Not so, according to the A to Z blog.

Tickets for that show and Broken Social Scene’s (left) Oct. 18 show are now available at the Edison Box Office or MetroTix.com. Sweet!

Ratatat
Sat. Aug. 30
WU students free, public $10

Broken Social Scene
Sat. October 18
WU students, $5, public $20

Over the past ten years, these blasts from the past have all slung their gear onto the stage at The Lot, an annual bash thrown by city boosters Metropolis St. Louis.

The outdoor concert has showcased top local acts since 1998 and continues full force this Saturday in the Schlafly Tap Room parking lot.

What’s new for this year?

“We tried to diversify the music lineup with blues, country punk, straight rock and New Orleans funk,” said Andrew Scavotto, attorney, former musician and first time Lot chair. “We’ll also have food sales outside (from various city restaurants) and non-profit organizations set up in booths.”

Here’s your 2008 lineup, in order of appearance: The Monads, Alivn Jett and Phat noiZ, LOGOS, Earthworms and Fresh Heir, The Funky Butt Brass Band, The Feed, Victoria and So Many Dynamos (above).

The Lot

Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St.

4 p.m. - 1 a.m., FREE

For more info and band links, click here.

(Photo by Leanna Kaiser and Adam Dupuis)

Ra Ra Riot “The Rhumb Line” (Barsuk)

Ra Ra Riot’s debut album charges out of the gate with “Ghost Under Rocks,” a bass-and-cello-driven outburst whose urgency recalls Unforgettable Fire-era U2. Two tracks later, “St. Peter’s Day Festival” proves them equally adept at sighing balladry. Founding member and drummer John Pike co-wrote both of those tunes, along with three others. His accidental death before the disc’s recording gives them all a distinctly bittersweet tinge. But the upstate New York quintet’s assured performances act as a suitable memorial.

The Walkmen “You & Me” (Gigantic)

The travel-themed You & Me shows they can go home again, with dusty cuts that bridge the clanging angst of their dusty punk-club past with the Dylan-fronting-Wilco avant-roots of late.

The Fiery Furnaces “Remember” (Thrill Jockey)

Leave it to the Fiery Furnaces to make a live album that is just as challenging as their studio work, and even more fragmented. Newcomers to the band will be lost, but diehard fans will love this heroic dose of the Furnaces’ hyperactive creativity.

Stereolab “Chemical Chords” (4AD)

Playful and poppy, these vignettes fizz with urgency and hooks. Sixties lounge, Motown and Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys — as well as Stereolab’s previous pop zenith, Mars Audiac Quintet — are touchstones, but Chemical Chords’ charming immediacy sounds impeccably fresh.

The Stills “Oceans Will Rise” (Arts & Crafts)

On their third LP, the Montreal natives sift through a mix of rock & roll bombast and sonic experimentation.

The Academy Is… “Fast Times at Barrington High” (Fueled by Ramen)

Alternative Pop/Rock, Emo

(Pop’s October 30)

David Byrne “Big Love: Hymnal” (Todo Mundo/HBO/Play Tone)

Television Music, TV Soundtracks

(Fox Theatre October 18)

Xavier Rudd “Dark Shades of Blue” (Anti)

Aussie Rock, Urban Folk

(Pageant September 19)

The Dandy Warhols “…Earth to the Dandy Warhols…” (Beat the World)

Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop Underground

Jennifer O’Connor “Here with Me” (Matador)

Indie Rock

Juliana Hatfield “How to Walk Away” (Ye Olde)

Fans of the soulful English rock quartet Bloc Party will be happy to learn that they can obtain the band’s forthcoming third album, Intimacy, this Thursday (August 21) via the Information Superhighway: http://www.blocparty.com/preorder.

The physical CD, which will feature a few different tracks than the digital version, will come out October 28 on Atlantic Records.

You can hear two of the tracks on their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/blocparty.

Intimacy Track List:

Ares

Mercury

Halo

Biko

Trojan Horse

Signs

One Month Off

Zephyrus

Better Than Heaven

Ion Square

On Sale: This Friday at 5 pm

General Admission $17.50 | All Ages

Opener: Blitzen Trapper

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm

Tickets are available at the Pageant box office, Ticketmaster locations, (314) 421-4400 or www.ticketmaster.com.

The show opens tonight with a reception from 7-11 pm. The exhibit continues through Oct 4 during gallery hours.

“On the Record”

ArtDimensions 3rd Floor Gallery

1214 Washington Ave. 3rd floor (enter through Mossa Center), 314-497-5356

Open Wednesday through Saturday, noon-4pm

Memorabilia will include a phone booth from CBGB and Bruce Springsteen’s first car, a 1957 Chevy Convertible. Interactive maps will show visitors the various venues past and present that define New York pop music, from Studio 54 to Hotel Chelsea where Lennon went down.

“There really isn’t a more fitting spot for this museum than New York, the home town of Hall of Famers like the Velvet Underground, Paul Simon, and Blondie,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

Hey, since we have our own CBGB, does that mean we get one too?

Source: NME

This Fall, the band will begin work on another record, which they plan to release in the Fall of 2009, according to their MySpace page.

Death Cab for Cutie with Fleet Foxes

Monday, October 13

Fox Theater, $33-$38

http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes

http://www.fabulousfox.com/upcoming_shows.aspx

Read Rolling Stone’s profile here.

The free BBQ and concert will be held at the Old Playground Pavilion just off Grand Blvd. starting at around 2 pm. The music starts at 6 pm and will feature label acts such as Pokey LaFarge, the Rum Drum Ramblers and the Monads.

The label is also home to the 7 Shot Screamers and the Vultures.