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St. Louis-Based American Mustache Institute Interviews My Morning Jacket's Jim James

Wed Aug 27, 2:05 PM

God, I get the best emails sometimes. Like the one passed on to me from the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute, who recently interviewed My Morning Jacket's Jim James. The link to the interview is HERE; scroll down to August... More >>

Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers/Gutter Twins on MTV's 120 Minutes

Wed Aug 27, 1:32 PM

In the other post, Todd was wondering about love for Cincinnati (that's the nasty 'Nati, if you're from Cleveland) -- and on A to Z, our motto is "Ask and ye shall receive." Last night, I found these hilarious clips... More >>

Columbus, Ohio Rocks! Too, Says Last Days of Man on Earth

Wed Aug 27, 10:00 AM

(Please give a warm A to Z welcome to Last Days of Man on Earth proprietor Joe Stumble, who graciously penned this blog post about the Columbus, Ohio, music scene to wrap up our Cleveland Rocks! week(ish). Visit his blog... More >>

Know Your Scat Records Discography, Part II: Cobra Verde, My Dad is Dead, Nothing Painted Blue, Finn's Motel

Wed Aug 27, 9:00 AM

COBRA VERDE HQ: Cleveland, Ohio Website: http://www.myspace.com/cobraverdemusic" target="_blank">MySpace; website The Story: Formed from the ashes of legendary '80s Cle rockers Death of Samantha (Doug Gillard, of this post, was guitarist in that... More >>

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  • With a new U.S. tour alongside Aimee Mann and a fresh look at their greatest hits, U.K. pop geniuses Squeeze are reunited, reinvented — and rejuvenated
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, August 27
    When it comes to pop songwriters from the UK, several names always crop up as inspirations: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Elvis Costello, David... More >>
  • Diamonds in the Mud: A preview of the Big Muddy Blues Festival and a look at some niches in need of some Neil
    By Dean C. Minderman
    Wednesday, August 27
    Though budget constraints and the changing development landscape of Laclede's Landing will once again limit the 2008 edition of the Big Muddy... More >>
  • Nels Andrews
    5 p.m. Friday, August 29. Iron Barley, 5510 Virginia Avenue
    Wednesday, August 27
    As peripatetic, post-Townes Van Zandt troubadours go, Nels Andrews is convincing and compelling, less obsessed with his own journal keeping than... More >>
  • Ratatat
    9 p.m. Saturday, August 30. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards
    By Richard Gintowt
    Wednesday, August 27
    Maybe it's just the shrieking panther samples, but listening to Ratatat can make a person feel like he's creeping through a jungle and a dance... More >>
  • Lil Wayne
    8 p.m. Saturday, August 30. Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue
    By Oliver Wang
    Wednesday, August 27
    When New Orleans' Hot Boys formed in 1997, few foresaw teenager Lil Wayne — the youngest of the four — as the group's eventual... More >>
  • Damien Dempsey
    9 p.m. Tuesday, September 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
    By Jason Harper
    Wednesday, August 27
    Looking like a working-class brawler and singing like Luke Kelly, Damien Dempsey is one of the more inspiring trad-Irish balladeers to step up in... More >>
  • These United States
    9 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard
    By Crow Jonah Norlander
    Wednesday, August 27
    Whenever Jesse Elliott and his sister would begin to bicker in the back seat on family car trips, their mother would threaten them with... More >>
  • Nas/Talib Kweli/ Jay Electronica
    8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
    By Calvin Cox
    Wednesday, August 27
    With all the controversy surrounding the title of Nas' ninth studio album, Untitled (previously named Nigger) has become one of the most talked... More >>
  • Don Caballero
    8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, August 27
    Punkgasm, the seventh studio album released by Pittsburgh math-rock godfathers Don Caballero is affirmation that lone founding member (drummer... More >>
  • Tom Waits for No One
    9 p.m. Friday, August 29. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, August 27
    When Tom Waits had his long-awaited return to St. Louis earlier this summer, he put on a hell of a show: There was laughter, a few tears and even... More >>
  • The Educated Guess
    Beautiful Strangers
    (self-released)
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, August 27
    In the press materials for Beautiful Strangers, the piano-based quartet the Educated Guess swears allegiance to wall-of-sound pioneers Phil... More >>
  • Prisonshake took fifteen years to release its new double album, Dirty Moons – but the wait is worth it
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, August 20
    When Prisonshake released its last full-length, The Roaring Third, unleaded regular gas sold for $1.11 a gallon. Bill Clinton had recently taken... More >>
  • Annual local music festival the Lot turns ten years old, and the Gramophone fills its Tuesday nights with the sounds of jazz
    By Shae Moseley and Dean C. Minderman
    Wednesday, August 20
    St. Louis has a historic reputation as a center for jazz, but it's not always easy to find live jazz performances in the city early in the week.... More >>
  • Projekt Revolution
    2 p.m. Thursday, August 21. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, August 20
    It's hard not to consider this year's Projekt Revolution tour a clash of genres on par with the ol' Mods vs. Rockers debate. A few acts —... More >>
  • M.O.D.
    7 p.m. Friday, August 22. Fubar, 3108 Locust Boulevard
    By Nick Lucchesi
    Wednesday, August 20
    M.O.D. and its singer Billy Milano have stirred up a shit-storm of controversy in the group's twenty-plus years of existence. At 46, Milano... More >>
  • Blue Mountain
    8:30 p.m. Saturday, August 23. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, August 20
    On the classic 1995 album Dog Days, the Oxford, Mississippi, trio Blue Mountain distilled the supremely unalienated bliss of rivers, back roads,... More >>
  • Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
    7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 23. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, August 20
    There is little left to be said about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that hasn't already been echoed in the cheers of a million fans and... More >>
  • Koufax
    8 p.m. Sunday, August 24. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Ryan Wasoba
    Wednesday, August 20
    For pop-rockers Koufax, Strugglers is more than just the title of their most recent full-length: It's also an appropriate epithet for a band... More >>
  • Colin Gilmore
    8 p.m. Wednesday, August 28. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, August 20
    The peculiar nature of Colin Gilmore's Oedipal conflict is that it doesn't seem like a conflict at all. The son of country mystic Jimmie Dale... More >>
  • Tenement Ruth
    Tenement Ruth
    (self-released)
    Wednesday, August 20
    Blame it on this river city's fortuitous geography (a stopping point en route to the Mississippi Delta) or St. Louis' dubious claim as the... More >>

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Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Fire in the Bloodlines

Exploratory jazz band the Bendy Pastorius Group finds a deeper groove
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Fusion. Within music, it's practically a dirty word. Though the term is intended to suggest the... More >>

Dallas

Selfishly, But Willingly

Lately, Sarah Jaffe's outdrawn the headliners she's shared bills with, and that can mean only one thing
By Pete Freedman
Well, it happened again. Sarah Jaffe upstaged yet another touring act pulling through town.... More >>

Denver

Welcome to the weird, wonderful world of Bradford Cox's Deerhunter

By Kyle Smith
"Everyone shits. Honestly. And everyone has fucked up things they hide. I show mine with a... More >>

Houston

Born-Again Shock Rocker (and Golfer) Alice Cooper

Spider Man
By Bob Ruggiero
As he writes in his highly readable autobiography, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster, the father of... More >>

Kansas City

How Fred Wickham’s quest for a Waylon Jennings T-shirt led him to ownership of the country legend’s mid-’70s tour bus

By C.J. Janovy
Fred Wickham has two types of friends: the ones who thought he was crazy around this time last... More >>

Miami

My Morning Jacket Might Be the Best Live Band Ever

Check these guys out at The Fillmore.
By Jeff Weiss
I'm not sure of the exact moment when My Morning Jacket became the best live band in the world,... More >>

Phoenix

Sludge metal pioneers, The Melvins, are still doing things their own way on Nude with Boots

By Serene Dominic
In a parallel universe that gets everything wrong, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover would be... More >>

San Francisco

Tussle offers up the cream of the beat

By Ron Nachmann
Tussle's willingness to break rules isn't the only thing that makes it a bona fide San... More >>
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