Elvis Costello

The Six Best Fakeout Intros

What better time for a "gotcha moment" (to borrow a Palin-ism) than the very beginning of a song? It takes some guts to change a listener's perception of a track before it is fully formed, but it is eternally memorable when executed well. Here is a list of the six best fakeout intros. Feel free to l ... More >>

Six Best Songs About Work For May Day

Today is May Day, also known as "International Worker's Day." To celebrate, kick your feet up and read our list of the six best songs about work. Feel free to let us know what your favorite working class songs are in our comments, just make sure the boss isn't looking. 6. Dolly Parton - "9 to 5" 9 ... More >>

Elvis Costello & the Imposters at the Pageant, 7/1/2011: Review, Photos and Setlist

Jon Gitchoff​Elvis Costello & the Imposters The Pageant July 1, 2011 When Elvis Costello finally sells out, quits working as a tireless singer, songwriter and music scholar, and takes over Celine Dion's gig in Las Vegas, he'll have a great stage show to fall back on. Costello and his backin ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: July 1-4

Daniel Boud​It is on nights like tonight when we most wish we were some kind of amorphous blob that could split six ways: Elvis Costello's at the Pageant, Eddie Vedder's packing his ukulele into the Fox, Fucked Up and JEFF the Brotherhood are going to kick ass at the Firebird, Clownvis is fil ... More >>

Elvis Costello

8 p.m. Friday, July 1. The Pageant, 6161 DelmarBoulevard.

Elvis Costello Ticket Giveaway!

​Elvis Costello is bringing his Spinning Songbook tour to the Pageant on Friday. The show starts at 8:30, the balcony is sold out and general admission is $45. But we have two tickets to give away. Costello released his first album, My Aim is True, in 1977, and since then he's beco... oh wh ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of April 7

Mumford and Sons blew up faster than a barn housing a meth lab, and now the Anglo-folksters are commanding $35 at the door. Don't make the same mistake you made with Florence and the Machine, this show will sell out before you can say hoe-down. At the Pageant June 5.​ Blueberry Hill *Dread Ze ... More >>

Elvis Costello & the Imposters Coming to the Pageant

Elvis Costello & The Imposters are coming to the Pageant on Friday, July 1. Save for a cameo appearance with Sheryl Crow during MLB All-star weekend, this is Costello's first appearance in St. Louis since an October 2007 concert at the Fabulous Fox with Bob Dylan. Tickets are $45 general admission, ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 1

* = coming to town, = local ​ Vintage Vinyl 1. LIL WAYNE---I Am Not A Human Being 2. TREY SONGZ---Passion, Pain & Pleasure 3. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME---Flockavelli 4. BLACK ANGELS---Phosphene Dream 5. CHUCK BERRY---Definitive Collection

New Release Highlights for November 2: Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Devin the Dude 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.) The Autumn Defense's Once Around​*The Autumn Defense, Once Around Consequence of Sound claims Once Around is "very much worth your time." "There seems to be ... More >>

The Pageant Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary in October with Chuck Berry

Wikimedia Commons​Late yesterday, the Pageant announced that it's celebrating its tenth anniversary of being open (huzzah!) with a show by Chuck Berry (double huzzah!). Tickets are $35 and $40 and on sale Friday at 5 p.m. This occasion made me start thinking about all of the amazing concerts ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of January 11 to 17

Although Vampire Weekend dominated both stores this week, I would just like to note that Dr. Dre's The Chronic was a top seller at Vintage Vinyl last week. Proof that it's always Dre Day. Euclid Records 1. Vampire Weekend - Contra 2. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind 3. Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom L ... More >>

Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves/Finn's Motel/The 75s

9 p.m. Saturday, August 22. Off Broadway, 3500 Lemp Avenue.

Clarification on Elvis Costello's Role in Sheryl Crow's July 11 Show

I just got off the phone with a spokesman for Major League Baseball, and he clarified that Elvis Costello is not opening for Sheryl Crow next Saturday, July 11, nor is he doing an entirely separate set of his own material. He'll come out during the show and join her for some songs. In other words, h ... More >>

Elvis Costello Announced as Special Guest for July 11 Sheryl Crow Concert Under the Arch

This in from Major League Baseball, Elvis Costello will be that previously announced "special guest" at the Sheryl Crow concert on July 11 beneath the Gateway Arch."I cannot think of anything better than sitting in with Sheryl and her band for a few surprise numbers and a rocking good time in St. Lo ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 22-28

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. REGINA SPEKTOR: Far 2. DINOSAUR JR.: Farm* 3. ELVIS COSTELLO: ... More >>

The Takeover UK

9 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

U2 vs. Escape Club, "Get On Your Boots in the Wild, Wild West"

This idea has been floating around ever since U2 released "Get On Your Boots" last year, but thanks to YouTube, it's now a reality. Here's some rock math-like mash-up of the new single. (Now all they need is to add Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" to this, and we're all set...) Snaps to Jason for findi ... More >>

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend: The '70s at the Bluebird, Saturday, September 6

The Boss Martians

9 p.m. Friday, May 16. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

Clash Tribute, with Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, More

Introducing Elvis Costello LOLCats, or CostelLol

Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, Together at the Fabulous Fox Theatre -- Literally! -- on October 22

This Year's (Re)Model

Is Elvis Costello's Aim still true? Plus, B-Sides rocks the Cradle of Filth?

The Alice Rose

9 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

The Loved Ones

8 p.m. Friday, October 13. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).

Clare Burson/Richard Ferreira

8 p.m. Sunday, August 27. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

Action Action

7 p.m. Sunday, July 2. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard)

Elvis Costello

My Flame Burns Blue (Deutsche Grammophon)

Gabi

Loneliness Keeps Company (self-released)

Pink Spiders

Thursday, January 19; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Christmas Wrapping

Locals share their holiday memories; the latest on Frederick's Music Lounge's sartorial swag and for-sale signs

Big Fun, Even Small

Our top DVD picks for the week of September 27, 2005

Elvis Costello & the Imposters

Tuesday, August 2; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Spoon

Gimme Fiction (Merge)

Return of the King

Elvis Costello comes back to claim America's throne

Elvis Costello

Almost Blue

Goodbye Cruel World

Kojak Variety (Rhino)

Various Artists

Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello (Glurp)

Glorious Glut

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

Cruel and Unusual

Elvis Costello defies expectations and returns to rock

Chew on This

Chefs and musicians collaborate on a delicious piece of performance art

Todd Snider

Friday, March 15; Off Broadway

Best Place to See Celebrities Out of Their Element

Wild Oats Community Market, Ladue

Ute Lemper

Punishing Kiss (Decca/Universal)

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

WE STAND CORRECTED

St. Louis musical sage Steve Pick reveals what Elvis Costello really said about St. Louis

Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve

Monday, Oct. 11; American Theater

1998: The Year in Music, Part 2

Beck to the Future