Queens of the Stone Age

Eagles of Death Metal to Play at the Arch on May 18

Tongue-in-cheek boogie rockers Eagles of Death Metal announced that the band will be playing a concert in the shadow of the arch on May 18. The show is part of sponsor Jack Daniel's new Live at the Landmark show series, where as you might guess, bands play famous landmarks across the United States. ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Band to Watch: Bailiff, Opening for JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound Tomorrow

​If you weren't already heading to Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, 314-773-3363) tomorrow night for JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, you oughta be. The soul-steeped Chicago band brings along another Windy City export, a stellar three-piece called Bailiff. You can't go wrong with a blues-rock ba ... More >>

The Many Covers of GG Allin's "Don't Talk To Me"

In this week's feature, Mike Appelstein explores the recent rethinking of punk pariah GG Allin. It begins: The song starts out simply enough with guitar, bass and drums all locked into a staccato three-chord pattern. Then the vocals come in. The singer can carry a tune well enough, with a hint of ... More >>

The Five Best -- and Sometimes Scariest -- Parts of Contamination 2011

Freddy was noticeably absent at Contamination 2011 (jerk), but the weekend saw other key players. Check out our slideshow for photos that might even haunt your dreams.​This weekend's science fiction/horror/generally strange aesthetic festival, Contamination 2011, had its unfair share of prize ... More >>

St. Louis Bands: An Under Cover Weekend is Now Taking Submissions

Image via​An Under Cover Weekend, where local bands play sets as famous bands of their choosing, will have its five year anniversary this September. This thing is consistently awesome, and for the first time, any St. Louis bands can apply via this handy-dandy online form, which opened this mor ... More >>

Review: Queens of the Stone Age at the Pageant, Tuesday, April 5

Todd OwyoungJosh Homme​It was a no-brainer that Queens of the Stone Age's show last night at the Pageant was sold out -- incredibly, it was the band's first St. Louis club show since September 2002. Although a no-frills 90 minutes, the set was exactly what fans expect (and crave) from QOTSA: e ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of February 17

image viaTobacco is the solo project of Tom Fec, frontman of Pennsylvania's preeminent psychotropic daymares Black Moth Super Rainbow. Tobacco follows the BSMR formula of analog electronics and vocoded vocals, but adds a thick coat of grime and hip hop sensibility to his beats. At Off Broadway May 6 ... More >>

Queens of the Stone Age Coming to the Pageant

The best Valentine ever? Stoner dude-bros Queens of the Stone Age are comfirmed to be playing at the Pageant on Wednesday, April 6 Tuesday, April 5. (Note: The Pageant just sent out a date correction.) Tickets are $27 general admission, $32 for the balcony and are on sale Friday, February 18, at 5 p ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend, Night One: Blind Eyes and Troubadour Dali

As the Blind Eyes is an-all male trio, there was some question as to who was going to play the all-important role of Stevie Nicks in its Fleetwood Mac cover set. The solution to this quandary was as simple as it was brilliant: Get every noteworthy female vocalist from St. Louis' indie-rock scene to ... More >>

Ten Things To Do This Weekend

image via1. Dogtown Street Musicians FestivalThis weekend marks the first ever Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Located between the 1200 - 1300 block of Tamm, this event will run Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 2. Funk Fest 5Go get funked up at Broadway Oyster Bar Saturday night, starting at ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend returns for more cover-song shenanigans

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 2-8

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. ARCADE FIRE---Suburbs 2. BLACK CROWES---Croweology* 3. RICK ROSS---Teflon Don 4. EMINEM---Recovery 5. BUN B---Trill O.G. 6. GOV'T MULE---Mulennium 7. LOS LOBOS---Tin Can Rust 8. MENOMENA---Mines* 9. ROOTS---How I Got Over 10. DRAKE---Thank Me Lat ... More >>

The Dead Weather

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

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

A special Record Store Day edition of top sellers! equates local, * is a band coming to town. Euclid separated its RSD exclusives for its top ten; Vintage did not. ​Vintage Vinyl 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS---Don't Quit Your Day Job 2. FLAMING LIPS, STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARF WITH HENRY ROLLINS & PEA ... More >>

Interview: Lepers TV's Chad Elvins Makes a Documentary on Skarekrau Radio, Sees More Male Nudity Than He Probably Ever Needed To

In the late '90s and early '00s, Chad Elvins ran Lepers TV, the local-access show which filmed tons and tons of St. Louis concerts. (Some of the national bands they filmed: Deftones, Far, Helmet, Clutch, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, System of a Down, Man-or-Astroman, Jesus Lizard, Queens of t ... More >>

MP3 Show Flyer: Tilts Plays Its First Show Tonight

Tonight, Tilts -- the band fronted by Andrew Elstner of Riddle of Steel and featuring ex-Shame Club members Ken McCray and Andy White -- is playing its first show at the Firebird. Caporetto and Engine Orchestra are also on the bill. The band's MySpace describes its sound like this: The Immigrant S ... More >>

More Info on Breeders Video Shoot for "Fate to Fatal"

Last month, the Breeders shot a music video here in town for a song set to appear on a new EP. Just got a press release that the EP has a name: Fate to Fatal, which also happens to be the song featured in said video. The press release has more information about the music on the EP -- and how the ban ... More >>

Nick Oliveri

10 p.m. Friday, October 10. The Trade, 3515 Chouteau Avenue.

Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers/Gutter Twins on MTV's 120 Minutes

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Rock Band

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Local Release on a Label

Clutch

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

2007: The Year in Song, MP3-Style

Awesome Color at Spooky Action Palace, Monday, December 10

Riddle of Steel 1985 CD release at the Bluebird, Friday, November 30

Random Weblinks of the Day: QUOTSA in the Kitchen, Geezer Butler Speaks, Frances Bean's All Grown Up

Queens of the Stone Age

Era Vulgaris (Interscope)

I Want You So Hard

Eight Days a Week

Fear and loathing in St. Louis: A to Z's week as a woman-about-town.

Cleaning Out Our Closet

Our semi-quarterly round-up of local releases.

The Divorce

8 p.m. Saturday, November 11. Saint Louis University's Billiken Club (Busch Student Center, 20 North Grand Boulevard).

Twilight Singers

8 p.m. Tuesday, October 31. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).

Local Motion, Thursday, 9/28

Also Playing: The Strokes

Overlooked in '05

Ten great discs that were, ahem, underserved by the media this year

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

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

Best Club to Close in the Past 12 Months

Galaxy

Gimme Some Youth

How do washed-up rock stars maintain lavish homes, fancy cars, stripper ex-wives, cocaine habits and scores of illegitimate children? Easy: They co-opt youth culture.

All His Life

The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl is always between rock and a hard place

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age and the Mars Volta

Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Best In-Store Concerts

Vintage Vinyl

Queens of the Stone Age with ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Peaches

Friday, September 20; Pageant

Best Rock-Music Programming

KDHX (88.1 FM)

On With the Show

Our footsore columnist concludes her tour of the Slammies Showcase

The Best Music of 2000

From hip-hop to house, from techno to rock, from country to dub, the resident music geek picks his favorites

Queen Mothers

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

Fu Manchu with Sevendust and P.O.D.

Thursday, March 2; Pop's