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Slideshow: The Top Ten Summer Concerts in St. Louis

Fri Sep 5, 2:09 PM

So, which ones did we forget? VIEW SLIDESHOW HERE... More >>

Show Review: The Go-Go's at the Lumiere Theatre at Lumiere Place, Thursday, September 4

Fri Sep 5, 1:55 PM

Better Than: Dancing around your apartment to the Go-Go’s while wearing an off-the-shoulder sweatshirt. “The ‘80s will never die as long as we’re around!? Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin said cheerfully during the... More >>

Video: The Sham, "Roller Skates"

Fri Sep 5, 11:56 AM

First person who posts an online link to an Oregon Trail emulator gets my undying love and affection. The band recommends viewing in high quality -- while I always recommend fording the river. Yes, this is the Sham, and its... More >>

'90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: Salt-n-Pepa, "Shoop"

Fri Sep 5, 11:00 AM

Ask me sometime when you see me out to sing this. I will. I know every word. After the jump, video from last year that shows the group STILL RULES. Although the censors apparently made them change their words.... More >>

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Features

  • Two writers debate the pros and cons of indie-rock/Afropop sensations Vampire Weekend, who are making their St. Louis debut on September 10
    By Ryan Wasoba and Jason Toon
    Wednesday, September 03
    The pace of the blog-driven indie-rock world has reached a point where sometimes a backlash will set in almost before the frontlash gets rolling.... More >>
  • An Under Cover Weekend at the Bluebird tackles the '60s and '70s, while electronic up-and-comer Deadmau5 worms his way into town
    By Eric W. Saeger and Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, September 03
    The 2008 version of An Under Cover Weekend is double the fun of last year's inaugural edition: The event is now spread out over four nights (in... More >>
  • I Love You
    8 p.m. Thursday, September 4. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
    By Jason Harper
    Wednesday, September 03
    Like fellow locals Ad Astra Per Aspera, Kansas City's promising I Love You thrashes about in the secret playroom between punk and indie rock,... More >>
  • Indian Jewelry
    7 p.m. Saturday, September 6. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
    By Gray, Chris
    Wednesday, September 03
    There's something inherently oceanic about Indian Jewelry's Free Gold, the densely layered second disc from the (mostly) Houston-based collective... More >>
  • Bill Morrissey
    7 p.m. Sunday, September 7. The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Boulevard
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, September 03
    The music-geek wars between the rockists and the poptimists laid waste to logocentrism — the obsessive privileging of song lyrics —... More >>
  • Bellafea
    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, September 03
    For the North Carolina trio Bellafea, the lines that separate punk, metal, art-rock and folk completely dissolve in a barrage of dark-hued,... More >>
  • Tussle
    9 p.m. Monday, September 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, September 03
    Electronic manipulators Tussle combine heavy square waves of vintage synthesizer buzz with raw, kitchen-cupboard percussion, while its hypnotic... More >>
  • These Are Powers
    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 9. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
    By Ryan Wasoba
    Wednesday, September 03
    It makes sense that members of These Are Powers split their time between Brooklyn and Chicago; the band's relentless noise rock is equal parts... More >>
  • Motörhead
    7 p.m. Tuesday, September 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
    By Gray, Chris
    Wednesday, September 03
    There's no longevity award in metal, although it's not like Motörhead needs one to validate its existence. Warts and all, the London-born... More >>
  • Wreckless Eric/Amy Rigby
    9 p.m. Wednesday, September 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
    By Jason Toon
    Wednesday, September 03
    Here's the story of a scruffy laddie with a corking line in ragged, tuneful songs. He cut a couple of albums on Stiff Records, but we hadn't seen... More >>
  • Lamar Harris
    Groove Therapy
    (self-released)
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, September 03
    Lamar Harris is a trombonist, trumpeter and all-around brassmaster who takes the most staid of brass instruments (even the tuba) and turns them... More >>
  • With a new U.S. tour alongside Aimee Mann and a fresh look at their greatest hits, U.K. pop geniuses Squeeze are reunited, reinvented — and rejuvenated
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, August 27
    When it comes to pop songwriters from the UK, several names always crop up as inspirations: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Elvis Costello, David... More >>
  • Diamonds in the Mud: A preview of the Big Muddy Blues Festival and a look at some niches in need of some Neil
    By Dean C. Minderman
    Wednesday, August 27
    Though budget constraints and the changing development landscape of Laclede's Landing will once again limit the 2008 edition of the Big Muddy... More >>
  • Nels Andrews
    5 p.m. Friday, August 29. Iron Barley, 5510 Virginia Avenue
    Wednesday, August 27
    As peripatetic, post-Townes Van Zandt troubadours go, Nels Andrews is convincing and compelling, less obsessed with his own journal keeping than... More >>
  • Ratatat
    9 p.m. Saturday, August 30. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards
    By Richard Gintowt
    Wednesday, August 27
    Maybe it's just the shrieking panther samples, but listening to Ratatat can make a person feel like he's creeping through a jungle and a dance... More >>
  • Lil Wayne
    8 p.m. Saturday, August 30. Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue
    By Oliver Wang
    Wednesday, August 27
    When New Orleans' Hot Boys formed in 1997, few foresaw teenager Lil Wayne — the youngest of the four — as the group's eventual... More >>
  • Damien Dempsey
    9 p.m. Tuesday, September 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
    By Jason Harper
    Wednesday, August 27
    Looking like a working-class brawler and singing like Luke Kelly, Damien Dempsey is one of the more inspiring trad-Irish balladeers to step up in... More >>
  • These United States
    9 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard
    By Crow Jonah Norlander
    Wednesday, August 27
    Whenever Jesse Elliott and his sister would begin to bicker in the back seat on family car trips, their mother would threaten them with... More >>
  • Nas/Talib Kweli/ Jay Electronica
    8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
    By Calvin Cox
    Wednesday, August 27
    With all the controversy surrounding the title of Nas' ninth studio album, Untitled (previously named Nigger) has become one of the most talked... More >>
  • Don Caballero
    8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, August 27
    Punkgasm, the seventh studio album released by Pittsburgh math-rock godfathers Don Caballero is affirmation that lone founding member (drummer... More >>

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National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

The Gentleman Classicist

Chris Isaak keeps his croon intact
By John Hood
It's been almost 25 years since Chris Isaak slipped his debut album, Silvertone, on to the pop... More >>

Dallas

Dirty Talk

Twenty years later, the godfathers of grunge in Mudhoney still remember their roots
By Darryl Smyers
You'd think that, after 20 years of hearing his band described as the quintessential grunge... More >>

Denver

Next to Ryan Adams or Jason Molina, Centro-Matic frontman Will Johnson is as prolific a songwriter as they come.

By Jon Solomon
Texas in June is great. There's a certain romance to it. By August, though, the romance is... More >>

Houston

Houston's Nigerian-Born Battle-Rapper Godwon

Balls and His Word
By Shea Serrano
Competition drives hip-hop culture. Whether it be reputation, jewelry, cars or whatever, it... More >>

Kansas City

D-Locc da Chop remembers coming up on the East side and envisions taking over the KC hip-hop crown

By Nadia Pflaum
"Text Message," by D-Locc da Chop, from King Me (Van Brunt Entertainment): The core acts from... More >>

Miami

Luther Campbell Talks 2 Live Crew, Rick Ross, and His New VH1 Reality Series

He wants to set the record straight.
By Jason Handelsman
Luther Campbell is a serious businessman. "Everyone in Miami who does rap music has worked for... More >>

Phoenix

Where Counting Crows’ August and Everything After was a touchstone, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is only another tear in the bucket

By Martina Kominiarek
I spent the winter of 1994 through the summer of 1995 soaking myself in the Counting Crows... More >>

San Francisco

Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

By The May Fire
After hearing repeated newscasts about the ways high gas prices are affecting four-wheeled... More >>

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