
Anonymous Choir
Nona Marie of Dark Dark Dark joins the voices of ten soulful ladies, forming a choral flood of plaintive tunes. Anonymous Choir will be performing at Toast/False Friday Night at 9:30PM Anonymous Choir Bandcamp
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Nona Marie of Dark Dark Dark joins the voices of ten soulful ladies, forming a choral flood of plaintive tunes. Anonymous Choir will be performing at Toast/False Friday Night at 9:30PM Anonymous Choir Bandcamp

Bruiser Queen blends 21st Century garage punk stomp with 60’s girl group shimmy. Bruiser Queen will be performing at Rose Music Hall Thursday night at 9:30PM. Bruiser Queen’s website

Birthed in Columbia and now based in Chicago, CAVE play shamanic psychedelia. With ecstatic rhythms and spacey yet tight jams, expect them to open your third eye. CAVE will be performing at Rose Music Hall on Friday night at 9:30PM.

The sound of Missouri distilled: Cindy’s voice, with its sweet Missouri twang, warms our insides like a long drink of moonshine while her harmonizing partner Mark Bilyeu (formerly of the legendary Big Smith) helps extend the Ozarks a few miles northward. Cindy and Mark will perform on Saturday at Toast/False 9:30PM
Cindy Woolf’s Website

Hailing from Como, Mississippi this powerful acapella trio belts out deep Soulful southern gospel tunes. Como Mamas

CoMO native turned toast of Brooklyn, Cole’s mixes and remixes are dug by discerning DJs the world over. Soundcloud

Combining Latin rhythms, call-and-response hollering, accordion pumping, and donkey jawbone rattling, the Museum are steadily winning back the land illegally taken in the Mexican-American War. David Wax Museum will be performing at Rose Music Hall on Thursday at 9:30PM David Wax Museum

BWAHA, co-founder of Dirty Disco, will be attacking the volunteer party again this year! From disco to trap he will use all genres at his disposal to get your booty bouncing! Bwaha Soundcloud

Chicago based DJ Gold E Mouf serves up a mix of bounce, house, and R&B to keep you on your feet all night. Gold E Mouf’s mixcloud.

This dreamy St. Joseph surf sextet are buoyant messengers from Missouri’s near West. Dreamgirl will be performing Toast/False on Friday night at 9:30PM. Dreamgirl on Bandcamp

Dubb Nubb is a family folk band that tells stories through images of highways and cities, nature and concrete, ghosts and lovers. Dubb Nubb will be performing at Toast/False on Friday at 9:30PM.
Dubb Nubb’s Facebook Page.

An East LA trio rooted in Mexican, South American and African melodies and rhythms has initiated a fierce style and sound. El Haru Kuroi will be performing at Toast/False on Saturday night at 9:30PM. El Haru Kuroi’s website

Maximalist Psych-Rock collective Fliight have been conducting loud sound experiments since 2009. fliight will be performing at Rose Music Hall on Friday night at 9:30PM Fliight on Bandcamp

The Flood Brothers sound, rich with boot-stompin’ rhythms and heart-tuggin’ blues, was born on the banks of the Mississippi River and cultivated in the Delta sun. The Flood Brothers will be playing the Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Thursday at 7PM.
Flood Brother’s Facebook page.

Flux Bikes turns bicycle wheels into percussion instruments, incorporating West African rhythms, electro-acoustic techniques, and improvisation.

A duo made up of a Missouri troubadour and a world renowned multi-instrumentalist, Jack Grelle and Ryan Koenig bring a heartfelt variety of original country music from south of the border to the red bricks of South City St. Louis. Jack and Ryan will be performing at Toast/False at Cafe Berlin on Thursday night at 9PM. Jack Grelle Bandcamp

Psychedelic farmland, rolling hills and green pastures echoing reverb-soaked electric guitars and yodels are the fabric that wrap Billy Haring’s songs in Jowlz. Jowlz will be performing at Rose Music Hall on Thursday night at 9:30PM.

Nobody leaves one of Lizzie’s performances without clapping along to songs about trees, insects, robots, and love. Lizzie Wright Super Space Ship will be performing at Sparky’s on Saturday at 2PM. Lizzie Wright Super Spaceship on Bandcamp

Messy Sparkles is John Paul. His one man show is part DJ and part live performance offering a shower of bass heavy beats and melodic layered vocals. Messy Sparkles at Bandcamp

This hot swing band are a welcome throwback to St. Louis’ golden age, driven by a groovy stand-up bass, horns, bebop guitar solos and a sultry songstress. Miss Jubilee website

A whirlwind from Warrensburg, Missouri, Molly Gene’s delivers the Delta through her boozed-soaked vocals, hound-dog harmonica, swampified guitars, and crushing drums. Molly Gene will be performing at Eastside Tavern on Sat Night at 7:00pm.
http://mollygenemusic.com/

The Onions are five boys with three-part harmonies and one single faith in the glories of pop music. The Onions will be playing Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Friday at 7PM.

With a nod to the progressive rock pioneers of the 60’s and 70’s and blurts of free-jazz skronk, the Pat Sajak Assassins let chaos reign. Pat Sajak Assassins will be playing Rose Music Hall on Friday at 9:30PM. Pat Sajak Assassins on Facebook

This veteran musician, composer & artist takes his cello into the cosmos. Paul Rucker will be playing Toast/False at Cafe Berlin on Saturday at 9PM.
Paul Rucker’s Website.

This classically trained musician and esteemed scholar moonlights with his wandering folk songs on the mbira and slit drum. Prahlad will be playing at Sparky’s on Saturday at 2PM. Prahlad on Facebook

Smoky-voiced, sad-eyed and seriously soulful, Rae Fitzgerald is a songwriter’s songwriter. Rae will be playing Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Saturday at 7PM.
Rae’s Bandcamp.

With influences from Montenegro to New Orleans, this fiery Balkan-style band bursts with a frenetic joie de vivre. Raya will be playing at Rose Music Hall on Saturday at 9:30PM.
Raya Brass Band’s website.

Harpist Ruth Acuff weaves intricate stories with delicate strings accompanied by her loved ones on bass, glockenspiel and vocals. This year she will toting her full-sized concert harp. Ruth Acuff will be playing at Sparky’s on Sunday at 2PM. Ruth’s Bandcamp Page.

This steel guitar phenom has been called “the guardian of lightning” for his electrifying, stomping blues. Samuel James will be playing Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Thursday at 7PM.
Samuel James’ Website.

A collaborator with Nick Cave, the fierce harmonium player and singer Shilpa Ray with her band create glam-rock operas inspired by the Shangri-Las by way of the Ramones. Shilpa Ray will be playing Rose Music Hall on Saturday at 9:30PM. Shilpa Ray Website

These talented guitar players channel folk duos of generations past with catchy songs, close harmonies and driving rhythms played on nylon strings. Stepdaughter will be playing at Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Friday at 7PM and Sparky’s on Sunday at 2PM.
Stepdaughter Vox videos.

Steven is one of Missouri’s finest songwriters, who belts out heartbreaking country ballads. Steven and The Sad Bastards will be playing Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Saturday night at 7PM. S.T. Carrel and The Sad Bastards Facebook page.

This Gothic folk duo from Portland, Oregon are chased by the phantoms of Americana and living luminaries like Tom Waits. The Strangled Darlings will be playing Toast/False at Cafe Berlin on Thursday night at 9PM. Strangled Darlings Website

Syrhea Conaway layers rhythms and vocals with a looping station and a microphone, resulting in an enchanting a capella experience. Syna So Pro will be at the Eastside Tavern Happy Hour on Saturday night at 7PM
Syna So Pro’s Reverbnation Page.

The rootsy Woodsmiths let us know what it’s like to sleep in squat houses and drink whiskey on the riverside. The Woodsmiths will be playing the Eastside Tavern Happy Hour Showcase on Thursday at 7PM. The Woodsmiths Facebook

Soaked in Deep South lore, these are New Orleans’ most rollicking buskers. Yes Ma’am will be playing Toast/False at Cafe Berlin on Saturday at 9PM Yes Ma’am’s Facebook page

Recently signed to Domino Records, Your Friend is Kansan Taryn Miller whose haunted voice peaks and dips like a flock of birds over prairies of aching guitar chords. Your Friend will be playing at Rose Music Hall on Saturday at 9:30 PM. Your Friend Website