SVJ Album of the Week: The Eye Jabs

I don't know much about the Eye Jabs. I learned about the Oct. 31 release of their self-titled second album through a post on a Facebook group page, streamed it on Spotify and really enjoyed it.

There's not much information about the band in any of the usual spots online. But here's what I have found:

• The Eye Jabs is a duo out of the northern St. Louis metro area consisting of Dave Long and Nathan Butterhorn, according to their Facebook page. The one performance video I could find on YouTube features a five-piece band playing at Just Bills in July 2014.

SVJ Album of the Week: Bruiser Queen's Let's Fall in Love Again All Over

In case you missed it -- I know I didn't see it coming -- Saturday was the third annual Cassette Store Day, when fans across the globe celebrated the glory of the cassette tape.

Don't ask. I'm not sure I can provide a satisfactory answer. I only bring it up because Bruiser Queen joined in the festivities by releasing Let's Fall in Love Again All Over, a collection of demo recordings spanning the St. Louis duo's five-year career.

SVJ Album of the Week: The Fuck Off and Dies' Dear Liver

Dear Liver is the second full-length album by St. Louis trio The Fuck Off and Dies, a side project of Story of the Year front man Dan Marsala.

The LP, released in July, is a fast-paced, high-energy blast of punk with Marsala's tongue planted firmly in cheek. If you like loud songs about partying hard or saying the word "fuck" in some form or another, buy this album now.

Remembering Lou Reed: Going solo

Lou Reed was 29 years old, living at home with his parents and earning $40 a week as a typist in his father's accounting firm in the summer of 1971.

He had left the disintegrating Velvet Underground in the hands of Doug Yule and Steve Sesnick, and all he had to show for it was four albums that died almost as soon as they were recorded and a portfolio of dozens of songs he had written that never saw the light of day.

SVJ Playlist: Divide the Empire CD-release show

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Posted by Randy Shanks on Monday, October 5, 2015

Divide the Empire plans to bring its new CD into the world with a bang this weekend.

The alternative rockers will unveil their second album, Three Winters Vol. 1, at a show Saturday night at Pop's Nightclub and Concert Venue in Sauget, IL.