Concert review and set lists: Passion Pit (with Matt & Kim and Icona Pop) party and dance all night at Peabody Opera House, Tuesday, February 26
On a night three of the most danceable rising acts in pop shared a single auditorium, the crowd spurned its seats in favor of returning the elation billowing off the stage. Passion Pit, with an immaculate set from Matt & Kim, ended St. Louis' February with a unique high point.
Song of the Day: 'Get Down' by Pillowfight
With a groove that's both relentless and deceptively simple, the latest track from Pillowfight -- aka Dan the Automator and Emily Wells (along with cohorts Kid Koala and Lateef the Truthspeaker) -- comes as advertised: "Get Down" is a no-frills, all-boogie party manifesto.
Concert review: Like a virgin no more, Madonna plays first show in St. Louis, Scottrade Center, Thursday, November 1
Madonna, the undisputed Queen of Pop, brought her live spectacle of sight and sound to St. Louis for the first time on Thursday before a packed house at the Scottrade Center, eliciting widely mixed reactions amongst her faithful followers.
'It was just pretty much chaos and all hell breaking loose every night' A pre-LouFest interview with Girl Talk
Electronic musician and dance-party captain Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, returns to St. Louis this summer for LouFest.
Charting the music: SebastiAn, 'Total'
French electro house artist SebastiAn brings yet another release to the forefront of the experimental electronic genre. In a true avant-garde fashion, "Total" fuses house, industrial, experimental and '70s pop as well as elements of funk.
Charting the music: The Japanese Popstars, 'Controlling Your Allegiance'
Northern Ireland natives, the Japanese Popstars, bring house music to the forefront with their second studio album, "Controlling Your Allegiance."
Charting the music: Thievery Corporation 'Culture of Fear'
Infused with social and political messages, the sixth studio album from Thievery Corporation, Culture of Fear, expands the group's electronic horizons.
A smashing party at Countdown to Tron: Legacy at the Firebird
It was a hot and sweaty electro party last Thursday at the Firebird. The KDHX Countdown to Tron: Legacy party hosted by Kate from Beep Beep Boop Boop was a smash with local DJ talents Kate, Johnny Orr and DJ Coreyography, classic arcade games, glowing body art, a Ducati and the epic bit-crushed symphony of Daft Punk’s film score.
Concert review: To all the 18-year-olds at the Billiken Club on Saturday, November 20: The Hood Internet crushed it, and it was sick
If I were 18 again, I’d throw out the fake ID I got by paying $8 and showing only my county library card to a nameless “state official” from an unmarked storefront on Cherokee Street, before Cherokee Street had streetlamps and coffee shops and rock venues, so that I could get into Stages: Five Levels of Dancing on the East Side.
Minus the Bear 7/12/10
The '80s are back with a funky vengeance, and Minus the Bear seems synth-bent on leading the charge with this year's OMNI.
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