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The Hold Steady are playing Monday night at the Gargoyle on the campus of Washington University. It's a dry venue, meaning the only drinking patrons ever do there during a show there is in a bathroom ... Continue reading "Top 10 Places to Drink in St. Louis Before the Hold Steady Show" >

Wash U's a cappella groups sure love their indie rock. I posted a great Rilo Kiley video last year from Mosaic Whispers, and now one Matt Kitces writes in to say that the Stereotypes -- the all-male a... Continue reading "Video: Wash U's Stereotypes Cover Of Montreal, "Wraith Pinned to the Mist (and other Games)"" >

Sunday night's No Age / Titus Andronicus / Soft Circle show at the Gargoyle drew out about 60 polite indie rockers who morphed from golf-clapping students into pogoing (and at least one stagediving) d... Continue reading "Video + Recap: No Age perform "Eraser" at the Gargoyle, 11/16/08" >

Taken at around 6:45 p.m. tonight. See also: The marquee, earlier in the day . -- Annie Zaleski

Someone found and posted Sarah Palin's 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant talent competition performance. She's playing the flute. Insanely off-key. The backing band is similarly off-key, which is probably not helping matters. My ears. -- Annie Zaleski

Vintage Vinyl is getting into a vice presidential debatin' mood, judging by the sign on its marquee right now. The debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden starts at 8 p.m. tomorrow night (October 2) at Washington University ( and at a bunch of places around town ). -- Annie Zaleski

There's no telling what kind of crowd you can expect at a Ratatat show. Over the course of three albums and two mixtapes, the instrumental duo of Mike Stroud and Evan "E*vax" Mast has cultivated a nebulous musical identity. One minute the pair's carefully playing intertwining prog-rock fugues on its Epiphones over samples of tablas and khamaks ; the next it's kicking into some heavy metal riffage over trunk-thumping club beats. Just who exactly would turn out for a show like that? (Ratatat) [...]

Says the Gargoyle : Just a head's up -- the remaining tickets for Ratatat and Broken Social Scene are being released for sale TODAY! That means get on MetroTix and/or over to the Edison Box Office ASAP! These things are going like hotcakes! Ratatat 8/30 WU: free, PUBLIC: $10 Doors 8:30, Show 9:00 Broken Social Scene 10/18 WU: $5, PUBLIC: $20 Doors 8:30, Show 9:00