The Decemberists

The Six Best Songs About Olympic Events

Hey, Earth. Not sure if you heard, but the 2012 Olympics are happening right now in London. Music is an important part of the overall festivities, although most selections heard during the ceremonies and coverage are catchall motivational songs or hype-up tracks. Okay, a few national anthems too. We ... More >>

Blind Pilot's Israel Nebeker on Songwriting and "White Apple"

In this week's RFT, Senior Music Writer Roy Kasten chronicles the story behind Blind Pilot, a rising Portland folk-pop band touring behind its sophomore album We Are the Tide (produced by Tucker Martine, best known for his work with the Decemberists and Laura Veirs). The band performs at Plush (3224 ... More >>

The Kitchens are Alive with the Sound of Music

Image via​After a recent lunch at a Chinese hog trough buffet where we were lulled into stupor by the gentle tones of "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" on the sound system and one too many sticks of chicken meat, we've been thinking a lot about music and food. Turns out we're not the only ones. Around the s ... More >>

The Decemberists and Justin Townes Earle at the Pageant, 4/27/11: Review

Decemberists. Photo by Jason Stoff​The Decemberists/Justin Townes Earle The Pageant April 27, 2011 Last night Colin Meloy of the Decemberists upended his reputation as a proggy prig with a (mostly) straightforward set of hyper-literate country-rock. Like the band's most recent album The King ... More >>

Decemberists Ticket Giveaway!

Photo by Autumn DeWilde​Justin Townes Earle and the Decemberists will be at the Pageant tomorrow night. Unfortunately for fans of urban blues and bookish indie, respectively, this sucker is sold out. All hope is not lost, however: We have two tickets to give away. To win, just head over to th ... More >>

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to Play the Newport Folk Festival in 2011

For the second year in a row, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three will be playing the prestigious Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. Pokey and co. will be performing on Saturday, July 30, the same day that the Decemberists headline. (Other acts performing that day include Gillian Welch, Gogol ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of February 10

image viaThe novelty of chillwave subsided long ago, but Neon Indian's hypnagogic ennui is still compelling two years after the nascent rise and fall of the much-maligned genre. Catch their St. Louis debut on June 8 at The Firebird. ​ Apop Records *Taboo, February 23 2720 Cherokee *Bawn in th ... More >>

The Decemberists: Coming to St. Louis?

​When the Decemberists announced tour dates a few weeks ago, some local fans of the band were a bit grumbly, because the trek didn't include St. Louis. Judging by a new list of tour dates I just received from the band's publicist, however, people might have cause for celebration: The email lis ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club

9 p.m. Tuesday, February 8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

New Release Highlights for January 18: Braids, Lady Lazarus, Shilpa Ray, Tennis, Young Prisms and other noise.

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Gregg Allman returns with Low Country Blues.​*Gregg Allman, Low Country Blues NPR said of Allman's new record, "[It] gets Allman back to the roots he and bro ... More >>

Blue Giant

9 p.m. Friday, September 17. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Heart (Allegedly) Going to Play a Show in St. Louis(!)

The email Gods have shined upon me, to mitigate my disappointment over the lack of Heart at the local Lilith Fair stop: According to a press release I just received, the band is allegedly going to be playing a show in St. Louis on Sunday, August 29. The venue is listed as TBA, so this show should be ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: A Well-Mannered Riot Hails Arctic Monkeys at the Pageant

Last night's Arctic Monkeys show proved the kids still have spirit. This post-punk band from northern England debuted in 2006 with the fastest-selling album in British music history, while band members were still 19 and 20 years old. Four years and two more albums later, the band is cleaned up but s ... More >>

Homespun: Dear Vincent, So Long Winter

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Dear Vincent's EP, So Long Winter. He had this to say: The local quartet Dear Vincent writes tightly constructed folk-rock songs that spin out with the precision and delicacy of a music box's lullaby, albeit with darker overtones. On the band's debu ... More >>

In a Silent Way: The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra scores the silent film Nosferatu this weekend at Off Broadway

Mirah

9 p.m. Friday, October 16. The Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University. 20 North Grand Boulevard.

Blinded by the Light: Blind Pilot follows up its Decemberists tour dates with a headlining show of its own

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

9 p.m. Thursday, July 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Twangfest Auction Rolls On, Fest Starts Tonight With Alejandro Escovedo at the Pageant

Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it ou ... More >>

Local Band to Know: Old Lights, Opening for Constantines/Crystal Antlers

In recent months, the band Old Lights has cropped up everywhere around town (and beyond): opening for Magnolia Electric Co. in Columbia, playing after the Decemberists in the Halo Bar and tomorrow, opening the Constantines/Crystal Antlers show at the Duck Room. (For good measure, the band is also pl ... More >>

Video: The Decemberists, "Crazy on You" (Heart cover) at the Pageant, May 31, 2009

Sorry, this should read: The Decemberists destroy Heart's "Crazy on You" at the Pageant on May 31, 2009. Thanks, user xdipndotx, for taking this amazing high-quality video. Review here.

Show Review Photos Setlist: The Decemberists and Blind Pilot at the Pageant, Sunday, May 31

Better Than: Sitting at home, curled up on the couch reading Proust and listening to NPR. The Decemberists have asked a lot of their fans on this tour. Anyone who doesn't like its new album, The Hazards of Love, is out of luck: The first part of the show is a front-to-back performance of the sprawl ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: May 29 to 31

Friday, May 29 *Death Vessel/Beth Bombara/Cassie Morgan, Firebird *Loop Underground, featuring Jason and the Beast/Iron Fist Dillusion/Reigning Heir/the 12-6 Movement/Inappropriate Behavior, The Pageant *The Safes/Left Arm/Argonauts, Atomic Cowboy *Devon Allman, The Shanti *Leroy Pierson, BBs Jazz, ... More >>

The Decemberists

8 p.m. Sunday, May 31. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Save the Date: 2009 RFT Music Awards Showcase, Sunday, June 7

Just got word today that this year's Music Showcase will take place on Sunday, June 7, all day in the Loop. (It won't conflict with the May 31 Decemberists show at the Pageant or Twangfest's June 10-13 dates.) Stay tuned for more details as soon as we know them.

Tonight! Portugal.The Man, Wintersleep and Earl Greyhound at Fubar

Portugal. The Man/Wintersleep/Earl Greyhound

9 p.m. Wednesday, November 12. FUBAR.

On tour for Narrow Stairs, Chris Walla and Death Cab for Cutie bring musical gems and political smarts to the Fabulous Fox

Headlights, My Brightest Diamond Playing Cicero's; French Kicks, Office, more at Play:stl Fest

Krist Krueger

8 p.m. Sunday, August 10. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

Pitchfork Craiglist Missed Connections: A Selection

Apples in Stereo

9 p.m. Saturday, July 19. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City

Robert Pollard at the Bluebird, Friday, October 10

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: Ten Years After St. Louis Live Recording

Euclid Records Opens a Concert Poster Bonanza Online

All Night Long, All Night

The weekend that was the RFT Music Awards Showcase

Last Night's Show: John Vanderslice

Homespun: Strawfoot

Chasing Locusts (self-released)

Last Night's Show: The Decemberists

The Decemberists

8 p.m. Saturday, April 14. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

Snuggling up with the Long Winters

John Roderick makes lyrical non-sequiturs an art form.

Canada

8 p.m. Sunday, March 11. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).

This Just In: Tuesday, January 30

2006: The Year in Music

Week of December 28, 2006

The Decemberists

The Crane Wife (Capitol)

The Minders / Of Montreal

8 p.m. Monday, August 14. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).

The Misfits

The fantastic, the majestic...the Decemberists

Leaving on a Jet Plane

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

'03, Oh My!

Our critics weigh in on a questionable year’s best music