August 30, 2005

Musical Chairs

Singer/songwriter/vocalist Gretta Ganter of Maid Rite will be performing her last show with Maid Rite soon, with the final gig with them coming at the Art Outside Festival at the Schlafly Bottleworks in a couple weekends. She'll be joining the regrettably named (but appealing power-pop) Tight Pants Syndrome over the next month.

If you're a friend of any member of the Helium Tapes, hit the band up for a rough cut of a four-song, sampler CD that they're passing around these days, with the tracks: "Greedy," "Carry Me," "Morning Glory," and "Magnolia Bloom." The group, which played the Lot Festival on Saturday, has been recording at the phone studio of erstwhile Phonocaptor Jason Hutto.

Ans since power-pop was namechecked a genre above, it's nice to see local p-pop kingpin Jordan Oakes writing some clips for the Post-Dispatch lately. The compilation disc he recently saw hit the market - "Yellow Pills: Prefill Numero 004" - is getting some nice press in national mags. Fans of chiming guitars and skinny ties already know to pick it up, but the local connection will hopefully find it getting some extra action in St. Louis.

Posted by Thomas Crone at 09:05 PM | Music & Recordings
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