Screaming Females
"Ugly"
Don Giovanni
The incendiary punkish alt-rock trio Screaming Females may contain only one female member -- lead singer and guitarist Marissa Paternoster -- but the band's name is not inaccurate; Paternoster herself contains multitudes.
Mike Ness seems tired, or maybe just bored. I saw him about this time last year at the Pageant and walked away thinking I had seen one of the greatest shows. But after last night's Social Distortion show at Pop's, I cruised back home over the bridge a little more than underwhelmed.
There's something deeply disconcerting about the music of mr. Gnome. Arch and jagged, primal and poetic, fragile and explosive, the Cleveland duo proves that opposites really do attract.
Japanese garage punk band Guitar Wolf had the crowd whipped into a frenzy at the Firebird on Thursday night. DinoFight!, Ded Bugs and Transistors opened the show.
It could have happened in any dimly-lit bar or club over the past 33 years. Mission of Burma, the iconic post-punk power trio from Boston, could have played any number of venues that have come and gone in St. Louis, but they didn't. In that sense, their show at the Firebird last night was indeed historic.
Punk-rock icon Kevin Seconds has always said the main intention with his music was to play extremely melodic songs extremely fast. Thirty or so years later, the tempo has slowed down, but Seconds' songs and vocals have blossomed as witnessed Thursday night at the Firebird.
Stalwart punk anthems for the outwardly tattooed but emotionally fragile: the Smoking Popes, unlikely love balladeers and polite band of brothers, played to a couple dozen enthralled fans at the Firebird on Thursday night.
If all this Valentine's Day pink has you seeing red, we've got the perfect playlist for you.
St. Louis band False Moves opened up at the Firebird last night with a set of skillful, pulsing, rhythmic tunes that featured two guitars, a bass and core-rattling drums.
Back in November when the Lawrence Arms decided to play St. Louis for the first time in four years, they made sure to pick the coldest and snowiest day of the year.
Brendan Kelly of Chicago punk group the Lawrence Arms took some time out from his kids and music to give KDHX the rundown on the current state of his bands, his family and the music industry itself.
Having been together in one form or another for over 30 years, it's amazing that Fishbone is still bringing high-energy, genre-bending funk/punk/rock/ska as hard as they were in their late ‘80s heyday.
Following performances by Man Over Board, This Time Next Year and the Wonder Years, Set Your Goals took the Pageant stage before a stuffed pit. Dual vocalists Matt Wilson and Jordan Brown hyped the crowd with a set of tunes that featured their signature melodic hardcore sound.
On a quest to express the music he hears in his head, Fugazi's Joe Lally explores his own songs with bass, drums and cello on his current tour.
Punk rock pros Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney tone down their aggression and angst in their latest project Wild Flag.
Although they may not be as well known as the bands they've influenced, alt-rockers Meat Puppets continue to play the country-tinged, psychedelic rock that their fans crave.
Cicero's venue was packed from the stage to the soundboard Monday night for Japanese punk rock band, Melt Banana.
This isn't rock 'n' roll treason. This is Benedict Arnold, a punk rock band from St. Louis that makes no apologies and takes no prisoners.
The first act to hit the stage was Mariachi El Bronx, the alter-ego of California punk rockers the Bronx. Dressed in charro suits and playing instruments normally found in traditional mariachi bands, the group's sound was about as authentic as you can get being this far away from Jalisco.
A native of St. Louis, bobEE Sweet has been broadcasting on 88.1 KDHX for a decade. His current show, Uncontrollable Urge, has been on air since 2006, and its host plans to keep on rocking for many more years.
The Honda Civic Tour rolled into Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Friday night, bringing My Chemical Romance and Blink 182.
Haling from Nashville, the city that Rolling Stone magazine declared has the best music scene in America in 2011, punk rock trio the Ettes return with their fourth studio album, "Wicked Will."
A barrage of merchandise tents, non-profits, stages with unfamiliar faces (and names) and active half-pipes is likely to overwhelm even a veteran Warped fan.
Last night the Coathangers battled through screeching mikes and a late start to fill the basement of Apop Records with their special brand of dance party punk.
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