The Luminary and The Partnership for Downtown are pleased to present the 3rd annual Post Performance Series, a series of free art installations and performances at the Old Post Office Plaza in Downtown St. Louis. The Post Performances will pair innovative visual artists and musicians to create site-specific, one-time performances that are free and open [...]
On September 17th, The Luminary presents acclaimed producer and songwriter Washed Out for a special off-site show at Plush. Long adored and critically lauded in the blog world, Ernest Greene (aka Washed Out) first came to prominence in the summer of 2009 after unassumingly posting a handful of bedroom-recorded tracks to his Myspace page from [...]
On 11/5, The Luminary welcomes WHY? to the Elevator Music Series. Originally the moniker of Yoni Wolf, WHY? started as his own artist persona and eventually grew to include additional members with the 2005 release of Elephant Eyelash. Now with three LPs as a band, WHY? is still founded on Yoni Wolf’s witty, culturally aware [...]
The Sea and Cake is a product of the fertile and active Chicago, IL music scene. The four members are all veteran musicians who share a common punk and rock background and numerous affiliations with incomparable bands like Tortoise, but have come together in this entity to uniquely blend Brazilian music of the late 1960′s, [...]
On Saturday, November 3rd, the New Music Circle presents the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet at The Luminary. Intermission musical selections and ambience provided by Guest DJ, Josh Weinstein (KDHX All Soul No Borders). Tickets are $10 for students and $20 for the general public and are available here.
On August 28th, The Luminary welcomes School of Seven Bells to the Elevator Music Series. School of Seven Bells formed nearly six years ago, and at the time as a trio: vocalist Alejandra Deheza, guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis, and ex-vocalist/synth player Claudia Deheza. Their debut album, Alpinisms, hit streets via Ghostly International in 2008 and garnered [...]
Sprouting from the same mind that created the Books - one of the most acclaimed and innovative groups of the past decade - Zammuto marks a deep reinvention of the highly detailed, genre-defying spirit that made seminal albums such as The Lemon of Pink and The Way Out possible. Supporting is Lymbyc Systym and Ou Ou. The Elevator Music Series is sponsored in [...]
On July 16th, The Luminary welcomes lo-fi power-pop band Cloud Nothings to the Elevator Music Series for their first St. Louis appearance. On standout album Attack on Memory, the band has expanded its sound from Dylan Baldi’s basement to Steve Albini’s crisp production and a full band vibe. 1,2,3 (Frenchkiss) and locals VOLCANOES will open the [...]
On July 12th, The Luminary welcomes visionary Baltimore band Lower Dens to the Elevator Music Series. Touring in support of the new album Nootropics, the band has expanded towards a more motoric palate and expansive sound. “The record as a whole begs for an assessment of all the flaws inherent in our existence, and to [...]
The Luminary presents Moonface for the Elevator Music Series on June 24th, 2012. Moonface is not a band. Moonface is just plain half-old Spencer Krug, in any solo or collaborative projects he’s involved in from now until whenever. In early 2010 the first Moonface EP was released on Jagjaguwar. It was called Dreamland EP: Marimba [...]
On April 30th, The Luminary welcomes Lotus Plaza, the side project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt, to the Elevator Music Series. The shoegaze-informed ambience immediately resonates with any Deerhunter acolyte, but this isn’t just another tossed-off side project. Lotus Plaza’s sound is fully-formed and explores Lockett’s dead-on melodic sense and expansive songwriting ability. Kid Counselor [...]
On March 20th, The Luminary welcomes EMA to the EMS. Erika M. Anderson grew up in the dive bars and rotten graveyards of South Dakota. She is a direct descendent of Erik Blood-Axe, the ruthless Viking warrior. All the boys ask her why she is so tough. She is 6 feet tall. She loves the [...]
On April 5th, The Luminary welcomes the legendary composer, producer and performer Van Dyke Parks to the Elevator Music Series. Over the course of his 50 year career, Parks has worked with the Beach Boys, Joanna Newsom, Ringo Starr in addition to his own celebrated releases. Join us for this very special seated performance in The [...]
On April 24th, The Luminary welcomes Shabazz Palaces to the Elevator Music Series. The already legendary project of former members of legendary hip hop group Digable Planets will make their first St. Louis stop and we ask that you attend. Like rich velvet hijabs or gold threaded abayas. Luxury as understood by the modest. Shabazz [...]
On March 27th, The Luminary presents The Hive Dwellers, the latest project of the legendary K Records and Beat Happening founder Calvin Johnson. The Hive Dwellers is a band, a combo (as in combination) of disparate individuals who share a common love of rock’n’roll, library cards and railroad travel. The assorted cacophony of membership slides [...]
