David Bowie

The Ten Best Non Mardi Gras Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: February 8 to February 10

Well, I can cross "get personally serenaded in a room full of people by an expertly expletive-spitting, sparkly cape wearing Blowfly" off of my bucket list now (the "girlfriend" mentioned in the appropriately titled Blowfly Stole My Girlfriend and Called My Dick Puny show recap is me). He held my ha ... More >>

Friendly's Renee DePauli: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks Into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week, Jaime Lees profiles Renee DePauli of Friendly's. Below is a Q&A with DePauli, followed by the recipe for the Blue Steel.Friendly's Restaurant & Pub (3503 Roger Place; 314-771-2040) is a ... More >>

A Space Song Countdown in Honor of Felix Baumgartner's Jump

"Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are" - Felix Baumgartner Where were you Sunday, October 14? Like seven million of my closest Internet friends, I was watching Felix Baumgartner's historic parachute dive online and chatting about the #livejump on Twitter.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 13 to 19

LouFest is this weekend, but you will not find it listed within this post. This is because St. Louis's favorite outdoor festival will already see plenty of press this week -- hell, I'd be surprised if this blog post isn't surrounded on either side by bigass advertisements for the event. Point is, yo ... More >>

Interview: Godfathers Vocalist Peter Coyne on Acting, Journalism and New Songs

After visa issues forced the Godfathers to postpone a few shows on its current U.S. tour, the show is happening tonight at Off Broadway. Here are outtakes from our recent interview with vocalist Peter Coyne.​Mike Appelstein: You know, I saw you play at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New ... More >>

2010 is old news. Here are Ten to watch out for in 2011

Interview: The Fleshtones' Keith Streng on New York, the Ramones, Lenny Kaye and Rock & Roll

Anne Streng​ According to some garage rock geeks, the Fleshtones is the greatest rock & roll band in the world. For once, the geeks may have a point. At the very least, the New York group, formed in 1976 by high school friends Keith Streng and Peter Zaremba, has come to symbolize what still ma ... More >>

New Release Highlights for October 19: Bob Dylan Releases The Witmark Demos and The Original Mono Recordings

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964​*Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 Guardian said of the Witmark Demos: "The latest Christm ... More >>

A Road Playlist for Tony La Russa

TLR, Bob Schneider and the Twitter bird. Don't ask me, but the image works.​Tony La Russa is driving home. Rather than flying home after the season, he's taking his time heading back to the Bay Area this year and recreating a trip he took in 1996, which you all may recall was the year he took over ... More >>

Cheap Trick, Rockford, Illinois' favorite sons, never surrender

Show Review Photos Setlist: Green Day and Franz Ferdinand at the Scottrade Center, Tuesday, August 11

Photo: Todd OwyoungFrom last night's show at the Scottrade Center. See more photos of Green Day last night.​ Caveat: I've been a Green Day fan since 1994 or so. And so I have a sneaking suspicion that last night's Scottrade Center show wasn't for me - even though the band ran through plenty of ... More >>

The Land of the Midnight Sneak

Fernando de Sousa, Wikimedia Commons I was planning on regaling you with tales of the highly appropriate rainbow-hued foods I snuck into the Pride Parade this weekend in Tower Grove Park. Alas, even Southern sneaks wilt like delicate magnolia blossoms in 100-plus degree heat, and I am no exception. ... More >>

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

Karma Chameleon: Celia Shacklett is a one-woman musical renaissance

Show Review: The Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro, Friday, January 9

The audience present for the 8:30 p.m. Bad Plus set last evening leaned more toward curious observers than diehard fans. It was difficult to suspect the sort of crowd that would take interest in the piano, bass, and drum trio, and even harder to guess what aspect of the group appealed to whom. Some ... More >>

Show Review Photos: Scott Weiland, Eagles of Death Metal and Cold War Kids at the Pageant, Wednesday, December 17

Picture the dirtiest dive bar you know. Stale cigarette smoke loiters in the air. Hockey or basketball plays on a TV over the bar, which has signs everywhere advertising cheap beer specials. The bartenders always look tired, their skin leathery, their fashion dated. Usually, the dive bar has karao ... More >>

Second Spin: Joel Diamond Experience, Joel Diamond Experience

Artist: Joel Diamond Experience Album: Joel Diamond Experience From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1979 Label: Casablanca Record and FilmWorks What it sounds like: Disco-licous. John Travolta twirling around looking dapper in a white suit.

Second Spin: Mick Jagger, She’s The Boss

With a new U.S. tour alongside Aimee Mann and a fresh look at their greatest hits, U.K. pop geniuses Squeeze are reunited, reinvented — and rejuvenated

Trent Reznor's Cleveland Peers and Influences: Lucky Pierre, Prick, Hot Tin Roof

Hoo Do: As Diamond Hoo Ha proves, Supergrass is best served fun

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Luther Vandross, “A House is Not a Home”

Inspiration: For Justin Vernon, it comes from solitude. For others, Morrissey

St. Louis Concert Calendar February 26 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, February 5 through June

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures
Closer
Still
(Rhino)Control Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Rhino)

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool.

Circuit Breakers

Sparks fly as So Many Dynamos generates indie buzz.

Preview: Kristeen Young

"Nothing like unveiling your landfill plan the week of Christmas to make sure as few people come as possible."

Week of December 7, 2006

Film Openings

Week of October 19, 2006

Film Openings

Week of June 1, 2005

Black Label Society

Mafia (Artemis)

Sea of Loathe

Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of December 1, 2004

All the Young Punks

The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center relieves social constipation, one ear-splitting roar at a time

Boardroom Blitz

It's all sex, drugs and systems analysis for corporate rock bands

Stereophonics

Thursday, March 4; Mississippi Nights

Missouri's Other Meth

Jazz instead of rocks

Panic in Detroit

Saturday, August 23; Rocket Bar

Todd Rundgren

Friday, July 18; Pageant

Bob Dylan

Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue (Columbia/Legacy)

Kingdom Comes

Girls who dress and act like boys, St. Louis' drag kings get up onstage to bend and blur the line between the sexes

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Married, with Music

Husband-and-wife team Puerto Muerto produce a strange and beautiful brainchild

The Great Escape

Baz Luhrmann makes movies -- and audiences -- in his own image

Brave Neu! World

With three new reissues, the Krautrock innovators finally get the exposure they deserve

Digital Dilemma

Wave bye-bye to the bootleg -- in the MP3 domain, a digital file is replacing an artifact

LUNAR ECLIPSE

An ambitious new book chronicles the glorious sights of the Apollo missions

ARTO LINDSAY

Prize (Righteous Babe Records)