Promotional Support from: Loyal Family, Nasty Rumor, Messe Productions, Up & Up Productions, The Untz

Sponsored by: Scion, Grassroots California

@ 2720 Cherokee on Thursday March 17th (18+ $10adv-$12dos). Advance tickets are available now at shop.loyalfamily.com.

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Beatle Bob says they’re “our hometown heroes.” Check out a show on their fall tour and let your people know when they’re coming:

Thu 10.7 @ Marly’s Pub – Springfield, IL
Fri 10.8 @ All Play – Des Moines, IA
Sat 10.9 @ Bourbon Theater – Lincoln, NE
Sun 10.10 @ Vine Street Pub – Denver, CO
Mon 10.11 @ Southern Sun Brewery – Boulder, CO
Sat 10.16 @ Bent River Brewery – Moline, IL
Wed 10.20 @ The Pageant w/ Lotus, Mux Mool – St. Louis, MO
Sat 10.23 @ Hideaway Saloon – Louisville, KY
Sat 10.30 @ Ferenczi – Warrensburg, MO
Sun 10.31 @ Mojo’s – Columbia, MO
Wed 11.10 @ Miramar Theater w/ KHB – Milwaukee, WI
Thu 11.11 @ Martyrs’ w/ KHB – Chicago, IL
Fri 11.12 @ Old Rock House w/ KHB – St. Louis, MO
Sat 11.13 @ Iowa City Yacht Club w/ KHB – Iowa City, IA

Alex B has just put out an exclusive podcast for XLR8R Magazine.
Past podcast artists include Moby, The Glitch Mob, Sinden, Diplo, trentmoeller, and many others.

LINK: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/08/alex-b

LA might get all the shine for the burgeoning beat scene, but a few states over in Colorado, producer Alex B (a.k.a. Alex Botwin) has been quietly setting up an abstract, instrumental fiefdom of his own. (That’s why we recently tapped him to host the Denver edition of our ongoing City Guide series for XLR8R TV.) As head of Elm and Oak, which functions as a record label, design shop, and clothing line, Botwin’s talents aren’t limited to just beatmaking, although his debut album, Moments, certainly garnered plenty of attention when it dropped earlier this year. Next week, he’ll be setting off on a massive US tour—check the litany of dates here—and as a little preview, he’s assembled this exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast. It’s a layered, at times psychedelic, journey through hip-hop beats, dubstep brawn, and bedroom-studio skronk that nicely showcases Botwin’s talents; as it happens, he either produced or remixed half the songs here. Throw in some unreleased gems from like-minded beat producers, and this podcast is poised to get any beat freak salivating.

01 MNDSGN “***reversefootsteps”
02 Toro Y Moi “Fax Shadow” (Carpark)
03 Robot Koch “Devil Drums (Alex B Remix)” (Friends of Friends)
04 Adam Deitch “Fat Boyyy”
05 Leonard Dstroy “Hypnotized feat. Brother of Moses and Reggie B.” (Bloom Bap)
06 Alex B “At Channel One/Mr. Me Too Remix”
07 Alex B “Chip Chop” (Elm and Oak)
08 Leonard Dstroy “Sunbeams”
09 Alex B “Getting to Know You” (Elm and Oak)
10 Alex B feat. Quiz “Fuss”
11 Alex B feat. Quiz “Yea Girl”
12 Alex B “Dehydration”
13 Jonwayne “Pondwater” (Wedidit)
14 Devonwho “untitled”

Go check this out!

(hot on the pulse update courtesy of Keith from Autonomous Music & Abstract Earth Project)

Coming to St. Louis Friday October 29th with dynamic duo Big Gigantic to 2720 Cherokee Buy Tickets Now

Fri Aug 13th… AARON KAMM & The One Drops + The Seed

Tue Aug 17th… PATO BANTON & The Now Generation + Zion + The Mad Russian

All of these shows are at 2720 Cherokee, your new home for quality reggae in St. Louis!

The following is from the mind of Beatle Bob…

“Ever since I rode my very first roller-coaster when I was five-years old ( The Comet, Forest Park Highlands, St. Louis,Mo.), I’ve been goosed with getting scared out of my wits on my favorite amusement park ride. After reading about various roller coasters throughout the years, I’ve made it a personal goal to ride on as many as I could in the USA throughout the past four decades. When travelling to many music festivals during this time, I was always able to convince several friends of mine to make a slight detour either before we reached or were returning from a festival, to the amusement parks that had a reputation for having the most hair-raising roller-coasters in the country. And although summer may be roller-coaster season, but not all thrill rides are created equal. A coaster should be like a perfectly orchestrated play. The pacing should provide non-stop action. You should never have a moment to regain your composure.

Of the nearly 800 coasters I’ve ridden, here are my Top-Ten:

1. Bizarro, Six Flags New England: Agawam, MS. The best coaster on the planet with high speeds, fog-filled tunnels and darting turns. The ride is enhanced by a soundtrack played through headset speakers. It provides riders so much airtime — periods of perceived weightlessness — that the seats are superfluous.

2. Millennium Force, Cedar Point: Sandusky, OH. An elevator cable pulls riders to a 30-story peak before they plunge down to a near-vertical track at speeds of up to 92 mph. It has over banked turns, tunnels and four moments off your seat that are unforgettable. At 6,000 feet, it’s the longest steel coaster in the Western Hemisphere.

3. Thunderbolt, Kennywood: West Mifflin, PA. Known affectionately as the T-Bolt, this classic wooden coaster takes advantage of its setting along the Monongahela River. It starts with a drop halfway down the bank, then finishes with its steepest drop at the end. It’s as if the coaster is built backwards.

4. X2, Six Flags Magic Mountain: Valencia, CA. This Southern California park is home to a unique coaster with separate rails for the seats, so riders find themselves twisting and turning as they fly through the air. This bizarre coaster breaks the paradigm of how a coaster should work.

5. The Beast, Kings Island: Mason, OH. This wooden coaster is the world’s longest in both time and length, thrilling riders for more than four minutes on a track that stretches 7,400 feet. It includes a 540-degree helix can hear the screams that twists through a partially covered tunnel. You can hear the screams echoing through the forest.

6. Ravin Flyer II, Waldameer Park: Erie, PA. Riders plunge down an embankment and across a four-lane highway on this unique 2-year-old coaster. There are several moments when the train changes direction and tries to pull the seat out from under you. That’s nasty! From start to finish this feels like controlled mayhem.

7. Viper, Six Flags Great America: Gurnee, IL. Inspired by the classic Cyclone at Coney Island, N.Y., this coaster is 10 feet taller, a little faster and a whole lot wilder. Everything that’s good about the Cyclone is even better on the Viper. It masterfully employs the picket-fence effect — rushing past stationary objects to add to the illusion of speed.

8. Intimidator, Carowinds: Charlotte, NC. Pedestal-style seats have thrill-seekers leaning back with their feet off the floor. It’s like riding in an out-of-control easy chair on a steel coaster that reaches speeds of 80 mph. Anything that makes the ride feel more vulnerable is good. It enhances the sense of imagined danger.

9. Intimidator 305, Kings Dominion: Doswell, VA. NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt inspired this steel coaster, which boasts an incredibly high average speed of 68 mph, nearly double the pace of most rides, and faster than traffic can legally travel on adjacent Interstate 95. It starts with a drop from a 305-foot hill. I counted six moments of air and several way-too-fast turns.

10. Hades, Mt. Olympus: Wisconsin Dells, WI. You can learn mythology from this wooden coaster, which pays homage to the underworld with a 700-foot-long tunnel under the parking lot. It comes up, turns around and dives underground again. the sense of immediate decapitation is often present. It’s pitch-black in there, and there’s a turn inside you don’t see coming.”

-Beatle Bob

Performing Live @ 2720 Cherokee in St. Louis MO on Tuesday July 20th, 2010. 2720cherokee.com

FUR began in 2008 as Bryce Isbell’s solo effort with the intention of developing into an experimental, poly-collaborative electronic project consisting of Isbell’s friends and musical peers. As of 2010, FUR added a new member, Gray Saint Germain Gideon, previously of Ghosthustler. With the heartfelt notion that music is the purest form of self-expression, Fur’s music is sheer autobiographical abstraction. Before creating music under his Fur moniker, Isbell studied film in Paris, France and it was during this time that he began to develop an understanding for visual and musical composition. As a solo artist, Isbell kept busy making lo-fi electronic music, releasing Colorful Purple on Secret Station Records; Witches, Lackadaisical EP, and the most recent Polybreak [digital 7”] on Waaga Records.

It wasn’t until meeting Gray St. Germain Gideon, who’s near perfect pitch, production savvy and unique concepts helped to set in-place the final piece of the puzzle.  FUR describes their identity as ever changing and both Gray and Isbell keep the music they listen to and study on a constant rotation.

Having received excellent reviews from the likes of Britain’s The Guardian newspaper, Pitchfork Media, Gorilla vs. Bear, and other glowing press reviews from around the world. Fur’s talent, drive and infectiously unique sounds create an endless list of possibilities for the band. FUR is currently wrapping up recording their Freak Emotion EP and a split album with newly minted Dublin producers; Planet Mu’s Solar Bears, and will begin their West Coast tour in July, 2010.

FUR on iTunes