In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today's record industry, most major-label executives don't have the time or energy to convince music fans they might like something a little out of the ordinary. They're too busy recycling variations on what were once sure things while desperately searching for career exit strategies that don't involve tall buildings, open windows and running leaps. As a result, fringier artists have
Here are some of the new shows announced this week at venues around St. Louis!
Pops
* The AP Tour featuring Family Force 5/The Maine/3OH!3, Wednesday, April 15
Family Arena
* Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry/Papa Roach/Saving Abel, Tuesday, February 17
Scottrade Center
*Billy Joel and Elton John, Thursday, May 14
(Bloc Party)
Pageant
*Les Claypool/DeVotchKa/Saul Wiliams/Secret Chiefs 3, Tuesday, March 17
*Bloc Party, Tuesday, March 31
After selling out the Billiken Club in March, Ra Ra Riot and Maps and Atlases are returning to town on Sunday, September 20, at the Firebird. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 day of show and go on sale on Friday, June 19! Here's a clip of RRR's "Dying is Fine," as a bunch of stuffed bunnies -- a.k.a. the members of Death Cab for Cutie, no, really -- break it down around 'em.
Pop's
*The Dandy Warhols, Friday, September 4The Dandy Warhols
Scottrade Center
*The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Tuesday, September 29
Blueberry Hill
*The Breeders, Friday, August 7
The Pageant
*Collective Soul, Monday, August 10
*Fall Out Boy, Wednesday, August 19
*Motorhead/Reverend Horton Heat/Nashville Pussy, Wednesday, September 23
Kranzberg Arts Center
*Ken Haller, Friday, July 17
*Deborah Sharn, Saturday, October 17
Ra Ra Riot packed the Billiken Club in March, and now the orchestral indie sweethearts are returning to St. Louis on Sunday, September 20, at the Firebird. (Maps and Atlases and Princeton are also on the bill.) Courtesy of Barsuk Records, I have a pair of tickets to give away to its show! To win, leave a comment with your real name and a valid email address, with why you should get the pair. The contest closes on Thursday, September 17, at noon; winners will be notified soon after.
Remain non-broke all the way through Monday with the following suggestions for having fun on a budget this weekend. Looking for live music? We have that for you too, with our weekend concert calendar. It's also one of the best weekends all year long to see a movie in St. Louis.Everything is Terrible!: The Movie at Antarctica (Friday)A
group of students at Ohio University compiled the worst video footage
they could find, found footage "ranging from the hilariously arcane to
the blissfully obsc
