Story of the Year released its major label debut, Page Avenue , in 2003. In the years since then, other bands of its ilk have broken up, run out of creative steam or gone soft. But four albums into its career, the St. Louis quintet continues to defy critics – and resist pigeonholing ...
It's been pretty quiet on the Cardinal front lately. Then again, if anyone is going to stir things up, it'll be the Tsunami himself, Joe Strauss. According to Strauss, the Pujols contract extension talks are currently being held, though the ...
In 1997, the extreme flashing colors of a Pokémon episode sent 635 Japanese children to the hospital with epileptic seizures. If one band is likely to stir up a similar reaction on the aural level, it might be Tokyo new-wavers Polysics. The quartet's R2-D2 synth ...
In 2010, the hardest-working man in St. Louis just might be hip-hop mainstay Murphy Lee. In December, the affable member of the St. Lunatics self-released the solo album/DVD You See Me — his first official album since parting ways with Universal Records last year. (At least as a solo ...
Originally formed by members of '90s alterna-faves Stir to be an occasional between-tour workout, El Monstero y Los Masked Avengers has become an almost unrivaled holiday tradition in St. Louis. In fact, the Pink Floyd tribute band's annual shows are the hottest tickets in town again this ...
The tireless efforts made by young Ralphie Parker in pursuit of an "Official Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot range model air rifle" and the reasons why he'll never get it are familiar to all, thanks to repeated viewings of the holiday classic ... A Christmas Story ... every year. Bu ...
After a relatively quiet year, indie-rock everymen the Hibernauts have returned to build on the goodwill generated by their 2007 debut EP, the zippy and melodic Period Fable ... Formerly a quartet, the 2009 Hibernauts are emboldened by the addition of former Victoria bassist Chad Rogers, who ...
At the P-D they're taking good advantage of the Cardinals' dual Cy Young candidates, as they've gotten both Wainwright and Carpenter on record as being Spartacus. (I would have liked one more, maybe PINEIRO: Why Joel Pineiro should win the Cy Young.) ... For my money Wainwright's take on Carpenter is more interesting: ... But we should talk about this year. This year he just out-executed everybody. If he wouldn't have lost that time because of injury, would we even be talking about this?
Ayse Eren is the former vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Farshid Etniko, the popular local Latin-jazz band. As might be expected, her debut solo album, How Long 'Til , carries on that band's sophisticated, seductive motifs. Recorded and mixed by ex-Stir drummer Brad Booker (who also ...
From the start of Strawfoot's second full-length, How We Prospered , it's clear that the ramped-up bluegrass band has lightened its mood. Where its debut album, Chasing Locusts , was scorched by fire and blackened with brimstone, Prospered finds no small amount of joy in the da ...