Patterson Hood

Homespun: Old Capital Square Dance Club

Long White Ride
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Old Capital Square Dance Club: Album Review and Live Videos

For whatever reason, the best Americana bands are often the fruits of two distinct musical voices -- Tweedy and Farrar are still the gold standard in this town and beyond, but the shared songbooks of Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley (Drive-By Truckers) and Gary Louris and Mark Olson (Jayhawks) turned ... More >>

The Vondrukes

Runaway, Goodbye Love
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The Vondrukes' Runaway, Goodbye Love: Listen to Key Tracks Here

​The Vondrukes, winner of the RFT's Best Country Band (Alternative) in 2011, just released a full length called Runaway, Goodbye Love. The album is the subject of this week's Homespun column, and in it Christian Schaeffer applauds the band's overall feel: "Fans of good-natured alt-country can ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers And Those Darlins At The Pageant, 10/30/11: Photos

Todd OwyoungPatterson Hood was very excited about the Cardinals' World Series victory. ​Woe is anyone who planned a show in St. Louis this past Friday (ahem). With the city (understandably) otherwise and nearly unanimously occupied with our World Champions, even double bills that would usuall ... More >>

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 >>

Review Setlist: Drive-By Truckers and the Henry Clay People at the Pageant

Jon Gitchoff Drive-By Truckers at the Pageant October 2: They killed it. ​ There are very few certainties in life, but there's one thing you can always count on: If Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers are in town, you have the opportunity to see one of the best rock n'roll shows money can ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers

8 p.m. Saturday, October 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Booker T.

9 p.m. Saturday, September 4. Laclede's Landing Main Stage, North First Street and Lucas Avenue.

Review Photos Setlist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Drive-By Truckers Steam Up St. Louis' Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, July 18, 2010

Todd OwyoungTom Petty, last night at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. View more photos here.​A Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers summer tour is as American as baseball, apple pie and fireworks. Last night at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, the band once again proved why, by turning in a predi ... More >>

The Dexateens

10 p.m. Saturday, December 5. Antarctica, 5226 Gravois Avenue.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 10-16

Every Monday A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. Bottle Rockets: Lean Forward* 2. Wilco: Wilco The Album* 3. ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 22-28

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. REGINA SPEKTOR: Far 2. DINOSAUR JR.: Farm* 3. ELVIS COSTELLO: ... More >>

Show Review: Drive-By Truckers at the Pageant, Saturday, March 28

On a good night, the Drive-By Truckers can go toe-to-toe with the heaviest of the heavy weight rock bands currently touring the planet. Saturday night, however, was not a good night. Roy KastenPatterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers Lay the blame at door of the Pageant, whose silly decision to bar ... More >>

Drive-By Truckers

8 p.m. Saturday, March 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Drive-By Truckers Postpone Thursday's Pageant Show to Saturday, March 28

Heads up to anyone who was planning on hitting the Drive-By Truckers show this Thursday, February 26, at the Pageant: Don't. Due to illness -- specifically, Patterson Hood's walking pneumonia, which he's still recovering from -- the concert is now slated for Saturday, March 28. Perhaps a blessing in ... More >>

Review: Hold Steady, Stay Positive First Listen and Track-by-Track Analysis

Bettye LaVette's an old soul, through and through

Jason Isbell

Sirens of the Ditch (New West)

Keep on Trucking

Drive-By Truckers: As Southern as they wanna be.

Round 'Em Up!

A look at oodles of local shows going on this week.

I Can See for Miles

A to Z chats with Miles of Wire, and crams in a bunch of local stuff we couldn't fit anywhere else

Drive-By Truckers

7 p.m. Friday, June 23. UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights)

Drive-By Truckers

A Blessing and a Curse (New West)

Mound City Music Fest

Saturday, December 10; The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Unreal Fouls Out of the Final Four

The beer-drinking, the game-watching, the east-side partying: We took it all in so you wouldn't have to

Rising South

The Drive-By Truckers are making their homeland universal

Southern Gothic

The Drive-By Truckers are bruised, battered and almost famous

Dixie Chicken

Racial appeals of last week's primary are reminders of St. Louis' Southern streak