Animal Collective

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from March 18 to 24

Sorry, spring breakers! We know, we know -- Animal Collective postponing their St. Louis show throws a huge wrench into the works, along with all this freezing and wet mucky, gloomy sadness outside the window. Chin up, music fans. There's plenty of other bands to make donning some galoshes and splas ... More >>

Win Tickets to See Animal Collective and Dan Deacon at the Pageant

Electro-pop artist Dan Deacon and experimental psych-rockers Animal Collective will play the Pageant next Wednesday, and we've got two tickets!

The Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup Announcement Is Here [Updated With Complete Lineup]

[UPDATE: The complete lineup is now on page two of this post.] Right now, even as I type this, Weird Al Yankovic is in the midst of a three-hour long live streaming video announcement for this year's Bonnaroo Festival, a four-day event that takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee. As one wh ... More >>

The Best Tour Route of the West Coast

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis is Thinking About Making Music for Fewer People and Getting a "Real Job"

Ed. Girl Talk will headline the first day of LouFest 2012, on August 25 in Forest Park. We spoke with the mastermind behind one of the more insane dance parties going for this week's music feature. But Gregg Gillis has a lot to say and we couldn't fit all the gems into print. Below, you can find his ... More >>

Six Best Songs Under One Minute Long

Last week, we counted down the best songs over thirty minutes long, essentially a list of weirdos. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it is rare for an artist to call a song complete before it enters triple digits on the time counter. But great works have been made under the sixty second mark, be ... More >>

The Six Best Songs Over Thirty Minutes Long

"American Pie" is eight and a half minutes, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is seventeen. It is not uncommon for a prog track to reach twenty minutes, but it takes a certain breed to break the half-hour barrier. Below is a list of the six best songs over thirty minutes long. Feel free to interject your favorit ... More >>

Oneohtrix Point Never/Raglani

8 p.m. Sunday, October 2. The Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

The Dodos

8 p.m. Saturday, September 24. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

The Drug Cocktails That Might Fuel Five Of Our Favorite Musicians

Big Boi mugs for the camera.​Did you hear the one about the rapper who got busted for Ecstasy and Viagra? Earlier this week, Outkast rapper Big Boi got pinched for MDMA powder, Ecstasy pills, and an illegal prescription of the little blue pill for his disco stick. Which got us thinking -- what ... More >>

Colourmusic

8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Pitchfork 2011: tUnE-yArDs, Guided By Voices And Other Day One Highlights

Guided By Voices​The weather was perfect and apparently -- horrifically -- it is mom-jean-short-season. It was a day for eccentric acts, the line-up carefully curated to force superfans into buying Friday tickets. The will call line stretched around the block and then some. 4:32 pm:tUnE-yArDs ... More >>

Here We Go Magic

9 p.m. Saturday, May 7. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

New Album Releases: Toro Y Moi, Six Organs of Admittance, Adele and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Adele's 21​*Adele, 21 NPR reviewed 21: "The songs on 21 don't offer up much specific detail of the heartache Adele says she's suffering, or even outline the ... More >>

Braids

8 p.m. Tuesday, February 1. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Oberhofer/Flaming Death Trap/Dubb Nubb

9 p.m. Wednesday, January 26. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard in the Busch Student Center at Saint Louis University.

Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes

Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

I Was a Fountain: Who Is This Animal Collective-Esque Band? [Update]

Last week, Eric Hall dropped me a line asking if I had any idea who was behind the St. Louis-based band I Was a Fountain. Going by three tracks found on Bandcamp, he pointed out the similarities between IWAF and Animal Collective. He's right, but AC is more of a jumping-off point for the band; its b ... More >>

This Weekend: NoiseFest Will Blow Out Your Tympanic Membrane

NoiseFest is a test of wills. Can you handle three days of punishing noise? Without alcohol? And only smoking between sets, outside? Stabilized only by coffee and aural pain, the hygiene-optional crowd of Midwest noiseheads descend on the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center tonight for three days of de ... More >>

Blonde Redhead/Pantha du Prince

9 p.m. Monday, October 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Memphis Pencils

9 p.m. Friday, July 30. Foam, 3359 South Jefferson Avenue.

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

Georgia rockers the Whigs get back to their roots on In the Dark

Sondre Lerche/JBM

9 p.m. Monday, February 15. The Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th Street.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of January 25

As always, asterisks indicate bands coming through St. Louis... Vintage Vinyl 1. MURPHY LEE---You See Me 2. BEACH HOUSE---Teen Dream 3. VAMPIRE WEEKEND---Contra 4. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG---IRM 5. ANVIL---This Is Thirteen 6. SPOON---Transference 7. MAGNETIC FIELDS---Realism* 8. TEDDY PENDERGRASS---Ess ... More >>

Hey, Here's Footage from Interpol's Rocket Bar Show

Now this is a fine way to end the week: After my post about Animal Collective playing the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, Raglani -- who uploaded the video -- clued me in that he just uploaded another awesome vintage clip: Interpol at the Rocket Bar in 2002, performing "Stella Was a Diver and She Was ... More >>

Animal Collective Once Played at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

Electronic musician Raglani has been keeping busy in non-performance ways lately: He's been uploading video after video of vintage St. Louis performance videos to a Vimeo account. The result is a treasure trove of experimental, noise, punk and indie videos: The collection features acts such as Hair ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of January 11 to 17

Although Vampire Weekend dominated both stores this week, I would just like to note that Dr. Dre's The Chronic was a top seller at Vintage Vinyl last week. Proof that it's always Dre Day. Euclid Records 1. Vampire Weekend - Contra 2. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind 3. Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom L ... More >>

Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

Homespun: Spelling Bee/Stove Blow

Solstice
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Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of December 14 - December 20

Euclid Records 1. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 2. Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom Live 3. Neil Young - Dreaming Man Live '92 4. Bob Dylan - Christmas In The Heart 5. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP 6. Norah Jones - The Fall 7. Vince ... More >>

The Best of 2009 in Music

Show Review: Ghostland Observatory and DJ Lord at the Pageant (SoCo underCOVER show), October 15

marqueemag.com/tag/ghostland-observatory/​Few indie bands are as divisive as Ghostland Observatory. For every fan and critic who fawns over its catchy dance punk grooves, there are others who decry tthe band as "robot rock for the flyover states" or, as Pitchfork infamously panned "Daft Punk for f ... More >>

Radical Sons, PhaseOne, So Many Dynamos Receive Pitchfork Mentions

STL's musicians have been all over Pitchfork in the past few weeks. On June 2 the site ran a little news blurb announcing the release of So Many Dynamos' The Loud Wars. (Aside: How about a review too, guys? Flashlights received one...) Last Monday, PhaseOne's remix of Animal Collective's "Daily Rout ... More >>

Twangfest Auction Rolls On, Fest Starts Tonight With Alejandro Escovedo at the Pageant

Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it ou ... More >>

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele

9 p.m. Saturday, May 16. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Beach House

9 p.m. Friday, April 3. The Billiken Club, on the campus of Saint Louis University. 20 North Grand Boulevard.

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

Rock Math: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion

(Welcome to Rock Math, where each week Ryan Wasoba will explain a newly released album with the aid of a mathematical equation.) Band: Animal Collective Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion Label: Domino (vinyl out now, CD release on 1/20) Equation: Quadratic Formula

Ratatat

9 p.m. Saturday, August 30. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards

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Pitchfork Music Festival Schedule Updated

HEALTH

9 p.m. Monday, February 18. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard

KSLU FM on XM Radio, Sunday, February 3

Random Weblinks of the Day: QUOTSA in the Kitchen, Geezer Butler Speaks, Frances Bean's All Grown Up

St. Louis Concert Calendar: Tuesday, August 21

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