Dave Matthews Band

I Have Eight Tickets to Yonder Mountain String Band at the Pageant: Win Them

Yonder Mountain String Band will play back-to-back shows this weekend at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161). Friday and Saturday's shows both start at 7:30 p.m., and the Deadly Gentleman open.

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: February 22 to 24

All those poor Thursday shows had a run-in with a winter storm, and few made it out alive. Avenge their would-be good times by living out the glory with these shows -- there's way too much cool stuff (no pun intended) happening to skip out on account of a little bit of snow. See Also: -Son Volt, D ... More >>

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to Play New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Where in the world isn't Pokey LaFarge these days? In the past year, he's made all sorts of waves -- on the radio, over the ocean and even on TV, culminating a wide range of adoring fans. Between appearing on Jools Holland's NYE Hootenanny, backing up Jack White and performing on HBO's Boardwalk Emp ... More >>

Why Do So Many People Love Mumford and Sons?

Babel, the second release by the English folk quartet Mumford and Sons, is in its third week atop the Billboard Album chart. This surely makes their parents and accountants happy, but the fact that such luminaries as Matchbox Twenty, Linkin Park and the Zac Brown Band have recently held this spot de ... More >>

Brandi Carlile Breaks Through

Dave Matthews Band Fans: Its Not Too Late For Something Better

An open letter to the attendees of the Dave Matthews Band Concert (July 11, 2012): I am sorry. On behalf of those who you would surely deem "music snobs", I am sorry that our actions or lack thereof may have contributed to you braving a scorching St. Louis summer night for yet another Dave Matthew ... More >>

Toward A Taxonomy Of '90s Pop Songs You Kind Of Remember

I should begin here: During the actual '90s, I was much too busy listening to Japanese videogame soundtracks (educate yourself) to actually enjoy '90s pop music. My first-hand memories of most of it are hearing it in a car, at a skating rink, on somebody else's Discman, and shaking my head in lonely ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 7/11/12: Review and Setlist

Dave Matthews Band | Brandi Carlile July 11, 2012 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Dave Matthews has exceeded the usual confines of a musician. He is an idea, a cultural shorthand, a punchline, a hero. No less a songwriter than Brandi Carlile (much more on her in next week's print edition), who opene ... More >>

The Five Quickest Ways Bands Can Tour Green According to Guster's Adam Gardner

Finding time to pursue a passion outside of a profession can be a strenuous venture. But Guster guitarist and vocalist Adam Gardner has found a way to combine his passion for sustainability with his rock star vocation. Teaming up with his environmentalist wife, Lauren Sullivan, he created Reverb. Be ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 26 to April 1

Still tired from last week? Too bad, March is unrelenting. Time to down some coffee, eat some energy bars and pack in the protein (might we recommend some pink slime?) because this week is jam-packed with shows as well. On Friday, two guys named Pete who happen to be legends in their respective fiel ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band is Coming to the Verizon Wireless Amphiteater -- Presale Information

Dave Matthews Band in 2007​Dave Matthews Band has just announced its 2012 tour, and the extensive itinerary includes a stop in St. Louis -- Maryland Heights, technically -- at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (I-70 & Earth City Expressway. Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944). Brandi Carlile, who ... More >>

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 >>

Free Concert And Clinic By Jeff Coffin, Sax Player For Dave Matthews And Others

​It's not often that you can see a band member from one of music's biggest box office attractions for free. However, local listeners will have precisely that opportunity when saxophonist Jeff Coffin, known for his work with the Dave Mathews Band and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, comes to St. ... More >>

Yonder Mountain String Band

8 p.m. Thursday, December 30 and Friday, December 31. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Interview: Zac Brown Band's Clay Cook on How It's (Beginning To) Spread Its Wings Beyond Country

C.Taylor CrothersThe Zac Brown Band​BY PHIL FREEMAN Country's hard to define in 2010. The genre includes pop stars (Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum), critic-friendly brooders (the morose, arty Jamey Johnson) and grinning, suburbanite showmen (Brad Paisley). And then there are all the indie-rock ... More >>

Summertime St. Louis comes alive with the sound of music

Road Trip Review: Conan O'Brien Brings Andy Richter, the Masturbating Bear and Other Special Guests to Kansas City's Midland Theatre, Sunday, May 16

(Warning: If you haven't seen Conan's show yet and will over the next few days, this review might contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.) ​What could fans expect from Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour? For legal reasons, not jabs at his former employer ... More >>

HullabaLOU Music Festival Debuts (Impressively) In Louisville This Summer

The B-52's are just one act slotted for the HullabaLOUfest​One of the best things about St. Louis is its close proximity to the summer's major music festivals. Not only do we get cool acts stopping here on their way to -- or from -- these events, we're within driving distance to Chicago (Pitch ... More >>

Interview: New World Spirits

NWS, back in the day, circa 1997​ On January 16, New World Spirits -- one of many St. Louis bands which earned a record deal in the '90s -- will be doing a reunion show at the Pageant. Tickets go on sale this Friday and are $20. Judging from comments at this reunion post, the return of NWS i ... More >>

Local Harvest: For the first time ever, Farm Aid comes to St. Louis.

Show Review Setlist: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds at Farm Aid, Sunday, October 4

This has been noted before, but Dave Matthews fans are a funny bunch. Funny, but dedicated. Upon arriving at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater parking lot, I traipsed by several tail-gaters blaring DMB tunes and drinking beer a good six hours before Dave's set. Did they realize that his set would be ... More >>

Farm Aid

12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 4. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Tour Diary: The Pragmatic in Portugal, Day One

(Local synthrockers the Pragmatic are currently in Portugal playing the Optimus Alive 09 fest, which is one of the country's biggest events. The band is keeping a diary for us about its travels. Here's the first installment!) Its been a long trip but we made it. None of us could sleep very well o ... More >>

ALF Dave Matthews Band = True Love

Hey, we have photos from Wednesday's Dave Matthews Band show. Check 'em out there! No Hold Steady pics, though, sorry. However, please enjoy this DMB/ALF mash-up instead. Why? Because it's Friday.

Jam On It: Phish and DMB fans sound off — about each other

Water, Water Everywhere

But not for as long as you may think

Review Photos Setlist: Vampire Weekend at the Pageant, Wednesday, September 10

Show Review: Stevie Nicks at the Chaifetz Arena, Friday, June 13

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: June 6 - 8

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

Boy Trouble

Girl Talk at the Gargoyle: Hip-Hop, Electro, Tasers and the Police

Dave Matthews' "Eh Hee": What the World Really, Really Doesn't Need

Outtakes: The Long Winters

How Sweet the Sounds

Concerts sure to rock your summer

The Embrace Between

B-Sides and Judah Friedlander fondly remember the hug heard 'round the world, catches up with Bobby Bare Jr. and tells you how to download even more Robert Pollard stuff

Post Mortem Postmortem

Letters from the issue of Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Out of Africa

And back in song

Miles to Miles

Jason Miles (Narada Jazz)

Drain You

An often-exasperating box set offers the final word on Nirvana's legacy

Swinging State

Kerry may have given up on Missouri, but musicians haven't

St. Louis Blues

Radar Station mourns the chill of winter lineups

Boyd Tinsley

True Reflections (RCA/Bama Rags)

Folk Humor

Dar Williams sings poignantly, but her sense of fun is intact

Phish

Round Room (Elektra)

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Deep Banana Blackout

Wednesday, July 19; Firehouse

Ozomatli

Tuesday, July 20; Karma

Night & Day

June 16 - 23, 1999

Night & Day

June 9 - 16, 1999