
Thu 27This Piano Plays Itself/ Jim Shorts/
February
Thu 03LEMP LISTENING EVENINGS: 6. Debussy: Peleas et Melisande
Thu 17LEMP LISTENING EVENINGS: 7. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Fri 18Anja McCloskey (from Southhampton, UK)

 

Curtis Tinsley

It's hard for me anymore to find an acoustic artist I enjoy so much as I do Curtis Tinsley. His music holds likeness to lounge music you'd find onboard a cruise ship on your way to the Greek Isle, mixed with folk music you'd hear in an intimate house show or coffee shop. What gets me about Curtis' music is his melodies, and how he uses them. In some parts of his songs, rather than playing chords to accompany the melodies, he will play the notes he is singing. Starts and stops are also a frequent happening in Curtis' music. He also has a side project I'm not terribly familiar with, but found by accident after a random Youtube search. Curtis played the LNAC last weekend and wowed the audience with his intimate set, which is now uploaded and in the show archive.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/tinsleycurtis

Calendar Of Events for the Month of November

AT FLOATING LABORATORIES
november 2nd
The Moonrises (Chicago)
Bikini Acid
Kevin Harris
Josh Levi

november 12th
Eliot Klein (Pa)
DJ Heavy Flow (Pa)
Kevin Harris

november 18th
Unicorn Hardon
Godwilling
Human Beast
Dust bunny

november 20th
Herding cats collective present:
I D M Theftable
Dr. Mabuse

AT LEMP NEIGBORHOOD ARTS CENTER

november 2nd
Former Thieves
Sore Throat Syndrome
Suburban Smash

november 5th
St Louis Noise! Leland P. Malaria 
Attached Fetus
Jinxiaoyu
The Night Grinder
Sigulda
Oblive

november 6th 
Ambulants
Grizzly J. Berry
Carte de Visite

november 10th
Life In Vacuum
Futurepast

november 13th
Suffix
Coping
Britches

november 18th
LEMP LISTENING EVENINGS:
1. Bach: Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra

november 19th
WE ARE HEX
Carte de Visite
Futurepast 

Apop Records

Apop Records, Saint Louis' premiere underground record store is more than just that; they contribute more than their fair share to the DIY scene here in Saint Louis. What started as a small shack hosting noise shows in Columbia, Missouri, Apop has now blossomed into a record label, venue space, and a house for all things "grating, atonal, noisy, difficult and exuberantly off-kilter," as their website states. Though they specialize in noise, that is not all Apop offers. Genres include but are not limited to noise, power electronics, avant garde, minimalism, drone, industrial, psych, punk, noise rock, metal, and hardcore. If this is your style, head down to Apop, located at 2831 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO.

Apop Records, located at 2831 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO

 Read more: http://www.apoprecords.com/

Calendar Of Events for the Month of October

October 2010
Wed 20	Gnarwhal/ Mose Giganticus/ Spelling Bee/
Fri 22	NOISEFESTl10
Sat 23	NOISEFESTl10 - Sponsored by Apop Records
Sun 24	NOISEFESTl10
Mon 25	Pfisters CANCELLED
Thu 28	PALEO/ Scienasaurus Rex/ Fragile Farm
Sat 30	Control/ There's a Killer Among Us

Show Archive Updated

Four new shows added to the show archive. They are: This Piano Plays Itself, Humdrum, The Muhrs, and At Yalta.
Enjoy and please send to friends.