Drive-By Truckers

Those Darlins

9 p.m. Thursday, November 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Homespun: Old Capital Square Dance Club

Long White Ride
www.oldcapitalmusic.com

Old Capital Square Dance Club: Album Review and Live Videos

For whatever reason, the best Americana bands are often the fruits of two distinct musical voices -- Tweedy and Farrar are still the gold standard in this town and beyond, but the shared songbooks of Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley (Drive-By Truckers) and Gary Louris and Mark Olson (Jayhawks) turned ... More >>

The Vondrukes

Runaway, Goodbye Love
thevondrukes.com

The Vondrukes' Runaway, Goodbye Love: Listen to Key Tracks Here

​The Vondrukes, winner of the RFT's Best Country Band (Alternative) in 2011, just released a full length called Runaway, Goodbye Love. The album is the subject of this week's Homespun column, and in it Christian Schaeffer applauds the band's overall feel: "Fans of good-natured alt-country can ... More >>

Campfire Club's Tin Can Telephone Is Out Tomorrow: Listen To "Debauchery Debbie"

​Campfire Club releases its charming full-length Tin Can Telephone tomorrow at the Heavy Anchor. Christian Schaeffer reviewed the record in this week's Homespun column, noting the lived-in feel of its tracks. This music is begging for vinyl, and you can get it that way at tomorrow's show. $5 g ... More >>

The Campfire Club

Tin Can Telephone
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Drive-By Truckers And Those Darlins At The Pageant, 10/30/11: Photos

Todd OwyoungPatterson Hood was very excited about the Cardinals' World Series victory. ​Woe is anyone who planned a show in St. Louis this past Friday (ahem). With the city (understandably) otherwise and nearly unanimously occupied with our World Champions, even double bills that would usuall ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers

8 p.m. Friday, October 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Melt-Banana And The Black Angels Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Like snorting Adderall off a Hello Kitty doll, Melt-Banana's terse noisy punk will eat yr brain.​ Japanese anti-heroes Melt-Banana embark on a U.S. tour this fall, and guess where they're gonna be? Cicero's. Guess where they're not gonna to be? New York City. Bah, that rules. If we're keeping ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers Coming To The Pageant

Danny Clinch​Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers will bring its big-ass Southern Rock to the Pageant on October 28th. Tickets start at $22 and go on sale August 5th at 5 p.m. The Truckers released ninth album Go-Go Boots earlier this year. The band's hit a sort of consistent hum of late -- ... More >>

Or, the Whale

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 23. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

New Album Releases: The Dears, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Yuck 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.) Beans' End It All​*Beans, End It All Spin gave End It All a 7 out of 10 review: "Beans always poses as an abstractionist, freaking motormouth cadences with a se ... More >>

The Riverfront Times' Best 31 Concerts of 2010: #31-21

Jon GitchoffAre the Drive-By Truckers on this list? ​After looking over the (very helpful) comments to my blogpost asking for the year's best concerts, I started perusing our show review archives. I got as far back as July before the archives ended -- which meant that in the past six months al ... More >>

Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

Review Setlist: Drive-By Truckers and the Henry Clay People at the Pageant

Jon Gitchoff Drive-By Truckers at the Pageant October 2: They killed it. ​ There are very few certainties in life, but there's one thing you can always count on: If Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers are in town, you have the opportunity to see one of the best rock n'roll shows money can ... More >>

Afternoon Contest! Free Tickets! Joy!

Diana BenantiMmm, smells like free tickets. ​ In honor of it being Friday, the first of October and nearly the end of the blessed work week, we've got freebies for music fans this weekend. Tonight, "Cooler than Me" singer and pop phenom Mike Posner plays the Pageant and we've got six free tickets ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers

8 p.m. Saturday, October 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

American Aquarium

9 p.m. Tuesday, September 28. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Booker T.

9 p.m. Saturday, September 4. Laclede's Landing Main Stage, North First Street and Lucas Avenue.

LouFest, Day Two: Kim Massie and Magnolia Summer

Jason StoffKim Massie at LouFest. More photos from day two here.​Now this was the kind of church service I could get into: Kim Massie opened up day two of Loufest with a relaxed Sunday morning set heavy on gospel and what she called "inspirational songs." After kicking off with a version of "A ... More >>

Blonde Redhead, Drive-By Truckers, Guster Announce St. Louis Shows

Todd OwyoungDrive-By Truckers opening for Tom Petty. More photos here.​Ask and ye shall receive: Drive-By Truckers were so good on Sunday night opening for Tom Petty in St. Louis, I tweeted that I wished the band would announce a Pageant show soon. Well, it just did this morning, for Saturday, ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Drive-By Truckers Steam Up St. Louis' Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, July 18, 2010

Todd OwyoungTom Petty, last night at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. View more photos here.​A Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers summer tour is as American as baseball, apple pie and fireworks. Last night at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, the band once again proved why, by turning in a predi ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 21

​ As always, the asterisk (*) after an album indicates that the artist is coming to town. A plus-sign ( ) indicates local. Euclid Records 1. She & Him - Vol 2. 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. Goldfrapp - Headfirst 4. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 5. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine ... More >>

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

Euclid Records 1. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. John Hiatt - The Open Road 6. Graham Parker - Imaginary Television 7. Drive By Truckers - The Bi ... More >>

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

9:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Bettye LaVette

8 p.m. Friday, September 25. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 31-September 7

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. (Vintage Vinyl will return next week -- they had catastrophic email problems last week.) An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without furt ... More >>

Venice Is Sinking

9 p.m. Saturday, August 1. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois Avenue.

Drive-By Truckers

8 p.m. Saturday, March 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Bottle Rockets

9:30 p.m. Saturday, December 27. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Second Spin: Head East, Flat As A Pancake

Artist: Head East Album: Flat As A Pancake From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1975 Label: A&M Records What it sounds like: People from Southern Illinois trying to play southern rock—like Lynyrd Skynyrd meets AC/DC. The kind of thing that’s been reincarnated by the likes of the Drive-By Truc ... More >>

Weekend Wrap-Up: What Did Everyone Do?

Review: Hold Steady, Stay Positive First Listen and Track-by-Track Analysis

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, February 29 - March 2

The Felice Brothers

8 p.m. Friday, February 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

Bettye LaVette's an old soul, through and through

No Depression Magazine to Cease Its Print Publication

We Versus the Shark

9 p.m. Thursday, October 11. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Jason Isbell

Sirens of the Ditch (New West)

Red Water Revival Homespun: Review of In The Frostbidden Years

Local Motion: Red Water Revival

In the Frostbidden Years (Saucy Jack Recordings)

The Drams

6 p.m. Friday, June 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Cross Canadian Ragweed

8 p.m. Thursday, January 25. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights).

Keep on Trucking

Drive-By Truckers: As Southern as they wanna be.

Lynyrd Skynyrd/Shooter Jennings

Tuesday, June 27. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights)

Drive-By Truckers

7 p.m. Friday, June 23. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights)

Drive-By Truckers

A Blessing and a Curse (New West)

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004s best roots music while its still hot.

Southern Gothic

The Drive-By Truckers are bruised, battered and almost famous