Los Campesinos!

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: June 15 to 17

I'm going to level with you, folks: It get difficult coming up with these introductory paragraphs week after week for these show posts, but luckily I just got a "word of the day" calendar to help keep it creative. See if you can guess what today's word is. Now, without further cunctation, here's thi ... More >>

Tenacious D, Alice Cooper, Mariachi El Bronx and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Every newly announced show this week! Comedy and music fans, rejoice: The D is coming to town. For the uninitiated, I'm referring to Tenacious D -- the two-man wonderband will play the Pageant on July 23 with The Sights. They also just released a new video yesterday; see it below. For fans of southe ... More >>

Meet Scarlet Tanager, St. Louis' Most Adorable New Band

​In this past week's Homespun column, we spent some time with Scarlet Tanager's American Songbird, an album of sweetly sung, enthusiastically performed pop songs. The band also put together an unforgettable video for the song "Tumbleweed," which you can peep below. We caught up with lead sing ... More >>

Concert review: Los Campesinos! thrill enthusiastic fans with a passionate performance at the Firebird, Tuesday, October 26

Los Campesinos! delivered an impressive show last night at The Firebird, but the real stars of the evening might have been the group's fans. The devoted 150 or so patrons in the audience not only danced, jumped and clapped throughout the concert, but knew every one of the Los Campesinos'! verbose ... More >>

Tonight! Active Child vs. Los Campesinos!/Johnny Foreigner vs. Motion City Soundtrack vs. Dawes

Tonight's Tuesday, but you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a weekend night -- after all, there's a ton going on. A recap: Nick SchnelleA scene from last August's Los Campesinos! show at the Firebird. Serious fun.​*Los Campesinos! with Johnny Foreigner at the Firebird The kicky, cheeky indie ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of August 26

Electronic Luddites, Ontario's Holy Fuck don't mess around with loops and laptops. Catch them with Houston drone angels Indian Jewelry at the Firebird on October 22 ​ The Ambassador *Melanie Fiona, September 4 Billiken Club *Active Child, October 26 Ciceros *Bass Line Bums, September 8 *B ... More >>

Titus Andronicus

4 p.m. Sunday, March 14. Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of January 25

As always, asterisks indicate bands coming through St. Louis... Vintage Vinyl 1. MURPHY LEE---You See Me 2. BEACH HOUSE---Teen Dream 3. VAMPIRE WEEKEND---Contra 4. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG---IRM 5. ANVIL---This Is Thirteen 6. SPOON---Transference 7. MAGNETIC FIELDS---Realism* 8. TEDDY PENDERGRASS---Ess ... More >>

Titus Andronicus' Record Store Tour Spinning Through St. Louis

Titus Andronicus just can't get enough of St. Louis. Last year, the band opened for Lucero and Los Campesinos! and later played a song of its own at the Firebird. On March 14 at 4 p.m., the band will be at Vintage Vinyl performing in support of its new album, The Monitor. This will be its only STL a ... More >>

Girls Coming to the Gargoyle in 2010

Nick SchnelleGirls at the Firebird in August​Buzzy San Francisco quartet Girls opened for Los Campesinos! at the Firebird back in August. That was your last chance (for now) to see 'em in such a small venue, however: The indie-shambling band is coming back to town and performing at the Gargoyle on ... More >>

Tonight! Titus Andronicus and the So So Glos at the Firebird

Local favorites Titus Andronicus -- seriously, this is the third time the band's been in town already this year! -- are at the Firebird tonight. Although the group's records are rather o-fi indie-pop, Keegan Hamilton's recap of last year's Pitchfork festival set and Mike Appelstein's review of TA's ... More >>

Review: Blind Pilot and Old Lights at Off Broadway, Tuesday, August 11

You don't need to be a sociologist to know when a Happening is taking place. A line of concert-goers snaking outside Off Broadway's door is a good sign. A sold-out show on an unusually busy Tuesday is another one. On a night that featured concerts by Green Day, Diane Birch and Los Campesinos! (and, ... More >>

Photos: Los Campesinos!, Girls, the Smith Westerns at the Firebird, 8/11/09

The UK's Los Campesinos, San Francisco's Girls and Chicago's The Smith Westerns played a hot show at the Firebird last night. Photographer Nick Schnelle was there and has this photo slide show.Photo: Nick SchnelleLos Campesinos! From last night's show at the Firebird. See more photos from last night ... More >>

SXSWow: In the weeks leading up to and after SXSW, St. Louis draws some of music's biggest talents to town. This year is no exception.

Review: Los Campesinos!/Titus Andronicus, The Gargoyle, February 5

So imagine the scenario: You're sitting around a Lawrence, Kansas coffee shop, blissfully unaware that you're due to play across Missouri on KDHX that very moment. Such was Titus Andronicus' dilemma earlier Wednesday afternoon. It's to Titus Andronicus' credit that they not only made it to KDHX (eve ... More >>

Today and Tonight! Los Campesinos! at Vintage Vinyl and the Gargoyle

In this week's paper, Mike Appelstein interviewed Tom of the Welsh septet Los Campesinos! This was my favorite bit: Who's "the other Kurt"? Tom: That's a really good story actually. While we were recording that song with John Goodmanson, we were talking with him. I think he was the first pers ... More >>

Them! Us! Dancing! The shambling pop of Wales indie-nerds Los Campesinos! entertains and informs

New 2009 Gargoyle Shows: The Virgins, Mr. Lif, Delta Spirit, The Death Set/Ninjasonik/Cerebral Ballzy

People are already buzzing -- for better or for worse -- about the Gargoyle's 2009 schedule. Let the chatter commence anew below, because the Wash U venue announced even more shows last week. Here's the complete schedule for next year, along with a video of party-starting electro-soul party-starters ... More >>

RFT readers pen sweet shout-outs for Dr. Wizard

UnconfirmedConfirmed: Los Campesinos! and Cut Copy at the Gargoyle in 2009

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