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Review + Setlists: Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson at GCS Ballpark, Thursday, July 2

Fri Jul 3, 3:33 PM

Everything looked bad but the weather. I crawled through traffic in parts of Cahokia and Sauget that will never make a John Mellencamp small town video. I stared at the lines snaking around the GCS Ballpark half an hour before... More >>

Clarification on Elvis Costello's Role in Sheryl Crow's July 11 Show

Thu Jul 2, 3:22 PM

I just got off the phone with a spokesman for Major League Baseball, and he clarified that Elvis Costello is not opening for Sheryl Crow next Saturday, July 11, nor is he doing an entirely separate set of his own... More >>

Heavy Metal Parking Lot: Judas Priest Then and Now

Thu Jul 2, 1:55 PM

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This old adage was proved true last night in the parking lot outside the Judas Priest/Whitesnake show at Family Arena in St. Charles, as this slideshow here proves.Steve TruesdellA Judas... More >>

Citygarden Opened This Week in Downtown St. Louis

Thu Jul 2, 1:05 PM

This is slightly off-topic from music, but still worth mentioning: Citygarden, a sculpture garden between Market and Chestnut and 8th and 10th streets downtown, opened yesterday. It's very cool -- I suggest you check it out. Here's a story I... More >>

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Features

Drone Henge: Ambient drone-metal band Sunn O))) makes a rare live appearance in St. Louis

By Paul Friswold

Wednesday, July 01

Greg Anderson laughs a great deal. He chuckles while talking about wearing ceremonial robes, he chortles while making a passing reference to the... More >>
Minimal techno wizard Richie Hawtin celebrates Independence Day with a St. Louis appearance and a new Twitter application

By Sean Levisman

Wednesday, July 01

It seems like the world can't shut up about Twitter lately. The micro-blogging network has exploded to more than 25 million users, what with... More >>
Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp
5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 2. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois.

By Roy Kasten

Wednesday, July 01

The irony of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp touring minor-league ballparks is as rich as their combined estates. It's not like... More >>
Counting Crows
8 p.m. Friday, July 3. Fair St. Louis, Gateway Arch and Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

By Julie Seabaugh

Wednesday, July 01

"When everybody loves me, I'm gonna be just about as happy as I can be," daydreamed Adam Duritz in "Mr. Jones," the 1993 hit that brought... More >>
Richard Swift/The Fray/Jack's Mannequin
7 p.m. Friday, July 3. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

By Christian Schaeffer

Wednesday, July 01

"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 song in... More >>
The Red-Headed Strangers
9 p.m. Saturday, July 4. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

By Christian Schaeffer

Wednesday, July 01

Named after Willie Nelson's best album, local group the Red-Headed Strangers knows something about classic country songwriting and even more... More >>
Man Man
8:30 p.m. Monday, July 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

By Todd McKenzie

Wednesday, July 01

There are few bands as grotesquely madcap as Philadelphia's Man Man. On record, the experimental five-piece band dabbles in jittery jazz dirges... More >>
No Doubt/Paramore/Bedouin Soundclash
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

By Annie Zaleski

Wednesday, July 01

The announcement of No Doubt's first tour since 2004 was met with the kind of warmth reserved for reconnecting with long-lost family members. But... More >>
Homespun: The Radical Sons
Throwing Knives EP
(St. Ives)

By Christian Schaeffer

Wednesday, July 01

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 >>
You Get What You Play For: Superstar session drummer and Dadaist marketing genius Josh Freese sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp at Sizzler, to promote his new album

By Vickie Chang

Wednesday, June 24

As the sun sets over the courthouse parking lot in Long Beach, one of the best and busiest session drummers in the industry is standing... More >>
Brothers in Arms: Now settled back in St. Louis, the Brothers Lazaroff mines its own distinctive American artifacts

By Roy Kasten

Wednesday, June 24

It's lunchtime, and Hodak's in south St. Louis is jumping. Jeff and Dave, the Brothers Lazaroff, are having fried chicken, cod, beets and iced... More >>
Do the Evolution: Soul prodigy John Legend brings Indie.Arie and a wealth of inspiration to the Fabulous Fox

By Kristy Wendt

Wednesday, June 24

Soul prodigy John Legend played the piano at age 4, started the University of Pennsylvania at 16, and, at age 30, took home his sixth Grammy and... More >>
The Avett Brothers
8 p.m. Thursday, June 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

By Christian Schaeffer

Wednesday, June 24

The Avett Brothers aren't exactly a hard sell: Seth and Scott, two handsome, bearded brothers from North Carolina, play sweetly ragged folk songs... More >>
Indyground Funk Jam
10 p.m. Friday, June 26, The Foxhole in the Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester Avenue.

By Calvin Cox

Wednesday, June 24

Raise your hand if you're familiar with the rap scene in Columbia, Missouri. No? Well, if Indyground Entertainment has its way, you'll soon know... More >>
The Features
9 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

By Shae Moseley

Wednesday, June 24

The Features' perpetual status as the "next big thing " has most likely become a point of sarcastic comic relief for its members by now. The... More >>
Julie Doiron
8 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

By Todd McKenzie

Wednesday, June 24

Julie Doiron, the former bassist and vocalist of Canadian indie group Eric's Trip, has been releasing a steady stream of austere and intimate... More >>
So Many Dynamos
8 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

By Annie Zaleski

Wednesday, June 24

We locals can be forgiven for feeling mighty proud of So Many Dynamos right about now. After all, we've seen the post-everything quartet grow... More >>
Plushgun/Nightmare of You
8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

By Annie Zaleski

Wednesday, June 24

Had Plushgun existed 25 years ago, one suspects John Hughes would have found every excuse to put the band's sensitive-artist synthpop in his... More >>
Judas Priest/Whitesnake
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. The Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

By Shae Moseley

Wednesday, June 24

Judas Priest and Whitesnake playing a place called the Family Arena is good for a chuckle, but otherwise the bill sounds like a perfect match,... More >>
Homespun: B & E
Chords to Live By
(self-released)

By Christian Schaeffer

Wednesday, June 24

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 knows,... More >>