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LouFest 2012 Lineup: Who Would You Like to See?

LouFest 2012 has a few announcements coming down the pike, and $50 presale passes are already sold out. The festival, entering its third year, will be looking to once again expand slightly, and hopefully the lineup will continue its trend of evolution. We'll be bringing you our 2012 LouFest lineup ... More >>

Musicians, venue owners and organizers found new ways to make people care this year

LouFest 2012 Dates Announced; Presale Tickets Available Now

LouFest 2012 is officially off the ground: Presale tickets for the two-day festival in Forest Park are now available. It's $50 for a two-day pass or $70 if you wait until the regular sale. Last year's presale sold out in two weeks. The third LouFest will be on August 25 and 26 on Forest Park's Cen ... More >>

Ume

8:45 p.m. Thursday, October 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

LouFest Is Building Deep Roots

Win A Pair Of Two-Day LouFest Passes! [Update]

​LouFest is a week away. The weather forecast is hot but manageable, though it's not like we much care given how great the lineup is: TV on the Radio, the Roots, Cat Power, Deerhunter, and plenty more. And you can go for free -- we've got a pair of two-day passes looking for a loving home. W ... More >>

LouFest Interviews: Lost In The Trees' Ari Picker On Classical Music And More

​ Ari Picker is as genuine and unfailingly heartfelt as his music would have you believe. His folk orchestra project Lost in the Trees is winsome and soft, but imbued with wrenching emotion and cathartic release. Picker composes symphonic ballads out of pure necessity, to deal with the tragedi ... More >>

Announcing The Official Before LouFest Party

​LouFest is just over two weeks, and our excitement is reaching unhealthy levels. You already know the headliners: The Roots, TV On The Radio, The Hold Steady, Deerhunter, !!!, Cat Power, etc. The local lineup is impressive as well: Jon Hardy & the Public, Old Lights and Troubadour Dali lead t ... More >>

LouFest 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​It's no secret we're all aflutter over the return of LouFest, our city's very own large-scale indie music festival. Not only does the to-do feature eighteen bands on two stages over two days, it's set in the green jewel of our city, Forest Park, and attracts national acts in genres from hip h ... More >>

Questlove And Deerhunter Will DJ The LouFest After Party

wikimedia commons​The official LouFest after party, to be held on Saturday, August 27th at the Gramophone, will feature DJ sets from the Roots' Questlove and members of Deerhunter. Advance tickets are $17 and on sale now. St. Louis' DJ Needles and 18andCounting will open the party -- doors op ... More >>

Pitchfork 2011: Odd Future, HEALTH and Other Highlights from Day Three

Tyler, the Creator.​Pitchfork: The Final Frontier. The final, sold-out day of Pitchfork had two acts I was dying to see -- unfortunately, both of those were practically at the same time -- Odd Future at 3:20 and Shabazz Palaces at 3:45. I had to see the tall tale that is Odd Future for myself, ... More >>

The Last Space Shuttle Launch And Obsolete Music-Delivery Systems

​Friday morning's scheduled space shuttle launch, the last of 135 missions flown by the orbiters, marks the exact moment at which a space-travel technology from 1981 finally becomes obsolete. That's right: If you'd just overbuilt your music collection like NASA did with Atlantis, you could s ... More >>

Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​Sometimes the Iternets can put on one helluva flesh-and-blood show. Pitchfork Music Festival is run by the music blog of the same name, which just announced it's expanding to Paris this fall with an overseas version of the festival to be curated by (Everybody Loves) Bon Iver. The American b ... More >>

Seven events you can't afford to miss this summer

LouFest 2011 Schedule Announced, Tickets On Sale Now

​LouFest is back. We already told you about this year's steller lineup, which features TV on the Radio, the Roots, Cat Power, Deerhunter, the Hold Steady, and plenty more, including a solid batch of locals. Today, LouFest released its 2011 schedule; you can take a look at that below. You can a ... More >>

Panda Bear, Foo Fighters Lead this Week's Crop of New Releases

Chrissy WilmesVintage Vinyl General Manager, Leon Reed, with some of this week's releases​Every week, we'll ask your local record store clerks to advise you on which new releases are worth your hard-earned pennies. Today, Vintage Vinyl General Manager Leon Reed fills us in on a particularly st ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of March 31

Huzzah! TV On the Radio is finally playing a St. Louis show, as part of the second annual LouFest.​2720 Cherokee *Lyrics Born, April 14 *Vibesquad, April 1 Blueberry Hill *Soja, May 18 Europe Nightclub *Above and Beyond, April 22 *Wolfgang Gartner, May 11

LouFest 2011 Lineup: The Roots, TV On the Radio, Cat Power and the Hold Steady Are Highlights

​Surprise! Happy Tuesday! LouFest just announced the lineup for the 2011 edition of the festival, which takes place in Forest Park on August 27 and 28. Hip-hop hotshots The Roots, indie darlings TV On the Radio, folkie chanteuse Cat Power, neo-shoegazer Deerhunter, bar-band bros the Hold Stead ... More >>

SXSW Day 2: Toro Y Moi, The Civil Wars, The Baseball Project, Bob Geldof, Vandaveer, Abigail Washburn, Charles Bradley, Ron Sexsmith and Surfer Blood, Thursday, March 17

Dana PlonkaThe Civil Wars​12:24 In the South By vortex, all news - or at least news not related to Jack White pop-up performances, Cee-Lo Green cancellations, Kanye gossip and R.E.M. show rumors - gets obliterated. Japan's nuclear nightmare is no exception. Glancing at an RSS reader under 75 d ... More >>

New Release Highlights for September 21: John Legend and the Roots want you to Wake Up!

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Flying Lotus' latest Pattern & Grid World​*Flying Lotus, Pattern Grid World Just months after releasing the full-length Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus returns wit ... More >>

In the Studio: US English

US English Who: The new band featuring Brea and James McAnally Where: Bookermusic With Whom: Brad Booker When: Now! What recording: "We are recording 3 EPs in serial format to comprise a full length," says James McAnally. "The first EP, What Frontier, will be released locally on September 3. The oth ... More >>

Liars

8 p.m. Thursday, July 22. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Show Review Photos Setlist: The Temper Trap and WarPaint Leave the Pageant Crowd Satisfied, Wednesday, June 9

Todd OwyoungWarPaint at the Pageant, Wednesday, June 9. More photos here.​Reaction to the Pageant double-bill featuring the Temper Trap and WarPaint generally fell into two categories: "I love those bands!" or "Who?" Still, a respectable crowd filled the venue's main floor for the brief, just- ... More >>

The Glitch Mob/Free the Robots/Deru

9 p.m. Thursday, May 27. 2720 Cherokee, 2720 Cherokee Street.

St. Louis Record Store Day Recap: Apop Records Spotlights Up-and-Comers Shaved Women, Maximum Effort and Glow Dick, Veterans Bob Reuter, Strangulated Beatoffs and Skarekrau Radio

Nick LucchesiBob Reuter performs at Apop Records on Record Store Day​On Saturday, April 17, St. Louis was treated to a whole day of BBQ, beer and full-blown sonic wonderment as Apop Records proudly hosted its second-annual Record Store Day since moving to the Gateway City in 2007. In the ag ... More >>

Photos Review Setlist: Tegan and Sara and Holly Miranda Bowl Over a Packed Pageant, Friday, April 2

The only people having more fun than the Pageant's audience last night were Tegan and Sara Quin. The twin sisters blasted through a fantastic 25-song set which touched on their entire career, thrilling the packed venue. Photo: Todd OwyoungTegan and Sara last night at the Pageant. See full slideshow ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Local H, Kinch and One Lone Car at the Firebird, Wednesday, November 25

It's easy to take Local H for granted. After decades of pumping out consistently entertaining hard rock and maintaining a hard-work touring ethic, the Chicago duo often gets overlooked by critics more interested in covering the latest sound than promoting no-bullshit rock. This is a shame, but it's ... More >>

Tonight! Local H at the Firebird TV on the Radio MP3

Local H is playing tonight at the Firebird. One Lone Car and Kinch open. We'll have a review tomorrow. In the meantime, here's an amazing TV On the Radio cover. MP3: Local H, "Wolf Like Me" (TV on the Radio cover)

Show Review Photos: St. Vincent and Elsinore at the Firebird, Thursday, October 1

Photo: Egan O'KeefeSt. Vincent last night at the Firebird. See more photos from last night's show.​ A few songs into her hour-plus set, St. Vincent's Annie Clark told the crowd that she was "flummoxed by your enthusiasm." For once, it didn't seem like an instance of rock-star faux-modesty -- her w ... More >>

SXSWow: In the weeks leading up to and after SXSW, St. Louis draws some of music's biggest talents to town. This year is no exception.

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

2009 Coachella Lineup Finally Revealed: Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine, Morrissey, The Killers, The Cure, Throbbing Gristle

After many delays, the Coachella lineup was finally announced a wee bit ago. The lineup is light on huge reunions -- shocker, the Smiths aren't playing -- but has a few cool surprises. Night one headliner Paul McCartney is preceded by Morrissey and Leonard Cohen. Mr. Cohen is the big surprise/draw, ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2008: TV On the Radio, M.I.A. Top Charts

The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll -- a tally of 2008's favorite albums and songs, as voted on by critics and writers -- is now live. TV on the Radio's Dear Science won the album vote, while M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" nabbed the singles trophy. Click over there to see the rest.

Top 10 Indie Rock Albums of 2008

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 recycli ... More >>

We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

Show Review Photos Setlist: The Faint at the Pageant, Friday, December 12, 2008

Better Than: Playing DropkicktheFaint over and over again. It's easy to forget just how ahead of the curve the Faint has always been. Way back in 1999, the Omaha quintet decided to add squelching keyboards to the vanilla guitar-bass-drums combo. The result of the band's decision (1999's Blank-Wa ... More >>

The Curse of Alternative Nostalgia and the Class of '93: A Response to the Chicago Sun-Times' Article

The Chicago Sun-Times’ blog recently published an interesting piece by noted music critic Jim DeRogatis, in which he attempts to prove that ‘90s Alternative Nation darlings (and specifically Chicago acts Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Liz Phair and Smashing Pumpkins) resemble the baby-boomer acts t ... More >>

Tonight! Pattern is Movement, Grampall Jookabox, PWRFL Power at the Billiken Club

Local H at Vintage Vinyl, Tuesday, May 27: Live and Electric!

Review: Bon Iver at the Billiken Club, Tuesday, April 8

Bon Iver at the Billiken Club, Tuesday, April 8

Inspiration: For Justin Vernon, it comes from solitude. For others, Morrissey

Louder than Bombs: A Place to Bury Strangers brings the noise

Matthew Dear

Asa Breed (Ghostly International)

Danzig with the Stars

The coolest guy you know named Glenn finds Lost Tracks.

Tower of Power

Daniel Libeskind discusses architecture

Changing Channels

Meet the Fugazi doo-wop of TV on the Radio