Notable Upcoming Concerts

This years selection of indie music visiting Missouri has been lacking compared to previous years that featured acts like Animal Collective, TV on the Radio, Dan Deacon, and at least a few visits by Of Montreal. Even Sufjan Stevens owes a visit to this rural neck of the woods styled state he loves to write about. Still, these upcoming shows and a few visits by the energetic Ratatat to the Blue Note in Columbia and Off Broadways low key visit by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone make 2009's live music in Missouri scene not to lacking. Oh, and if you missed Brooklyners Matt and Kim and Austrailian giants Cut Copy in March, it was your loss. At least there's that Bacardi add to tide you over for their next visit...

Upcoming Shows in St. Louis, MO

November 13

Peter Bjorn and John + El Perro del Mar @ the Gargoyle

November 20

Japandroids + Surfer Blood @ the Billiken Club

or

Elvis Perkins in Dearland + A. A. Bondy @ the Gargoyle

December 4

The Swell Season + Rachael Yamagata @ the Pageant

Note: The Blue Note in Columbia, which did feature a good run of Ratatat, Andrew Bird, Grizzly Bear, and St. Vincent seems to have skimped out on anything good for the rest of the year...quite a dissapointment.

MC201 Exercise

Mathew Brady is the chief source of the images we have of the American Civil War, and according to a local historian, he is the chief source of the way in which we look at ourselves.
The citizens of Ticonderoga County will have a marvelous chance to take a look into that mirror beginning today with a major exhibit of Brady photographs. The reason we remember Brady, Sloan said, is because of the studio photos of nearly every famous person of the day.