Nick Cave

Subversive Photographer Richard Kern Comes to White Flag to Sign Copies of New Book, Shot By Kern

Richard Kern is one of the most celebrated photographers of the past 50 years. Along with his peers Annie Leibovitz, Bob Gruen and Mick Rock, Kern shot iconic images that helped to shape the way that we perceive rock stars and celebrity culture.

Six Great Bands That Aren't Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails recently released a new single entitled "Came Back Haunted." It sounds just like Nine Inch Nails has sounded over the last five albums: absolutely and totally 100 percent OK as fuck. In honor of Nine Inch Nails continuing to keep me simultaneously unengaged and unrepulsed, I figured ... 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 >>

SXSW 2013: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spain, Ivan & Alyosha and More: Review and Photos

Kneeling down at the edge of the stage at the big outdoor venue of Stubb's in Austin, Nick Cave cradled a young man's head in his hands and sang his death-filled take on the deathless "Stagger Lee" myth. The jammed-in crowd laughed a little nervously. Cave stared down at the kid, who just kept noddi ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced!

The line-up for Coachella 2013 has been announced! Those who have been paying attention know there has been fakes, even a rumor that the Rolling Stones would headline (not the case) but this time the announcement is real-deal official. Headliners for the outdoor festival will be the Stone Roses and ... More >>

The Pines

8 p.m. Thursday, September 13. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

In Prohibition drama Lawless, looks trump drama

The Hive Dwellers at Luminary Art Center, 3/27/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

The Hive Dwellers | Woodsman | Sleep In Sundays Luminary Arts Center, 3/27/12 It is hard to underestimate just how influential Calvin Johnson has been over the past three decades. Since 1982, he has been the proprietor of K Records, a label that has been involved with some big names (Beck, Jon Spe ... More >>

Magic City

Les Animaux Épouvantables
Tower Groove Records

Twelve Local Artists Not to Overlook in 2011

​A lot of local artists cross A to Z's way. Some send us albums; others Tweet at us. Still others drop us email. (Hint: We love email. Especially if it's telling us about who you are and what you're up to. Even if we don't respond, we read everything.) But despite the constant hum of informati ... More >>

The Riverfront Times' Ten Best Local Singles and EPs of 2010

​Singles and EPs have historically served invaluable purposes. For new bands, they can be the best method to come out swinging with their best songs. For established acts, they provide a low-pressure way to showcase new material, try out remixes, or clear the vaults of demos and alternate ta ... More >>

Tomorrow! Black Heart Procession Doing a Vintage Vinyl In-Store

Tomorrow night, music fans have another hard choice: Sigur Ros front man Jonsi is performing at the Pageant, along with surreal-folk openers Mountain Man, while the Books and Black Heart Procession are playing at the Old Rock House. Tickets are still available for each. If you've opted for the forme ... More >>

Black Heart Procession

8 p.m. Tuesday, November 2. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Arctic Monkeys

8 p.m. Sunday, April 11. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

Tomorrow! Monahans and Centro-matic at Off Broadway

Tomorrow night at Off Broadway, local fave Centro-matic will be returning to town for a gig with fellow Texans Monahans and locals Theodore opening. We've written about C-M a ton, so Monahans received the critpick treatment this time: So says Shae Moseley:Its 2007 debut album, Low Pining, was a mood ... More >>

Monahans

8 p.m. Saturday, May 9. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Crossing Over: Steve Wynn heads to the other side of the world for his latest solo album

Second Spin: Slik, Slik

The Veils

6 p.m. Friday, August 31. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Interpol

Our Love to Admire (Capitol)

Grinderman

Grinderman (Mute)

Shipwreck / Ghost in Light

10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5. Mangia Italiano (3145 South Grand Boulevard).

Deadboy & the Elephantmen

9 p.m. Friday, September 29. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Poetry and Puncture Wounds

Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands

Snake in the Radio (Bloodshot)

The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave pens a new breed of revisionist western

Crooked Jades

Wednesday, May 31, at 9 p.m. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Marianne Faithfull

Before the Poison (Anti-/Nave)

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Anti/Epitaph)

Finding Your Religion

Pick your personal Jesus, plus three questions for a pop princess and the poetry of heavy metal

Why Lollapalooza Died

We explore campaign theme songs, examine the death of Lollapalooza and get down verbally with Paul Oakenfold

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

I, Henry

Henry Rollins has something to say, and you'd better listen

Pleasure Forever

Alter (Sub Pop)

Is This a Stagger I See Before Me?

The shot heard round the world

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

New Bands From Old

Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore Audioslave"

Blue Monday

Galaxy's Fetish Night is a showcase for loves that dare not speak their names in straitlaced St. Louis

Cousteau

Cousteau (Palm Pictures)

Local Heroes

Bonus points to St. Louis bands for warming the winter

Dillinger Four and Leatherface, opening for Avail

Sunday, Aug. 20; Galaxy

Ute Lemper

Punishing Kiss (Decca/Universal)

Ghost Stories

Grandpa's Ghost release their fourth album -- this time with some outside help

Dirty Three

Wednesday, April 19; Side Door

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Live 1981-1982 (4AD Records)

Black Heart Procession with 90 Day Men and And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead

Friday, Nov. 5; Side Door

Davie Allan and the Arrows and the Knoxville Girls

Tuesday, Aug. 3; Side Door

Guitars on Mars

Gary Lucas has performed with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, John Zorn and Allen Ginsberg. Now he's visiting St. Louis to perform alongside the silent film The Golem.