Looking for something to do?  LouFest this weekend should keep you busy:

1. LouFest – the actual festival

-Where: Central Field, Forest Park
-When: Saturday, August 28th and Sunday, August 29th
-How Much: 2-day pass: $64, single day: $38
-Why: Forest Park, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Built to Spill, Jeff Tweedy, So Many Dynamos, Titus Andronicus – I could go on indefinitely.
-What else: Although the headliners are solid each day, there are many quality acts earlier in the day. Brave the heat and arrive early to see some great local and national openers! Read More »

Written by Eleven Magazine, filed under Upcoming and tagged Afterparties, LouFest.

This week’s Record Club entry was mailed to us (figuratively) by Euclid Records.

The Cynics – Rock ‘n’ Roll
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Written by Eleven Magazine, filed under Vinyl and tagged Euclid Records, Record Store Club, Rock 'n' Roll, The Cynics.

Jason Kanzler, better known as DeadAsDisco, spins every Wednesday night at the Atomic Cowboy in The Grove. Fortunately for his small group of followers, this is just one of the four shows her performs on a weekly basis. He sat down with Eleven to talk the Atomic Cowboy, St. Louis, and his taste in music.

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Written by Ashley Jones, filed under Local Profile and tagged DeadAsDisco, Follow Friday, The Atomic Cowboy.

So many bands, so little time – it was the best type of endurance test!  Here are Eleven’s Lolla Day 2 highlights:

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Written by Jonathan Fritz, filed under Live and tagged Dan Black, Foxy Shazam, Gogol Bordello, Grizzly Bear, Lollapalooza Day 2, Metric, Phoenix, Rusko, Spoon.

Photos by Louis Kwok. More on Flickr

Written by Eleven Magazine, filed under Live and tagged The Dodos, The New Pornographers, The Pageant.

Local artist Matthew Strauss bought a building in the Grove with the intention of making it into his personal studio. Little did he know, it would turn into the non-for-profit alternative art gallery, White Flag Projects. Eleven sat down with him to discuss The Grove, the story behind the gallery’s name, and the art and music scenes in St. Louis.  

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Written by Ashley Jones, filed under Local Profile and tagged Follow Friday, Matthew Strauss, White Flag Projects.

Eleven HQ (2603 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO 63118).  We figured that it would be a good idea to let you know at some point.  Doors at 10, band at around 11, and we’ll be pumping jams before and after.  Also, a keg from The Stable will make an appearance.  All that for a $3 (minimum) donation to the STLSSS!  And what band is playing, you may ask?  So many loose lips sink ships.

Written by Jonathan Fritz, filed under Upcoming and tagged Secret Show.

Have you heard about the St. Louis Secret Sound Society?  Cherokee’s newest music collective is throwing a secret show this Friday, August 13th – but the artist and location are, well, secret – for now.  But rest assured, the event will be awesome, so stay tuned for the location and the time – you’re not going to want to miss it.

Written by Jonathan Fritz, filed under Upcoming and tagged St. Louis Secret Sound Society.

Saturday’s final consensus: I’d definitely gotten too much sleep. Seven hours is a lifetime at Lollapalooza—much less at any music festival. With heightened resolve, I tumble out of bed couch at 8:30am, a mere four hours after being let in from the hallway I had settled on calling a resting point for the evening. The ringing in my ears, bleariness in my eyes, and general emptiness in my head: everything felt just right for a successful final festival day. Read More »

Written by Josh Petersel, filed under Live and tagged Arcade Fire, Eleven City Diner, Hayden Panetierre, Lolladays, Lollapalooza 2010, MGMT, The National.

Festival pace picks up as Day 2 rolls in, and we’d already been rolling on grueling pace and meager rations.  I check in at the Hard Rock’s press area for a much-needed bite, and find myself to be just the right amount of exhausted to justify a $4, 3-minute cab ride from the hotel to the festival grounds.  The concierge and cab driver both look at me like I’m crazy—as if the growing rainbow of wristbands on my right arm (currently sitting at 7) wasn’t already a dead giveaway.

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Written by Josh Petersel, filed under Live and tagged Foursquare, Foxy Shazam, Grizzly Bear, Lollapalooza, Party in Hell!.