Subject: John Zorn

• Renaissance man Eugene Chadbourne brings a rake — and outspoken politics — to St. Louis

  June 3, 2009

• Show Review: The Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro, Friday, January 9

  The audience present for the 8:30 p.m. Bad Plus set last evening leaned more toward curious observers than diehard fans. It was difficult to suspect the sort of crowd that would take interest in the piano, bass, and drum trio, and even harder to guess what aspect of the group appealed to whom. Some seemed to favor the band's groove-heavy material, nodding their heads when Reid Anderson's limber upright-bass figures coalesced with Dave King's propulsive beats in a way that has drawn comparisons t

  January 10, 2009

• Guitars on Mars

  June 16, 1999

• Hostage Juliet/Martin Bisi

  February 25, 2009

• By the Book

  November 29, 2000

• Sing Us a Song

  Aging piano man Billy Joel pleads for AC/DC's mercy

  June 22, 2005

• The Kronos Quartet

  Wednesday, March 31; Touhill Performing Arts Center

  March 24, 2004

• Obscenity! Obloquy! Opera!

  OTSL bows with Tosca

  May 21, 2003

• Zeena, Warrior Harpist

  The sounds Zeena Parkins coaxes from her hand-built electric harp are odd and beautiful

  April 23, 2003

• Orthrelm with Brain Transplant and the Commons

  May 29, 2002

• Mark Dresser Trio

  January 30, 2002

• Out Through the Inbox

  June 6, 2001

• He Scores

  March 28, 2001

• Fred Frith and Ensemble Modern

  June 14, 2000

• NEEM THE THING

  August 4, 1999

• New Orleans Klezmer Allstars

  July 21, 1999

• Full Bore

  May 5, 1999

• Sound Checks

  April 14, 1999

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

  Here's a new feature on A to Z: Every Monday, we'll publish the best-selling releases from area independent record stores for the preceding week. And so without further ado: [Update, 4 p.m.: Apop's top sellers are also below now!] Euclid Records' Top Ten 1. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King 2. GRIZZLY BEAR: Veckatimest 3. ELVIS COSTELLO: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane 4. SONIC YOUTH: The Eternal 5. ST. VINCENT: Actor 6. YUSUF: Roadsinger 7. DIRTY PROJECTORS: Bitte Orca 8. STEVE

  June 22, 2009