The New Pornographers

Pop: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 29 to November 4

Well I'm feeling pretty good about myself today. Over the weekend I managed to get myself kicked out of the Justin Bieber concert at Scottrade Center while working on a review, proving that even in my old age I still got it. In my youth I was actually quite capable of being kicked out of any and all ... More >>

A.C. Newman

8 p.m. Monday, October 29. The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Lone Pornographer Kathryn Calder Why She Never Gets Compared to Men

Kathryn Calder​Kathryn Calder, a member of indie-rock-mega-supergroup The New Pornographers, will play a December 13 solo show at Cicero's (6691 Delmar Boulevard 314-862-0009).The Canadian songstress is touring the U.S. in support of her second solo album "Bright and Vivid."Calder has been a m ... More >>

Okkervil River

8 p.m. Tuesday, September 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

2011 RFT Music Awards Winners Best Pop Band: Tight Pants Syndrome

The Five Saddest CDs You Can Buy for Under $2 at Best Buy

​Best Buy has a certain number of CDs it sells for preposterously cheap. Let's be clear: This isn't a bargain bin situation, where they clearly just upend the refuse in a cardboard dumpster and let people dive in. This is actual stock, kept on shelves, that in most cases sold (poorly, obviousl ... More >>

Review Setlist: Destroyer and the War on Drugs at Luminary Center for the Arts, Monday, March 28

Jon GitchoffDestroyer's Dan Bejar​A few years have passed since the last Destroyer date in St. Louis, 2008 if memory serves, during the exquisite tour for the Trouble in Dreams album. Dan Bejar, the band's singer and songwriter, did saunter on and off stage during the New Pornographers' 2010 a ... More >>

Stand-Up Todd Barry on Hoarding, Eating Oysters and Punching Louie C.K.

Photo by Francine DavetaTodd Barry looking "playfully fed-up."​Unlike lots of standups who are frenetic loudmouths, Todd Barry is a soft and gentle sip of vinegar. A card-carrying member of alt-comedy's inner circle, Barry has mastered a delivery that's famously low-key, though his working life is ... More >>

Tight Pants Syndrome

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Show Review Setlist: New Pornographers and the Dodos Spawn Pop and a Marriage Proposal at the Pageant, Monday, June 28

Annie ZaleskiNew Pornographers last night at the Pageant​When the RFT recently spoke with New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman, he admitted that Neko Case breaking her ankle before the band's April 2008 appearance in St. Louis affected his mood. "It really pissed me off that she was gone for ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 21-27

= local, * = coming to town ​Euclid Records 1. Black Keys - Brothers 2. Tom Petty - Mojo* 3. Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic 4. Robert Randolph And The Family Band - We Walk This Road 5. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. 6. Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows - Songs Of ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Carl Newman of the New Pornographers, in town tonight at the Pageant

Jason CrepsThe New Pornographers on ice.​In this week's paper, we ran an interview with the New Pornographers' redheaded frontman, Carl Newman. Now, in anticipation for tonight's concert at the Pageant with the Dodos, we offer outtakes from the conversation -- everything from Dan Bejar's geniu ... More >>

Carl Newman on the rhythms of the New Pornographers

Video: Here's What Not to Do at Next Week's New Pornographers Show at the Pageant -- Or, Don't Piss Off Neko Case

Thanks to Heather West for pointing me toward this video from the New Pornographers' Boston show on June 18. In the clip, someone throws a CD at vocalist Carl Newman as he's talking, which causes bandmate Neko Case to leap to his defense. In a very NSFW, aggro way. Rowr! The YouTube caption notes, " ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of June 14, 2010

* = coming to town, = local act Gaslight Anthem's American Slang​Vintage Vinyl 1. Drake---Thank Me Later 2. Nas & Damian Marley---Distant Relatives 3. Black Keys---Brothers 4. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers---Mojo* 5. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals---Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 6. Gaslight A ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 17-23

* = a band coming to town, = a local artist​Euclid Records 1. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street 2. Black Keys - Brothers* 3. Jayhawks - The Bunkhouse Album 4. Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms 5. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of May 10

​* = a band coming to town, = signifies a local act Vintage Vinyl 1. NATIONAL---High Violet 2. DEAD WEATHER---Sea Of Cowards 3. NEW PORNOGRAPHERS---Together* 4. OZOMATLI---Fire Away 5. GOGOL BORDELLO---Trans-Continental Hustle* 6. USHER---Raymond V. Raymond 7. CARIBOU---Swim* 8. FLYING LOTU ... More >>

St. Louis Show Announcements: Week of March 25

The Pageant*The New Pornographers/The Dodos June 28*Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros/Dawes, June 14 *Kevin Hart, April 30   ​Old Rock House*Gregory Alan Isakov, March 27*Honor Society, April 8*The Subdudes, June 26*Marcia Ball, June 20*The Nadas, May 6 *Tommy Castro Band, April 17 &n ... More >>

Review: Pretty & Nice, Title Tracks, Jumbling Towers and Loza at the Firebird, Saturday, February 20

Hey, St. Louis, the next time the local band you came to see tells you to stick around for the following acts, take heed. You wouldn't want another poor display like last night, when most of you left the Firebird after Jumbling Towers finished its set. You also wouldn't want to miss sets as punchy a ... More >>

Show Review: A.C. Newman and the Broken West at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, Sunday, March 22

A.C. Newman's solo show at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room last night was better than the New Pornographers show last year at the Pageant. There; I said it. The differences between the concerts were small, but important. For starters, Newman and his five-piece band were clearly having a ton of fun - from ... More >>

Hello, Newman: B-Sides examines A.C. Newman's power-pop talent.

Win A Pair of A.C. Newman Tickets!

That's right! A to Z has a pair of tickets to give away to A.C. Newman's show on Sunday, March 22, at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room! All you have to do is comment with a valid email address with your full first and last name -- and tell us what your favorite Newman solo song/Newman-associated project ( ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Neko Case at the Pageant, Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Show Review: Destroyer at the Duck Room, April 30, 2008 Setlist

Show Review: New Pornographers/Okkervil River at the Pageant, Saturday, April 19

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: April 18 through 20

Neko Case Breaks Ankle, Will Not Be at New Pornographers Show Tomorrow Night

National Record Store Day at Euclid Records, Vintage Vinyl on Saturday, April 19

Feist at the Pageant, April 12, 2008

2007: The Year in Song, MP3-Style

Headlights

9 p.m. Wednesday, November 7. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The New Pornographers

Challengers (Matador)

Under Spells

B-Sides talks to the Comas about their latest release and downloads Iron & Wine's "The Boy With a Coin"

Not Just Noise Homespun: Review of Not Just Noise

The Figgs

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

Field Music

Tones of Town (Memphis Industries)

Second Story Man / James Will & the Engines of Creation

9 p.m. Saturday, August 19. Off Broadway, (3509 Lemp Avenue)

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A local club finds a new owner, while Lojic leaves the Lou for LA

The M's

Wednesday, April 12, at 8:30 p.m. Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

Let There Be Rock

Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways

All I Want for Christmas in the Lou

A to Z makes a wish list for the local scene

Living on Video

The Buggles were so, so wrong

Don't Stop the Beat

The New Pornographers command you to shake your groove thang

Nora O'Connor

Wednesday, March 23; Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

A.C. Newman

The Slow Wonder (Matador)

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We talk with the honey-voiced songstress Neko Case

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Plucky Seven

The New Pornographers play the sounds of summer. Hawaiian shirts optional.