Lollapalooza

The Ladies of Booty Halloween 9

Halloween means well thought out and designed costumes. But, it also gives women a reason to dress as scantly clad as possible under the guise that nurses definitely wear lingerie in the operating room. And while lace and skin-exposure might not in fact be appropriate hospital attire, it was practic ... More >>

LouFest Is Building Deep Roots

Last Collector Standing: Cliff Hardesty, Owner of CD Reunion, on BBQing with Ozzy and the Who's Iconic Album Covers

Jon Scorfina​Sometimes the best reason to collect records is for the unabashed love of the music. Picking up from a short winter hiatus, Last Collector Standing met up with Cliff Hardesty, who, above anything else, is a genuine music lover. He is also the owner of multiple record stores, inclu ... More >>

Photos: What Cheer? Brigade on the City Museum Roof, 8/7/09

The What Cheer? Brigade stopped in St. Louis Friday night and played at C.A.M.P. on Cherokee Street and then on the roof of the City Museum around 10 p.m. What Cheer? is a 19-piece  self-described "party band, and our sound incorporates elements of the following musical traditions: Bollywood, B ... More >>

Pearl Jam to Reissue Four Different Versions of Ten

Not gonna lie: Pearl Jam's Ten was a very influential record for me. I believe it arrived at my house in the same Columbia House shipment as Nirvana's Nevermind, R.E.M.'s Out of Time and Eponymous, an Andrew Lloyd Webber collection and Genesis' We Can't Dance. (Hi, 1993, what's up?) So I was not-so- ... More >>

Sit Down!

A Web site asks Beatle Bob to halt his happy feet

Built to Last

Doug Martsch runs the biggest little band on Earth

This Charming Man

Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him

A Denial

Ten years ago, Kurt Cobain put a bullet through his brain -- and killed rock & roll as well

Sounds Around Town

Week of July 16, 2003

Sounds Around Town

Week of July 9, 2003

Marketing Tool

It's all semantics: A single CD and a four-track video compilation now constitutes a boxed set. When will it end?

Sideshow Attraction

Part-time geek Matt Hely explains the lure of the circus life

HANDSOME DAN

DJ-cum-producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura finds his musical niche