Indie Rock and Indie Pop

The Six Indie Rock Songs That Sound Most Like Ska Songs

Indie rock is the vaguest of all genres, sort of the "none of the above" of rock and roll. There are no hard and fast rules. In rare cases, the result sounds an awful lot like ska. Here are the six indie rock songs that sound most like ska songs. Let us know your favorites in the comments. Oi.

My Bloody Valentine Releases New Album, MBV After 22 Years: Get It Here

[Update 6:23 pm: MBV's official website has already crashed from the volume of people trying to get to the new album. Keep checking back for more updates.] [Update 2: According to Consequenses of Sound, the album is called mbv and contains nine tracks. It will be available for purchase on the band' ... More >>

My Bloody Valentine Doesn't Release New Album, Beleaguered Fans Slowly Lose Minds

Shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine had fans on the edge of their seats all week in anticipation of the band's first album in more than twenty years. Frontman Kevin Shields' onstage remarks in London on Sunday hinted that the new material would be released this week -- "might be out in two or three ... More >>

Japandroids: How A Just Okay Record Became The Best Album of 2012

Japandroids' Celebration Rock is my favorite record of 2012 because I'm tired of albums that want to change my life. This is the simplest conclusion I can come to in my search for a deeper reasoning of what Celebration Rock means to me - or, more accurately, what liking Celebration Rock says about m ... More >>

Minus the Bear and Cursive

8 p.m. Friday, October 26. Plush, 3224 Locust Street.

Tilly and the Wall

8:30 p.m. Friday, October 19. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Bowerbirds

10 p.m. Thursday, October 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Wild Nothing Joins LouFest Lineup

Wild Nothing has just been announced as a late addition to the LouFest lineup. The pop band -- and musical moniker of Brooklyn's Jack Tatum -- joins Girl Talk, the Flaming Lips, Phantogram, Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt and more on the bill for the annual fest in Forest Park. This year's installment is com ... More >>

LouFest Lineup 2012: We Are Scientists Drops Off

We Are Scientists has just announced that it is canceling a series of upcoming tour dates -- including a scheduled set at LouFest -- due to lead singer Keith Murray's throat issues. The band's full statement can be found below. LouFest, meanwhile, took to its official Facebook page to say that an ... More >>

The Polyphonic Spree

9 p.m. Friday, May 11. Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Portugal. the Man

8 p.m. Sunday, April 29. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Cursive at Off Broadway, April 20: Review and Setlist

Cursive | Cymbals Eat Guitars | Conduits April 20, 2012 Off Broadway You don't expect a mosh pit to erupt at a concert headlined by a Saddle Creek Records band, but if it's a Cursive show, you should. Though one of the first groups signed to the Omaha-based record label, Cursive helped define and y ... More >>

Reptar

8:30 p.m. Friday, April 6. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Bloody Knives

9 p.m. Friday, February 10. El Leñador, 3124 Cherokee Street.

The Shins Schedule St. Louis Show and Release (More) New Music

The Shins, dormant for the last few years, will return in 2012 with Port of Morrow and a U.S. tour that includes a stop at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-616) on June 4. Tickets are $32 for general admission or $37 for reserved balcony spots and go on sale Friday at 5 p.m. The Shins, ... More >>

An oral history of Neutral Milk Hotel in St. Louis

Was the Grateful Dead an Indie Rock Godfather? Side by Side Evidence

​The most recent incarnation of the Grateful Dead experience, Furthur, makes a stop at the Fox Theater this Sunday. The Dead has a cultural and musical legacy which extends well beyond the obvious boundaries of the Jam Band genre and its free-spirited community. Jam bands are typically viewed ... More >>

Tennis System

8 p.m. Sunday, September 25. Pig Slop Studios.

Okkervil River

8 p.m. Tuesday, September 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Pygmalion Music Festival 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​With LouFest, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza done you may think the music festival season is over after Labor Day. But there's still more: Those who crave an indie rock festival featuring creative, innovative and up-and-coming artists will be glad to know that their audio paradise is only 178 mi ... More >>

Blitzen Trapper

8 p.m. Saturday, July 23. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Questlove And Deerhunter Will DJ The LouFest After Party

wikimedia commons​The official LouFest after party, to be held on Saturday, August 27th at the Gramophone, will feature DJ sets from the Roots' Questlove and members of Deerhunter. Advance tickets are $17 and on sale now. St. Louis' DJ Needles and 18andCounting will open the party -- doors op ... More >>

Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​Sometimes the Iternets can put on one helluva flesh-and-blood show. Pitchfork Music Festival is run by the music blog of the same name, which just announced it's expanding to Paris this fall with an overseas version of the festival to be curated by (Everybody Loves) Bon Iver. The American b ... More >>

Of Montreal at the Luminary Center for the Arts, 7/4/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Lee Harris​Of Montreal | Yip Deciever Luminary Center for the Arts July 4th, 2011 It seems as though Athens, Georgia's Of Montreal and Independence Day (the holiday, not the movie) shouldn't jive. July 4th is brimming with conservative values, and the band's transgender obsessed schizo-disco ... More >>

Here We Go Magic

9 p.m. Saturday, May 7. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Fake Problems

8 p.m. Monday, May 2. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Vivian Girls at Vintage Vinyl and The Firebird, 4/21/11: Review

Nolan Conway​Vivian Girls with Black Lips Vintage Vinyl/The Firebird Thursday, April 21 Live music patrons of St. Louis, you had a choice last night: You could have gone to see Arcade Fire and The National play Scottrade Center (and if my Twitter feed is any indication, most people I know did ... More >>

LouFest 2011 Lineup: The Roots, TV On the Radio, Cat Power and the Hold Steady Are Highlights

​Surprise! Happy Tuesday! LouFest just announced the lineup for the 2011 edition of the festival, which takes place in Forest Park on August 27 and 28. Hip-hop hotshots The Roots, indie darlings TV On the Radio, folkie chanteuse Cat Power, neo-shoegazer Deerhunter, bar-band bros the Hold Stead ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club

9 p.m. Tuesday, February 8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes

Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

2010: The Year In Music

Tim Kasher

8 p.m. Wednesday, December 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Wolf Parade gathers together and shares experiences to create its latest album, Expo 86

Party in the Park: The first LouFest was an unqualified musical success

Festival of Creations: St. Louis gets its own music festival in Forest Park

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 2-8

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. ARCADE FIRE---Suburbs 2. BLACK CROWES---Croweology* 3. RICK ROSS---Teflon Don 4. EMINEM---Recovery 5. BUN B---Trill O.G. 6. GOV'T MULE---Mulennium 7. LOS LOBOS---Tin Can Rust 8. MENOMENA---Mines* 9. ROOTS---How I Got Over 10. DRAKE---Thank Me Lat ... More >>

Modest Mouse

8 p.m. Saturday, July 17. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Minus the Bear

7:30 p.m. Monday, July 12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Passion Pit Covers Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" For Levi's Pioneer Sessions

Jason StoffPassion Pit at the Pageant​For those (myself included) who missed the "paroxysmal delight" that was Passion Pit's sold out show at the Pageant last week, here's some pacification. Levi's Pioneer Sessions, a project that encourages artists to perform songs by other artists who've in ... More >>

Show Review Photos: Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club and Brahms Caused A Dance Party at the Pageant, Wednesday, June 23

Photo: Jason StoffPassion Pit's banter-happy frontman Michael Angelakos. See a slideshow of last night's Passion Pit show at the Pageant.​Someone sprinkled fairy dust on the Pageant last night. There's no other explanation for it, and not enough superlatives exist to describe the sold-out Pass ... More >>

Interview: Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright Discusses Stress and the Art of Hype Maintenance

Chrissy PiperTokyo Police Club​Toronto's Tokyo Police Club is an economical bunch. A two-minute song can pack in around a dozen unique hooks, which made 2006's A Lesson In Crime EP more rewarding than most bands' entire discographies. Although its touring schedule is almost as relentless as it ... More >>

Passion Pit/Tokyo Police Club/Brahms

8 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 26

* means coming to town, means a local release ​Euclid Records 1. Roky Erickson/Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil 2. MGMT - Congratulations 3. Jeff Beck - Emotion Commotion 4. Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, & Alibis 5. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 19-April 25

As always: The denotes a local release, * means the band is coming to town. ​Euclid Records 1. Caribou, Swim* 2. MGMT, Congratulations 3. Roky Erickson and Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil 4. Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu 5. Jonsi, Go 6. Jeff Beck, Emotions ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

A special Record Store Day edition of top sellers! equates local, * is a band coming to town. Euclid separated its RSD exclusives for its top ten; Vintage did not. ​Vintage Vinyl 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS---Don't Quit Your Day Job 2. FLAMING LIPS, STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARF WITH HENRY ROLLINS & PEA ... More >>

She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Jeff Tweedy, Built to Spill, Alejandro Escovedo and Airborne Toxic Event Highlight the LouFest Lineup

Taea ThaleShe & Him headline day two of LouFest.​Indie-pop duo She & Him, Canadian rock collective Broken Social Scene, Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy, veteran fuzz-rockers Built to Spill, indie upstarts Airborne Toxic Event and grizzled Texas rocker Alejandro Escovedo are topping the LouFest lin ... More >>

Photos Review Setlist: Tegan and Sara and Holly Miranda Bowl Over a Packed Pageant, Friday, April 2

The only people having more fun than the Pageant's audience last night were Tegan and Sara Quin. The twin sisters blasted through a fantastic 25-song set which touched on their entire career, thrilling the packed venue. Photo: Todd OwyoungTegan and Sara last night at the Pageant. See full slideshow ... More >>

Caption This: MGMT, Congratulations

Electro-indie-funk-hippie-whatever act MGMT is releasing its anticipated second album on April 13, titled Congratulations. The cover for this album was revealed earlier this week, and it's a creation from Anthony Ausgang, who's known for his cartoonish art in the genre known as "Lowbrow." Elsewhere ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Club F15teen Turns Jersey Shore, Owl City Postpones Show, Fiery Furnaces at Old Rock House and Yo La Tengo at the Pageant

Good morning, St. Louis! Here's a recap of our weekend coverage."The Situation" at Club F15teenPhtoo: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos from Saturday night at F15teen.​Despite the jaw-dropping douche-baggery that takes place on MTV's Jersey Shore -- but with ratings like the show's received, more of us ... More >>

Into the Groove: Yo La Tengo stays the course — with a little bit more soul — on Popular Songs