Thursday, May 9th, 2024 | 6:30pm Doors / 7pm Show *
Downtown Central Library Auditorium ( 1301 Olive St, 63103 / map )

Presented in partnership with St. Louis Public Library
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Audio and Video Collaborations by:

• JoAnn McNeil + Jose Garva

• St. Louis String Collective + William Morris

• Blank Thomas + Zlatko Ćosić

NMC is excited to partner for a second time with Downtown Central Library to present an evening of experimental audio and video collaborations between St. Louis artists. These will be first-time collaborations between musicians and video/film artists, and explore the intersection of sound with image. This event is free and open to the public.

https://newmusiccircle.org

A FREE Columbia Experimental Music Festival Event
4-7 at Hitt Records.

JoAnn McNeil
https://www.joannmcneil.com/sounds
St. Louis based electronic artist JoAnn McNeil is a familiar friend to Dismal Niche programming, having contributed both gorgeous and harrowing performances to past lineups alongside ONO, The Messthetics, and more.

JoAnn uses only a few and simple electronic tools to their full capacity in the service of sonically materializing pulsating colors through her unique blend of celestial ambient bliss and visceral sonic turbulence.

Dousing
https://dousing.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-pressures
Chicago artist and Dismal Niche co-founder Ben Chlapek’s work for wurlitzer electric piano and synthesizers through a maze of loops and delays touches on neo-classical, destroyed pop and 70's kosmische

.rar aka Random Acts Radio and ambientSTL present Furniture Music Sundays. Every last Sunday of the month, FMS brings you daytime live music and DJ sets that bring you serenity and peace at the end of a long week. Music is performed with the intention of optional patronage, based on the early 20th-century concept of Furniture Music, invented by Erik Satie. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furniture_music) The music is part of the room, not to draw any extraordinary attention to its self. Blending of live performance and DJ, an assortment of members of the experimental music scene of STL and beyond will bring you a host of sounds for which to relax in. This event is free with the encouragement to donate to the artists.

Our special guest will be STL's JoAnn McNeil: https://www.joannmcneil.com/

Free
Noon - 3pm
This is an outdoor event, please plan accordingly.

ASUMAYA (Madison, WI)
A single throat and four appendages attempting to multiply like cells. Loops and limbs. Mbira and Bass. A polyrhythmic, mono-member musical entity.
https://asumaya.bandcamp.com

JoAnn McNeil + Stephen Favazza (Hands and Feet)

Syrhea Conaway (Syna So Pro) + Eric Hall

8p Friday, June 28th, 2019
Foam (3359 S. Jefferson 63118)
seven dollars

Riverfront Times' 18th Annual ShowcaseSTL, the largest all local music festival in the country, returns to The Grove on Saturday, June 22 with a kickoff on party Friday, June 21.

Enjoy over 100 performances to choose from at 11 locations in The Grove. Stay tuned for announcements on who you can see where at RFTShowcase.com.

ALL ACCESS WRISTBANDS ON SALE NOW FOR ONLY $20!!

FULL SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY NIGHT KICK-OFF PARTY, JUNE 21

Atomic Cowboy Outdoor Pavilion - Main Outdoor Stage
4140 MANCHESTER AVE
7 PM Theresa Payne
8 PM Boomtown United
9 PM Mathias & the Pirates
10 PM Illphonics
(MINORS ALLOWED ONLY WITH ACCOMPANYING ADULT)

The Bootleg
4140 MANCHESTER AVE
7:30 PM Drangus
8:30 PM Le'Ponds
9:30 PM Jr. Clooney
10:30 PM Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals
11:30 PM Looprat
12:30 AM 18andCounting
(21+ ONLY)

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

The Gramophone
4243 MANCHESTER AVE
2:30 PM Ryan Wasoba's 19 Second Songs
3:30 PM The Devil's Elbow
4:30 PM Lobby Boxer
5:30 PM The Ragged Blade Band
6:30 PM The Fighting Side
7:30 PM Mother Stutter
8:30 PM The Vincent Scandal
9:30 PM Mammoth Piano
10:30 PM P. Brown the Aeon
11:30 PM Teacup Dragun
12:30 AM DJ limewire.prime
(ALL AGES UNTIL 9 PM | 21+ AFTER 9 PM)

Taha'a Twisted Tiki
4199 MANCHESTER AVE
3 PM C Is For Cadaver
4 PM Brian McClelland's No Thunder
5 PM Syna So Pro
6 PM Zach Sullentrup
7 PM DJ Crim Dolla Cray (of KDHX)
8 PM Samantha Clemons
9 PM Ellen Hilton Cook
(ALL AGES)

The Ready Room
4195 MANCHESTER AVE
4 PM Jesus Christ Supercar
5 PM Starwolf
6 PM Thames
7 PM Little Cowboy
8 PM Sleepy Kitty
9 PM Shana B
10 PM T-Dubb-O
11 PM The Knuckles
MIDNIGHT DJ Kimmy Nu
(ALL AGES UNTIL MIDNIGHT | 21+ AFTER MIDNIGHT)

gezellig
4191 MANCHESTER AVE
2:30 PM Prairie Rehab
3:30 PM Nicholas Richardson
4:30 PM Stephanie Stewart
5:30 PM Zak M
6:30 PM Aida Ade
7:30 PM Caroline Steinkamp
8:30 PM Jenny Roques
9:30 PM The Hollow Ends
10:30 PM Ryan Koenig
(ALL AGES UNTIL MIDNIGHT | 21+ AFTER MIDNIGHT)

PARLORstl
4170 MANCHESTER AVE
3 PM Nick Gusman and the Coyotes
4 PM Sloopy McCoy
5 PM Kids
6 PM Nibiru
7 PM Bounce House
8 PM Banana Clips
9 PM The Stars Go Out
10 PM Rec Riddles
(ALL AGES UNTIL 8 PM | 21+ AFTER 8 PM)

BEAST Butcher & Block
4156 MANCHESTER AVE
3 PM Leslie and Mike
4 PM Duhart
5 PM Devon Cahill
6 PM Karen Choi
7 PM Neil and Adam
8 PM Cara Louise
(ALL AGES)

Atomic Cowboy Pavilion & The Bootleg - Main Outdoor Stage
4140 MANCHESTER AVE
1:30 PM School of Rock Ballwin
2:30 PM School of Rock Kirkwood
3:30 PM National Blues Museum Jam Band
4:30 PM Soulard Blues Band
5:30 PM Sorry, Scout
6:30 PM We Are Root Mod
7:30 PM Midwest Avengers
8:30 PM Tonina
9:30 PM Kim Massie
(MINORS ALLOWED ONLY WITH ACCOMPANYING ADULT)

The Bootleg
4140 MANCHESTER AVE
2 PM Emily Wallace
3 PM Jon Bonham and Friends
4 PM OnlySound
5 PM The R6 Implant
6 PM Crystal Lady
7 PM Bizy Jay
8 PM Scrub and Ace Ha
9 PM Najii Person
10 PM The Uppers
11 PM Brute Force
MIDNIGHT Lion's Daughter
1 AM Dracla
(21+ ONLY)

Firecracker Pizza & Beer
4130 MANCHESTER AVE
4 PM St. Villagers
5 PM John Hawkwood's Blackfoot Sun
6 PM Prime Time Soap
7 PM Let's Not
8 PM Suzie Cue
(ALL AGES)

HandleBar
4127 MANCHESTER AVE
Outdoor Stage
2:30 PM JoAnn McNeil
3:30 PM Justin Ra
4:30 PM Huht
5:30 PM The Opera Bell Band
6:30 PM Two Cities One World
7:30 PM Frankie DoWop
8:30 PM Janet Evra
9:30 PM PRYR
Indoor Stage
10 PM Agile One
11:30 PM Alexis Tucci
1 AM Saylor
(ALL AGES UNTIL 10 PM | 21+ AFTER 10 PM)

Tropical Liqueurs St. Louis
4104 MANCHESTER AVE
2:30 PM Sister Wizzard
3:30 PM Biff K'narly & the Reptilians
4:30 PM Necessities
5:30 PM We Are Warm
6:30 PM Yuppy
7:30 PM Golden Curls
8:30 PM Glued
9:30 PM Shady Bug
10:30 PM Dcupp
(ALL AGES UNTIL 9 PM | 21+ AFTER 9 PM )

For more information, visit RFTShowcase.com.

Hey Loves! Please join us at @faithforjustice Juneteenth Freedom Fest! I'll have some new and exciting creations for you! Can't wait to see everyone! Thanks @faithforjustice@thefellowshipstl @benandjerrys@cleojones 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤Posted @withrepost • @faithforjustice If you’re in the area, join us at @thefellowshipstl on Juneteenth! There will be vendors, food trucks, @cleojones DJing, and @benandjerrys providing FREE ice cream. Bring a friend, bring the fam. Come thru! #JuneteenthFreedomFest#FaithForJustice

- WAX FRUIT
https://www.facebook.com/WAXFRUITSTL/

- Reaches (NYC)
https://www.facebook.com/Reaches-789627754414403/

- JoAnn McNeil
https://www.facebook.com/joannjmcneil/

-NNNCook

$7 for venue side, free to get in the bar side.

Tatsuya Nakatani <https://www.facebook.com/tatsuya.nakatani> + Assif Tsahar <https://www.facebook.com/xassif>

*Telepathic free jazz explorations from two longtime masters of the genre*

Fuck Lungs

*Warped electro-acoustic punk jazz from Curt Oren <https://www.facebook.com/curt.oren> and Joe Hess <https://www.facebook.com/STLwrongdivision>*

NNN Cook + JoAnn McNeil <https://www.facebook.com/joannjmcneil/>

*Textured electronic sound environments*

Doors at 8

Show at 9 sharp

$7-10 suggested, but no one turned away for lack of funds

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Tatsuya Nakatani is a sound artist, composer, and master percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan. Based in the USA since 1994, he lives in Truth or Consequences, NM. Since the late 1990s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings in the USA and Europe and has toured extensively; performing solo, in collaboration with other artists, and with his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He presents masterclasses, workshops, and lectures across the USA and around the world.

Assif Tsahar is a free jazz saxophonist born in Israel and now based in New York City.  He runs Hopscotch Records and has collaborated with too many outer jazz luminaries to count, including Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Rashied Ali, Hamid Drake, Susie Ibarra, Fred Anderson, Gerald Cleaver, Cooper-Moore, and Ken Vandermark.

SEX FUNERAL (IOWA)

Sex Funeral is the sometimes grind, sometimes free jazz, sometimes cracked electronics duo of the hyper-prolific Bob Bucko Jr and drummer Matt Crowe. SF is currently on tour as a dual electronic drum trigger duo (peep their most recent recording for a bonkers lo-fi post-industrial hellscape). FOR FANS OF: Bernard Bonnier, Ron of Japan

https://sexfuneralduoexchange.bandcamp.com/album/duo-for-electronic-percussion

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JOANN MCNEIL

"While the world at large continues its sluggish, incremental awakening to the embodied artistic brilliance of black women, it would be easy to say that JoAnn McNeil has quietly birthed a collection of living sound and sight fully immersed in the lived-in dystopia that many black women experience on this very same world. The noise of it all (and, yes, in fact “noise” as evidenced by pieces like “Invisa Cell” with its Suzanne Cianni-esque dirge or the ambiance of “Blind Eye” and its Top 40 dance hit in a post Weyland-Yutani world) suggests that nothing from this oeuvre could materialize quietly. Yet, here we are, finally witnessing an artist gently exploding (if you will) from the strange environs of her birthplace of St. Louis (as documented in the photography series “Broken Homes”) and onto stages, galleries, and afro-futurist festivals from St. Louis to Philadelphia." - Alex Smith

https://www.joannmcneil.com/sounds/

JANET

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https://vimeo.com/142061758

DIRT/SUEN/HESS TRIO

Harsh guitar + electronics, saxophone, and drums improv trio.

9PM MUSIC
$5 for the touring act
*throw some $ to the good people of Flood Plain as well!*
RESPECT THE SPACE

ONO // Mourning A Mourning A BLKstar  // JoAnn McNeil // Heavy Pauses \

Please join us for the 13th Annual Amazing Spirit Art Exhibit & Reception. Local artists and visionaries in a variety of mediums will share their work and their insights about the creative process.

Artist lineup includes:

• Justin Barr (photography)
• Rachel Hough (painting)
• JoAnn McNeil (mixed-media canvas)
• David Ottinger (painting)
• Sherelle Speed (painting)
• Sheila Suderwalla (painting)
• Solomon Thurman (painting)
• Doug Weaver (painting)

... and more to be announced!

ALEXANDER ADAMS/BOB BUCKO JR (Chicago/Dubuque)

Improvised sax + electronics and drum shredding duo out of Dubuque, Iowa and Chicago respectively. You know Bob from his BBJR solo work, Venereal Crush, and the almighty Sex Funeral. Alexander rips in Galaxxu and operates the Lurker Bias tape imprint.

https://adamsbuckoduo.bandcamp.com/releases
https://bobbuckojr.bandcamp.com/

BLANK THOMAS (STL)

Egghead abstract electronic zones.
RIYL: plunderphonics, NBA Jams

https://squiggledot.bandcamp.com/album/sd40-blank-thomas-arrangements-for-argumentative-slop

JOANN MCNEIL (STL)

"While the world at large continues its sluggish, incremental awakening to the embodied artistic brilliance of black women, it would be easy to say that JoAnn McNeil has quietly birthed a collection of living sound and sight fully immersed in the lived-in dystopia that many black women experience on this very same world. The noise of it all (and, yes, in fact “noise” as evidenced by pieces like “Invisa Cell” with its Suzanne Cianni-esque dirge or the ambiance of “Blind Eye” and its Top 40 dance hit in a post Weyland-Yutani world) suggests that nothing from this oeuvre could materialize quietly. Yet, here we are, finally witnessing an artist gently exploding (if you will) from the strange environs of her birthplace of St. Louis (as documented in the photography series “Broken Homes”) and onto stages, galleries, and afro-futurist festivals from St. Louis to Philadelphia." - Alex Smith

https://www.joannmcneil.com/sounds/

OXHERDING (STL)

Meditative ambient electronics from Fitz Hartwig.

https://oxherding.bandcamp.com/


$7
9PM

💜 Support local women of color creatives! 💜

There will be homemade sweets & treats, handcrafted jewelry, organic self-care supplies, vintage clothing, unique crocheted crafts, original artwork, live music and more...

Enjoy delicious coffee, tea and adult beverages from Foam while you shop

It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

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Come join us for another FREE event wherein local sound artists sculpt the air around you!

For this installment, we are:

+BITCHFIT (pvd/stl)

+BRAIN TRANSPLANT (stl)

+DREW GOWRAN ENSEMBLE (stl)

+JOANN J MCNEIL (stl)

+NNN COOK (stl)

+SPECIAL PAGEANT (stl)

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Yes, the new SCUZZ REPORT will be available for purchase.

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As always:
FREE.
TIP YR. BARTENDER.
PLZ PLZ PLZ for the love of god BRING EARPLUGS.
This is an ALL-INCLUSIVE event.
☇☇☇☇☇☇

Michael Williams 

Veteran Sound Artist: (Electronics/Guitar/Toys/Tapes)-Lo-Fi/Free Jazz/Exotica/Space; Close/ Far (Rhizomatic Vol. 2); Sleet Music; New Music Circle!

Big-Step

Is the multimedia music project of Jordan Paine. DJ sets of original music with live visuals. Very percussion heavy and dance-oriented.

JoAnn McNeil
Freeforming electronics

Open donation to benefit Kismet Creative Center 

Reaches (NY)
https://iloveyou.bandcamp.com

ex salis (STL)

JoAnn McNeil (STL)
https://www.joannmcneil.com/

Zak M (STL)
http://zakm.biz

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General City Museum Admission.
This is an all ages show.
Produced by Cranky Yellow.

KEE AVIL (MONTREAL)

Kee Avil is a solo song project based in Montreal, QC. It combines guitar, voice and electronics into weird song forms that stagger between structure and improvisation. Kee Avil evolved from playing the guitar with broken cymbals and drumsticks into creating strange beats glued together by samples of screws dropped into crystal bowls.

https://keeavil.bandcamp.com/

JOANN MCNEIL (STL)

"While the world at large continues its sluggish, incremental awakening to the embodied artistic brilliance of black women, it would be easy to say that JoAnn McNeil has quietly birthed a collection of living sound and sight fully immersed in the lived-in dystopia that many black women experience on this very same world. The noise of it all (and, yes, in fact “noise” as evidenced by pieces like “Invisa Cell” with its Suzanne Cianni-esque dirge or the ambiance of “Blind Eye” and its Top 40 dance hit in a post Weyland-Yutani world) suggests that nothing from this oeuvre could materialize quietly. Yet, here we are, finally witnessing an artist gently exploding (if you will) from the strange environs of her birthplace of St. Louis (as documented in the photography series “Broken Homes”) and onto stages, galleries, and afro-futurist festivals from St. Louis to Philadelphia." - Alex Smith

https://www.joannmcneil.com/sounds/

CHRIS TRULL + ALEX CUNNINGHAM

Free improvised electric guitar and violin duo of Chris Trull (Yowie, Grand Ulena) and Alex Cunningham (Vernacular String Trio, Hardbody).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJxd_Lu8VPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5N__Lfcyzw

9PM
BRING $5-7 for the touring artist and buy their merch!

On June 16th,2Pac would of been celebrating his 47th birthday.

We miss him and want to continue to lift up his contributions to our culture—what better way of doing that then by bringing you a music and art tribute!

We have a line up of dope artists who will have work on display(and for sale) for your viewing pleasure and James Biko will be providing the sounds for your hearing pleasure.

This event is FREE!

Just simply RSVP!

Come on out because we doing it BIG for PAC!