Electronic Music

Reich Rewrites Radiohead: A twenty-piece Chamber Ensemble Plays Steve Reich’s Radiohead-inspired opus at the Sheldon

New LCD Soundsystem Concert Doc Hits the Tivoli Tomorrow

People Started Giving a Shit: The LCD Soundsystem Doc is Here Tomorrow

Shut Up and Play the Hits Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace Oscilloscope Pictures July 18 at the Tivoli By Karina Longworth "When we started the band, suddenly we were, like, New York famous. We could get into anyplace, but you know--I was never recognized on a plane." James Murphy, fo ... More >>

EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing

Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts are filled with tracks (Rihanna, Flo Rida) that borrow from the ecstatic trance and pulsing grooves of electronic dance music. The last time pop was so infatuated with the dance floor was 1979, the year disco died. This time around fans are more sa ... More >>

Shabazz Palaces

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. The Luminary Center for the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

Talkdemonic

9 p.m. Monday, February 13. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

Born Ruffians

8 p.m. Thursday, December 1. The Gargoyle, 1 Brookings Drive.

!!! (DJ Set)

8:30 p.m. Sunday, August 28. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Innerpartysystem

9 p.m. Tuesday, March 8. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Mount Kimbie Confirmed for the Luminary Center for the Arts

image viaUK minimal electronic duo Mount Kimbie play the Luminary Center for the Arts on March 27.​We peed a little when a pretty bird told us that Mount Kimbie is confirmed at the Luminary Center for the Arts on March 27. Keep it up, St. Louis venues that are making us glee pee!

Photo: A Visual History of Daft Punk's Helmets

Internet, what can't you do? Via Laughing Squid, here's an extremely detailed, extremely well-done chart of Daft Punk's helmet evolution. Robot-tastic!​

Dot Dot Dot

8 p.m. Thursday, December 30. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City. $7. 314-862-0009.

Bootleg Beats Celebrates Black Friday at the Thaxton Speakeasy

Sarah ParadoskiThe Thaxton Speakeasy's main floor during its April 2008 opening​Bootleg Beats is a relatively new local monthly at the Thaxton Speakeasy (1009 Olive Street). The Friday, November 26 ("Black Friday") edition is a special expanded version: Besides the below-ground bar venue, the ... More >>

A Brief History of DVDN: Local DJ, Eccentric, Superstar of Love

Dvdn Alterior DJing the Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure in 2009. ​ Dvdn Alterior introduced rave culture to St. Louis in the early '90s, and since then, he's been producing envelope-pushing parties that have left an indelible mark on the St. Louis scene. Alterior -- who prefers to go by the monik ... More >>

Win a Pair of Tickets to the First North Coast Music Fest in Chicago! See Chemical Brothers, Nas & Damian Marley, Benny Benassi, Paul van Dyk and more

Click for a larger version​From September 3-5 -- that's this weekend -- the first North Coast Music Festival is happening in Chicago's Union Park. The lineup is pretty fantastic: Umphrey's McGee, Paul van Dyk, Benny Benassi, Chemical Brothers, De La Soul, Moby (as a DJ) and Lupe Fiasco are the ... More >>

Bear In Heaven

8 p.m. Saturday, July 31. Luminary Center forfor the Arts, 4900 Reber Place.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 24- May 30, 2010

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers* 2. Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 3. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street 4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 5. Dead Weather - Sea Of Cowards 6. White Stripes - Under Great White Norther ... More >>

Sound Tribe Sector 9

8 p.m. Friday, March 19, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Show Review: The Urban Alchemy Concert Series, Starring Meredith Monk and Lisa Chong, at the Pulitzer Center for the Arts, Wednesday, March 10

Last night's installment of the Urban Alchemy Concert Series at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts had a unifying theme: minimalism. This emerged in the selections by John Cage and Steve Reich; the installment of deconstructed art by Gordon Matta-Clark; composer/vocalist Meredith Monk's deliberate ... More >>

Keller Williams

8 p.m. Saturday, January 30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Coachella's 2010 Lineup Announced, Makes Heads Explode

Coachella announced its 2010 lineup this morning -- and heads all over the country exploded because of the lineup. The list of bands/performers includes (but isn't limited to) Thom Yorke, Jay-Z, Pavement, Faith No More, Public Image Limited, Echo & the Bunnymen, Them Crooked Vultures, the Specials, ... More >>

R.I.P. Soul Legend Teddy Pendergrass, Dannie Flesher of Wax Trax Records

Late last night, soul legend Teddy Pendergrass died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. Christian Schaeffer's "Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week" on Pendergrass' group, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (which was eerily published one year ago today), detailed the influence and nuance of his tal ... More >>

Splitface Releases Instrumental EP Bonus MP3

Local producer/artist Splitface released an instrumental EP, The Autumn, yesterday via Indyground Entertainment. DJ Mahf and Calc2 also appear on the mini-album. Take a listen to the DJ Shadow-esque title track below -- dig that trip-hop, downtempo vibe -- and download the entire EP here. MP3: Spli ... More >>

Many Arms

8 p.m. Thursday, November 5. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

Sing For China Tour

8 p.m. Wednesday, September 2. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Over the Weekend: Bob Dylan on the East Side, DJ Richie Hawton at Koken Art Factory, Counting Crows Under the Arch

The long weekend behind us, here's what you might have missed.Bob Dylan at GCS BallparkPhoto: Roy KastenBob Dylan and Donnie Herron at the end of the nightOn Thursday night, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson performed at GCS Ballpark (home to the Gateway Grizzlies minor league team) in Sa ... More >>

Raglani to Play at the 2009 No Fun Fest in Brooklyn

Congrats to Raglani (who is not known as Ghost Ice, nor known as anyone else but himself), who is playing the 2009 version of the No Fun Fest in Brooklyn. The three-day event, which takes place from May 15-17 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, is an annual mecca for noiseniks and experimental artist ... More >>

Tussle

9 p.m. Monday, September 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Uh Huh Her

9 p.m. Friday, May 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor Talks Remixing, Made in the Dark

VHS or Beta

8 p.m. Saturday, December 8. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards.

The legalese surrounding Kopper's GaragePunk podcast.

Plus, meet the finalists for the RFT DJ Spin-off!

Porsches on the Autobahn

9 p.m. Wednesday, February 7. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Building a Mystery

B-Sides gets the skinny on the renovations going on at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, and gets to the bottom of the MetroLink's sound installation.

Asobi Seksu

7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 14. Lucas School House (1220 Allen Avenue).

Shiny Toy Guns

7 p.m. Sunday, October 8. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

Various Artists

Idol Tryouts Two: Ghostly International Vol. Two (Ghostly International)

Also Playing

Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

DJ Shadow

Endtroducing... (Island)

Dave Audé

Saturday, October 23; Velvet

The Human League

Monday, August 11; Pageant

Primal Scream

Evil Heat (Epic)

Richie Hawtin with Foster

Thursday, Oct. 25; Z

Children's Audio

Japanese composer Nobukazu Takemura has released some of the most important experimental electronic music of the past decade

The Modernist

Explosion (Matador)

John Digweed

Thursday, June 15; Velvet

Gutting the Beat

Beating the drum for German electronica

VARIOUS ARTISTS

INCredible: Sound of Drum "n' Bass Mixed by Goldie (Ovum/Ruffhouse)

LUKE SLATER

Wireless (Novamute)

Pixilated Pictures