Last week, we began our 2013 LouFest coverage with a Q & A with festival founder Brian Cohen, who discussed the ins and outs of the festival, the bargain that is the 2-day pass (still available here; VIP packages have now sold out), and the new partnership with C3 Presents. Check out our chat with … Read more
Last December, my favorite Saint Louis radio station, KDHX, hipped me to the glory that is Alabama Shakes. The rock-soul band played here in town to absolutely rave reviews, confirming the high year-end critical praise that it had collected over the fall months, many thanks to the buzzy release of the Alabama Shakes EP back … 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
Neil Young | Photo by Nate Burrell | www.beforetheblink.com This is the first post of a two-part series covering the 2012 Austin City Limits music festival. The second post is a photo gallery of the festival, with shots taken by Nate Burrell (www.beforetheblink.com). You can view the photo gallery here. The 2012 Austin City Limits … Read more
All Photos by Nate Burrell This is the second post of a two-part series covering the 2012 Austin City Limits music festival. The first post was a recap of the festival, and can be found here. Above and below are various shots of the festival taken by Nate Burrell (www.beforetheblink.com). Please check his site in … Read more
All photos by Aggie Donkar At the beginning of March, we gave you the skinny on Alabama Shakes along with the mandatory assignment to keep your beautiful peepers (and ears) on the band. Did you do your homework? Yeah? You get a gold star. No? Don’t worry, there’s time to rectify the clichéd dog-ate-my-homework excuse. … Read more
Bear In Heaven album art courtesy of Dead Oceans/Hometapes There is just waaaaay too much record release action in Quarter 2 for us to pick only 25 albums. So, this time around, we’re scrapping the usual format for this post and going balls out by listing the humongous list of albums coming out in the … Read more
The 11th annual Forecastle Festival at Waterfront Park in Louisville will feature a heavy stack of heavyweights: The Black Keys, The String Cheese Incident, The Avett Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, among many more (see full lineup below). We’ve never had the pleasure … Read more
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros | All photos by Louis Kwok unless otherwise noted Another LouFest has concluded, but not without making considerable waves. Day one attendance was announced at 15,000, which surpassed the combined total of 12,000 people during both days last year. “Year one, we brought in a magician, if you recall,” … Read more
ALL PHOTOS BY JASON GONULSEN Five moments. That’s misleading, of course. Forecastle is filled with them, and the fans are the life blood that power the show that always must go on. This is a music festival that doesn’t feel VIP-ish. I’ve never felt more comfortable eating a corn dog and tater tots with a … Read more
Are you a fan of Alabama Shakes? Of course you are. My Jam of the Day comes to you via Thunderbitch, a side project of Alabama Shakes leading lady – Brittany Howard. According to their Facebook page, Thunderbitch played their first and last show this past December, so who knows if we’ll ever hear anything like … Read more
Well, look who’s all grown up. LouFest (September 7th and 8th) has hit a grand slam with its amazing 2013 lineup, one that features headliners The Killers, Wilco, The National, and Alabama Shakes. This year’s event will feature three stages in St. Louis’ Forest Park, with one stage “tucked into the trees.” Previously, the fest … Read more
Paul McCartney at Lollapalooza | Photo by Jason Gonulsen When I was a kid, I loved Michael Jackson, even though”Thriller” terrified me, as did the album cover for Bad. And even though my mom is the biggest Beatles fan that I know — she saw them live, twice (!) — for some reason, when I … Read more
Photo by Jason Gonulsen Forecastle Festival, one of our favorite festivals on the planet, is back in 2016 with a spectacular and deep lineup featuring The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes, Ryan Adams, and Death Cab For Cutie. The festival will be held in Louisville at Waterfront Park on July 17 through July 19. Level 1 … Read more
PHOTO BY JASON GONULSEN Day One of Lollapalooza was highlighted by a once-in-a-lifetime performance by Sir Paul McCartney. Please enjoy these photos by Jason Gonulsen and Bridgette Aikens. PHOTOS BELOW BY JASON GONULSEN PHOTOS BELOW BY BRIDGETTE AIKENS
ALL PHOTOS BY TIM BOTTCHEN Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty returned to St. Louis last evening, playing to a packed Fox Theatre. FJM’s opening set was solid and had him explaining, “I am the guy on the other t-shirts out there.” He ended it with a mic drop. The Shakes came out rumbling with … Read more
Photo by Jason Gonulsen You know it’s a good song when the subject has been beaten to death — “I don’t wanna fight…blah blah blah” — and yet, Alabama Shakes somehow are able to make it fresh once again. Of course, it doesn’t hurt when you have Brittany Howard wailing in a unique, immediate mind-exploding … Read more