Dizzy Wright has been grinding and paying these dues for years and he is about to come and set YOUR TOWN on fire!! The Funk Volume artist is on the Kottonmouth Kings tour along side Deuce, Snow The Product and Eskimo Callboy. Judging from the post on Dizzy's facebook, these shows have been going off. Dizzy has recently released a new E.P " The First Agreement " on Funk Volume Records. You can find it right here, and be sure to check out ... Read More

Dessa, A. Wolf and Her Claws, Farout and Dj Mahf Words/Photo's by BeezNutzSTL Each year thousands of artist converge on Austin, Tx for the annual South By Southwest Music Festival. Many of them book shows throughout the midwest en route to the Music Fest each year. This year Dessa announced a show at The Firebird in St. Louis, and I made sure I had that night off. The day started off rainy, and very gloomy, a normal wet and cold St. Louis afternoon. My ... Read More

Road To Paid Dues, The Gramophone, 03/05/13 Photo's/Words : BeezNutzSTL Paid Dues is a independent hip hop festival held annually in Pomona, California. This week some of my favorite artist came out to rock The Gramophone in St. Louis on The Road To Paid Dues tour. Thanks to my good friends Kathy and Curtis, I have known about and been a fan of Prof for years now. My friends Kathy, Curtis and I all decided to meet up and ride downtown together. That way we ... Read More

Bonnaroo 2013 June 13-16th in beautiful Manchester, TN. Words/Video/Pictures : BeezNutzStl Today is a day that myself, and thousands of other music fans across the world have been waiting for. Which of coarse is Bonnaroo Announcement Day. It is almost a holiday to some like me. I personally worked 3 extra shifts at my job just to have this day off. And, was it worth it? Yes it was. Here is the complete Lineup that we all have been waiting on and ... Read More

The Rouge The Firebird 02/10/2013 Words/Photos/Video By BeezNutzStl There is a funny story about how I discovered this band. I work at a famous restaurant in St. Louis, and back during the Myspace days I met this band traveling to and from Nashville to record. They all were very nice and I added them on myspace. Over the years I had served them about 3-4 times and they were always cool. Fast forward to the Facebook era, I saw they had booked a ... Read More

Soul Asylum The Old Rock House 1/30/13 Words/Photos By BeezNutzStl I have always liked Soul Asylum, they remind me of good times in my childhood. I never got to see them during the 90's and missed them every time since. They had just came out with a new album last year. When I heard they were coming to one of my favorite places in St. Louis, I jumped on the chance to go. The Old Rock House is the perfect place for a band ... Read More

Reel Big Fish, The Pageant 01/15/13 St. Louis, Mo Photo's and Words By BeezNutzSTL I have been lucky enough to call myself a Reel Big Fish fan for many years. They always make me laugh, their shows are high energy and most of all they are FUN. So with a show announced for the first month of 2013 in my hometown. I had no choice in the matter. During the weeks leading up, I kept suggesting that my girlfriend come out and see the ... Read More

ZZ WARD VINTAGE VINYL 12/02/12 PHOTOS/VIDEOS/WORDS by BzNtz Before Vintage Vinyl posted a event called " ZZ Ward Instore Performance " on Facebook. I had never heard of this young rising star. I had the night off work because, I was going to see Coheed and Cambria later in the evening. So my girlfriend and I decided to hit the local record store for some free tunes first. So coming into this show, my knowledge of ZZ was extremely limited. I knew she had ... Read More

Blueprint, Mad Dukes, Mathias and The Pirates The Firebird 11/29/12 Words/Photos/Videos : BzNtz I must admit, I feel bad for sleeping on Blueprint for as long as I did. With some many choices in music these days, its easy for great artist be over looked. A few years back I saw a show he did with Atmosphere and he stole the show for me. He has so much depth, passion and great lyrics in his music. His beats are alive with his pulse, because he ... Read More

TWIZTID/HED PE/LIL WYTE/POTLUCK POP'S SAUGET, IL 11/29/12 WORDS/PHOTOS/VIDEO by BzNtz Strangely I had not heard much of this tour until a few days before the show. Fate had giving both my girl and I the night off so we set out to make the most of it. After talking to my friend Steve, he invited us out to show and talked both of us into going. In exchage we talked Steve into giving us a ride out to Pop's in Sauget, IL. Pop's is ... Read More

3oh!3 St. Louis, MO Rock N' Roll Marathon, 11/02/12 Words/Photos/Video: BzNtZ I can remember back to the 08' warped tour, and how 3oh!3 was on that tour. They had a new CD that was supposed to drop on that tour, it had leaked before the release date. Instead of bitching, 3oh!3 burnt copies of the new CD on CDR signed them and sold them for 5 bucks. My friend Steve has one of these, he was the one to introduce me to the band that ... Read More

Earlier in June of this year, I was cruising facebook when my favorite rapper (Mac Lethal ) posted he would be joining 311, Slightly Stoopid, The Urge and Soja for the Summerdaze Festival 2012 in his hometown of Kansas City. Had I not seen that post, I would of never drove across the state lines for this show. In hind sight I am very glad I did. After seeing Mac Lethal in the spring and rocking his " Irish Goodbye " Cd ... Read More

Reverend Peyton, 08/09/12 Vintage Vinyl, St. Louis, MO Words/Photo's/Video by Beez Nutz I have said over and over how I LOVE Vintage Vinyl, they do everything right for a record store. They are a real independent store, which is more and more rare in todays world. I always buy my new cds from there, but what sweetens the deal is when the band shows up to throw a record store party, and what better band to do this than the Big Damn Band. ... Read More

Dizzy Wright, Fubar St. Louis, MO 08/02/12 Words/Photos/Videos by BeezNutz Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to go check out a up and coming rapper Hopsin. Had I missed that show, I would of almost certainly missed this one. I feel blessed I caught both of them. Funk Volume is shaping up to be a independent force to be reckoned with. They are already boasting a strong roster, and are some of the best promoters in the game. After hearing so much and ... Read More

Ponderosa, Vintage Vinyl, 07/29/12 St. Louis, MO Words/Photos/Video By BeezNutz This year my birthday fell on a lazy Sunday summer afternoon. My girlfriend and I decided to make the most of the beautiful day and head down to Vintage Vinyl for some free music. We arrived early and walked the block stopping in for some frozen drinks to ease our summer walk. We got to Vintage Vinyl a bit early and made sure to say hello to the always friendly staff. They gave me ... Read More

"I had a great time over the past few years doing my Pighammer album and solo tours, but it's time to get Static-X back on the road. I can’t wait to tear it up with some old school Evil Disco!” - Wayne Static After a few years absence from touring, Static-X announced today that they would be returning to the road this summer on their newly announced " Noise Revolution Tour 2012 ". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3-_aPlkgI (Video By BeeZnutzStl) Opening the show will be Davey Suicide who is ... Read More

I love our local record store, Vintage Vinyl. They are what every music scene needs, a place to check out new music, find old stuff you forgot about, and most importantly to turn you onto new and emerging bands. Just two years ago, I saw Foxy Shazam play here for free and now they are off doing big things and everyone is digging them. So as a rule of thumb, if I am off and you play a instore at Vintage Vinyl. ... Read More

BARONESS ST. LOUIS 04/26/12 THE FIREBIRD WORDS/VIDEO/PHOTOS: BEEZNUTZSTL I had not had the greatest of weeks, so instead of stay at home alone. I decided to go out. While sitting around cruising facebook looking for something to do. I went to The Firebird's website and checked the show listings. I wasn't searching for anything really just something cheap, fun and a excuse to go out. I needed it. So when I read about Baroness I was interested. Then I went to their facebook page ... Read More

Fucked Up, The Firebird, St. Louis, Mo 04/08/2012 Words.Photos.Videos by BzNtz After a rather normal and uneventful Easter I sat at home going over my options. One was to stay at home and watch movies alone, or two was go see a band I had only heard about briefly alone. I chose the show and I am glad I did. I left rather late for this show leaving my house at 8:50 p.m and racing downtown to The Firebird. The Firebird is ... Read More

Beats Antique The Old Rock House, St. Louis, MO 04/04/12 Words/Photos/Video by BzNtz Over the past few years I have heard a lot of things about this group called Beats Antique, but still years later I knew almost nothing about them. I heard they put on a great live show, I saw numerous friends like their facebook page. So on this cold and rainy St. Louis night I decided to see for myself. I started the night at work, when I asked my friend ... Read More

Chiddy Bang/Diplo Axe Presents One Night Only The Firebird St. Louis, MO 03/30/12 Words/Photos/Videos By BzNtz Cruising around facebook, I found a event for a free Diplo/Chiddy Bang Show in my town. The shows are put on for free by Axe body spray in various college towns across America. The catch? The shows are only announced 24 hours in advance. I was lucky enough to be able to trade shifts and get out of work early. After getting to the Firebird, I ... Read More

Janus/Deny The Gravity, Pop's Sauget, IL 03-29-12 Words/Photos/Videos by BzNtz My friend Mike called me very excited one day and told me that his band Deny The Gravity was picked to open a show for Janus. I was very happy for him and as I normally do with my friends bands if I am off work I will go. The tickets were only 10.57 thanks to our local alternative radio station, 105.7 The Point. The Point puts on a lot of great shows that I ... Read More

LIGHTS, 03/24/2012 VINTAGE VINYL ST. LOUIS, MO Words/Photos/Videos/ By BzNtz First time I saw Lights was at the Van's Warped Tour. I was aimlessly walking around watching various acts when I stopped to watch this girl and her keytar rock the stage. She has been quite successful since the Warped days. The last show she played in St. Louis sold out. She was back in town for a show at The Firebird and to promote her new record " Siberia ". When our record store ... Read More

Polica Old Rock House, Saint Louis, MO 02/27/2012 Words/Photos/Videos by BeezNutz Just a few days before this show I had no idea who Polica was. Thanks to boredom and a quick youtube search I decided I would go check it out. This interesting new 4 piece band made up of two drummers, bass and a singer are from Minneapolis, MN. Recently they have released a new debut album titled " Give You The Ghost " and have been on tour promoting that ... Read More

MAC LETHAL - 02/18/2012 Mojo's Columbia, MO Mac Lethal has had a crazy past couple of months. Most people now know about Mac due to his youtube videos of him speed rapping. He first posted a video in response to George Watsky's " Pale Kid Raps Fast " video. A lot of people watched the videos and every now and again just for fun he would post another. Then I woke up one morning in December and everybody and their cousins had ... Read More

FOXY SHAZAM 02/13/2012 OFF BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO words/photos/videos/setlist by: BeezNutz It had been almost 2 years since Foxy Shazam hit the wonderful streets of St. Louis and graced us with their presence. They have recently released a new album " Church Of Rock And Roll " on January 24th of this year. They are currently on tour with The Darkness. They announced a headlining show at a great venue called Off Broadway in St. Louis. My friend Mike and I quickly requested off ... Read More