Friday, May 8*Mac Lethal/Soulcrate Music, Firebird*Thao and the Get Down Stay Down/Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers/Sister Suvi, Off Broadway*Yonder Mountain String Band, Pageant*Earth Crisis/Walls of Jericho, Fubar*Nightwish/Volbeat, Pop's*KRISTEENYOUNG, Vintage Vinyl (8 p.m.)*Benjamin Del Shreve/Randall shreve/The Incurables, The Library*Trigger 5, Atomic Cowboy*TOK, Lemmons*Soundscape/caralee/Pinkleef/Heist, Cicero's*The Quakes, Deluxe*Karen Mal, Focal Point*Doc Watson/David Holt, Shel
BY KATIE MOULTON
The Avett Brothers barnstormed the Pageant last night and lead a stomping jubilee with its genre-razing folk-punk.
Fronted by string-snapping multi-instrumentalist brothers Seth and Scott Avett, the band destroyed any notion of traditional or roots music with a raucous set where even the ballads blistered. Drawing mostly from its four albums since 2006, including many crowd-favorites from 2007's Emotionalism, the band twisted up pretty acoustic picking, powerful harmonizing a
The Pageant
*Sick Puppies/Hurt, Friday, September 11
*Great Big Sea, Sunday, October 4
*Dinosaur Jr., Wednesday, October 14
*The Black Crowes, Wednesday, November 11
Blueberry Hill
*Diane Birch, Tuesday, August 11
*The Unconscious, Friday, September 4
Pop's
*OTEP, Monday, August 10
*Mushroomhead/(hed) p.e., Tuesday, August 11
*Haystak, Thursday, August 13
(Welcome to In the Studio, a section on A to Z that spotlights -- what else? -- local artists in the studio. If you are also recording/recently recorded -- or are a studio engineer/producer and working with people -- email me, with the phrase "In the Studio" in the subject heading.)
Cassie Morgan (left), Beth Bombara (right)
Who:Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine(featuring Beth Bombara)
Sound: Bombara: "Maybe it's because her name comes right before Beth Orton's in my iPod, but Bombara's sweetly
For the third year running, the PLAY:stl Music Festival and Conference will descend on the Delmar Loop for three days of live music and industry panels. (Think of it as a smaller, more manageable South By Southwest or CMJ Conference.) About 90 acts, both national and local, are scheduled over the three-day event, which takes places from September 17 to 19. Highlights include indie acts such as Owen, the Antlers the Atlas Sound (yes, the alter-ego of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox) and Saman
Monday, Schmonday: Tonight's a great night for music in St. Louis, if you're feeling adventurous.First, at Off Broadway is a pretty dynamic quadruple bill featuring the Postmarks, Brookville, Pretty Little Empire and Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps. The latter act hails from Minneapolis and is fantastic; I fully expect the band to be opening for someone at the Duck Room or Pageant within the year. Take a listen to its August Daytrotter session, where its literate lyrics, Smith's evocati
Friday, October 23
*MUTEMATH/As Tall As Lions, The Pageant
*Jon Hardy & the Public/Sleepy Kitty/Murder City Players, Firebird
*Tribute to Warren Zevon, featuring Bob Reuter, Rough Shop, et al, Off Broadway
*D. Rider/The Conformists, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
*The Lovin' Spoonful, Argosy Casino/Alton
*The Mighty Diamonds/Yellow Wall Dub Squad, Club La Onda
*Mike Zito, Old Rock House
*Rise And Fall/ Harm's Way/Creatures/Everything Went Black/ Expire, Fubar
*Gumbohead, Broadway Oyster Bar
*Ken
Weathering the road since February, Samantha Crain played the penultimate show of her latest tour at Off Broadway last night--and she wrapped it up as the boss. The Boss, that is--donning a folded red bandana around her forehead, the diminutive musician, vocalist and band leader opened her set saying, "I'm Bruce Springsteen, thanks for coming." Though the specter of the simultaneous Springsteen Scottrade show lingered in the gaps between audience members, Crain headlined an intimate performance
It was a weekend for great concerts in St. Louis. We also saw the pre-Halloween parties begin. Here's a recap of our weekend coverage.Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure NightclubPhoto: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos from Saturday night's Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure Nightclub. Some photos are NSFW (Not Safe For Work!)On Saturday night, the tenth annual Victorian Fetish Ball got underway at Lure nightclub. Although as these photos suggest, the party may have strayed from the traditional theme this ye
