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P.J. Harvey

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole With Mr. Gnome's Nicole Barille

    In a literal sense, it's possible to put Mr. Gnome in a container. After all, the Cleveland-based band merely consists of two members. And they don't seem to take up that much physical space. But pushing Nicole Barille and Sam Meister's music into rigid categorization is difficult - and unwarranted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    The 33 1/3 Series is Accepting Submissions

    ​Earlier this month, Spin announced that it is moving most of its album reviews to Twitter. Music writing is getting shorter, not longer, and yet the 33 1/3 Series, which has the gall to publish entire books on albums that aren't even current, soldiers on. There are 85 installments in print n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Pazz & Jop 2011 is Live

    The Village Voice has been running the definitive music critic's year-end poll for 39 years now, and its results are live. Your winners: tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l unseats Kanye West in the album category and Adele continues to trample all over everything in the singles department. Go look at the comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The Watson Twins Are Coming To Off Broadway

    ​The Watson Twins are coming back to Off Broadway on Wednesday, September 21. Alvan & Ayosha will open. Tickets are $10 and on sale now. The Watson Twins were at the same venue exactly 363 days before this show playing with Laura Veirs, though this will be the duo's first headlining show at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    New Album Releases: Lykke Li, DeVotchKa, Lucinda Williams and More

    (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Marsha Ambrosius' Late Nights, Early Mornings​*Marsha Ambrosius, Late Nights, Early Mornings SoundSavvy.com reviewed the former Floetry songstress' latest, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    New Album Releases: The Dears, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Yuck and More

    (New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Beans' End It All​*Beans, End It All Spin gave End It All a 7 out of 10 review: "Beans always poses as an abstractionist, freaking motormouth cadences with a se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Beavis and Butt-Head Returning to MTV

    Image via​If you follow Justin Bieber on Twitter, perhaps you saw him announce the following late yesterday afternoon: "solid day in NYC. played hoops and just went to the MTV Upfronts...BEAVIS and BUTTHEAD are coming back!!!" (Huh-huh. He said 'coming.') An article on MTV.com elaborates that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Animated Albums, Your New Favorite Tumblr

    Time-wasting websites that are actually clever and funny are hard to find, so when one does come A to Z's way, we must tell everyone. Animated Albums is a long-running Tumblr that doesn't post very often -- but when it does, the results are A-plus. The concept is simple: A whiz known as Mr. Dormouse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes

    Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Ten shows, concerts and benefits to attend between December 23 and 29

    Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Ten Things To Do in St. Louis: December 23-29

    Wikimedia CommonsA scene from Christmas Holidays at Merryvale​For local clubs, the week after Christmas can be rather dead. Out-of-town touring acts take a break for the holidays, while locals tend to rest up, spend time with family and save their energy for New Year's Eve. (The exception to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Interview: Potty-mouthed Violinist Owen Pallett on "Bro Music," Sexuality and His Career

    David WaldmanOwen Pallett, performing live.​In conversation, composer/violinist/songwriter Owen Pallett is outspoken. This might surprise those familiar with his music - from the serene orchestration on his acclaimed 2010 record, Heartland, and his previous work under the Final Fantasy moniker ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2010

    Samantha Crain

    11 p.m. Saturday, September 18. Riddle's Penultimate Café & Wine Bar, 6307 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

  • Music

    April 21, 2010

    The Dead Weather

    8 p.m. Saturday, April 24. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Music

    March 24, 2010

    tUnE-yArDs/Xiu Xiu

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 30. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Radiohead Debuts a New Song at Intimate LA Concert

    ​ Last night in LA at the tiny Henry Fonda Theater, Radiohead performed a benefit show for Oxfam International. (Proceeds from the show will benefit the organization's efforts in Haiti.) Ex-RFT colleague Randy Roberts was at the show and gives a full play-by-play right here. Of note is that Radioh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Show Review Photos Setlist: The Decemberists and Blind Pilot at the Pageant, Sunday, May 31

    Better Than: Sitting at home, curled up on the couch reading Proust and listening to NPR. The Decemberists have asked a lot of their fans on this tour. Anyone who doesn't like its new album, The Hazards of Love, is out of luck: The first part of the show is a front-to-back performance of the sprawl ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2009

    Shivers Me Timbers: Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers breathes new life into rock & roll

    Better Than: Sitting at home, curled up on the couch reading Proust and listening to NPR. The Decemberists have asked a lot of their fans on this tour. Anyone who doesn't like its new album, The Hazards of Love, is out of luck: The first part of the show is a front-to-back performance of the sprawl ... More >>

  • Music

    April 1, 2009

    Meg & Dia

    7 p.m. Thursday, April 2. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    SXSW Report: Saturday with PJ Harvey and Beyonce's Little Sister, Friday with New York Dolls and Camera Obscura

    Where to begin? I should start with the ornamental comb, like three white gleaming stakes from some Gnostic purification ritual, holding a jet-black stack of hair atop the fiery head of Polly Jean Harvey. She's never wanted for making an impression. Wrapped in white, backed by a hard avant-garde blu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    SXSW Review Setlist: PJ Harvey and John Parish at Stubb's BBQ, Saturday, March 21

    Anyone with doubts about the '90s resurgence had them laid to rest at SXSW this year, where a long list of the decade's biggest acts tried out new material or trotted out old hits for kicks. The list of these performers makes me nostalgic for the simpler days of 120 Minutes and Doc Martens with dres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    SXSW Day 2: No Leonard Cohen, the Hold Steady Stay Positive, Blind Pilot Soars

    Imagine, if you will, the worst possible way to spend a day at SXSW, one that doesn't involve an emergency colonoscopy or a Marnie Stern showcase, and then imagine something even more tedious and despairing, a day of utter humiliation and loathing. And then it really starts to go downhill.I should h ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Bellafea

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Headlights, My Brightest Diamond Playing Cicero's; French Kicks, Office, more at Play:stl Fest

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2008

    Show Review: Uh Huh Her at the Duck Room, Friday, May 2

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2008

    Concert Review: Feist and Hayden at the Pageant, Saturday, April 12

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2008

    2007: The Year in Song, MP3-Style

    8 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Music

    December 26, 2007

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    Two of the Lou's famous rockers fill us in on their favorites of 2007 — and what the next year holds.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Radiohead, In Rainbows: A Review, Upon First Listen, Track-by-Track Style

    Two of the Lou's famous rockers fill us in on their favorites of 2007 — and what the next year holds.

  • Music

    October 3, 2007

    PJ Harvey

    White Chalk (Island)

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    Daily Web Crawl

    White Chalk (Island)

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2007
  • Music

    July 18, 2007

    Alina Simone

    8:30 p.m. Monday, July 23. Lemp Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    Preview: Kristeen Young

    8:30 p.m. Monday, July 23. Lemp Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2007

    Last Night's Show: The Decemberists

    8:30 p.m. Monday, July 23. Lemp Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Heartless Bastards

    9 p.m. Thursday, January 11. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

  • Music

    September 13, 2006

    KT Tunstall

    8 p.m. Wednesday, September 20. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

  • Music

    June 14, 2006

    Cooking with Fire and Steel

    B-Sides gets domestic with Hurra Torpedo, defends the Dickies and downloads some hot, live MP3 action

  • Music

    January 26, 2005

    Marianne Faithfull

    Before the Poison (Anti-/Nave)

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    Finding Your Religion

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

  • Music

    July 21, 2004

    Why Lollapalooza Died

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

  • Music

    March 17, 2004

    Leaving on a Jet Plane

    Radar Station's going to SXSW and you're not

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Letters

    Week of June 20, 2001

  • Music

    April 25, 2001

    Frank Talk

    Frank Black is pissed about a lot of things, especially brainless rockers who just want to meet chicks and asinine questions about his old band, the Pixies

  • Film

    September 8, 1999

    2000 Seen By ...

    Directed by Hal Hartley, Abderrahmane Sissako, Miguel Albaladejo, Alain Berliner, Tsai Ming-liang and Laurent Cantet

  • Music

    January 27, 1999

    Listening Post

    Directed by Hal Hartley, Abderrahmane Sissako, Miguel Albaladejo, Alain Berliner, Tsai Ming-liang and Laurent Cantet

  • Music

    January 6, 1999

    1998: The Year in Music, Part 2

    Directed by Hal Hartley, Abderrahmane Sissako, Miguel Albaladejo, Alain Berliner, Tsai Ming-liang and Laurent Cantet

  • Music

    December 2, 1998

    Beck to the Future

    Directed by Hal Hartley, Abderrahmane Sissako, Miguel Albaladejo, Alain Berliner, Tsai Ming-liang and Laurent Cantet

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