The Blind Eyes- Best Pop Band 2009

The Blind Eyes are honored to have been named "Best Pop Band" in the 2009 Riverfront Times "Best of St. Louis" issue!

In additon, Seth Porter was tied for the nomination of "Best Male Vocalist" in the Readers Choice portion of the poll! See that in the print version of the RFT.

Thanks to all of you for making it happen!

Radio Free Chicago- October 2nd

The Blind Eyes will be doing a live interview and spinning tunes from Modernity on the Razor and Die Show- WLUW 88.7 Chicago on Friday, October 2nd at 4:30- Why? Because we're playing Chicago at Cal's on 10/3!

Modernity Now Available On Itunes!

What're you waiting for? Go download it!

October Update

Finalized dates and venues for our October mini-tour with the Safes!

Oct 1 The Borg Ward, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (w/ the Safes, Reckless Hearts, Mechanics of Romance)
Oct 2 The Wisco, Madison, Wisconsin (w/ the Safes, the Hussy)
Oct 3 Cal’s, Chicago, Illinois (w/ the Safes, the Blackbelts)
Oct 16 Courtyard Cafe, Champaign Urbana, Illinois (w/ the Safes, Times New Viking)
Oct 17 Off Broadway, Saint Louis, Missouri (w/ the Safes, Gentleman Auction House, Beth Bombara)

Seeya there!

Modernity Now Available Online At CD Baby

The Blind Eyes debut album "Modernity" is now available for download and purchase online at CD Baby! Looking for individual tracks? Download 'em for a mere 99 cents each! The album will be available soon on iTunes, Amazon, and more!

Photos From The LOT Music Festival

See some pics from the Blind Eyes' appearance at the 2009 LOT Music Festival here! Thanks again to Abby and all the people at MSTL for having us! Also thanks to Jason Stoff for taking these excellent shots.









Kevin proves he is cooler than you.

Pics From Show-Me St. Louis

Here are a few pics from yesterday's appearance on Show-Me St. Louis! Thanks to Abby Schwartz from the Lot, all the folks at KSDK, and of course Kat Kissick for snapping these! Check out the video here while it's available.

The Blind Eyes On Show-Me St. Louis - This Friday!

We'll be making our first TV appearance this Friday on Show-Me St. Louis! This has variously been hailed as "epic", "the Beatles on Ed Sullivan for our generation", and "pretty cool, guys".

The show runs from 3-3:30, we play sometime in the middle, along with an interview. Tune in, or better yet, come down and see it live! It's being taped live outside at KSDK Plaza, 1000 Market Street at 10th Street.

If you can't make it down, have your mom tape it for us so we can see it later.

Love,
tBE

Brasil, 1957: An In-Depth Review

Those of you who know us personally know that The Blind Eyes are, first and foremost, modern architecture buffs. Check out this great review from beltstl.com for a great piece-by-piece breakdown of the song Brasil, 1957 from Modernity! Out of all the songs on the record, this is probably the one we get asked about the most ("what does it mean?" "what's that chorus say"?, etc). This reviewer does a fine job of analyzing it, and connecting a few not-so-obvious dots.





















Speaking of Modernity- it will be available on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and much more in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Tomorrow Night At Deluxe!

We're playing tomorrow night (Saturday 8/15) at Deluxe with the Helium Tapes and the Argonauts! We're headlining, so come early, stay late, and prepare for an unparalleled rock party!

It should also be noted that this is the last show with Brian Scheffer on bass! He's been filling in for Kevin the last couple weeks. Come mock him!

Blind Eyes News, August 12th

Ok, a few things to report:

1) We have a ton of awesome shows coming up in and out of St. Louis. You should go to them. One of them happens to be this Saturday the 15th at Deluxe!

2) We will be playing live on Show-Me St. Louis on August 28th, around 3:00. We'll be playing a song or two to promote the Lot Music Festival, which we'll be playing the following day!

3) Our August mini-tour with Justin Ripley and the ACBs is all wrapped up and was awesome! Thanks to the other bands, all of whom are the coolest guys ever, and to everyone that came out to the shows. We're really looking forward to getting back soon.

4) We are anxiously gearing up to start recording our next album. Look for it in 2010!

5) Morgan from the 75s sports a Blind Eyes t-shirt. Where's yours?

The Blind Eyes & Kentucky Knife Fight, 9/12 Mangia

Be there.

New T-Shirts Available Now!

We just got our latest batch of t-shirts in from House Of Eight Legs and of course they look great. Girl's sizes are finally available, so if you want one, drop us a line or come see us at a show! $10/ea

Summer/Fall Show Dates Poster!

Next Show: August 6th At Firebird

We're kicking off August (and a short tour!) with an amazing show at Firebird on Thursday the 6th. Playing with us is Seattle's Justin Ripley and the one and only ACBs from Kansas City! Attentive fans of the Blind Eyes will recall that the ACBs played our album release show back in March and were awesome. Be there!

For the rest of the Blind Eyes' August dates, see the post right below this one.

The Blind Eyes Hit The Road In August/October!

August mini-tour with the ACBs (Kansas City) and Justin Ripley:

Aug 6 2009 Firebird, Saint Louis, Missouri
Aug 7 2009 Mojo’s, Columbia, Missouri
Aug 8 2009 Jackpot Music Hall, Lawrence, Kansas
Aug 9 2009 Streetside Records (in-store) Kansas City, Missouri
*Brian Scheffer from Firebrand Recording will be playing bass with the Blind Eyes for the above shows!

October mini-tour with the Safes (Chicago)

Oct 1 TBA Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 2 The Wisco, Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 3 2009 Cal’s, Chicago, Illinois
Oct 16 TBA Champaign Urbana, Ilinois
Oct 17 TBA Saint Louis, Missouri

PLUS we have a bunch of other great local shows coming up that you would be foolish to miss:

Aug 15 Deluxe w/ Helium Tapes
Aug 29 The LOT Music Festival
Sep 12 Mangia w/ Kentucky Knife Fight

More coming soon. Seeya there!
tBE

RFT Showcase Wrap-up

A huge, enormous thank you to everyone who came out and packed Cicero's for our slot at the RFT Music Awards showcase this past Sunday! We had a great time and hope you did too. Plenty of pictures from the show are available here on our Myspace page, more coming soon! Thanks again for coming out, and hopefully voting for us as well! Seeya next weekend at the Library!

Blind Eyes News- June 4th

This past couple of weeks have been full of cool happenings, and we owe it all to you:

Firstly, the album has been getting a ton of airplay. Thanks to our friends at KDHX for spinning it and we’re really glad you like it enough to play it as much as you do. Also, thanks again to our good friend (understatement of the century) Annie Zaleski for spinning us on, of all places, The Point! Our first bit of commercial airplay ever! Now we know what Nickelback feels like. Speaking of radio stuff, we had a blast playing live on Juxtaposition last night! For more on that, see the post below this one.

To that end, every copy of our album- plus all our t-shirts have sold out at Vintage Vinyl, were restocked, and are on their way to selling out again! Thanks to everyone that has gone out and picked one up. You guys are the best.

Plus, to everyone that has voted for us (or is planning to) in the 2009 Riverfront Times Music Awards for Best Pop Band- thanks again! Remember, you have until June 7th to cast your vote. Most importantly, make sure to come see us at the showcase- Cicero’s at 8 pm.

Cheers,tBE

Blind Eyes on KDHX "Juxtaposition"- Photos + Streaming Audio

The Blind Eyes did a 4 song set (plus an interview) on the KDHX show "Juxtaposition" last night. Thanks to host Rob Levy for having us on! In case you missed it, you can hear streaming audio of the show here. Photos below.

Poster For June 19th