Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2009 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

• Homespun: Leadville

  published August 12, 2009

  If we're being honest with ourselves, St. Louisans know that our town's contribution to the national rock & roll scene in the last twenty years... More >>

• Space Parlour CD Release

  published August 12, 2009

  As host of The Space Parlour on KDHX (88.1 FM), Nick Acquisto pulls double-duty. In addition to playing great indie rock, oddball folk... More >>

• Homespun: The Northwoods

  published August 5, 2009

  Since the Northwoods started making waves around town last year, it's been nearly impossible to mention the acoustic duo's name without also... More >>

• Blinded by the Light: Blind Pilot follows up its Decemberists tour dates with a headlining show of its own

  published August 5, 2009

  There are few universal truths in rock & roll, but here's a widely accepted dictum: It sucks to be an opening band. If you're lucky, the... More >>

• Ernie Isley

  published August 5, 2009

  Ernie Isley may be the youngest of the Isley Brothers, but he changed the group's trajectory with his inventive playing and tender... More >>

• Homespun: Fattback

  published July 29, 2009

  Fattback's Canary might be the most fun local album released so far this year. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has caught... More >>

• What Day Is It?

  published July 29, 2009

  December may seem like a long way away, but take notice: Jim Carrey is coming for your most cherished Christmas memories. He began his campaign in... More >>

• John Lee Hooker Jr.

  published July 29, 2009

  Pity the poor scions of music royalty, always walking in the shadows of their famous parents. And while it's gotta be tough to be, say, Jakob... More >>

• Guster

  published July 29, 2009

  It wasn't so long ago that a fresh-faced, slightly gawky guitar whiz named John Mayer was opening for Guster, a Boston quartet that used... More >>

• Homespun: The Funky Butt Brass Band

  published July 22, 2009

  St. Louis and New Orleans may be separated by 700 miles, but the cities have plenty in common: French ancestry, lapsed Catholics and... More >>

• Incubus/The Duke Spirit

  published July 22, 2009

  When Incubus hit the national stage in the mid-'90s, the California quintet sounded like kissing cousins to Omaha's 311 — mainly... More >>

• Homespun: Exercise

  published July 15, 2009

  Rising from the ashes of lovable spazz-pop band Berlin Whale, Exercise takes a more spacious, meandering view of the pop song on its... More >>

• Puttin' the Beth in Macbeth

  published July 15, 2009

  Even the most cursory, CliffsNotes-aided, night-before-the-test-cram-session review of Shakespeare's Macbeth has to note the... More >>

• Legends of Funk Tour

  published July 15, 2009

  No less an authority than Professor George Clinton gave voice to a hopeful nation when he declared, "We want the funk/We GOTTA have that funk."... More >>

• Little Feat/Madahoochi

  published July 15, 2009

  Formed in 1969 by former Frank Zappa sidemen Lowell George and Roy Estrada, Little Feat married the twang of Southern rock with the... More >>

• Review + Photos + Setlist: Sheryl Crow with Elvis Costello under the Arch, Saturday, July 11

  published Jul 12, 2009

  Major League Baseball knows how to throw a party. The MLB shock troops descended on St. Louis this week in a blaze of red, white and blue, all in preparation for this week's All-Star Game. And while ... More >>

• Fifth Time's A Charm

  published July 8, 2009

  For all the simple joys the game of baseball provides — game-winning home runs, split-finger fastballs, on-field acrobatics — it's the... More >>

• Homespun: Grace Basement

  published July 8, 2009

  Grace Basement bandleader Kevin Buckley may be a world-class Irish fiddler, but his gifts for harmony and melody don't stop at jigs and reels.... More >>

• Indie Rock Ice Cream Social

  published July 8, 2009

  Time was, ice-cream socials were only found in church halls and grade-school gymnasiums. But why should sharing sweet treats and fellowship be... More >>

• Homespun: The Radical Sons

  published July 1, 2009

  The boys in the Radical Sons are pretty smart. Before you can harp on the just-post-teenaged quartet for being a shameless throwback to nervy,... More >>

• The Red-Headed Strangers

  published July 1, 2009

  Named after Willie Nelson's best album, local group the Red-Headed Strangers knows something about classic country songwriting and even... More >>

• Richard Swift/The Fray/Jack's Mannequin

  published July 1, 2009

  "Sorry, Mr. Swift, but you're much too fat/and could I convince you to wear a cap?" So begins Richard Swift's "Artist & Repertoire," a... More >>

• Homespun: B & E

  published June 24, 2009

  Chords to Live By is a clever title for B&E's first full-length, but it's a bit misleading: There's only one type of chord this quintet... More >>

• The Avett Brothers

  published June 24, 2009

  The Avett Brothers aren't exactly a hard sell: Seth and Scott, two handsome, bearded brothers from North Carolina, play sweetly ragged... More >>

• BFA, MFA, A-OK

  published June 17, 2009

  A question for all you recent college graduates: What, exactly, do you have to show for your four-plus years in higher education? Let me guess... More >>