Lollapalooza

LouFest Lineup 2013: Here Is Our Best (Educated!) Guess

This morning LouFest launched a guessing game for its 2013 line-up, releasing a Wheel of Fortune-like thing with fill-in-the-blank band names and plans to release one letter a day between today and Monday, April 29. The first clue is the letter "U," which makes nine appearances in the line-up. In th ... More >>

LouFest Will Be September 7-8, 2013 In Forest Park

The dates of this year's LouFest have been announced! The beloved local event will be taking place in Forest Park again this year, over the weekend of September 7 and 8. Here's the announcement from LouFest's official website: Hey St. Louis, we're officially back - in a big way! That's right, LouFe ... More >>

Kanrocksas Early Bird Tickets on Sale at 10 a.m. Today

Kanrocksas (a festival at the NASCAR Speedway just west of Kansas City, so named for...never mind) debuted big in 2011, going toe-to-toe with Lollapalooza and featuring many of the same names (including Eminem, Muse and A Perfect Circle). They took the year off in 2012 due to renovations to the Spee ... More >>

LouFest Joins with Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Producer: What Will it Mean?

The confetti has barely settled on LouFest year three: Despite some uncooperative weather, this year's incarnation, featuring headliners Girl Talk and the Flaming Lips, was its biggest yet, with some 12,000 in attendance. And today, the festivals organizers have an announcement that will dramaticall ... More >>

Four reasons Lollapalooza needs EDM

See Also: Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions Ten Things Your Lollapalooza Outfit Says About You By Ian Traas With every year that passes, it feels like electronic dance music gains a bigger foothold in the summer festival circuit, and the climb in popularity was esp ... More >>

25 gorgeous GIFs from Lollapalooza 2012

See Also: Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions Ten Things Your Lollapalooza Outfit Says About You Ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osbourne, "I can't fucking hear you!" I said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GIFS?! This past weekend's running of Lollapalooza in Chicago was i ... More >>

Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions

By Erik Thompson With additional reporting by Reed FischerThe 2012 installment of Lollapalooza has thus far brought the requisite extremes, in terms of performances and potent weather. A two-hour delay cut through the middle of Saturday's entertainment at Chicago's Grant Park, and a good many peopl ... More >>

The Kanrocksas Music Festival Won't Be Happening in 2012

The Kanrocksas Music Festival, assembled last year in rapid fashion with a lineup of surprisingly big names (Eminem, the Black Keys, the Flaming Lips...), will be taking what would have been its sophomore year off. The Kansas Speedway, which hosts the festival, is undergoing a major construction p ... More >>

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

Courtesy of Kanrocksas​Finally, Eminem has collided with NASCAR -- with nary a cowboy hat in sight. This isn't a gone-country Darius Rucker-style conversion, but Missouri-born Marshall Mathers, not to mention 23 other popular and indie acts that normally wouldn't be caught within sight distanc ... More >>

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

Deer Tick goes its own way on The Black Dirt Sessions

Illinois Attorney General's Office Investigating Lollapalooza's Blackout Policies

On his new blog, former Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis broke some interesting news: Lollapalooza's sponsor, C3 Presents, and their partners are being investigated by the office of the Illinois Attorney General for what DeRogatis terms "anti-trust issues stemming from the radius clauses that th ... More >>

Top Five Music Festival-Inspired Flavors for Ben & Jerry's Consideration.

Every spring, when the music festivals are unveiling their line-ups, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream also reveals their new flavors. This year, the two have collided with Ben & Jerry's Bonnaroo BUZZ. Ian McCulloch: You know what would go great with that wine? Ice cream.​ The company's website descri ... More >>

Lollapalooza Announces Its 2010 Lineup. What Does It Mean for St. Louis? Besides a Phoenix Show...

A reunited Soundgarden headlines Lollapalooza​ Lollapalooza announced its 2010 lineup this morning, after building suspense with a Wheel of Fortune-style puzzle game revealing clues about the performers. As expected, the headliners are a reunited Soundgarden, Lady Gaga, Green Day, the Strokes, ... More >>

HullabaLOU Music Festival Debuts (Impressively) In Louisville This Summer

The B-52's are just one act slotted for the HullabaLOUfest​One of the best things about St. Louis is its close proximity to the summer's major music festivals. Not only do we get cool acts stopping here on their way to -- or from -- these events, we're within driving distance to Chicago (Pitch ... More >>

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 >>

Drum Headquarters

Dr. Dog

8 p.m. Tuesday, October 13. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, One Brookings Drive.

Over the Weekend: Making a Giant BLT at Iron Barley, Naughty by Nature, Trashcan Sinatras, the What Cheer? Brigade and PBR Me 2

What a weekend. If you stayed inside constantly checking istwitterdown.com, here's what you missed. The What Cheer? Brigade on the City Museum roof On Friday night, the What Cheer? Brigade, a traveling 19-piece, punk brass band, took to the roof of the City Museum for a show, before heading to Chic ... More >>

Sybris

9 p.m. Friday, July 24. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Tionól

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 3. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust Street.
Saturday, April 4. Union Avenue Opera House, 733 North Union Boulevard.

The Octopus Project

9 p.m. Thursday, October 30. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Who's Performing Tonight at the Pageant?

Tonight! Eli "Paperboy" Reed vs. the Pink Spiders

Beck's Awesome Sign Language Interpreter During "Loser" at Austin City Limits

Billiken Club and Gargoyle Announce Initial Fall Dates: AA Bondy, Damien Jurado, Liam Finn, Dark Meat, the Cribs, Ratatat, Broken Social Scene, Land of Talk, Parts & Labor, Centro-matic, more!

Photos: Lollapalooza Day 1 with Cat Power, Raconteurs, Jeff Tweedy, Gogol Bordello, More

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: August 1-3

A to Z Is Gone to Lollapalooza, but Twittering -- and Redd Kross Understands

Show Review: Warped Tour at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Tuesday, July 1

Review: Hold Steady, Stay Positive First Listen and Track-by-Track Analysis

The Breeders' Kelley Deal: Outtakes from This Week's Music Feature

Columbia, Missouri's Bald Eagle is *Not* Playing Lollapalooza

Best Music of the Year, Post #1: Love of Diagrams, !!!, Bjork, New Young Pony Club

Silversun Pickups

6 p.m. Saturday, December 15. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Lollapalooza, Day Three: A Review

More Lollapalooza Coming Up...

Lollapalooza, Day One: The Rest of the Fest

Lollapalooza, Day One: It's Daft Punk's World, We Just Live In It

A to Z Does Lollapalooza

Manchester Orchestra

9 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

The Academy Is...

6 p.m. Friday, May 18. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights).

Turbo Fruits

7:30 p.m. Friday, January 19. The Acoustic Café at the West County YMCA (16464 Burkhardt Place, Chesterfield).

A Tribe Called Quest

Saturday, October 30; the Pageant

Rebel Yell

The bold history of David Allan Coe; plus, we talk with the Walkmen and compare Lunatic spending

Why Lollapalooza Died

We explore campaign theme songs, examine the death of Lollapalooza and get down verbally with Paul Oakenfold

Cave-In

Sunday, September 21; Mississippi Nights

Do You Feel Lucky To Be Living in This Time Period?

Week of September 3, 2003

Gimme Some Youth

How do washed-up rock stars maintain lavish homes, fancy cars, stripper ex-wives, cocaine habits and scores of illegitimate children? Easy: They co-opt youth culture.

Bratmobile, the Donnas and the Mooney Suzuki

Wednesday, March 21; Galaxy.