Didn't make it out this weekend? Lame! You missed some damn good times, including the Japandroids at the Billiken Club, Elvis Perkins at the Gargoyle and a wild night at Lure with a soft-core porn star.
On Friday night, Canadian garage-rock duo the Japandroids played the Billiken Club on the Saint Louis University campus. Matthew Jackson was there and brings back this concert review, while Jason Stoff was there and has this photo essay from the show.
Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.A. Bondy at the Gargoyle
Kelsey Whipple was in the audience on Friday night at the Gargoyle, another university-based music venue in town, to see Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.A. Bondy. Whipple brings back this concert review.
Music photographer Todd Owyoung was in the photo pit on Saturday night for the "Glamour Kills Tour," a package concert tour include headliners All Time Low, and We the Kings, Hey Monday and Friday Night Boys opening the sold-out show. The kids love this band, see why in this 24-photo slideshow here.
Lure nightclub on Washington Avenue plays host to a variety guests who swing through town and on Saturday night, the spotlight was on Krista Ayne, former Penthouse and Rolling Stone cover subject and now a star on a late-night Cinemax series, Life on Top. See photos from the party at Lure here, by nightlife photographer Egan O'Keefe. We also asked Ayne ten questions about her show, read the Q-and-A here.