As long as Brick Lane remains focused on Nazneen, it succeeds admirably.

Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Eddie Argos, frontman for the British band Art Brut, joins the PLAYBACK:stl staff to talk comics in this new regular column. His first time out, Argos takes aim at Wanted and discusses one of his current favourites, DC's Booster Gold.

Let's speak frankly here, and I assure you that I say this as honestly as I can without my judgment being clouded by Ledger's death: Ledger's Joker is probably the best and best-drawn villain in what is essentially a summer action movie, ever.

The guys are growing up, as their lyrical content seems to get more serious and the pop-culture references become less blatantly obvious.

SP20 took place at Marymoor Park, a gorgeous venue just outside Seattle on two perfect Northwest summer days.

As testament to our city's extraordinary talent, four St. Louis bands are scheduled to represent.

I always wanted to be a writer, but Thompson, in part, made me want to be a journalist.

Trust me when I say that Journey to the Center of the Earth does its best work in the center of the Earth.

Mother of Tears is funnier than the past six Will Ferrell movies combined.

For Control, Williams had been toying with the idea for over ten years before a desire to work with Corbijn and to make a Joy Division film fell into place.

Throughout the disc's 15 tracks, there is no letting up, no turning back.

For the most part, in fact, what was unique about Joel Cadbury's voice seems buried in the mix here.

This is still a one-of-a-kind straightforward album that everyone should check out.

This is not the sound of a band past its prime, but rather one fully planted in the midst of its generous talents.

Slug brings his best, even if it is for only half an album.

The size of the crowd made the show more intimate, almost as if Ryan was playing in someone's living room to appreciative and enraptured fans .

Now that tickets for the upcoming concert tour are selling like hotcakes in just about every major city in the U.S. and Canada, no one will be able to deny the impact the Kids had and continue to have on their true fans.

One of the possible dads, Harry Bright, is played in this tour production by native St. Louisan Michael Aaron Linder. I caught up with Linder, a new father, to chat about his homecoming and first national Broadway tour.

Brain Thrust Mastery offers a bit of everything: clever writing, memorable hooks and tight harmonies.

The 1990s saw female singer/songwriters enjoy some resurgence in popularity with the emergence of artists such as Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, and Jewel, as well as the success of the Lilith Fair concert tours.

You pretty much know what you're in for after the astoundingly good first track, "Lost Verses," which is eight or so minutes long but is elegant in a way that is hard to describe.