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Concert Review: Scruffy & The Janitors and The GasTown Lamps at Cafe Acoustic in St. Joseph, MO 3/2/18

This show was a big one. The small town midwest band has really spent 7 years building to this show. Through their releases of the lo-fi debut album “Pino” and the glossy noisemaker “Anglo EP” that came out nearly 3 … Continue reading

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250 word album review: Scruffy & The Janitors – Modeling Is Hard

Scruffy & The Janitors wanted this one to be a gut punch; they succeeded. Clocking in at 14 songs and over 45 minutes they wanted to make sure no one got left asking “is this it?” The important thing is … Continue reading

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Concert Review: Radkey & Scruffy & The Janitors at The Rendezvous 8/5/17

  This was a big show for St. Joseph. Sure, it always is when Radkey comes back to play in their hometown but this one was a little bigger. Scruffy & The Janitors signed on to open the show making … Continue reading

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Album at a glance: Scruffy & The Janitors – Anglo EP

Scruffy & The Janitors – Anglo The current shining stars of the St. Joseph music scene blast into new territory with their rowdy new EP “Anglo.” The short opening song “Ms. Crucio” doesn’t hold back and gets out of the … Continue reading

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Coming Soon: Scruffy & The Janitors / Cupcake / Rev Gusto at First Ward

WHO’S PLAYING?  Scruffy & The Janitors (St. Joseph, MO) Rev Gusto (Kansas City, MO) Cupcake (St. Joseph, MO) WHAT TO EXPECT?  New music from St. Joe’s hottest band Scruffy & The Janitors… Scruffy & The Janitors is not only the hottest band in St. Joseph right … Continue reading

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VOT Editorial: The Case for Scruffy & The Janitors’ “Pino” by Matthew Coman

The Case for “Pino” By Matthew Coman   Matthew Coman is a pretty fine singer/songwriter from St. Joseph, Missouri, he occasionally gets tricked into writing something for Vocals On Top and we are always happy to host his thoughts here. … Continue reading

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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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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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Coming Soon: Missouri Homegrown / Scruffy & The Janitors / The Souveneers

WHO’S PLAYING?  Missouri Homegrown (St. Joseph, MO) Scruffy & The Janitors (St. Joseph, MO) The Souveneers (St. Joseph, MO) WHAT TO EXPECT?  Some unsupervised craziness… The Souveneers are going to loosen the crowd up. Their american-folk with a some rockabilly … Continue reading

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