Punk rock pros Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney tone down their aggression and angst in their latest project Wild Flag.

Welcome back, Richard Buckner. Fans of enigmatic, incandescent songwriting have missed you.

Stephin Merritt
"Obscurities"
Merge

Stephin Merritt is primarily known as the guiding force behind idiosyncratic pop band the Magnetic Fields, and while that group has long had a small but extremely devoted following, the past twelve years have seen Merritt and company gain much wider recognition.

Cheap Trick narrowly escaped death -- literally -- as the band's stage collapsed at the Ottawa Bluesfest, while it was on it.

Consider Our Blood Richard Buckner's Chinese Democracy. His last album, Meadow, was released in 2006, and since then he's been touring, mostly, with regular stops in St. Louis.

Colour Revolt opened the evening with a strong set, warming up the crowd at Off Broadway for the acts that followed. Singer-songwriter Richard Buckner followed, accompanied by Anders Parker.