Music Festivals

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 >>

The Five Biggest Sellouts at SXSW

SXSW is not a music festival so much as it is an experiment in excess. If Coachella is a glass of water that keeps getting bigger until it more resembles a kiddie pool, then SXSW is a flood with a neglected cup somewhere in the middle. The natural result is rampant crowds and ever more rampant lame ... 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 >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... 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 >>

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

​With LouFest, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza done you may think the music festival season is over after Labor Day. But there's still more: Those who crave an indie rock festival featuring creative, innovative and up-and-coming artists will be glad to know that their audio paradise is only 178 mi ... 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 >>

The Seven Deadliest Music Festivals

wikimedia commons​It has been a particularly grim summer already in music festival fatalities, with one death over the weekend at Electric Daisy and two more at Bonnaroo a couple weeks ago. But this is hardly a new phenomenon: The combination of crushing crowds, heat and mind-altering substanc ... More >>

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

Kelly Clarkson Out, Court Yard Hounds In at St. Louis Lilith Fair

Yesterday, Kelly Clarkson pulled out of the Lilith Fair, in light of canceled dates and her work on a new album. The St. Louis Lilith Fair stop has already added a new act: Court Yard Hounds, the side project of Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. Everything else is still status quo.

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 >>

Summertime St. Louis comes alive with the sound of music

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 >>

New Downtown Blues Festival in Works, Organizers Also Want to Take Over "Pre-Existing" Jazz Festival

St. Louisans could have a new blues festival to add to their list of outdoor summer music options, if a local production company's plans go through.Mike Kociela, far right, at a press conference on Thursday announcing events for downtown this summer. Kociela wants to bring a new blues festival to do ... 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 >>

Bands! The SXSW Application Deadline Is Looming!

Just received word that Friday, November 6, is the last day that bands can apply for a showcase at next year's SXSW festival via Sonicbids. The link is here! $40 gets you applied and a free six-month subscription to Sonicbids. What a deal! If you have any doubt that SXSW is a blast, just take a look ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sonic Youth, Chris Isaak, Pitchfork Music Festival and Beach Bodies

It was a music-heavy weekend, and here's what you might have missed.Sonic Youth at the ArchPhoto: Todd OwyoungIndie rock godfathers, and godmothers, Sonic Youth played a free show under the Arch on Friday. See more photos.Music editor Annie Zaleski called this show on Friday "one of the best concert ... More >>

No Depression.com Launched Yesterday; October 19 Lucinda Williams Pageant Show Part of Launch Parties

Who's Performing Tonight at the Pageant?

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

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

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

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

Texas Tornado: St. Louis musicians invade SXSW

Sounds of the Underground

2 p.m. Friday, August 10. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

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).

The Rapture

7 p.m. Thursday, May 10. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

Turbo Fruits

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

Attention, Local Bands: Get Out of Town!

Time Warped

An uneven sense of identity at the 'Fest

Music Sounds Better with You

A wrap-up of the RFT's DJ spin-off

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Time Warped

Gauge your youthfulness at the Warped Tour

Hot Time, Music in the City

A feast of sweet summer sounds awaits you

South St. Louis?

There wasn't much of the Lou at South by Southwest

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

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.

Southern Exposure

South by Southwest welcomes some St. Louis acts that merit the spotlight -- and one that doesn't

Bank On It

Despite the odds, the second annual St. Louis Jazz Festival will succeed -- thanks to all the help from corporate backers

STL by Southwest

Local heroes Nadine drove hundreds of miles to perform at SXSW, the music industry's biggest clusterfuck. Was it worth it?