Melodic alt rock band Mute Math — you know, the one with the cool videos — is back in town.They played the old Creepy Crawl a few years back and will graduate to the Pageant’s stage Friday.

After much hand wringing,…

J. Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. absolutely rocked it last night at the Pageant. I had never seen the band before and am glad I decided to go.

From the start of their hour plus set of classics and newbies, it was…

Rumblings have been coming out of the Boise area as indie rock quartet Built To Spill is gearing up for their new album release, There Is No Enemy, due out Oct. 6 (Warner Bros.) It follows up 2006’s You In…

Saturday’s Pageant show offers St. Louisans their first chance to see Brooklyn’s Santigold (nee Santogold), who blew up after releasing her self-titled debut album last year.

According to Wikipedia, she changed her name a few months ago “as a result of…

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs return to the Pageant Tuesday, playing one of their first dates of a world-conquering tour.
Their itinerary is a virtual victory lap after the release of their acclaimed third record, It’s Blitz.
The album, recorded out in the…

St. Louis audiences will get their first chance to see the flamboyant spectacle that is Fischerspooner this Thursday at the Pageant. They are doing their first U.S. tour in five years.

For the last two years, the group that helped create…

Omaha’s the Faint returns to St. Louis this Friday, playing the Pageant.

Their new album, Fasciinatiion, is a white hot collection of thumping, bleeping, morphing tunes that should keep the Pageant crowd in motion.

The band waited four years to follow up…

Blitzen Trapper, opening for fellow Oregon resident Stephen Malkmus this Saturday at the Pageant, is a good fit – both groups play organic, edgy rock that is heavy on hooks. It’ll be a night of straight up good music.

On it’s…

Of Montreal, led by uber weirdo Kevin Barnes, put on an entertaining show last night at the Pageant. Leaning heavily on songs off the new album, Skeletal Lamping, the band ratcheted up the drama with an assortment of costumes, mini-plays…

Athen’s, Ga.-based Of Montreal will bring its shenanigans to the Pageant tomorrow night. Clad in glittery, gaudy outfits and costumes, their shows are in the Flaming Lips realm (but better music.) With Halloween fast approaching, perhaps the band will take…