On Saturday, Drive-By Truckers and Blitzen Trapper treated a rowdy crowd to a fine performance at The Pageant. Please enjoy these photos from the show, all taken by Jason Gonulsen. BLITZEN TRAPPER
All photos by Chris Lay Young the Giant played to a sold-out audience at The Pageant in St. Louis last Friday. Vance Joy opened the show. Please enjoy these photos by Chris Lay. VANCE JOY
Dr. Dog will bring its retro-groove-rock to The Pageant on Wednesday, March 12th in support of its latest album, B-Room. Saint Rich will open the show, and we have TWO pairs of tickets to give away! Before we get to details on how to enter to win a pair, let’s have a listen to “Love” … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen Valerie June is a huge talent, and she proved that last night at The Pageant where she played songs from her 2013 critically-acclaimed album, Pushin’ Against a Stone. Please enjoy our recent interview with Valerie here, and have a look at the full set of photos below.
Photo by David McClister Drive-By Truckers released their 12th album, English Oceans, earlier this month, and the band will be playing at The Pageant on Saturday, March 29th with Blitzen Trapper. We have TWO pairs of tickets to give away to the show, but before we get to details on how to enter, let’s have … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings warmed up a frozen St. Louis last night, even inviting a lucky man on stage to get down with the queen herself. Please enjoy these photos from the evening.
The 105.7 holiday shows are upon us at The Pageant, and last Wednesday’s offering tipped the scales with a sold-out performance from alt-J, Vance Joy, and Meg Myers. Please enjoy these photos by Jason Gonulsen. VANCE JOY MEG MYERS
Aimee Mann is back, this time with a new album called Charmer, her eighth studio offering. She’s currently on the road, and she’ll be making a stop at The Pageant on Tuesday, November 13th. We’d like to send two people to show, but before we tell you how to enter, let’s have a listen to … Read more
Delta Spirit (read our interview with them here), JEFF the Brotherhood, and FIDLAR will be performing at The Pageant on Thursday, November 15th, which should give us all an excuse to listen to some fine tunes and hammer down a few beers. And when Delta Spirit plays “California,” we can all get lost in thought … Read more
Photo by Jarred Gastreich Last June, I had the EXTREME (ALL CAPS doesn’t even do this adjective justice) pleasure of attending a KDHX in-studio for The Head and the Heart before the band’s Saint Louis debut at Blueberry Hill later that evening. There, Josiah Johnson, Jonathan Russell, and Charity Rose Thielen of the Seattle outfit … Read more
Joy Williams and John Paul White at The Pageant | Photo by Louis Kwok “How about a happy song?” John Paul White asked the sold-out Pageant audience before launching into “I’ve Got This Friend,” a stellar track off Barton Hollow. “We have one of those.” And although most of the songs played last night at … Read more
In 2010, NPR called JJ Grey & Mofro’s music “southern rock from the Florida swamplands.” Now that’s a “genre” we can get behind, if you absolutely must label an artist’s/band’s tunes. And yes, most everyone must. Anyway, JJ Grey & Mofro (with opener JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound) are set to rock The Pageant … Read more
Speakers in Code turned two on January 4th, so we’ve decided to make this our “birthday giveaway,” because, simply put, if Ryan Adams didn’t exist, this blog wouldn’t exist. It’s safe to say that he’s one of our favorite songwriters, inspiring us all with his words and melodies, and his new album, Ashes & Fire, … Read more
“No one can break your heart/ so you break it yourself.” Well, it’s about damn time! Andrew Bird’s much anticipated twelfth album, Break It Yourself, is FINALLY going to tickle our ears with violin fancies! Due out March 6th, the LP was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois, near the banks of the mighty … Read more
All photos by Chris Lay From the opening “Artificial Nocturne” to the closing acoustic “Gimme Sympathy,” Emily Haines and Metric owned the Pageant’s stage on Tuesday evening. Pop, punk, rock, electronic — you name it — Haines proved to be a versatile leader of a band who knew no bounds. Their 2012 album, Synthetica, was … Read more
Photo by Aggie Donkar It wasn’t too long ago that Alabama Shakes were playing The Old Rock House. And it was just last March when we told you to keep your eyes + ears on Brittany Howard and Co. And now is when we take a deep breath and listen to “Hold On,” the song … Read more
Photo by Shervin Lainez Even though this makes me feel terribly old, the last time Regina Spektor came to town was five years ago at The Pageant. I remember it being a super intimate and quiet performance, as Spektor was solo that night (she did display mad beatboxing skills during “Hotel Song,” which was wonderful). … Read more
All photos by Chris Lay Last year, we ranked M83’s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming as our 40th favorite album of 2011. So, needless to say, we’re big fans. The shoegazing outfit, fronted by Anthony Gonzalez (and complete with the creepy dude on the cover of “Midnight City”), hit up The Pageant last week and … Read more
Don’t hang your head in sorrowDon’t give up just before you win Don’t wait around for tomorrow Open up your arms and let it in December of 2009 marked the last time Glen Hansard appeared at The Pageant, and he didn’t let us down: his performance with Markéta Irglová and the Swell Season will forever … Read more
Photo by Brantley Gutierrez So, seeing Metric at Lollapalooza has convinced me of this: Emily Haines is a star and a total bad ass. Her band from Toronto is out on the road promoting its latest release, Synthetica, and songs like “Artificial Nocturne,” “Breathing Underwater,” and “Youth Without Youth” explode in a live setting. A … Read more
Photo by Katie Guymon This coming Wednesday, July 11th, Baltimore’s vanguard dream-pop duo, Beach House, will grace The Pageant’s stage in Saint Louis, with openers Wild Nothing. We’re psyched to be giving away TWO pairs of tickets to the show. Here’s how you enter: 1. Tell us where you’d build a beach house, if you … Read more
Old Crow Medicine Show is back in Saint Louis on Friday at The Pageant, and we’re pretty sure they’ll be stoked to be playing cuts off their recently released album, Carry Me Back. Of course, they’ll also probably play this sing-a-long, too. Friday’s show at The Pageant is sold out, but we have TWO pairs … Read more
Photo Credit: Chris Lay Waiting for Grace Potter isn’t all that bad. For some artists, that isn’t the case. In 2001, I waited a good 90 minutes for Lucinda Williams to show up at The Pageant, and the same album — Cowboy Junkies’ Open — played over the PA twice. A great, dark album, but … Read more
Photo by Chris Lay Let’s start with the obvious: Lucinda Williams is one of the best songwriters of her generation. Yeah, I know. That’s easy. It’s as obvious as choosing her best album: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Like many of you out there, Car Wheels was my first introduction to Williams’ music, and … Read more
Lucinda Williams, one of our favorite singer-songwriters, is back at The Pageant on Wednesday, October 12th, touring behind her latest album, Blessed, which the New York Times calls “…one of her best.” One of the great things about seeing Williams at The Pageant is that she always seems extra stoked for the occasion — many … Read more
The Decemberists sound check at The Pageant / All photos by Katie Guymon Last Wednesday, I attended my first ever sound check. Yes, I, along with approximately fifteen others, had the privilege (courtesy of my favorite indie radio station, KDHX) to witness The Decemberists, along with Nickel Creek’s Sara Watkins, gear up for that evening’s … Read more
It’s the summer of 2001 that I miss the most. I still went to record stores often. I didn’t have an iPod. There was no Facebook or Twitter. I gladly waited for everything, and I didn’t care about the urge to broadcast every little moment that I experienced (something that I’m trying to care less … Read more