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Conor Oberst

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    If Harry Potter Characters Had Bands: Twelve We'd Like To See

    ​If Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton's promise (which turned out to be a joke/hoax) to become a white rapper was just one more sad reminder of a series you used to love, we don't blame you -- but we would like to discourage you. Harry Potter, as I'm sure you will remember, is after all a little m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Bright Eyes and Dawes at the Pageant, 6/6/11: Review, Photos, Setlists

    Chrissy Wilmes​Bright Eyes/Dawes The Pageant June 6, 2011 It's not every day (or every year, or every decade, even) that Bright Eyes stops in St. Louis. The last tour date (in November of 2005) was moved to Columbia, MO after Conor Oberst realized that the scheduled venue, the Pageant, had a ... More >>

  • Music

    June 2, 2011

    Bright Eyes

    8 p.m. Monday, June 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    My Morning Jacket is Coming to the Pageant

    Danny Clinch​My Morning Jacket, whose new album Circuital is scheduled for a May 31 release date, is coming to St. Louis on August 2nd, when the band will play the Pageant. Tickets go on sale June 3rd at 5 p.m. at the Pageant box office or through Ticketmaster. Frontman Jim James' most recent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Bright Eyes Playing at the (Clear Channel-Free) Pageant?

    Image via​Gather 'round A to Z, children. Old Lady Zaleski has a story to tell you. Back in fall 2005, Bright Eyes had a show scheduled at the Pageant. The gig was on sale, people were weeping with delight and tickets were flying out the door. But then, suddenly, a dark cloud fell over the cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2010

    LouFest, Day One: Bottle Rockets, stephaniesid, Airborne Toxic Event

    Jason StoffBottle Rockets kick out the jams. Check out our entire slideshow of LouFest Day One.​​"These are the first musical notes of Loufest!" Brian Henneman crowed, and the members of the Bottle Rockets were off, igniting the first set of St. Louis' inaugural LouFest. The BoRox wasn't on ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2010

    She & Him's M. Ward talks about the creative process on his latest collection of timeless pop

    Jason StoffBottle Rockets kick out the jams. Check out our entire slideshow of LouFest Day One.​​"These are the first musical notes of Loufest!" Brian Henneman crowed, and the members of the Bottle Rockets were off, igniting the first set of St. Louis' inaugural LouFest. The BoRox wasn't on ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2010

    Blood Pony

    7:30 p.m. Friday, January 8. Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Interview MP3: Star & Micey, Playing at Cicero's and MoKaBe's This Week!

    ​Star & Micey are not a duo; they're not even Star and Micey. The young trio of Joshua Crosby (24), Geoff Smith (25) and Nick Redmond (26) took their name from a random encounter with a homeless man who inspired Crosby to get his shit together, form a band and turn his talent into more than ju ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    The Best of 2009 in Music

    ​Star & Micey are not a duo; they're not even Star and Micey. The young trio of Joshua Crosby (24), Geoff Smith (25) and Nick Redmond (26) took their name from a random encounter with a homeless man who inspired Crosby to get his shit together, form a band and turn his talent into more than ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Interview : A.A. Bondy, Playing Tonight at the Gargoyle

    ​From television to the radio to the internet, indie-folk newcomer A.A. Bondy has been popping up everywhere lately. In addition to touring with Bon Iver, the Felice Brothers and Conor Oberst, he's appeared at Bonnaroo, recorded a session for Daytrotter.com and performed for Conan O'Brien (to name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 15-21

    Here's a new feature on A to Z: Every Monday, we'll publish the best-selling releases from area independent record stores for the preceding week. And so without further ado: [Update, 4 p.m.: Apop's top sellers are also below now!] Euclid Records' Top Ten 1. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Big Whiskey & the Gr ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Little Brazil

    9 p.m. Wednesday, March 25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    January 7, 2009

    Joe Buck Yourself

    9 p.m. Friday, January 9. Deluxe, 2733 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood.

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

    Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic F ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

    We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

    Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Second Spin: Jackson Browne, Hold Out

    Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic F ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2008

    The Whiskey Ring

    Better than Some, Worse than Others
    (self-released)

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

    8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue

  • Music

    April 2, 2008

    Cursive

    8 p.m. Sunday, April 6. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards

  • Music

    June 20, 2007

    The Ike Reilly Assassination

    9 p.m. Thursday, June 21. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Bright Eyes

    Four Winds EP (Saddle Creek)

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Little Brazil

    7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Whether they’re playing all-ages venues or arenas, indie superstars the Faint make their fans dance, dance, dance.

    Join them, won't you?

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Jenny Lewis

    Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)

  • Music

    January 11, 2006

    Poison!

    B-Sides lays down the law with Criteria, contemplates potential rock-star deaths and plays a rousing game of Tic-Tac-DeVoe

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    Living on Video

    The Buggles were so, so wrong

  • Music

    November 30, 2005

    Bright Eyes

    Motion Sickness (Team Love)

  • Music

    August 3, 2005

    Good Advices

    We have an intervention for An Angle, talk baseball and Moz with Joe Pernice, and learn some rock rules by which to live

  • Music

    June 15, 2005

    Slow Dazzle

    The View from the Floor (Misra)

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Built to Last

    Doug Martsch runs the biggest little band on Earth

  • Music

    March 9, 2005

    James Curd

    Friday, March 11; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 3750 Washington Boulevard

  • Music

    January 26, 2005

    Magnolia Electric Co

    Trials and Error (Secret Canadian)

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Bright Eyes

    Lua/Take it Easy: Love Nothing (Saddle Creek)

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    The Faint

    Wet from Birth (Saddle Creek)

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Letters

    Week of September 15, 2004

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock

    (Besides Sting)

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Ultimate Rock Fantasy

    Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

  • Music

    June 16, 2004

    Play the Horn

    The Unicorns strike it rich with their unique brand of sloppy pop

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    Yo La Tengo

    Thursday, June 10; Mississippi Nights

  • Music

    January 15, 2003

    Cursive with Neva Dinova and Low Skies

    Sunday, January 19; Hi-Pointe

  • Music

    December 25, 2002

    Glorious Glut

    Could '02' mean "Oh, too many records?"

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    Bright Eyes

    Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek Records)

  • Music

    July 28, 1999

    Bright Eyes with Phut and Grandpa's Ghost

    Thursday, July 29; Side Door

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