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    April 23, 2012

    Chain and The Gang at Pig Slop Studios, 4/21/12: Review and Photos

    Chain and The Gang | XXO | Little Big Bangs Pig Slop Studios April 21, 2012 Back in the mid-1990s, there used to be an Indie-Rock Flea Market in Arlington, VA every summer. These events would attract not only music fans from throughout the Northeast, but also the local Washington, D.C.-area music c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Three

    Show in a Van Down by the River, November 16 November 16th was chilly this year, as November 16ths in St. Louis tend to be. Rain was tentatively in the forecast, and a quick glance to the cloud-covered skies served only as confirmation of our local weather forecasters' suspicions. In an unassuming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    A Band By Any Other Name...

    ​Yesterday, we told you about this Friday's Palace album release show. Palace is the name of a St. Louis four-piece specializing in athletic harmony. Palace is also the first half of the monikers Will Oldham was using in the '90s (Palace Music, Palace Brothers and Palace Songs). Some of you fo ... More >>

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    September 21, 2011

    The Raincoats and Grass Widow at the Double Door, Chicago, 9/19/11: Review and Setlists

    The Raincoats. Photo by Mike Appelstein​The Raincoats | Grass Widow The Double Door September 19, 2011 After three decades of sporadic activity, it's about time the Raincoats played the Midwest. This legendary late '70s/early' 80s London band toured the East and West coasts during its init ... More >>

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    September 15, 2011

    Widowspeak at The Billiken Club, 9/14/11: Review and Setlist

    Widowspeak​Widowspeak Billiken Club September 14, 2011 As if to make up for lost time, NYC's Vivian Girls made a return trip to St. Louis last night -- the band's second in six months. As last time, their set was fun and frenetic. However, I was just as interested in Widowspeak, a fellow Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Vivian Girls For Free! Tonight! Billiken Club!

    Courtesy of Vivian Girls​Before this year, Vivian Girls had never played a show in Missouri. Now, after April stops at Vintage Vinyl and the Firebird, the trio will make its third appearance in St. Louis tonight at the Billiken Club. Widowspeak will open. Doors are at 8 p.m. and the show start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Vivian Girls at Vintage Vinyl and The Firebird, 4/21/11: Review

    Nolan Conway​Vivian Girls with Black Lips Vintage Vinyl/The Firebird Thursday, April 21 Live music patrons of St. Louis, you had a choice last night: You could have gone to see Arcade Fire and The National play Scottrade Center (and if my Twitter feed is any indication, most people I know did ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Vivian Girls songwriter Cassie Ramone talks about outliving the hype

    Nolan Conway​Vivian Girls with Black Lips Vintage Vinyl/The Firebird Thursday, April 21 Live music patrons of St. Louis, you had a choice last night: You could have gone to see Arcade Fire and The National play Scottrade Center (and if my Twitter feed is any indication, most people I know did ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2011

    SXSW Days 3 and 4: Dum Dum Girls, Joy Formidable, La Sera, The Vaccines, Josh Ritter, Lucinda Williams, Venice Is Sinking, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Asobi Seksu, Hurray For the Riff Raff and Twangfest Party, Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19

    Dana PlonkaLa Sera at Waterloo Records​At the end of the final night at South By Southwest 2011, I walked down 6th Street, a scene you can surely picture without my assistance. But I have this press badge to earn, so: By 1 a.m. on Saturday night / Sunday morning, downtown Austin was a zombie m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Last Collector Standing: Mike Zapf of Vivian Girls on Competitive Crate-Digging and Finding Vinyl Treasure in Unexpected Places

    The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    LouFest Wants You to Guess Its Lineup, Win Passes

    ​First, here's some good news on this Day of Snow Reckoning: According to organizer Brian Cohen, LouFest is looking to announce its lineup in late March. Hooray! In the meantime, 'Fest will be presenting shows at several venues around the city, starting with February 8's Tokyo Police Club show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Show Announcements: Week of January 27

    image viaZola Jesus is Nika Roza Danilova, the 21 year old's operatic tenor and tender age make her Rihanna among noise makers, but Danilova's emotion isn't borrowed, it's wrenched. With Cult of Youth at the Billiken Club April 14.​ 2720 Cherokee *Anthony B, February 2 Atomic Cowboy *Sarah an ... More >>

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    January 24, 2011

    Black Lips, Vivian Girls Coming to Firebird

    Jason StoffBlack Lips at the Firebird, April 2010​If you read Pitchfork this morning (or caught the Firebird's Twitter a few hours ago), you read this news: On Wednesday, Thursday, April 21, the Black Lips/Vivian Girls double tour is coming to the venue. Tickets are on sale Friday at noon. Gar ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2010

    2010: The Year In Music

    Jason StoffBlack Lips at the Firebird, April 2010​If you read Pitchfork this morning (or caught the Firebird's Twitter a few hours ago), you read this news: On Wednesday, Thursday, April 21, the Black Lips/Vivian Girls double tour is coming to the venue. Tickets are on sale Friday at noon. Gar ... More >>

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    September 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Interview: Male Bonding's Kevin Hendrick

    Steve Gullick​Best Coast and Male Bonding are opening the Gargoyle's semester tonight. The show starts at 9 p.m. We've already interviewed Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. But Male Bonding deserves some attention as well: The UK trio released its (excellent) Sub Pop debut, Nothing Hurts, earlie ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2010

    Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino evokes lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

    Steve Gullick​Best Coast and Male Bonding are opening the Gargoyle's semester tonight. The show starts at 9 p.m. We've already interviewed Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. But Male Bonding deserves some attention as well: The UK trio released its (excellent) Sub Pop debut, Nothing Hurts, earlie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 7-13

    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: Apop Records: Vivian Girls: Everything Goes Wrong Tortoise: Beacons of Ancesto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 31-September 7

    Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. (Vintage Vinyl will return next week -- they had catastrophic email problems last week.) An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without furt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2009

    Interview and Photos: Vivian Girls at Pitchfork Music Festival

    Kickball Katy of th Vivian Girls.Brooklyn-by-way-of-New Jersey's Vivian Girls seemed at home on the festival stage at Pitchfork today, although the young trio showed a few signs of being new to the game during its set, at one point asking the audience to all lift their arms in the air ("It look ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2008

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

    Kickball Katy of th Vivian Girls.Brooklyn-by-way-of-New Jersey's Vivian Girls seemed at home on the festival stage at Pitchfork today, although the young trio showed a few signs of being new to the game during its set, at one point asking the audience to all lift their arms in the air ("It look ... More >>

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