Neil Young

Here is the Difference Between "Good" Music and "Cool" Music

The comment that a band is "good at what it does" is a polite attempt to acknowledge the talents of a group outside of one's wheelhouse. But the phrase tends to come off as a dismissive, backhanded compliment, the type of statement a person makes to avoid actually forming an opinion. The underlying ... More >>

The Six Best Songs About Murdering A Significant Other

Valentine's Day is upon us, a time to celebrate relationships or hate those celebrating. But for those relationships that don't end well, here are the six best songs about murdering a significant other. Let us know your favorites in the comments, but we suggest using a public computer with an untrac ... More >>

Euclid Records' 50 Best-Selling Albums of 2012

Euclid Records -- one of several excellent purveyors of music in this town and our 2012 winner for Best Record Store -- has just released its top 50 sellers of 2012. It's an interesting list for several reasons. It bears almost no resemblance to Billboard's list, of course. But it also speaks to the ... More >>

The Six Best Songs That Are At Least 50% Guitar Solo

Most rock songs use guitar solos as icing. In some rare cases, the solo is an essential element incorporated into the batter of the proverbial song-cake. Here are the six best songs that are at least 50 percent guitar solo. Let us know your favorites in the comments below. See also: -The many moods ... More >>

The Six Best Songs About The Moon For Neil Armstrong

If you find yourself in this corner of the Internet, it is safe to assume you heard about Neil Armstrong's passing. If not, sorry you had to hear it this way. In honor of Earth's first lunar visitor, here are the six best songs about the moon. Let us know your favorites in our comments section (a pl ... More >>

Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Outside Lands Festival, 8/10/12

The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. While he's putting everything into a solo, Neil Young's face looks like his electric guitar sounds: flush with feeling, vaguely threatening, and thoroughly aged. Not old as in frail, but vene ... More >>

Neil Young and Jonathan Demme discuss their third concert film

Neil Young's Third Documentary Jonathan Demme Documentary Opens Tomorrow at the Tivoli

Neil Young Journeys Directed by Jonathan Demme. Opens Friday, July 27, at the Tivoli In this week's music feature, we talked to Neil Young and director Jonathan Demme about their latest collaborative documentary, Neil Young Journeys. Demme also directed 2006's Neil Young: Heart of Gold and 2009's N ... More >>

The Six Best "Bad" Guitar Solos

Eddie Van Halen demonstrates the exact opposite of this idea.​The guitar solo has become an integral part of the rock and roll formula, either as a melodic counterpoint to a vocal line or an excuse for showing off. But there's a different kind of solo out there. The kind that, by all technical ... More >>

The Potomac Accord

9 p.m. Saturday, September 3. The Heavy Anchor. 5226 Gravois Avenue.

Interview: Everest Bassist Elijah Thomson on Recording Its New Record With Richard Swift and Its Favorite St. Louis Places

Image via​Upon receipt of the initial mixes for the second Everest album, Neil Young and his long-time manager Elliot Roberts drove around in Young's car and listened to the material three times through. After reviewing the songs, Young had some notes to discuss with his young pupils of rock & ... More >>

Marrakesh Express

9 p.m. Saturday, January 8. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Everest

8 p.m. Sunday, November 14. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 11

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1 Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love 2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 3. Of Montreal - False Priest* 4. John Legend/Roots Wake Up! 5. Neil Young - Le Noise 6. Old 97's - The Grand Theatre 7. Eric Clapton - Clapton 8. Fistful Of Mercy - As I Cal ... More >>

Guster/Everest

8 p.m. Saturday, October 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 27

* = coming to town, = local ​ Vintage Vinyl 1. ICE CUBE---I Am The West 2. GUCCI MANE---The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted 3. TREY SONGZ---Passion, Pain & Pleasure 4. BAD RELIGION---Dissent Of Man 5. JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS---Wake Up!

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 2-4, 2010

This weekend is packed with parties, good music and other interesting things to do. Here is our list of events that won't break the bank. From techno music electro jams to Neil Young, from planning a wedding to gazing at stars, this weekend promises to be an interesting one. Image courtesy Michael ... More >>

Young at Heart

Band of Heathens

9 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Free Your Inner Pervert: Q & A with Acclaimed St. Louis Sex Blogger "The Beautiful Kind"

Last week Unreal revisited our favorite local sex blogger, The Beautiful Kind, a 36-year-old divorced mom who was recently ranked #5 on a fellow sex blogger's list of the 100 best on the Internet.As she prepared to launch a newly redesigned website, we caught up with TBK for a little e-mail Q & ... More >>

Local Harvest: For the first time ever, Farm Aid comes to St. Louis.

Review Setlist Videos: Neil Young at Farm Aid, Sunday, October 4

John Mellencamp's introduction -- directed toward what still-sizable crowd remained after Dave Matthews had left the building -- reminded that Neil Young has been with Farm Aid since the start. He remains the cantankerous old crank the event needs. The death-by-progress of American agriculture is no ... More >>

Farm Aid

12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 4. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Contest! Win a Jets Overhead CD and T-shirt

Everything's better in Canada, right? Including and especially its music, at least in recent years. (I'm being facetious, for the record. Mostly.) But Jets Overhead is one shining example of the country's solid exports. The band's sophomore effort, No Nations, recently came out on Vapor Records -- y ... More >>

Farm Aid Announced for Sunday, October 4 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, center, with St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, left, Missouri farmer Rhonda Perry, far right, and Farm Aid Executive Director Carolyn Mugar, near right, on Thursday at Soulard Farmer's Market.My colleague Chad Garrison (via the P-D) reported this morning that F ... More >>

Top Five Awesome Matthew Sweet Videos Download Some Demos!

Matthew Sweet is playing tonight at the Duck Room. We'll have a review tomorrow. (P.S. I'm going to freak out if he plays "Superdeformed" tonight. Just saying.) Also -- go check out this random blog I found that posted an entire set of Altered Beast demos for you to stream and download. And you can ... More >>

Still Shakey After All These Years

Bottle Rockets

9:30 p.m. Saturday, December 27. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Heart & Soul: The Whigs pledge allegiance to old-fashioned, barnstorming rock & roll

Melissa Etheridge

8 p.m. Monday, August 11. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard

Dr. Dog

8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Neil Young/Pegi Young

7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 18. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

To Market!

Funny Ha Ha

B-Sides finds out why Neil Hamburger isn't Yo La Tengo's favorite comic, then gets cinematic with Undertow Records' Monahans.

Death Ships

9 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Amelia White

8 p.m. Monday, September 4. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).

Bring in the Trash

Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Film Openings

Week of March 30, 2006

Pit er Pat

Saturday, March 19; the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

What's It Sound Like, Anyway?

Meet the ghost of guitarist Jay Bennett

Film Openings

Week of March 3, 2004

Forever Young

Greendale stays true to Neil

My Morning Jacket

It Still Moves (ATO Records)

Neil Young and Lucinda Williams

Sunday, August 10; UMB Bank Pavilion

Trailer Park Travoltas with Earl

Saturday, March 8; Way Out Club

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Friday, Feb. 15; Savvis Center

Giant Sand

Chore of Enchantment (Thrill Jockey)

Various Artists

Axes and Snaxes (Rooster Lollipop)

Sound Checks

Inspiration & Obligation