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2006 Stories by Annie Zaleski

• From a Faraway Town...Not!

  published August 23, 2006

  A to Z knows the power of a club that plays good music. Why, when she was a freewheeling college student in Boston, she saw Interpol — yes,... More >>

• Finn's Motel

  published August 23, 2006

  Move over, Love Experts. Theres a new kid in town specializing in meticulously constructed pop songs that are years in the making: Finns... More >>

• The Lot

  published August 23, 2006

  Last year's model of the annual Lot music festival shone the spotlight on some of the areas best bands (and best beer). This year's edition... More >>

• Various Artists

  published August 23, 2006

  Get these motherfucking emo bands off this motherfucking album. No, really — get these motherfucking emo bands off this motherfucking... More >>

• Live! Local! Bands!

  published August 16, 2006

  There's nothing A to Z likes more than a road trip. She doesn't care to where, whether it's Chicago, Louisville or Kansas City (even rickety I-70... More >>

• Second Story Man / James Will & the Engines of Creation

  published August 16, 2006

  Louisville's Second Story Man played Kentucky's recent Forecastle Festival alongside Sleater-Kinney, but the tunes on its MySpace profile... More >>

• Ska Fest V

  published August 16, 2006

  Now that the cult of emo is apparently beginning to show signs of disintegrating — perhaps as its fans enter high school and discover the... More >>

• Mother Superior

  published August 9, 2006

  It's during the fall concert season — traditionally the busiest time of the gigging year — that St. Louis' status as a forgotten city... More >>

• Time Warped

  published August 2, 2006

  If there was any doubt that Moog-punks Ludo always have local crowds eating out of the palms of their hands, the quintet's Warped Tour performance... More >>

• Get in the Van

  published August 2, 2006

  What happens when local garage-punks the Vultures and trashabilly kings Johnny O & the Jerks embark on the "Spirit of St. Louis" tour to the east... More >>

• Big City Rock / October Fall / NEEDTOBREATHE

  published August 2, 2006

  With apologies to the late, great Material Issue, this triple bill is nothing short of a pop overthrow. October Fall's piano-heavy tunes... More >>

• Local Motion: The Daybreak Boys

  published August 2, 2006

  With song titles such as "Gonna Get Pissed Tonight" and a sleek dance-punk sound a few steps removed from the Killers or the Strokes, one would be... More >>

• Fiesta, Forever

  published July 26, 2006

  Mea culpa: We accidentally omitted Polarized Mind from the list of Best Electronic Band nominees for this year's RFT Music Awards. Sorry... More >>

• Sisters of Mercy

  published July 26, 2006

  Surveying the view from a portable stage at the Riverport Amphitheatre (now the UMB Bank Pavilion), AFI's Hunter Burgan wondered, "How did I get... More >>

• Punk-o-Rama

  published July 19, 2006

  Ah, Warped Tour, that annual emo marathon that's Christmas, a birthday and summer vacation all rolled into one for many music fans. Now in its... More >>

• I Can See for Miles

  published July 19, 2006

  It's hard to find many local artists who are prolific record releasers. This isn't a complaint; it's merely an observation. A to Z understands... More >>

• Def Leppard/Journey

  published July 19, 2006

  The vintage Def Leppard Hysteria T-shirt I often sport (to the derision of friends) isn't an ironic fashion statement; it's a show... More >>

• Also Playing: Dressy Bessy

  published July 19, 2006

  Guess who's back in town playing Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-862-0009) on Thursday, July 20? That's right, it's... More >>

• And the Nominees Are...

  published July 12, 2006

  A to Z admires David Bowie for many things: his alien electronic experiments, his crunchy glam glitter riffs and, of course, his impeccable... More >>

• Wreckless Eric

  published July 12, 2006

  Wreckless Eric has packed quite a few lifetimes into his 30-year musical career. There's his stint as one of the original artists on the... More >>

• Now It's Overhead / Tilly and the Wall

  published July 12, 2006

  Saddle Creek darlings Now It's Overhead — who opened R.E.M.'s 2004 Fox Theatre show — successfully capture the enigmatic brooding... More >>

• Casey on the Beat

  published July 5, 2006

  It's easy to be cynical about the time-warp mentality that often seems to permeate the St. Louis music scene, the sense that its bands are too... More >>

• Hot Fun, Summer in the City

  published July 5, 2006

  With so many activities to choose from, summer is the season of over-committing and double-booking. To prevent such catastrophes in concertgoing,... More >>

• Touch of Grey

  published July 5, 2006

  It's been a long, strange trip for Bob Weir, the guitarist and San Francisco native who co-founded the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia. Weir is... More >>

• Gin Blossoms

  published July 5, 2006

  In retrospect, what made countless 1990s alt-bands atrocious wasn't their lack of talent; it was radio's insistence on constantly shoving their... More >>