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The Postal Service (Band)

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    February 28, 2012

    Polica at Old Rock House, 2/27/12: Recap

    Back in November of 2011, and unknown band (at least around these parts) from Minneapolis, Polica (pronounced Poe-Lisa), quietly put on a gripping performance at the Old Rock House -- even if there were fewer than a dozen people there to witness it. Since that time, Polica has played sold out shows ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Death Cab For Cutie At The Pageant, 10/2/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • Music

    June 2, 2011

    Meet the 2011 Riverfront Times Music Award nominees

    Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Jorge Posada, Albert Pujols and The Weight of Past Glory

    commons.wikimedia.orgPosada in 2007.​If you're even a casual sports fan and aren't living under a very large rock, you may have heard there was some hullabaloo over the weekend involving the New York Yankees' veteran catcher, Jorge Posada. It seems that, after seeing his name penciled in the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2011

    Nee

    The Hands of Thieves EP
    (self-released)

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Eight Songs Less Than Jake Should Cover

    ​Less Than Jake's upcoming February 11 show at Pop's has inspired A to Z to reminisce over the lost art of the ska/punk cover. The beauty is in its simplicity: It's the same song you know and love, just played faster and louder and splattered with horn lines. Less Than Jake has mastered the co ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Oberhofer/Flaming Death Trap/Dubb Nubb

    9 p.m. Wednesday, January 26. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard in the Busch Student Center at Saint Louis University.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Eleven Local Artists You Need to Know in 2011

    ​The life cycle of a local music community goes something like this: Bands form, play out, record music, play out more and (eventually) break up. There's plenty of variation in this sequence of events, of course, but in St. Louis, the local-band turnover tends to be rather high. Keeping track ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2010

    An Under Cover Weekend Night One: Union Tree Review, Sleepy Kitty, Bruiser Queen

    ​An Under Cover Weekend kicked off last night in fine fashion promptly at 8:30 p.m., with the Union Tree Review on stage at the Firebird covering the Postal Service. Thanks to a steady schedule of live shows, the young indie-folk band has improved mightily in recent months. Its set only solidi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Ten Things To Do This Weekend

    image via1. Dogtown Street Musicians FestivalThis weekend marks the first ever Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Located between the 1200 - 1300 block of Tamm, this event will run Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 2. Funk Fest 5Go get funked up at Broadway Oyster Bar Saturday night, starting at ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2010

    Owl City

    8 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Set Tour Dates

    Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard are playing four shows in October, to celebrate the release of their Jack Kerouac-inspired collaboration, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. The closest tour date is October 26 in Chicago at Lincoln Hall -- and judging by the band backing the pair, a road trip m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2009

    Show Review: Jumbling Towers, the Hibernauts, ...music video? and Exercise at the Firebird, Friday, September 11

    BY BOB MCMAHON After a seemingly interminable hiatus, Jumbling Towers made its long-awaited return to the stage last night with a powerful, if occasionally shaky, reminder of why it's one of St. Louis's best indie-rock bands. Not playing a show in about a year left the quartet with some rust to dis ... More >>

  • Music

    July 29, 2009

    Happy Birthday, Punk: The Vans Warped Tour turns fifteen years young

    BY BOB MCMAHON After a seemingly interminable hiatus, Jumbling Towers made its long-awaited return to the stage last night with a powerful, if occasionally shaky, reminder of why it's one of St. Louis's best indie-rock bands. Not playing a show in about a year left the quartet with some rust to dis ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    Jenny Lewis

    8 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

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    August 22, 2007

    Circuit Breakers

    Sparks fly as So Many Dynamos generates indie buzz.

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    January 31, 2007

    We're with the DJ

    Send in your hottest mix — it might take you all the way to Miami.

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    October 18, 2006

    Cold as Ice

    NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp.

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Here Comes the Sun

    Umbrellas opens up

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