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2010 Stories by Michael Dauphin

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  FEATURED STORY

  Review: Lucero at Off Broadway, Tuesday, December 7

  published Dec 08, 2010

  When I interviewed Ben Nichols a couple weeks back, the singer recognized that St. Louis was due a proper Lucero show. After the band's LouFest set was cut short due to Nichols' health, and its previo... More >>

• Lucero's Ben Nichols is older and wiser, but still the Southern-tinged rock & roll punk he's always been

  published December 2, 2010

  Thirteen years ago, Lucero was just four drunk punks with a Southern-rock edge who hailed from Memphis, Tennessee. In 2010, Lucero is still... More >>

• Show Review: Rocky Votolato, Ha Ha Tonka and Casey Reeves at Off Broadway, Tuesday, November 9

  published Nov 10, 2010

  Going into last night's show, it was easy to imagine a situation where Ha Ha Tonka would steal the show from the headliner, Rocky Votolato. It's not that the southern gentlemen of HHT would try to be ... More >>

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  Show Review + Photos + Setlist: The Walkmen and Japandroids Sold-Out Off Broadway, Wednesday, October 20

  published Oct 21, 2010

  St. Louis concertgoers had some deciding to do last night. A number of fine shows -- Free Energy/Foxy Shazam/Hollerado at the Old Rock House, Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Sheldon and the Walkmen/J... More >>

• Polar Bear Club

  published October 13, 2010

  During the last few years, bands such as Hot Water Music, Small Brown Bike and Lifetime have re-emerged to play highly anticipated shows. But... More >>

• Nomeansno

  published October 13, 2010

  Punk music has come a long way — and evolved into a slew of variations — since its inception over thirty years ago. Just ask... More >>

• Show Review: forgetters Begins Anew at Cicero's, Friday, October 8

  published Oct 09, 2010

  It was hard to catch, but a couple songs into forgetters' set Friday night at Cicero's, singer/guitarist Blake Schwarzenbach glanced back at the band between songs and stated, "I'm actually feeling re... More >>

• forgetters

  published October 6, 2010

  Throughout the '90s and early '00s, Blake Schwarzenbach was one of the most prominent voices in the punk/indie world. With his bands Jawbreaker... More >>

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  Review + Setlist: Drive-By Truckers and the Henry Clay People at the Pageant

  published Oct 03, 2010

  There are very few certainties in life, but there's one thing you can always count on: If Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers are in town, you have the opportunity to see one of the best rock... More >>

• Review: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Telekinesis Pop Into the Firebird, Tuesday, August 31

  published Sep 01, 2010

  When the Firebird announced the Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Telekinesis show several months back, one couldn't help but wonder why these bands haven't joined forces already. Both serve up ... More >>

• Party in the Park: The first LouFest was an unqualified musical success

  published September 1, 2010

  On Saturday, August 28, and Sunday, August 29, the inaugural LouFest took place in Forest Park. Under gorgeous, sun-filled skies, eighteen acts... More >>

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  LouFest, Day Two: She & Him, A Review and Setlist

  published Aug 30, 2010

  A tip of the hat goes to the LouFest organizers for choosing She & Him to close out the two-day festival. It's almost as if they knew the sun would descend and bring in the perfect summer breeze to co... More >>

• LouFest, Day One: Lucero and Titus Andronicus

  published Aug 29, 2010

  (A to Z has several writers and photographers covering LouFest. Reviews and photos of the other bands from the first day are coming in separate posts.) New Jersey noise-punks Titus Andronicus showed u... More >>

• Kevin Seconds

  published August 25, 2010

  Kevin Seconds knows a thing or two about staying busy. Aside from fronting one of the longest-standing hardcore punk bands around, 7... More >>

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  Show Review + Setlist: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band and Dana Cooper at the Sheldon Concert Hall, Monday, August 2, 2010

  published Aug 03, 2010

  There were a few different intriguing elements going into Lyle Lovett's Monday night St. Louis visit. For starters, the show sold out less than ten minutes after it went on sale. This, of course, had ... More >>

• Review + Setlists: Against Me! and Silversun Pickups Prevail Over Storms at Soldiers Memorial Plaza, Saturday, July 24

  published Jul 25, 2010

  In between the relentless heat and a series of storms, thousands of St. Louisans gathered downtown for what turned out to be another successful installment of the Celebrate St. Louis Concert Series. W... More >>

• Show Review + Setlist: Gaslight Anthem, Chamberlain and Tim Barry at Pop's, July 16, 2010

  published Jul 17, 2010

  New Jersey's Gaslight Anthem has made great strides in the past few years. It's gone from trekking around the country in a beat-up van, to cruising in style in a full-blown tour bus. It's gone from m... More >>

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  Show Review: Minus the Bear, Everest and Mini Mansions at the Firebird, Monday, July 12

  published Jul 13, 2010

  On paper, Monday night seemed like an ideal night to stay in, recuperate from the weekend and avoid the unbearable mugginess and St. Louis heat. But the sold-out Firebird crowd was having none of that... More >>

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  The Gaslight Anthem's Jersey-born American slang is finally resonating all over the globe

  published July 14, 2010

  Everyone from the mainstream press down to the power brokers in D.C. has a convoluted idea of what constitutes "America" these days. However,... More >>

• Off With Their Heads, Humanoids at Firebird, Thursday, July 8

  published Jul 09, 2010

  On the heels of their Epitaph Records debut, In Desolation, Minneapolis' Off With Their Heads have clearly hit their stride. After churning out several albums and split seven-inches on Florida punk-co... More >>

• Show Review + Setlist + Photos: Punk Pioneers NOFX Satisfy the Crowd at Pop's, Saturday, May 1

  published May 02, 2010

  One couldn't blame a band of fortysomething veteran punks for feeling a little jaded or exhausted, especially two-plus decades into its career. And it's not a stretch to say that pissed-off punk rock ... More >>

• NOFX's Fat Mike doles out fatherly advice gleaned from his perch as punk rock's patriarch

  published April 28, 2010

  Mike Burkett (a.k.a. Fat Mike) of seminal California punk pioneers NOFX is a study in contrasts. On one hand, he's an outspoken, hard-partying... More >>

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  Concert Review: Fans Pour Themselves Over Circa Survive at the Firebird, March 22, 2010

  published Mar 23, 2010

  The Firebird (2706 Olive Street) has been on a roll this week. Not too many St. Louis rock clubs are selling out back-to-back Sunday (see our Aquabats review here) and Monday night gigs, yet that's ex... More >>