It’s no secret around these parts that I love a good soul jam. I’ve been eating up The Mynabirds’ “Numbers Don’t Lie” (and eagerly awaiting the debut album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood which drops April 27th), and that cover of Wilco’s “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” by … Read more
Artwork credit: Alyssa Shapkoff Over the next four days, we’ll be bringing you our favorite albums of 2010, in no particular order. These are the records that turned round and round throughout our year, and they’ll continue spinning long into 2011. Robyn | Body Talk, Part One (Cherrytree/Interscope) [buy] Robyn, Swedish songstress and dance-pop goddess, … Read more
We’re off and running! And we’re ready to share our 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2014 for January through March. Kill the Christmas music and get these selections on your radar! Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Wig Out at Jagbags (1/7) Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes (1/14) Lanterns on the Lake, Until the Colours Run (1/14) Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Give the … Read more
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are on the road supporting their latest album, Give the People What They Want, and they’ll be making a stop at The Pageant on Sunday, March 2nd. The wonderful Valerie June, who released Pushin’ Against a Stone in 2013, will open the show. June will also perform a brief set at … Read more
Jack White closing out Day Two of Forecastle | All photos by Jason Gonulsen Day Two of the 2014 Forecastle Festival featured electric sets by Jack White, Jason Isbell, and Band of Horses. Isbell stole the day leading off with Southeastern’s “Flying Over Water,” while White played to thousands opening with The White Stripes’ “Dead … Read more
Tonight, Valerie June will be performing with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at The Pageant in St. Louis in support of her latest album, Pushin’ Against a Stone. She’ll also be performing a brief set at Vintage Vinyl around 3 PM 4PM. We selected “Workin’ Woman Blues” as one of our Best 150 Songs of 2013. … Read more
We love us some Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. So, we sent our Phoenix-based photographer, Joe O’Toole, to cover her show last week at Heritage Square Pavilion. Enjoy the photos, and please visit Joe’s site here.
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.
Photo courtesy of Truth and Soul Falling in love with Lee Fields was a three step process: 1) allowing my husband to watch his favorite lawyering show, Suits, even though I wanted to catch up on episodes of Episodes, 2) busting out my Shazam app during a poignant lawyer-visiting-his-recently-deceased-father’s-grave scene, and 3) Googling the results … Read more