Iron & Wine

The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Hop Aboard the Gravy Train, Unlikely Bedfellows!

It's fitting that a film about a dystopian free-for-all would include music from the Arcade Fire. This is the group, after all, that composed several songs on Funeral about a world overrun by snow and power outages. But the song that appears in the movie is not from Funeral. It's an original song ... More >>

Rosie Thomas

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

9 p.m. Friday, August 26. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

2011 RFT Music Awards Winners: Best New Band: Dots Not Feathers

William Fitzsimmons

8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Papercuts/Still Corners

8 p.m. Monday, March 21. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

New Release Highlights for January 25, 2011: Gang of Four, The Get Up Kids and Wanda Jackson Are Back With New Records

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Chikita Violenta's Tre3s​*Chikita Violenta, Tre3s Spin says of Tre3s, "This Mexican quartet's third release suggests a largely untapped indie-rock revenue st ... More >>

Pollstar: The Pageant Is In the Top Five for Worldwide Club Venues

Kholood EidFans at the Pageant during November's Iron and Wine show​Hot off the presses, just got word that a local venue has received a big honor from industry tour-tracker Pollstar: For the year 2010, the Pageant was ranked No. 4 in the world in concert-ticket sales for club venues, with ove ... 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 >>

Show Review Setlist Photos: Iron & Wine Takes a Sonic Sojourn, Gets Lost Along the Way at the Pageant, Saturday, November 13

(Photos coming soon!) As soon as he strode onto the low-lit Pageant stage, it was clear that Sam Beam was a changed man. Not only had the Iron & Wine leader trimmed his famed beard and flowing locks to a respectable length, the singer and guitarist was downright chatty even before he played the fir ... More >>

Iron & Wine

8 p.m. Saturday, November 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Show Announcements: Week of September 16

We won't insult you by describing Bob Dylan. He's at Chaifetz Arena October 21. That is all you need to know. ​ Chaifetz Arena *Bob Dylan, October 21 The Firebird *Kinch, October 25 *Kinetix, October 29 *Mayer Hawthorne and the County, October 12 *Sons of Black Mass, October 23

Iron & Wine Coming to the Pageant

Beard-rock innovator Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron & Wine) is playing at the Pageant on Saturday, November 13. Tickets are $22 and are on sale this Friday at 5 p.m. I&W is releasing a new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, early next year. (Really, let the beard jokes continue apace.)

Win Tickets to See Nathaniel Rateliff and JBM, Playing Tonight at Off Broadway!

Nathaniel Rateliff hails from Bay, Missouri. As Roy Kasten said in this week's preview, "The sound of small-town quietude and sly complexities percolating below a placid surface still defines the Denver songwriter's mostly spare, acoustic concept. With his ripe and worn baritone, pick-and-scratch gu ... More >>

Nathaniel Rateliff

9 p.m. Tuesday, July 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Interview: Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley on Timeless Music, His Dream Opening Slot and Describing The Band's Tunes

Todd Reoth​Eric Earley started Blitzen Trapper with just a guitar, his Portland basement studio and an insatiable desire to create. After its 2007 breakthrough, Wild Mountain Nation, the band jumped into a life of vans, planes, festivals, and opening slots for Wilco, Fleet Foxes and Iron & Win ... More >>

Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

The Song Remains the Same: Singer-songwriter Tom Russell might have released his finest moment with his new album, Blood and Candle Smoke

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

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: Apop Records 1. Faust -- C'est Com...Com...Complique 2. Voivod -- Infini 3. ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 3-9

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: Vintage Vinyl 1. K-JON---I Get Around 2. MAXWELL---BLACKsummers'night* 3. MICHAE ... More >>

Homespun: The Northwoods

Morning, Noon & Night
(self-released)

Twangfest Auction Rolls On, Fest Starts Tonight With Alejandro Escovedo at the Pageant

Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it ou ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic F ... More >>

Calexico/The Acorn

9 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, Universtiy City.

MP3 Download: Rewind, the '80s Covers Project from Buffet Libre

Show Review: Iron and Wine at the Pageant, Friday, June 13

Sigur Ros Did Make it to St. Louis This Weekend...

B-Sides makes sense of Iron & Wine while Lemuria continues to Get Better

Summer Concert Calendar: Hit all the high notes this summer with our expanded concert listings

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

New St. Louis Shows this Week: Iron & Wine, She Wants Revenge, Bang Camaro, Wolf Eyes, Musee Mecanique, etc.

2008 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, more

The Ween Abides

Ten reasons Ween's better than your favorite band.

Under Spells

B-Sides talks to the Comas about their latest release and downloads Iron & Wine's "The Boy With a Coin"

Across the Pond

B-Sides analyzes the state of the Irish-punk scene, talks jazz and shoes with Jamie Cullum and shows you where to download some primo tunes this week

Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The Brave and the Bold (Overcoat Recordings)

Get Thee to a Winery

Grayson Capps discusses New Orleans as it is now, Willy Wonka talks to D4L about their "Laffy Taffy," and we pair wines with some tasty new releases

South by Southwest

Iron and Wine and Calexico meet each other halfway — and the results are gorgeous

Built to Last

Doug Martsch runs the biggest little band on Earth

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the years best pop-rock records.

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the years top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Various Artists | Various Artists

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Walt Disney Records) | Garden State (Epic)

Iron & Wine

Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)

Punk-Folking-Rock!

Iron & Wine and Fruit Bats are leading the new folk revolution

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 22, 2003