Music Festivals

SXSW 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phosphorescent, Natalie Maines, Richard Thompson, China Rats and More: Review and Photos

This happened: Laura Cantrell, a New York-based country singer and songwriter, shared a stage with two friends, Rosie Flores and Kristi Rose, backed by Fats Kaplin and Mark Spencer, two of the finer musicians in a town that, on this or any week, affords some stiff competition. The trio of voices fil ... More >>

The Six Best (And Six Worst) Band Names at SXSW

If you turned on the Internet recently, you may have seen that South By Southwest is this week. The highlight of the annual Austin, Texas, festival is seeing great bands and discovering new favorites. Inversely, many of the thousands of artists who cram into the state capital are horrible. With good ... More >>

Why the SI Swimsuit Issue Doesn't Care if Anyone Goes to its Music Festival [Update]

There is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Music Festival, sponsored by Lexus, where blog-approved bands like White Denim and the Black Lips will play at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Wait, what? The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Beauties & Beats Music Fest (didn't spend much time on that name, di ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2011: What to Bring, What To Expect, What to See and More

​Bonnaroo is next weekend already, and Wakarusa starts tomorrow. Summer Festival season is in full swing, and it's getting hard to keep track of all the offerings. In the next several weeks, we'll bring you guides to some of the best and biggest festivals within a day's drive of St. Louis. We ... More >>

St. Louis Music Festival

7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6. The Chaifetz Arena, 1 South Compton Avenue.

Camp Zoe Seizure: Could Other Music Festivals Face Trouble, Too?

Wikimedia CommonsIs this SWAT team coming to a music festival near you?​Carrie Goebel went to sleep this Halloween in her own version of paradise. She woke up to a nightmare.The 46-year-old artist from Warrenton, Missouri, spent the last weekend in October camping out at Camp Zoe's Spookstock musi ... More >>

Camp Zoe Seizure: Could Other Music Festivals Face Trouble, Too?

Wikimedia CommonsIs this SWAT team coming to a music festival near you?​Carrie Goebel went to sleep this Halloween in her own version of paradise. She woke up to a nightmare.The 46-year-old artist from Warrenton, Missouri, spent the last weekend in October camping out at Camp Zoe's Spookstock mus ... More >>

Machree Releases a New Video, Is a Finalist In A National Ernie Ball Contest

Progressive rockers Machree today released a video for the song "Wading," which is due on a forthcoming 7-inch EP. The group filmed it at Fubar -- pretty fancy-looking on film, eh? That's not the only good news for the band:

Valient Thorr

9 p.m. Tuesday, September 14. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Deer Tick goes its own way on The Black Dirt Sessions

Metric Fans: Your Wish for Cheap Tickets is Granted

Remember how we told you about the $10 lawn ticket promotion going on for the rest of June? And how fortuitous it would be for Metric fans if Lilith Fair also went on sale? Well, wish granted: Tomorrow and Friday, lawn tickets are just $10 for Lilith Fair on Friday, July 16. Go get 'em. Oh and incid ... More >>

Photos of Alex Chilton Tribute at SXSW. Plus Marianne Dissard, Jakob Dylan, Courtyard Hounds

Scenes from the Alex Chilton tribute at Antone's in Austin, March 20, 2010, plus more SXSW action. All photos by Dana Plonka. Dana PlonkaMike Mills of R.E.M. at the Alex Chilton tribute at SXSW 2010

A Mexico-Based Competitor to SXSW Kicks Off this Weekend

The mammoth SXSW 2010 has competition this year from a new, independent music and arts festival south of the border in Monterrey, Mexico. Called Festival de Musica y arte para todas las Edades -- or simply MtyMx -- the three-day festival lasts Saturday, March 20 through Monday, March 22, and is bill ... More >>

SXSW Day One: Billy Bragg, Broken Bells, Miranda Lee Richards, Jason Collett, Fanfarlo more!

Big Star's shadow is looming large at this year's SXSW.​The text that Alex Chilton had died came through just before midnight on the first full day of South By Southwest 2010 in Austin. I was on my way to the sleeze-and-cheese-and-bathroom-cologne club Prague to see the anti-Alex, Billy Bragg, ... More >>

Five SXSW Best Bets: Sleigh Bells, Best Coast Three More Acts to Watch

SXSW is the Kentucky Derby of American music festivals. It's a quick race to the finish for up-and-coming bands to test their might and merit against their fellow musicians and friends -- all while enjoying as much free beer as possible. Here's a look at five of the favorites who have a chance of br ... More >>

Flogging Molly

Drum Headquarters

Dr. Dog

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

Tomorrow! Vans Warped Tour Anniversary Movie Screens in St. Louis

As part of its fifteenth anniversary celebration, the Vans Warped Tour is holding a one-night only, simultaneous screening of a movie featuring two hours of performances culled from its September 6 anniversary show in LA. Says this website: Featuring larger-than-life performances on the big screen ... More >>

Sybris

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

Ha Ha Tonka

8 p.m. Wednesday, May 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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.

Lo-Fi St. Louis, HOME Nightclub Nominated for National Awards

Congratulations go out this Monday morning to HOME Nightclub and Bill Streeter of Lo-Fi St. Louis. The latter was nominated for "Best Reality Web Series" in the Streamy Awards, which honor -- what else? -- the best in web television. Lo-FI's competition is rather stiff, though: He's up against Penn ... More >>

The Octopus Project

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

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

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

Slide Show: The Style of Warped Tour

St. Louis Bands at SXSW

Flogging Molly

7 p.m. Wednesday, February 6. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Silversun Pickups

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

An Interview with the Flaming Lips' Michael Ivins: Preview of St. Louis Pageant show

Ozzfest

Noon, Monday August 6. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Don't Mess with Texas

A dispatch from SXSW

Bang Bang Rock & Roll

The Twangbang revitalizes the Lou's alt-country scene ˜ as do tourmongers the Whiskeyhounds

Your Government at Work

Widespread Panic

Thursday, May 5; Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard)

Ludo Comes Alive

The hardest-working band in St. Louis, wookie boners and all

Head South, Young DJ

Got skills? Then welcome to Miami.

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the years top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Cave-In

Sunday, September 21; Mississippi Nights

Wake and Bake

At Ozzfest's second stage, sweltering morning sets are part of the routine

Firstar St. Louis Jazz Festival

6-10 p.m. Friday, June 22, and noon-10 p.m. Saturday, June 23

They Got the Beat

Miami welcomes the Winter Music Conference and, with it, a whole new culture

Queen Mothers

Ozzfest 2000 rolls out the red carpet for Queens of the Stone Age

Beat-Crazy

Miami's Winter Music Conference draws anybody who's anybody in the electronic-music world

Something in the Way He Moves

Beatle Bob has been on a one-man dance marathon, bop-bop-bopping all over town. But why?

Gateway City Bluegrass Festival

Friday-Sunday, Feb. 25-27; Henry VIII Hotel and Conference Center

Days of Heaven