Email Author Kiernan Maletsky

2011 Stories by Kiernan Maletsky

• Five Best Non-New Years Eve Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend

  published Dec 30, 2011

  The main event is Saturday night, obviously, and if you still don't have your New Year's Eve plans in order, we've got you covered: New Year's Eve in St. Louis: Ten Best Things to Do Under $10 New Y... More >>

• Dowload the New Lavelle Spitz Mixtape Now

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Lavelle Spitz dropped his new mixtape, The City Slicker: Season Two earlier this month. The prolific rapper also shoots and edits his own videos. You can download the whole tape, but if you just want ... More >>

• Win Tickets to Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven

  published Dec 29, 2011

  David Lowery's Versatile Rock 'n Roll Tour comes to the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) next Friday, January 6. Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven -- both projects featuring Lowery -- will... More >>

• Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part One

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra present Go West at El Lenador, September 26, 2011 The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra is consistently among the most interesting and talented groups in S... More >>

• Rabbi James Stone Goodman and Brothers Lazaroff Record Eight Nights for Havey Kronblum Jewish Food Pantry

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Last week, Brothers Lazaroff threw its first Hanukkah Hullabaloo after the Kinky Friedman show at Off Broadway. Performing with Rabbi James Stone Goodman, Will Soll's Klezmer Conspiracy and the Vaad, ... More >>

• Win El Monstero Tickets to a Date of Your Choice

  published Dec 20, 2011

  We're now one week into El Monstero season here in St. Louis, and fans of spectacle and psychedelic rock have only four more chances to see the city's biggest tribute before it goes into hibernation f... More >>

• KristeenYoung

  published December 22, 2011

  >Time to check in on Kristeen Young, the St. Louis native with a keyboard, big hair and a much bigger vocal range. After nearly a decade of... More >>

• El Monstero 2011: Photos

  published Dec 19, 2011

  El Monstero: The Pink Floyd tribute capable of putting more asses in the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) than any other force known to man. We're rolling through this season's six sched... More >>

• Live Holiday Music on the Metrolink this Weekend

  published Dec 16, 2011

  The second Rhythm & Rails series brings Funky Butt Brass Band and the Folk School of St. Louis Syncopators aboard MetroLink cars this weekend. Last year, Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three and Rough... More >>

• Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: December 16 to 18

  published Dec 16, 2011

  It's the last weekend before Christmas, and there are still plenty of shows to keep us occupied. Bo and the Locomotive and Union Tree Review anchor a fantastic lineup at Foam tomorrow night and the Al... More >>

• Jeff Tweedy Forecasts the Weather on WGN: "Seven Days Seems Kind of Optimistic to Me."

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Jeff Tweedy has been affably impossible to look away from this year. Wilco made a recent appearance on WGN in Chicago, and Tweedy was a good enough sport to stick around for the most noncommittal weat... More >>

• Chalk Boyz Whitest Christmas: Eggnog Binges and Spontaneous Gift Giving [Update: Video]

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Dommy Shades and Dyl Staxx of the Chalk Boyz didn't have to dig too deep for inspiration for their new mixtape Whitest Christmas. "We were drinking egg nog and whiskey for a day straight and decided t... More >>

• Cage the Elephant, the Joy Formidable and Sleeper Agent at the Pageant: Photos

  published Dec 14, 2011

  The Point (105.7 FM) hosted its third Ho Ho Show of the year last night at the Pageant. Sleeper Agent, the Joy Formidable and Cage the Elephant played to a packed house -- Khoolod Eid was there to cap... More >>

• Win El Monstero Tickets

  published Dec 13, 2011

  The holiday we've been waiting for since the summer is nearly upon us! We are, obviously, referring to El Monstero, the Pink Floyd tribute show that takes over the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Musicians, venue owners and organizers found new ways to make people care this year

  published December 15, 2011

  This was supposed to be the year the recession finally melted away. Yeah, that never happened. An economy both bolstered and hamstrung... More >>

• Bitch Please

  published December 15, 2011

  El Leñador is many things: a Mexican restaurant that kept its German brew house décor intact, home of the inimitable barkeep... More >>

• Bear in Heaven is Coming to the Luminary Center for the Arts

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Brooklyn's Bear in Heaven will be making a return trip to the Luminary Center for the Arts. The show is on April 1, 2012; tickets are $12 and go on sale this friday. The tour is in support of the band... More >>

• A Very Ludo Christmas at the Pageant, 2011: Photos

  published Dec 12, 2011

  St. Louis' Ludo has been playing Christmas shows since before the band caught its big break with 2008's You're Awful, I Love You. The Xmas spectacular gets bigger every year, and this weekend's insta... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: December 9 to 11

  published Dec 09, 2011

  It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well, OK, not actually if you're looking for big-name tours. But that doesn't mean you have no choice but to hole up this weekend. Soul party-starters JC Broo... More >>

• Last To Show First To Go: "Far Be It" Video for Show Me Shows

  published Dec 08, 2011

  The Show Me Show series returns this month for its fifth set of St. Louis musician videos. The subject this time is Last To Show First To Go, which is releasing its EP tomorrow night with a show at th... More >>

• M83 is Coming to the Pageant: Presale Starts...Now!

  published Dec 07, 2011

  M83, the astral band responsible for one of the year's best albums, is coming to the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161) in May. On the 2nd, to be exact, and tickets go on sale right now! A... More >>

• Why It's on St. Louis to Put St. Louis on the Map: Whiteout Talks Hip-Hop, Birthday Show

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Whiteout, and running mate RT-FaQ, will never be accused of not showing up. Literally, in that they can be found at as many St. Louis hip-hop shows as anyone, rapping along with their peers as fans. A... More >>

• Adele's Tour Rider: Mandatory Charity and Absolutely No North American Beer

  published Dec 06, 2011

  The Smoking Gun has tracked down a copy of Adele's rider for a North American tour that has since been cancelled due to throat surgery. Whenever she does make it over here, much of this is likely to ... More >>

• [Update] The Blind Eyes: Unwitting Soundtrack to Yokohama's LA Auto Show Promotions

  published Dec 06, 2011

  Update, 3:23 p.m. As at least one of you noted, the videos have now been made private. And in the interest of clarification: The band was in fact offered credit and a link in the description of the or... More >>

• Win A Very Ludo Christmas Tickets!

  published Dec 06, 2011

  A great St. Louis tradition returns this Saturday to the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161): Ludo's annual Christmas party. This year's openers are Treaty of Paris and OPTION//CONTROL, the... More >>