The Avett Brothers

Dealing With the Devil: Making the Conversion From Christian Rock to Heathenistic Indie Rock

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Win Tickets to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Pageant

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are coming to the Pageant on Thursday, January 10. They'll be joined by Langhorne Slim, and the show is way sold out. BUT: It's not too late to have the lovely Ms. Potter make eyes at you while also rocking your face off (it's true; I've seen it!). We have a pair of t ... More >>

Euclid Records' 50 Best-Selling Albums of 2012

Euclid Records -- one of several excellent purveyors of music in this town and our 2012 winner for Best Record Store -- has just released its top 50 sellers of 2012. It's an interesting list for several reasons. It bears almost no resemblance to Billboard's list, of course. But it also speaks to the ... More >>

Country Music for People who Hate Country

Cardinal fans and Cub fans. Democrats and Republicans. Those who keep up with the Kardashians and those who should be allowed to vote. Country music fans and country music haters. While no end is in sight to the strife between the first three aforementioned warring factions, there may be hope for t ... More >>

The Avett Brothers at the Fox Theatre, 9/29/12: Review and Setlist

The Avett Brothers Fox Theater September 29, 2012 "It's nice to release a new album and have all the hoop-la, but it's nice to be connecting with a crowd. This is what feels real for us," Seth Avett says. It's a reassuring message for fans after the Avett Brothers' recent success on the new album T ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2012: Big Ass Water Slide, Illicit Koozies and Bands

Bonnaroo is an entirely different world, one where the air always smells of weed and the people you encounter share any kind of resources they have, the way we were taught as children but adults seldom practice. People were kind. Musicians were gracious. Deep-fried oreos were a reality.

Speakers in Code's Jason Gonulsen: "That's All Everything Really Is: An Opinion"

St. Louis bloggers Jason Gonulsen and Katie Guymon met when they began collaborating on a singer-songwriter column for the online publication, Glide. Their column was named "Strangers Almanac", an allusion to an album from Ryan Adam's first band, Whiskeytown. "Katie and I listen to a lot of differen ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From April 30 to May 6

This week is another of those extra-packed ones, so this list is a bit longer than usual -- hooray for St. Louis music! If anything remains of your vehicles after Saturday's ridiculous hailstorm (mine only lost a window or two, no biggie) make sure hit the town or else you'll be missing some excelle ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band is Coming to the Verizon Wireless Amphiteater -- Presale Information

Dave Matthews Band in 2007​Dave Matthews Band has just announced its 2012 tour, and the extensive itinerary includes a stop in St. Louis -- Maryland Heights, technically -- at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (I-70 & Earth City Expressway. Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944). Brandi Carlile, who ... More >>

Too Hot To Live Winter Music Mix: Ten Songs To Lower Your Temperature

Refreshing! ​Finally, we seem to be on the other side of this week's bout of soul-shredding heat. Summer's all well and good, but the Beach Boys weren't singing about an endless summer where it feels like 115 degrees. Their summers were a good 30 degrees cooler than what we've been experiencin ... More >>

G. Love Ticket Giveaway!

Image via​G. Love (real name: Garrett Dutton), currently on one of his periodic hiatuses from fronting G. Love and Special Sauce, plays his preppy blues at the Pageant tonight. Dutton is renowned for his good-vibes live shows. He's touring in support of Fixin' To Die, on which he worked with ... More >>

The Ten Best Moments of the 2011 Grammy Awards

​Miss the Grammys telecast? Couldn't care less about the awards? Either way, A to Z watched the entire show - and even some of the pre-show -- so you didn't have to. Here are ten highlights from the night. Mavis Staples winning her first Grammy If you weren't watching the pre-show telecast, y ... More >>

Chatham County Line

7 p.m. Saturday, February 5. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Grace Potter On Meeting Robert Plant, Bending Genre Rules and Going to Strip Clubs

In this week's paper, Katie Moulton spoke with Grace Potter, the leader of the currently sizzling Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Moulton spelled out some of the band's accomplishments in recent times - including opening for the Avett Brothers and smoking on VH1's Divas Salute the Troops special - an ... More >>

Bluesy rock goddess Grace Potter reveals how Beavis and Butt-Head helped her career

The Riverfront Times' 31 Best Concerts of 2010: #20-11

Jason Stoff​(This is part two of our 31 Best Concerts of 2010 countdown. If you missed part one, #31-21, you can view that here.) 20. Todd Rundgren, Roberts Orpheum Theater, September 10, 2010 "Finally the curtain came down, but the last song wasn't over -- the band kept playing, and when the ... More >>

Ten Artists We'd Like to See at LouFest 2011

Last week LouFest announced the dates of its second festival and immediately started selling discounted two-day passes to brave souls willing to buy without knowing the line-up in advance. No word on when an official announcement will be made about who'll be playing. But in the meantime, it's fun ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 22-28, 2010

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. KANYE WEST---My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. THE NATIONAL---High Violet (Expanded Edition) 3. NICKI MINAJ---Pink Friday 4. RIHANNA---Loud 5. LATIMORE---All About The Rhythm & The Blues 6. NELLY---5.0 7. LIL WAYNE---I Am Not A Human Being 8. ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 18-24

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. LIL WAYNE---I Am Not A Human Being 2. ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL---Union 3. SUFJAN STEVENS---Age Of Adz 4. BELLE & SEBASTIAN---Write About Love 5. KINGS OF LEON---Come Around Sundown 6. JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS---Wake Up! 7. AVETT BROTHERS---Vol. 3 ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 11

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1 Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love 2. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 3. Of Montreal - False Priest* 4. John Legend/Roots Wake Up! 5. Neil Young - Le Noise 6. Old 97's - The Grand Theatre 7. Eric Clapton - Clapton 8. Fistful Of Mercy - As I Cal ... More >>

The Paste Tour

8:30 p.m. Friday, October 15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

New Release Highlights for October 5: Guster, Clinic, Apache Beat and Tim Kasher in a Middle Class Rut

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Apache Beat's Last Chants​*Apache Beat, Last Chants "Apache Beat has garnered a great deal of fanfare around its new take on rock music. Clinging to the edg ... More >>

Review Setlists Photos: Avett Brothers, with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Cut the Pageant Wide Open, Friday, September 24

Jason StoffThe Avett Brothers at the Pageant. More photos here.​"I am a breathing time machine," Scott and Seth Avett sang at the very end of last night's show at the Pageant, passing the lines around like a bluegrass villanelle. After ten years and probably a thousand shows with a band that s ... More >>

Avett Brothers Hint at New Music, In Advance of Tonight's Very-Sold-Out Show

Tonight, the Avett Brothers is playing a super-sold-out show at the Pageant. Tickets are being sold for way above face value on Craigslist (if any still exist out there for sale). Katie Moulton spoke with bassist Bob Crawford in this week's paper -- and in this outtake, he hinted that the band is th ... More >>

Twelve Things To Do This Weekend: September 24-26

​Shut out of the Avett Brothers show? Not a Kings of Leon fan? Don't worry: There's plenty of other things to do this weekend -- aside from Financial Aid at 2720 Cherokee and the Blues City Deli Streetfest, of course. Friday: Alex Chilton Tribute @ Off Broadway Christian Schaeffer interviewed ... More >>

The Avett Brothers are loving you and you and you

The Harmed Brothers

9 p.m. Wednesday, September 1. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Hear Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three's Newport Folk Festival Set

Courtesy of NPR, you can listen to Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three's Newport Folk Festival set from last weekend. Back in April, it was announced that the band would be performing at the world-famous festival, which also featured Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Levon Helm, John Prine, Avett B ... More >>

Nathaniel Rateliff

9 p.m. Tuesday, July 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Show Announcements: Week of July 8

Lady Gaga's superglam besties Semi Precious Weapons will sex up Vintage Vinyl on July 17 before taking the stage with her at Scottrade Center.​ Blueberry Hill *Hayes Carll, September 10 Blues City Deli *John Nemeth Blues Band, July 15 Cicero's *Killola, August 9 The Firebird *Matt Costa, No ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Mumford & Sons Delights a Packed Off Broadway, Tuesday, June 15

Mumford & Sons​The World Cup wasn't mentioned once during the Mumford & Sons show at Off Broadway last night, but the long sold-out crowd thundered with approval for Brits whipping us at our own game. Bringing a polished version of rollicking bluegrass and heartbreaking harmonies, Mumford & So ... More >>

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to Play the Newport Folk Festival

Big congratulations to Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, who just announced that they're performing at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, August 1. To say the fest is prestigious is an understatement: Started in 1959, the event helped thrust Joan Baez and Bob Dylan into the national eye -- a ... More >>

HullabaLOU Music Festival Debuts (Impressively) In Louisville This Summer

The B-52's are just one act slotted for the HullabaLOUfest​One of the best things about St. Louis is its close proximity to the summer's major music festivals. Not only do we get cool acts stopping here on their way to -- or from -- these events, we're within driving distance to Chicago (Pitch ... More >>

Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of December 14 - December 20

Euclid Records 1. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 2. Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom Live 3. Neil Young - Dreaming Man Live '92 4. Bob Dylan - Christmas In The Heart 5. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP 6. Norah Jones - The Fall 7. Vince ... More >>

The Best of 2009 in Music

Tonight! Uncle Monk, Tiesto

Dave Green​ Uncle Monk Who: The old-timey bluegrass project of Tommy Ramone Where: Off Broadway RIYL: Avett Brothers, Lucero, Ha Ha Tonka MP3: Uncle Monk, "Round the Bend"

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of October 4-10

Every Monday (or Tuesday), 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. Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy 2. Mountain ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 28-October 4

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. Avett Brothers - I & Love & You 2. Bottle Rockets - Lean Fo ... More >>

Show Review: Ha Ha Tonka and Roman Candle at Off Broadway, Wednesday, August 26

Calvin Engel​ "This is how we know we're back in Missouri -- they don't do that shit out west. They don't stomp," Brian Roberts, lead singer of straight-out-of-the-Ozarks band Ha Ha Tonka, said last night as the crowd in cowboy boots and flip-flops alike dug their heels in to Off Broadway's wo ... More >>

Ha Ha Tonka

9 p.m. Wednesday, August 26. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Show Review: The Avett Brothers and Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers at the Pageant, Thursday, June 25

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 ... More >>

The Avett Brothers

8 p.m. Thursday, June 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Hoots and Hellmouth

9 p.m. Saturday, June 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week of March 24

Pageant *Yonder Mountain String Band, Friday, May 8, Saturday, May 9 *Demetri Martin, Saturday, May 16 *Mint Condition, Saturday, May 30 *The Avett Brothers, Thursday, June 25meatpuppets.comBlueberry Hill *Howie Day, May 1*Meiko/Cory Chisel, May 14*Cracker, Friday, May 15*Meat Puppets, May 28

Dave Matthews Band The Hold Steady = BFFs at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, June 17?

So, odder bedfellows have existed, but this alleged show is on par with mods vs. rockers and metalheads vs. punks. According to Pollstar and an email I got from Dave Matthews Band's publicist, hipster barflies the Hold Steady are opening for the massively popular frat-rockers at the Verizon Wireless ... More >>

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

The Everybodyfields

8 p.m. Thursday, April 3. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue

The Avett Brothers

Friday, October 21; Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

The Avett Brothers

Thursday, May 12; Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum (701 North 15th Street)