Psychedelic rockers Dr. Dog is one hard working band – and its been paying off of late.

Since being virtually unknown four years ago (and often assumed to be a hip-hop group), the Philadelphia-based band has busted out three critically-acclaimed records,…

Singer-songwriter Angela Ortiz makes her first visit to St. Louis tomorrow (Wed.), playing at Pop’s Blue Moon tavern on the Hill.

Ortiz grew up in Cuba, NY and taught herself piano using a monophonic keyboard – that’s right, one key at…

Ted Drozdowski is on a mission to spread the gospel of the blues to anyone who regards the genre as a dinosaur.

Carrying on the tradition of R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, both now deceased, Drozdowski plays slide guitar with wild…

After the Cardinals beat the Cubs on Sunday afternoon, stick around (i.e. keep drinking…) downtown and catch New Orleans brass band Bonerama play the Broadway Oyster Bar Sunday night.

The band, founded in 1998 by former members of Harry Connick’s band,…

Irish-American punk band Street Dogs will be one of the gazillion bands at today’s Warped Tour at the Verizon. They are in the same raucous camp as Flogging Molly, The Adolescents and Anti-Flag, with whom they have toured.

Street Dogs front…

For a change of pace from the guitar-heavy punk at the Warped Tour Tuesday, duck into the Skull Candy electronic tent and catch an extended set from Barcelona’s Pinker Tones.

Funk and disco propel the duo’s grooves, which borrows from a…

Louisville quintet Arnett Hollow will bring their mix of traditional bluegrass, rock, jazz and world music to the Gramophone this Saturday. It will be the band’s first appearance here.

Guitarist and vocalist Chris Rodahaffer studied several music styles at the Berklee…

Pop hooks and harmonies will abound this Saturday at the Tap Room as the local quintet Tight Pants Syndrome will release their debut album.

The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Tom Stephens. After some departures, Stephens retooled the band…

With album titles like “Songs for the Weary” and “Defeated, TN,” it’s clear that local country/folk outfit Theodore has an affinity with society’s down-and-out. The quartet writes about hard times, hard living and heartbreak, along the lines of Tom Waits,…

“First three songs, no flash. You just have to deal with it.”

That’s how rock photographer Todd Owyoung sums up the ground rules for shooting professional photos from the pit at concerts. Owyoung has turned his hobby into a professional pursuit,…