Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle, from now until October! Saint Louis 6/21 – The Moondoggies + Blitzen Trapper @ Off Broadway [buy tickets] 6/23 – Brahms + Tokyo Police Club + Passion Pit @ The Pageant [buy tickets] 6/26 – Sleep Kitty + The Blind … Read more
Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle, from now until October! Saint Louis 7/4 – Joe Pug + Rayland Baxter @ Off Broadway [buy tickets] 7/6 – Maps and Atlases + The Cults + The Globes @ The Firebird [buy tickets] 7/8 – Sarah Borges & The … Read more
Here’s this week’s Speakers in Code endorsed live shows in St. Louis and The Triangle!Saint Louis6/12 – Twangfest: Ha Ha Tonka + Jason and the Scorchers @ Blueberry Hill [buy tickets]6/14 – Dawes + Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ The Pageant [buy tickets]6/15 – Mumford & Sons @ Off Broadway [sold out]6/15 – … Read more
I’m taking up space, I’m right out of place I’m holding a half-hearted smile to your face It’s pretty enough, but watch out, it fades away Sunday night shows can carry a weird vibe. Sometimes, the energy in the crowd or from the artist performing can be lacking, making the occasion seem a little too … Read more
Hey hey! We’ve got two tickets to see Raul Malo at the Old Rock House on October 6th to give away! You have two simple ways to enter: 1. E-mail me at [email protected] with your full name. 2. Post this on Twitter: “I entered to win a pair of tickets to see Raul Malo at @oldrockhousestl … Read more
Photo by Lauren Ross On the morning of her surgery to remove polyps from her vocal chords, Tristan Prettyman wrote one of her best songs to date: “Say Anything.” The notion is simple — to speak up, to listen to your heart, to move on. Say anything. If only it were that easy. Except, it … Read more
There are no guitars on Wye Oak’s wonderful new album, Shriek, and that fact doesn’t hold Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack from making another insightful mark with their art. The duo from Baltimore is in fine form here, with songs like “Before” and “Glory.” “The Tower” is a another highlight, and you can view its … Read more
There they go like shadows, darlingbetween this world and thatnever knowing where the light will shinebut I can tell you one thing, sweetheartwe share a place in timenothing more is needed ’cause you’re mine It’s been four years since Cowboy Junkies played a show in Saint Louis, the last being on 3/26/08 at the Sheldon, … Read more
Saturday, April 23rd marks The Civil Wars’ first appearance at The Old Rock House, and guess what? Yup, it’s sold out. Well, we can’t say we’re surprised, as the buzz has been steady around Joy Williams and John Paul White for quite awhile now (check out our interview with them here). Obviously, we’re pumped for … Read more
Photo Credit: Chris Lay When trying to come up with a mission statement for Over the Rhine, songwriter Linford Dertweiler joked that the band kicked around a few ideas. “We make sad people happy,” Detweiler said from stage at The Old Rock House, “and happy people sad.” “We skipped the Prozac and went straight for … Read more
On Friday, Ben Sollee and his band (and his cello) will be back in St. Louis performing at The Old Rock House, and we’ve got two free tickets to giveaway! As you may know, Sollee is on tour supporting his new album, Inclusions, which was released on May 10th. Here’s the video for one of … Read more