Forget what you know about cover bands. All those weddings spent dancing with your awkward uncle to a jazz combo covering “Baby Got Back” have given the cover a bad name — We’re here to make it cool again.
Imagine this: the best bands in St. Louis, pulling out all of the stops and performing an entire set as their favorite group. Still not convinced? Check out Undercoverweekend.com to read up on the amazing weekends of the past and/or scroll down to see how unbelievable 2012 is going to be.
Dots Not Feathers was originally formed as a collaboration between Stephen Baier and Ryan Myers. It soon grew into something much more with the addition of Ravi Raghuram adding vocals and various instrumentation. Lastly with the addition of Katy Durrwachter on piano these four friends from the Midwest became the band you hear today. Add 4 parts vocal harmonies, 2 parts creative instrumentation, 1 part ghost rock piano and 1 part jazz folk guitar parts and you get Dots Not Feathers.
Arthur and the Librarian is a folk/indie band formed by Arthur Gregory Crittenden and Aubrey Howard, with friends filling in along the way. Their music is best listened to on a sunny day.
We commence June’s playlist with Kylesa’s “111 Degree Heat Index,” because, you know, it’s gonna be hot outside. From there, we’ve got more scorching metal (Torche, Baroness, Blood Ceremony), and then a brief pop punk interlude (The Menzingers, Dead Milkmen) … Read more