Tag Archives: Gastown Lamps

Vocals On Top’s Top 15 Concerts of 2013

Heading in to 2013 a silent resolution was made to jump in the fire and see as many concerts as possible, the end result being a total of 314 bands. It’s not something I would recommend but it is one … Continue reading

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Teriq Newton of Scruffy & The Janitors Best of 2013

Teriq Newton is an ace guitarist in St. Joseph, Missouri who is a member of Scruffy & The Janitors and The GasTown Lamps. He is a student of music and watches closely what is going on in popular music. His … Continue reading

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Todd Ward of The GasTown Lamps Top 10 albums of 2013

Todd Ward is the lead singer and guitarist for The GasTown Lamps and is also launching a new project in 2014 named Black The Buffalo that will be far different that the power blues approach of GTL. This is Ward’s … Continue reading

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Concert Review: GasTown Lamps and Sexwolph at Cafe Acoustic, 11/9/13

The change had really been coming for a while but it seemed very sudden at the time and the result was unpredictable. One of St. Joseph’s strongest draws, The GasTown Lamps, saw an opportunity to expand their sound and jumped … Continue reading

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Coming Soon: GasTown Lamps (with a new member) / Sexwolph 11/9/13 at Cafe Acoustic

WHO’S PLAYING?  GasTown Lamps (St. Joseph, MO) Sexwolph (St. Joseph, MO) WHAT TO EXPECT? A whole new side of the GasTown Lamps… The evening will start with a set by Sexwolph. You might expect death metal with the name but it … Continue reading

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Dsoedean vs. This Tall Records: The Story of Continue To Move

Dsoedean is an eager St. Joseph, Missouri based band who plans to release their first full length album Continue To Move this spring. The only problem is that Dsoedean is signed to the small independent label This Tall Records based … Continue reading

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A VOT Editorial: The $20 CD

Here at Vocals On Top a lot of opinions are expressed but they are rarely taken on directly and exclusively. Some issues deserve more focus to be put on them and to be discussed in a forum all their own. … Continue reading

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Vocals On Top’s Top 5 Concerts of 2012

In 2012 I went to more concerts than I ever have before. I attended over 65 shows and saw over 120 artists perform live. I have my favorite shows for various reasons and you can read about many of those … Continue reading

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Concert Review: The GasTown Lamps / Band 13 at The Cafe Acoustic in St. Joseph, MO 12/1/12

It’s hard to compete with free beer. The Cafe Acoustic went up against that with it’s December 1st show featuring The GasTown Lamps and Band 13. Magoon’s (a bar across town) was hosting “Occupy A Venue IV” forming the main … Continue reading

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Concert Review: First Saturday at The Lucky Tiger

In-store record performances are über cool. Browsing through vintage vinyl records while listening to a performer on acoustic guitar is a great way to spend an afternoon. The Lucky Tiger in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri has now had several of these … Continue reading

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