I’m sensing a Scottrade pattern here.
Last month, Green Day brought along UK sensations Franz Ferdinand to open their concert. Tomorrow, the newest UK rock phenomenon, White Lies, will do the honours for Kings of Leon.
Having already headlined big halls in…
U2 never used a dash in their name and the band was already five years old when they first played here in 1981. Perhaps Lasswell figured they were named after the military plane. This review is dated April 8, 1981.
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I can’t remember a night offering as many national acts to choose from as tonight. We’ll call it our own mini-SXSW festival.
Here’s tonight’s blow-by-blow in case you want to put your running shoes on and make multiple sets. Make sure…
When it comes to live music, my top New Year’s Eve show has to be 1991 at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana played that night riding the crest of their biggest albums to date, Nevermind…
After the David Byrne show on Saturday we stumbled upon an absotively hoppin’ show at the Gramophone. Nashville’s Dynamites featuring Charles Walker played deep-South funk before a sweaty packed crowd. DJ Doug Morgan provided slick beats before and after the…
David Byrne put on a multi-faceted show on Saturday at the Fox, complete with modern dancers, a Brazilian percussionist and a trio of backup singers who doubled as dancers. The dancing was generally entertaining, though at times a bit new…
St. Louis roots band Rough Shop (www.roughshop.com, www.myspace.com/roughshop) is touring Europe from April 22 - May 5 (see the schedule below).
The acoustic trio will be visiting Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Band members Anne, Andy and John, and Marie (who will…
“There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.”
– Paul McCartney
Since 2003, almost half of the record stores in the U.S. have gone out of business, according to the Almighty Institute of Music Retail.
But let’s not let that depressing…
With Ohio’s primary fast approaching (Tuesday, March 4), Arcade Fire will hit Ohio Sunday and Monday in support of Democrat Barack Obama.
On Sunday they will play a show at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville. Monday they’ll play at the Beachland…
Baltimore rockers Cinder Road may not be headlining arenas just yet, but it’s not because they lack the sound for it.
In fact, the well-traveled band cites the arena rock heyday of the 1980s as their main influence (think Aerosmith, Def…
