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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 >>

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

Albert Pujols Wins MVP Award

commons.wikimedia.org​Bill James has called him the perfect player, and this year, the voters apparently agreed. Albert Pujols won his third MVP award today, second in a row, by a unanimous vote. In other news, the sun came up today in the East, much as had been expected. Pujols nearly d ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 16-22

Vintage Vinyl 1. ALL TIME LOW---Nothing Personal 2. BOYS LIKE GIRLS---Love Drunk 3. JOSH GOLDEN---Josh Golden 4. 50 CENT---Before I Self-Destruct 5. THEM CROOKED VULTURES---Them Crooked Vultures 6. JOHN MAYER---Battle Studies* 7. RAKIM---Seventh Seal 8. NORAH JONES---The Fall 9. BOYS LIKE GIRLS---Bo ... More >>

The Cover of the October 10 Print Edition

Kanye West and Lady Gaga *Not* Coming to St. Louis

So, Kanye West and Lady Gaga's "Fame Kills" tour has been canceled, before it even started. According to Livenation:Live Nation announced today that the Kanye West and Lady Gaga "Fame Kills" tour has been cancelled, including the show scheduled for Friday, December 4th at Scottrade Center in Saint L ... More >>

Lady Gaga and Kanye West in St. Louis?

According to Pollstar, Lady Gaga and Kanye West's "Fame Kills" tour is set to hit St. Louis on Friday, December 4, at the Scottrade Center. Neither Ticketmaster nor the Scottrade's website has this info yet, so consider it tentative until we do get word. In light of last night's events -- i.e., when ... More >>

American Idols Live Tour

7 p.m. Saturday, August 29. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Photos: Shaquille O'Neal, Albert Pujols at the Four Seasons

Photo: Nick LucchesiThe entire press conference was filmed to be included in the television series.​To hype his upcoming reality show Shaq VS., Shaquille O'Neal, the 17-year NBA icon, mixed friendly smack-talk and humble sentiments at the opportunity to face Albert Pujols in a home run derby Thurs ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 27-August 2

Every Monday (Tuesday this week -- sorry, Warped Tour), A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. SON VOLT: American ... More >>

Fred Durst Honors Michael Jackson

Who can we count on most to honor the King of Pop? Why, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, of course. Via his Yfrog/Twitter account:

Ashanti, Chingy, Ginuwine, Nelly and Other Celebs with Two Names Set for All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball

On Sunday afternoon, July 12, celebrities and baseball legends will gather on the field at Busch Stadium for the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. Musicians scheduled to play include Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell, Nelly, Chingy, Ashanti and Ginuwine. (No word yet on if th ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 29-July 5

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl 1. WILCO: Wilco (The Album) 2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller 3. MICHA ... More >>

No Doubt/Paramore/Bedouin Soundclash

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

An ode to Michael Jackson; plus, NeighborhoodScout tells us who's bad

Remembering Michael Jackson

(Picture snapped tonight at Vintage Vinyl. I asked Matt Harnish if they had any Michael Jackson left. "Nope!" he exclaimed. I'm unsurprised. Other record stores in town -- have any MJ left?) Annie ZaleskiAs a child growing up in the '80s, there was no question that you liked Michael Jackson. ... More >>

The Dream

7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Bat-Signal Over Soulard

Summertime St. Louis: Summer of Salvation. The Terminator is back. Plus, 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Open Comment Thread: The 2009 Grammy Awards

Because I'm on vacation, I'm writing this FROM THE PAST (ooh, spooky), and there won't be any live-blogging about Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast from me this year. However, consider this post an open commenting thread for the show. According to Grammy.com, the list of performers is crazytown:Curre ... More >>

Mickey Rourke climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler

Apocalypse Whatever: Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Show Review Setlist: "Weird Al" Yankovic at Family Arena, Friday, August 8

27 Years of Motley Crue: A Detailed History

Unreal has a few questions for Mr. Corporate Takeover Architect, checks in with dear old dad and the potential first ladies, and chooses a new favorite war

Remaking Michael

Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

Producer nonpareil Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again

2008 Grammy Awards: The Liveblog

One More Resurrection

SonyBMG Launches Platinum MusicPass Album Download Cards

Blake Lewis

Audio Day Dream 
(Arista/J)

Face the Nation

We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.

2007 MTV VMAs Wrap-Up: Stream-of-Conscious about Britney, Timberlake and more

New Britney Spears song -- "Gimme More"

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers.

B-Money in the Bank

St. Louis native B-Money is hanging with rap's heavy hitters.

Film Openings

Week of November 9, 2006

Nick Lachey

7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 26. Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road).

The Next Big Thing

A middle-aged couple with a million dollars and a big dream: To make St. Louis a pop-music hub

Pharrell

In My Mind (Star Trak/Interscope)

Film Openings

Week of July 26, 2006

Busta Rhymes

The Big Bang (Aftermath)

Kelly Clarkson

:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

Get Inside!

A round-up of summer's surefire hits (and definite duds)

The Proposition

(the former Mike & Min's, Soulard)

The Color of Money (1986)

Week of December 8, 2005

Critical Fatwa

Week of October 5, 2005

Fightin' Femmes

We duel with Gretchen Wilson and Kelly Clarkson, get home-cooking tips from the stars and delve into Omarion's psyche

Av Almighty

Unlike Jesus, Avril Lavigne will live to prove her haters wrong