LEFT ARM

[STL] 9/4 - Last LEFT ARM show...as the Ramones!

2009-09-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

HEY HO LET'S GO!

So, you missed our last show at The Fox Hole a couple weeks back? Here's your chance to experience one last bit of LEFT ARM magic. We'll be taking the center slot in a fun night of STL bands covering their favorite bands in An Under Cover Weekend at Firebird this Friday night. It's Adios Amigos for us baby! Brad done shipped himself off to law school so Morgan Nusbaum from The 75s will helping us rip through some of our favorite Ramones tunes.

Check out the deets and the bands the other bands are covering:

Friday, September 4, 2009

Science Hill as 311 (11:20-11:50)
Via Dove as The Rolling Stones (10:30-11:00)
Left Arm's FINAL SHOW as The Ramones (9:40-10:10)
The Orbz as The Pixies (8:50-9:20)
Echo Bravo as Nirvana (8:00-8:30)

- $10 +3ms | Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:00pm | 18+

[STL] Sat 8/15 at The Fox Hole - last Left Arm (originals) show

2009-08-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

Left Arm - 01/16/03 at Creepy Crawl (l-r: Jason, Jeff, Jim)

Well, kinda. But mostly true. What started 7 years ago comes to an end this Saturday night. Come out and send Left Arm to the grave at The Fox Hole (at Atomic Cowboy).

True, we have one more show after this one, but we'll be playing all covers at that one (An Under Cover Weekend at Firebird 9/4). And instead of Beat On The Brad (whose last show with us will be this Saturday) we'll be joined by badassmofozer Morgan Nusbaum (of The 75s fame) on guitar! Yeah, that thing I just said is true!

Left Arm - 08/01/09 at Deluxe (l-r: Jim, Jason, Brad)

This Saturday (our last *originals* show), instead of our normal "Guess what assholes, you have 20 minutes to play cuz we're an hour behind schedule already and you better not want to use any microphones you talentless fucks!" themed set, we'll be stretching out and playing whateverthehell we want/can play within no boundries of embarrassment. Plus also, our old buddy Scott Walus (of Pat Boone's Farm fame and guitarist on the back half of our Dissatisoul CD) will be coming in to town to join us on a handful of jams.

We were going to try and find a replacement guitar player, but quite honestly I've about had it for a little while with all the BS and let downs and just don't have the energy. So, if you've liked us in the past, happen to like us in the present, or just want to try and choke me out one more time for slinging beer or your girlfriend this is your last chance to catch us! We'll be having a t-shirt clearinghouse and we'll definitely have the "Electric Babies" 7" on hand if you don't have that yet.

Summarize!

Saturday August 15th
at The Fox Hole (Atomic Cowboy)
w/ Morgan Nusbaum (solo acoustic)
Lethal Enforcer (sponsored by FleshLight)

Friday September 4th
An Under Cover Weekend
at Firebird
w/ Science Hill, Heroes of The Kingdom, The Monads, and The Orbz

[STL] 7/29 - Davila 666 (PR) / Left Arm / The Nevermores at Off Broadway

2009-07-27T09:41:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, June 29
@ Off Broadway

Davila 666 (from Puerto Rico)
Left Arm
The Nevermores

3511 Lemp Ave
St Louis, MO 63118
(314) 773-3363

[STL] 6/17 - The Black Hollies / Left Arm / Troubadour Dali at Firebird

2009-06-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, June 17
@ Firebird

The Black Hollies
Left Arm
Troubadour Dali

2706 Olive St
Saint Louis, MO 63103
(314) 535-0353

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L-E-F-T-A-R-M Alright! (new unreleased track mp3)

2009-06-10T09:56:00.000-07:00

Our buddy Scott at Cavetone Records got a hold of us a few months back about being on a quad(!) split 7" - 2 songs each side, 1 from 4 bands doing their "theme song." We didn't really have one, so we wrote one in about an hour and recorded it in another hour on the 4-track. Then we took it to Scott to mix the sucker with his cool vintage outboard gear and dump it to tape.

Check out the resulting mp3 of our tune, "L-E-F-T-A-R-M Alright!" below. The 7" will be coming out on Cavetone Records real soon. We'll be in excellent company - the other bands are Columbia, MO's Pat Boone's Farm, Monte Carlos, and Chicago's The Animal Party.

[MP3] L-E-F-T-A-R-M Alright!

I love Google Maps

2009-06-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

Felt like being a big dork today and wanted to test out a function of Google Maps.

Check it out, all the places LEFT ARM has played over the years.

View Left Arm gigs in a larger map

Also, awesome show the other night at The Fox Hole (Atomic Cowboy)! Christened a sweet new venue with some great bands.

[STL] 5/29 - The Safes / Left Arm / The Argonauts

2009-05-29T09:22:00.001-07:00

Friday, May 29
@ Atomic Cowboy

The Safes
Left Arm
The Argonauts

4140 Manchester Ave
St Louis, MO 63110
(314) 775-0775

New vinyl at Vintage Vinyl St. Louis

2009-05-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

Now in stores!

Vintage Vinyl
6610 Delmar Blvd
St Louis, MO 63130
(314) 721-4096

and

Euclid Records
601 E Lockwood Ave
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 961-8978

Order "Electric Babies" 7" now with PayPal

2009-05-19T11:22:00.000-07:00

LEFT ARM - Electric Babies 7" (TIRC Records)

3 hot new tracks on wax recorded with Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders
A: Electric Babies B: Go Home / Loser's Recipe

$4.00 PPDFree mp3 and AAC downloads of Electric Babies and Loser's Recipe available at TROUBLEINRIVERCITY.COM

Friday night! 7" Release party! Vintage Vinyl Free!

2009-05-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder, come out Friday night 5/15 and pick up our new 7" on TIRC Records, "Electric Babies." We start making racket at 8pm. Oh yeah - it's a freeee show!

Friday, May 15
@ Vintage Vinyl
"Electric Babies" 7" release and in-store performance
6610 Delmar Blvd - St Louis, MO 63130 - 8pm

Other good stuff in May:

Saturday, May 23
@ Deluxe
TIRC Records Showcase
& The Nevermores CD release party
plus Left Arm and The 75s

Friday, May 29
@ Atomic Cowboy
The Safes (from Chicago)
plus Left Arm and The Argonauts

RFT Music Awards and Showcase

2009-05-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

Exciting news! LEFT ARM has been nominated once again in this year's Riverfront Times music awards. The ballot is up here http://polls.riverfronttimes.com/polls/stl/musicawards2009/ - click on that and find/select us under the "Best Punk/Hardcore" section. While you're at it, I'd love you forever (or at least until you hit submit on the ballot haha) if you would select my other band, Midtown Thieves, under "Best New Band."

Also, we will be playing the showcase on June 7th at Blueberry Hill's Elvis Room at 8pm. A full day of quality tunes for only $5!

Ok, go VOTE!

Electric Babies 7" release party!

2009-04-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

Finally! Mark your calendars!

Friday, May 15th
8pm at Vintage Vinyl
LEFT ARM
In-store performance and "Electric Babies" 7" release party.

RoadKat and our new record!

Come out and get our hot new piece of wax (not too hot, it would melt) out on TIRC Records! I'm sure we'll have some general wackiness in store plus new t-shirts, records, and tunes. You'll be able to download 2 of the 3 tracks at troubleinrivercity.com starting next week.

Some more info, courtesy of AtoZ

And if you screw up and miss things this night, we'll definitely have the records the next weekend at the big TIRC Records showcase and Nevermores CD Release party featuring The Nevermores, Left Arm and The 75s - 5/23 at Deluxe in Maplewoood.

Rock N Roll Art Museum

2009-04-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of fun videos I just put up from this past Friday's show at the Kemper Art Museum. It was a blast! Free booze, free food, a gob of nice/interested onlookers, I got to play next to an Alexander Calder sculpture AND we got to play with our pals, The 75s.

2 new songs - "Black and Bluetooth" and "Rock N Roll Stereo."

Let's Make A Record

2009-04-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

Got the test pressing in from URP - sounds hot! Gonna be real real soon enough.

Hard at work screenprinting the sleeves.

Goofball "helpers" (wait, Jim and Kat actually did help)

(l-r: gameface aka Eammon, turtleface aka Jimmy Icon, pandaface aka RoadKat)

[STL] 4/17 - The 75s / Left Arm at Kemper Art Museum

2009-04-10T11:50:00.000-07:00

Gonna get some college strange!

Friday, April 17th

Kemper Art Museum
2009 Spring Concert Series
at Washington University

The 75s (6pm) and Left Arm (7pm)

Corner of Skinker and Forsyth
All ages | Free | Show 6pm

[STL] 4/4 - Private Dancer / Left Arm / She Got Ugly at The Wedge

2009-03-31T14:35:00.000-07:00

This weekend!

Saturday, April 4th
at The Wedge

Private Dancer (St. Paul, MN)
Left Arm
She Got Ugly (ex-The Fear Alert)

442 Bates Street, St. Louis, MO 63111
Doors at 9pm | Show at 10pm | 18+

[STL] 3/28 - Monte Carlos / Left Arm / Midtown Thieves at The Wedge

2009-03-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

This weekend!

Saturday, March 28th
at The Wedge

Monte Carlos
Left Arm
Midtown Thieves

442 Bates Street, St. Louis, MO 63111
Doors at 9pm | Show at 10pm | 18+

Empty City: Pink Spiders at Cicero's 3/24/09

2009-03-19T06:31:00.001-07:00

This week's Empty City show:
Pink Spiders at Cicero's 3/24/09

I've personally been a fan of this Nashville-based band for quite some time. Mega super buzzy power pop goodness. Until recently (in the last year maybe), they had this schtick that didn't bother me much but I can see how it could turn some people off. This glammy pink/black/white neo new-wave thing (whatever that is) that played right to 16 year old girls. They were on Warped Tour, etc.

Well, the long story short is that they got dropped by their major (Geffen) and two of the three dudes quit. Lead dude, Matt Friction, (with major-label-funded but not released new record, Sweat It Out, in hand) decided to recruit new band members and carry on. We played with this new line-up last September at Bluebird (now Firebird) and they absolutely killed! I'd seen them in the past and they were pretty ok, but this new crew brought the heat! IMHO this has much (everything?) to do with their badass new drummer, Nick Slack.

Check him (them) out in action here in a recent-ish clip (Gimme Chemicals) followed by one of their classics (Modern Swinger).

As a coincidental side note, another great band, The Hard Lessons, are playing Cicero's the next night. Luckily STL already loves these guys.

Empty City Shows

2009-03-18T21:30:00.000-07:00

I'm starting a new segment here on the snoop-bloggy-blog (wtf?) called Empty City Shows. It's a concept/name that I've been kicking around for some time now, so let's see if I can give it some new life here. It goes a little something like this:

It happens once in a while. Amazing touring bands come through St. Louis. When they do, there's hardly anyone there. People in STL can be so damn ignorant and complacent hanging out in sports bars and seeing the same cover bands week in and out. If you happen to go, you can stand up close without anyone bothering you. Welcome to Empty City.

This might have little-to-next-to-nothing to do with LEFT ARM, but sometimes it will be bands we've played with in the past and were impressed by.

This Is A Test

2009-02-16T15:21:00.000-08:00

Exciting news! The test lacquer is in from the mastering house and it sounds amazing! Gnarly vinyl goodness.

SIDE A:
Electric Babies

SIDE B:
Go Home
Loser's Recipe

Can't stop the hits

2009-02-10T08:56:00.000-08:00

This past Wednesday evening we went in to Gary Copeland's South-Fi studios to try out (and lay down) 2 of our newest cuts, "Black and Bluetooth" and "That's Your Problem". You probably best know Gary from his band LoFreq and he currently is the genius behind the sound board/system at The Wedge (where we've pretty much taken up residence the past few months). Gary's working on a mix for us, so expect that to show up here sometime soon.

In 7" news, the tunes are off at Aardvark being mastered so we should have the reference lacquers back in the next week or so.

One last bit, LEFT ARM now can be found on facebook. Click the button below.

Howlies! Videos!

2009-02-05T13:31:00.000-08:00

Howlies video for "Angeline":

And my favorite Howlies tune right now, "Sea Level"

Howlies!

2009-02-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

Awesome band from the ATL coming to the STL Monday night! Firebird's getting remodeled as we speak (fka Bluebird). Come check it out as we help break it in!

Also, Howlies will be doing an in-store at Vintage Vinyl at 7pm Sunday evening if you want twice the Howlies action.

Firebird / 2706 Olive St / St Louis, MO

WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?

2009-01-27T09:07:00.000-08:00

Just a quick batch of updates here ya'll. For starters we had another sweet show in Carbondale last weekend. Thanks to everyone for coming out. It was real real cold, but we did out best to bring the heat. We just love PK's! And it's always good to play with our pals The Dammit Boys.

Also, (with the help of Road Kat - our official 4th member) we'll finally be sending out to have the plates cut for our 7" this week! Yay! No promises yet on when it might be ready to get out to ya'll, but the process is at least started.

Lastly, we have a gob of badass shows coming up in the months ahead! In February, we'll be heading to Columbia, MO (for the first time) to play at Eastside Tavern with our good pals Pat Boone's Farm and Monte Carlos. So that's real exciting. In March we'll be hitting Bloomington/Normal once again to play at IBC with our new friends The Abacinators.

And (last but not least) we'll be playing our new home-away-from-home, The Wedge, once again this Sunday (2/1) with an awesome band from Iowa, Radio Moscow. I think they've been through town once or twice before, but they have a new album coming out in April on Alive Records and this date will be the kick-off date for their tour behind it. So come out and show some love.

Check out this Radio Moscow video:

Hey Chicago! Hey St. Louis!

2008-12-17T09:34:00.000-08:00

We'll be visiting ya'lls in Chicago again this Friday night!

Friday, December 19th
at Quenchers
w/ The Safes and Ostello

2401 N Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 276-9730

Let's see each other again.

THEN on Saturday:

Come out and celebrate the release of A Very Bert Dax Christmas Vol. 7 at the Way Out Club in St. Louis!

This will we massively sweet for the following reasons:

* LEFT ARM contributed a cover of Wham's "Last Christmas" to the comp and will no doubt be performing this gem in the flesh.
* LEFT ARM will be celebrating the release of the comp, AND the fact that it's our 100th show!
* The Ottomen and my (Jason) other band, Midtown Thieves, are playing as well.

Saturday, December 20th
at Way Out Club
A Very Bert Dax Christmas Vol. 7 CD release party
w/ Midtown Thieves and The Ottomen

2525 S Jefferson Ave
St Louis, MO 63104
(314) 664-7638

Baby it's cold outside

2008-12-11T09:16:00.000-08:00

Update time! Several things going on kiddies. Let's break it down by topic, shall we?

Electric Babies 7" - Ok, this vinyl shit is expensive! After a half-assed attempt at finding a label to help us finance the production of this sucker, I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that we're going to have to put it out ourselves. Oh well, this mostly means it'll be a little bit before we can scrape the cash together to get it rolling. If you run a label (or know someone that does) and want to help to help us out, drop me a line at southbentonjason AT yahoo DOT com.

New songs - Got a big batch of hot new jams in the works. Specifically, "Black Lane," "That's Your Problem," "Black and Bluetooth," and "Praise Me." We've been playing a couple of these live and they're really coming together. Check out these 3 basement 4-track demos:

[MP3] Black and Bluetooth (demo)
[MP3] That's Your problem (demo)
[MP3] Black Lane (demo)

Shows - Damn! We got a lot of them - and good ones too! 2 significant ones next weekend.

Friday, December 19th - We're heading back to Chicago! We're playing at Quenchers with The Safes and Ostello. Should be cold but awesome.

Saturday, December 20th - Saturday we're back home at the Way Out Club for our 100th show! As if that's not enough, we'll be celebrating the release of the Very Bert Dax Christmas CD for which LEFT ARM contributed a track. We'll be celebrating with 2 other contributors: Midtown Thieves (my (Jason) other band) and The Ottomen.

Check our shows page for other upcoming dates

xoxo!

We're electric! (road report)

2008-08-18T09:10:00.000-07:00

Holy son of a billygoat! We're back from Detroit and this shit is hot! 3 songs recorded with Jim Diamond - and lemme tell you, that feller knows how to bring it.

Thursday - RoadKat and I picked up the rental van, picked up Brad in GC, picked up Stotts in Greenville. 8 hours or so later we landed in Detroit. Crashed at the sweet $50/night Holiday Inn Express.

Friday - Got up, visited Motown (sweet!), got to the studio at noon. Met Mr. Diamond (sweet!), loaded in, set up, did a bit of sound check and started blasting through the tunes. Early evening we popped across the street to Bucharest Grill for some yummy Romanian shwarma sandwiches. Got back to the studio by 9 or so to hear Jim's finished mixes (sweet!). Headed back to the hotel. Got real loaded in the hotel bar and took over the jukebox. RoadKat flirted with everyone there and got us free drink and more plays on the box.

Saturday - Rolled out kind of early, finally made it out of Detroit. Jim was real sick from the previous night's partying. Mr. Pukey Puke. Kat, Brad, and I enjoyed some donuts. 8 or so hours later we landed back in Greenville to pick up the PA for our show in Carbondale. Rolled into Carbondale, set up our stuff, got some food. Kat and I grabbed some Don Taco while Brad, Jim and Rachel got some El Greco. Another great night of ridiculous rock n' roll action at PK's. Always fun playing with those Ded Buggers. Had a mini listening party in the parking lot for our new record. I sez it before and I'll sez it again: Carbondale rules!

Wait 'til you here these tracks! Soon, soon. Find us a label and it'll be even sooner.

MORE PHOTOS HERE

We're heading to Detroit to record a 7" with Jim Diamond

2008-08-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

As reported by our pal, Annie Zaleski, over at AtoZ, we just got confirmation that LEFT ARM will be heading to Detroit Rock City on August 15th to record the 7" follow-up to Dissatisoul with the legendary Jim Diamond at his Ghetto Recorders studio. In the unlikely event the name doesn't ring a bell, you're no doubt familiar with his work. Mr. Diamond's been at the helm for excellent albums by the likes of the Paybacks, Gore Gore Girls, Dirtbombs, White Stripes, Sights, Mystery Girls, Soledad Brothers, Mooney Suzuki, New Bomb Turks, Von Bondies, Mistreaters, Bantam Rooster, etc. Needless to say we're ecstatic. Look for the results of that session soon enough.

While we know for sure that the A side will be "Electric Babies", the B side will either be "Loser's Recipe" (both songs have been around for a little while now) or "Go Home" (a newer tune) or both...depending on track length.

I aim to take a bunch of pictures and video, so hopefully I'll get some of that posted here when we return.

Wish us luck!

RFT hoo-ha: Vote! Attend!

2008-05-29T22:33:00.000-07:00

Hey yous!

The BIG weekend is here! The Riverfront Times all-day music showcase that is! 5 bucks and tons of great bands up and down Delmar.

Please, please, please take a second to vote for us in the "Best Garage Band" category, and then catch us Sunday night at Halo Bar at 10pm with some of the most badassed bands in town.

Here's the schedule for our stage:

7pm - Cardiac Arrest
8pm - Humanoids
9pm - The Blind Eyes
10pm - Left Arm
11pm - Trip Daddys
12pm - 7 Shot Screamers

Vote for Left Arm and your other favs here:
www.riverfronttimes.com/polls/musicawards2008

Check out the complete schedule here:
blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/06/2008_rft_music_showcase_schedu.php

Read about all the bands here:
www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-05-28/music/rft-music-awards-nominees-st-louis-best-and-brightest/full

And if you're still reading, we play again this coming Wednesday night at the Way Out Club with a great band from Milwaukee called Plexi 3 and another super swell band from STL, The Ultraviolents.

Get drunk smash stuff.

Get Dissatisouled

2007-11-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

LEFT ARM's new CD, Dissatisoul is finally here and is yours for the taking/buying!

12 SCORCHING-HOT blasts of PRIMAL, RAW ST. LOUIS GARAGE-PUNK!

Copies of the CD are available from the LEFT ARM website for just SIX BUCKS postage paid. Order yours here:

http://www.left-arm.com/shop.html

OR you can download the whole thing (either as high-quality MP3s or as near CD-quality 256 kbps AAC [M4A] iTunes files with printable album art) RIGHT NOW for just a few bucks (whatever you want to pay, or for nothing at all...that's right, friends, FREE) from the TIRC Records store.

http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/store

Now there's no excuse for everyone to not have a copy of this. This is REAL "budget rock."

They're here!

2007-11-09T13:24:00.001-08:00

Get yours tomorrow!

LEFT ARM "Dissatisoul" CD Release Party!

2007-11-08T19:44:00.000-08:00

It's time! It's time! This Saturday night we will release our new CD, "Dissatisoul" into the wild. We'll be taking the stage on our home turf, our home away from home, The Stagger Inn in Edwardsville,IL. It's coming out on the fledgling TIRC Records. We'll hopefully have them available for purchase online early next week, but in the meantime join us Saturday night and pick yourself up a copy then. We'll be joined by long-time friends The 75s and Pat Boones Farm.

Also, special thanks to Annie Zaleski from the Riverfront Times for blogging about the CD and show.

The info:

Saturday, November 10th
@ The Stagger Inn
104 E. Vandalia - Edwardsville, IL 62025

w/ The 75s and Pat Boones Farm

21+ - $3 - Show starts 9:30ish

LA in KDHX's local artist spotlight

2007-10-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

Exciting news! LEFT ARM will be the artist featured on the "Local Artist Spotlight" on 88.1 FM KDHX in St. Louis. The spots will run twice/day for the two weeks between Oct. 29 and Nov. 11. I went in to record the interview portion of the segment last night. Here's to hoping I don't make myself or the band come of like total dorks! Big ups to Matt Brinkmann for everything.

Also, the CD is in production as we speak...er, write...er, read. So, they'll be here and ready for the CD release party November 10th at the Stagger Inn. Yay!

See ya Halloween night for a night of GORE!!!

We've been blown

2007-10-16T12:44:00.000-07:00

News bits!

A.) We had an amazing show and an amazing time at the first ever Show-Me Blowout fest at Off Broadway. Thanks to everyone for coming out and dancin yer asses off and to Kopper and Bill Streeter for putting on an excellent weekend.

B.) Our new CD, "Dissatisoul" (cover shown above) is off being mastered and it sounds killer! 12 tracks of hot fuzz. It is my/our aim to have that baby back in our hands (and then in your hands) for the November 10th show at The Stagger Inn. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

C.) Now we look forward to an amazing show Halloween night with the lovely and talented, Gore Gore Girls.

- colin sick

Grove Fest 2 - Free LA show this weekend!

2007-09-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

Summer vacation is over and LEFT ARM is back on stage where we belong this Saturday evening as part of the second annual Grove Fest. There's tons of great live music, Taste of The Grove – Food Fair, An Artist’s Village, Fashion Shows, Roller Derby Entertainment plus there's no admission and it's all ages.

Check out the complete schedule:

Saturday, 9/15

Miller Lite Stage (Manchester & Kentucky Ave.)

3:00-3:45 - Scott Kay & The Continentals
4:30-5:15 - Kentucky Knife Fight
6:00-6:45 - Left Arm
7:30-8:15 - Bunnygrunt
9:00-9:45 - Gumbohead
10:15-11:00 - Super Fun Yeah Yeah Rocketship

Miller Chill Stage (Manchester & Talmage Ave.)

5:15-6:00 - DJ Akita
6:45-7:30 - Walkie Talkie U.S.A.
8:15-9:00 - Grace Basement
9:45-10:30 - Via Dove
10:30-11:15 - Long John Thomas and the Duffs

Sunday, 9/16

Miller Lite Stage

Noon-12:45 - Kip Loui and Jennifer Jones
1:30-2:15 - Brett Daniels
3:00-3:45 - Museum Mutters
4:30-5:15 - Melody Den

Miller Chill Stage

12:45-1:30 - DJ Doug Morgan
2:15-3:00 - Caleb Travers & The Big City Lights
3:45- 4:30 - Psychotronics
5:15-6:00 - Rough Shop

Happy birthday Left Arm!

2007-08-08T22:21:00.000-07:00

Classic Left Arm - Jim fuzzbassin' at the Creepy Crawl in '03.

As of August 8th (technically yesterday), LEFT ARM is officially 5 years old! It's easy for me to remember - LA shares my birthday. Songwriting began in August, and we played our first show in October of 2002.

Ahh, a long and bumpy ride it's been for sure.

While we've kicked much ass in that time, I truly believe what lies ahead (both in the very near and distant futures) will be even better! I'm not just saying that. The various recordings sound great, and we have several confirmed (and unconfirmed) shows lined up for the fall that have "legendary" written all over them.

Thanks for the mammaries.

We gotta place to go after the show

2007-07-25T20:09:00.000-07:00

A bunch of exciting things going on in camp LEFT ARM. For starters, the recording process for the new CD is moving along nicely. Drums, fuzzbass, guitars and 90% of the vocals have been tracked. Everything is sounding pretty boss. We have a massive amount of mixing ahead of us, so that's a bit daunting. But, we're gonna keep plowing forward over the course of the summer. The track listing (in no particular order) is looking like this:

1. Lure of the Light
2. After Party
3. No Time for Rock n Roll
4. Gotta Go
5. More Harm Than Good
6. New Kind of Kick
7. Congratulations
8. Forget the Rock, Let's Roll
9. As Seen On TV
10. Gonna Get You
11. Love Blast
12. Damn the Peanut Man

With maybe a bonus track or two thrown in there if we're lucky.

Also, we're trying to solidify our show schedule for the rest of the year. We have GroveFest (the 15th) and a big pre-GonerFest show with CoCoComa and The Hipshakes at the Way Out Club in September (the 24th). In October (the 12th) we're playing the first annual TIRC Show Me Blowout! And that should be one hell of a good time. Plus, it's very possible that we'll be playing a HUGE Halloween show. More details on that soon.

In November and December we'll hopefully be hitting the road. If you live in Louisville, Carbondale, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, or Chicago and you can hook us up with a show, drop us a line at leftarmmusic@yahoo.com.

AND last but not least as they say, the LEFT ARM family welcomes it's newest member, Corinne Sophia Potter. She was born Saturday night, and if I do say so myself she's completely adorable. I breed 'em to replace me when my joints get brittle. Yeah! Ok, thanks for listening.

- Colin Sick

New Kind Of Kick

2007-07-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

Here ya go. Feel free to go hog mad!

LEFT ARM live at Lemmons 7/14/07 playing The Cramps' classic "New Kind Of Kick". Shot by the amazing Gary Hudson.

Had a great show overall. Got to play with our pals Dear Calamity and B&E. Great sets from both of those guys (and gal). Some good friends were out for the fun.

See ya soon.

Left Arm - 7/14/07 at Lemmons

2007-07-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

It's been fun, but let's be honest - we both knew this thing we've had between us wouldn't - and couldn't - last forever.

It's true, the LEFT ARM Spring Fling 2K7 is coming to a close this Saturday night at Lemmons. We're going to be taking the summer off from playing shows. In fact, if you're around the St. Louis area, you won't be seeing much of us for the rest of the year. We have a couple dates lined up in town, but mostly we'll be on the road or recording.

So, come on out, get a pizza, get some beers, and party with us while you're lucky enough to have the chance!

Saturday, July 14th
@ Lemmons
Left Arm / B&E / Dear Calamity
Doors: 9 | $5 | 21+

Recording update

2007-06-29T19:57:00.000-07:00

Two LEFT ARM recording projects going on at the same time:

1.) Stuff for a full-length CD: Recorded the basic drum/bass tracks on 7 songs with Rick Harmon a few weeks back. Waiting to get back in with him to finish guitars and vocals. When we get this stuff done, we're going to put this with the "Play 5 songs with a Caveman" EP for a grand total of 12 or 13 songs for a disc that'll be on TIRC records sometime near the end of the year.

2.) Stuff for a 7": Recorded the basic drum/bass tracks in our practice space the other day on 3 songs. Joe's gonna be finishing up the guitars over the next week or so. Vocals to follow. Ideally, we'd like to record one or 2 more and pick our favorite couple to cut to vinyl. Here's a few pics from the recording.

Plus, somehow we got bumped out of playing the South Side Rocks Off gig for July 7th. It's cool though, we just got added to Bob's birthday bash at the Way Out Club for that same night. We'll be kicking it with The Last Place and The Hail Marys. Kick ass!

She's a human bomb, baby

2007-06-25T19:46:00.000-07:00

Enjoy this pic of Jimbo in Carbondale. Also, enjoy the daisy on the stool that's obviously enjoying herself quite a bit. Speaking of gals enjoying themselves, enjoy this 4-track basement demo of a brand new LEFT ARM cut. It's called Human Bomb and it's straight from the mind of Joe Stumble.

You'll no-doubt be hearing this baby at the Lemmons gig on July 14th.

Human Bomb

- Colin Sick

LEFT ARM video on lofistl.com!

2007-06-21T14:42:00.000-07:00

If you haven't heard of Bill Streeter and his video blog (vlog) at www.lofistl.com you either a.) don't own a computer b.) don't love St. Louis music and culture or c.) don't like kick-ass new technologies. Because the stuff that Bill's doing is amazing! Not only does he constantly scratch the underbelly of all things St. Louis as a talented videographer, he travels the country participating in panels, leading discussion groups, and giving lectures on hip, new and emerging methods of online communication.

Well, Bill was out - video camera in hand - for the Gore Gore Girls / Left Arm show back on May 1st at Atomic Cowboy and he just posted the spot on us (Left Arm that is.)

Check it out! A video of Left Arm in LO-FI SAINT LOUIS!

STL Music Poll

2007-06-16T09:59:00.000-07:00

Well it looks like despite the insane amount of evangelizing Jason, Jim and I did, we did not win the RFT Best Garage Band Award. Part of me wants to ask the folks at the RFT for a count because I believe that a ridiculous amount of people voted for us. Problem was, that we were a write-in and I don't think the whole voting system was set up to deal with the possibility of a write-in winning.

The first inkling I had that things were not going to go so well was when I found out that there was an Academy Awards style ceremony planned for the night before. Of course, all of the nominated bands were in attendance but what about the possibility of a write-in? I don't think the RFT planned for that contingency because the idea that a write-in could win seemed like such a long shot.

So I guess what I am saying is that if we did win, I don't think the RFT counted us. Or maybe we just didn't. Maybe Johny O and the Jerks beat us fair and square.

Who knows and more to the point who cares? I would rather focus on the fact that our show last night with the Rockford Mules and Kentucky Knife Fight was our best show yet (with me in the band). If you haven't come out to see us you should. We are evolving into an insanely tight musical fuckin' juggernaut!

This time next year we may not even be able to be nominated for Best Garage Band because we will have broken out of the confines of that label. They will have to create a new musical category. Best Left Arm band...and your choices will be:

A. Left Arm
B. Left Arm
C. Left Arm
D. Left Arm

No write-in either cuz lets face it, that's a waste of everyones time.

//joe

Show Friday night at The Way Out Club

2007-06-12T14:48:00.000-07:00

Another awesome show this Friday! This time it's with our friends, Kentucky Knife Fight and a real cool band from Minneapolis called The Rockford Mules.

Check it out:

FRIDAY JUNE 15th
at the Way Out Club

The Rockford Mules (from Minneapolis)
Kentucky Knife Fight
& Left Arm

Lemmons show tomorrow!

2007-06-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

Hoooooya! Just a reminder party peoples!

Come on out early for happy hour and get a pizza cuz we'll likely go on early.

FRIDAY JUNE 8th
at Lemmons

Blondsai! (from Baltimore)
The Vultures!
& Left Arm!

Then next Friday:

FRIDAY JUNE 15th
at Way Out Club

The Rockford Mules (from Minneapolis)
Kentucky Knife Fight
& Left Arm

Cuts & Stitches

2007-05-30T07:47:00.000-07:00

What's with Left Arm guitarists wounding their hands just before we head into the studio? Remember, Scott burned the hell out of his hand just a few days before we went in to record with Jason Hutto. Well, we're heading in to do some recording with Rick Harmon tonight, and what do ya know? Joe cuts himself. He hasn't said how (I'll assume it was while wrestling a wild porcupine). He said he should be up and running again soon, but in the meantime Jim and I are going to start tracking drums, bass, and vocals. We're going to attempt some (if not all) of the following: "The Lure of the Light," "Congratulations," "No Time For Rock N' Roll," "After Party," "More Harm Than Good," "Gotta Go" and if we're lucky the Cramps song we've been doing, "New Kind of Kick."

Just for fun, here's some rough pre-Stumble demos of some of the new tunes:

No Time For Rock N' Roll
The Lure of the Light
Congratulations, I Don't Give a Shit
After Party
More Harm Than Good

Live video of "Gotta Go"

2007-05-27T20:42:00.001-07:00

Left Arm in Carbondale 5/11/07

Vote For Left Arm

2007-05-23T12:53:00.001-07:00

See, there is an annual "Best of St Louis Poll" in St Louis' local alternative paper. In said paper there is a "Best Garage Rock Band" category. My band LEFT ARM would really like to win in this category.

So whatimaskin' will only take a minute of your time. Just go to THIS LINK and click VOTE and fill out the info and vote for LEFT ARM for BEST GARAGE ROCK BAND in St Louis. I don't care if you leave everything else blank. Ballot closes Sunday, June 3, 2007 so it would be best to do this ASAP. The three bands with the most votes in all categories get to play The Pageant which would be ridiculously insane.

You will also notice that when you go to this form, there are a bunch of bands listed and LEFT ARM is not one of them. Despite my attempts to get put on this list, I was unsuccessful. So you will have to write in LEFT ARM. Which is kinda cool cuz if we win, we will be the first band in the history of these fuckin' polls to win as a write-in.

This is also your chance to help make the unpopular kids the King and Queen of the proverbial prom. Shit...we weren't even asked to the prom. If we win, we get to crash it and we promise it will be just like the finale of Carrie except with wicked guitar solos.

Joe Stumble Needs Your Help!

2007-05-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

That's right...I have a favor to ask of you.

See, there is an annual "Best of St Louis Poll" in St Louis' local alternative paper. In said paper there is a "Best Garage Rock Band" category. My band LEFT ARM would really like to win in this category.

So whatimaskin' will only take a minute of your time. Just go to THIS LINK and click VOTE and fill out the info and vote for LEFT ARM for BEST GARAGE ROCK BAND in St Louis. I don't care if you leave everything else blank. Ballot closes Sunday, June 3, 2007 so it would be best to do this ASAP. The three bands with the most votes in all categories get to play The Pageant which would be ridiculously insane.

You will also notice that when you go to this form, there are a bunch of bands listed and LEFT ARM is not one of them. Despite my attempts to get put on this list, I was unsuccessful. So you will have to write in LEFT ARM. Which is kinda cool cuz if we win, we will be the first band in the history of these fuckin' polls to win as a write-in.

If you have ever downloaded anything off of Last Days and thought, "Gee....it sure is nice of Joe to hook me up with this great, obscure music...and ad-free no less!". Well....this is your chance to pay me back! If you have ethical dilemmas voting for us without hearing us, check us out. Your help is greatly appreciated.

This is also your chance to help make the unpopular kids the King and Queen of the proverbial prom. Shit...we weren't even asked to the prom. If we win, we get to crash it and we promise it will be just like the finale of Carrie except with wicked guitar solos.

Gore Gore Girls / Left Arm Show

2007-05-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

L-R: Amy Gore, Nicki Stixx and Hammer rock the River City

The Gore Gore Girls / Left Arm show was a smashing success. Amy Gore, Hammer and company are an amazing live act. In fact, I would say that they are one of the top 3 or 4 live acts around today. Thier new album is great as well. Favorite song at this point is Pleasure Unit. Definitely buy it.

The Atomic Cowboy was OK. Good atmosphere, super shitty small stage and no smoking. The turnout was smaller than expected but the crowd loved the show and was very enthusiastic. Definitely a goood time. Read a review of the show here.

Left Arm Shows coming up:

FRIDAY / MAY 11, 2007@ PK's w/ Nu Standards and Like No Other
308 S. Illinois Ave. - Carbondale, IL 62901 - (618) 529-1124 21+

FRIDAY / MAY 18, 2007@ Czech National Hall w/ TBA
209 E. Vandalia St. - Edwardsville, IL 62025 All ages $7 Show: 7:00

FRIDAY / JUNE 15, 2007@ Way Out Club w/ The Rockford Mules (MN) and Kentucky Knife Fight 2525 South Jefferson Ave. - St. Louis, MO 63104 - (314) 664-7638 21+ $5 Doors: 9:00 Show: 9:30

SATURDAY / JULY 14, 2007@ Lemmons w/ Dear Calamity and B&E
5800 Gravois - St. Louis, MO 63116-2237 - (314) 371-4201 21+ $5 Doors: 9:00 Show: 9:30