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It's a big week here in St. Louis, with Radiohead stopping by on Wednesday night and then Wilco settling in for a three-night sold-out residency at the Pageant starting on Thursday. We'll have comprehensive coverage of all of these shows, so stay tuned.

First up, though, is Radiohead. You'll want to come back here all week if you're a fan, as I'll be posting video, rare audio and (of course) a show review and photographs (I'm shooting the show!)

The band began its North American tour last week, and the setlists for the shows so far (included after the jump, and courtesy of the reliable At Ease Web, which I think I've been reading since high school, OMG) rely heavily on the quintet's output post-2000: Kid A, Amnesiac and the two-disc opus In Rainbows (with a bit of Hail to the Thief and the (more than) occasional nod to hits from OK Computer and The Bends).

Take a look at this amazing video of "Idioteque," from Tampa, Florida, on May 8. OMG! That light show! Thom Yorke's dancing!

That same YouTube user took video of the show from the second row. Here's "The National Anthem." Commence freaking out with joy.

Now read the setlists and geek out. What do you want them to play in St. Louis (Okay, I'll start: "Just"! "Idioteque"! "Electioneering"! "Bangers and Mash"! "Like Spinning Plates"! "There There"!)

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Click the above pic for the press release, sent out this morning.

Tickets for the Tom Waits "Glitter and Doom Tour" stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on June 26 go on sale a week from today (May 16) at 10 a.m.

The tickets range in price from $70 to $102.50.

[Update, Sunday, May 11: The Metrotix link to the show has more info about the show; read it carefully below:]

PRIORITY SEATING:
The following are considered PRIORITY SEATING (subject to change):
* Orchestra Pit
* Orchestra Sections 2 & 5, rows A-U
* Orchestra Sections 3 & 4, rows A-Z
* Mezzanine

These tickets will ONLY be available for pick up at Will Call ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW. They will not be mailed to you in advance. The ticket purchaser must present photo ID and the entire party must enter the venue at the same time. Please read the restrictions below on picking up Will Call tickets BEFORE purchasing.

TICKET INFORMATION:
* Tickets are ONLY available at metrotix.com and by phone at 314-534-1111.
* TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE BOX OFFICE OR METROTIX WALK-UP OUTLETS.
* Tickets for selected priority seating areas (see above) WILL NOT be mailed, and must be picked up at at the theatre Will Call THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW. Detailed instructions on picking up tickets will be mailed to ticket purchasers shortly before the concert date.
* Tickets are non-transferable.
* LIMIT OF 2 TICKETS PER ORDER, ONE ORDER PER HOUSEHOLD/CREDIT CARD/ADDRESS. Duplicate/multiple orders will be cancelled.

WILL CALL PROCEDURE:
All Will Call customers must present the credit card used to purchase their tickets AND a valid government-issued photo ID. Immediate theatre entry is required after pick-up. Your entire party must enter the venue at the same time.

SERVICE CHARGES:
$15 per ticket

Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight after the jump.

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Friday, May 9
*The Hood Internet/Robb Steele, Bluebird
*Gotta Be Karim/Black Spade, Vintage Vinyl
*Black Spade and friends, the Gramophone
*Victoria/Hibernauts, etc., Pageant
*Vijoy Rao/The Takedown, Off Broadway
*Strata-G/Ruka Puff/County Brown, Duck Room

Saturday, May 10
*Breeders, Pop’s
*Sean Kelly (of the Samples)/Birdie Busch, Bluebird -- CANCELLED
*Band Scramble, Off Broadway
*MU330 Springtime BBQ with the Livers/My Boy Ox/MU330, Off Broadway (3:30 p.m.!)
*The Bel Airs, BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups
*Sex Robots, Mangia
*Fragile Porcelain Mice/LucaBrasi, Lucas School House
*My Other Side (CD release)/Models Need Sleep/Upright Animals/Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, Cruisin' Rte. 66
*The Mirror Stage/Chapters, Duck Room

Sunday, May 11
*Coke Dares/Prizzy Prizzy Please, Bluebird
*Black Hollies/Blind Eyes/Nevermores, Off Broadway
*A Life Once Lost/Arsis/Lye By Mistake, Cicero's

Friday, May 2
*William Elliott Whitmore/Strawfoot/Geoff Koch, Off Broadway
*Gold Tooth/Texas Justice/Cheap Heat, 2 Cents Plain
*Uh Huh Her, Duck Room -- think it's SOLD OUT
*Scriptz 'n Screwz CD release show, Vintage Vinyl

Saturday, May 3
*Cherokee Street Cinco de Mayo fest, all day!
*My Chemical Romance, Pageant – SOLD OUT
*Femme Fatality (CD release), Creepy Crawl
*Bottle Rockets (15th anniversary show), Duck Room -- SOLD OUT
*Matt Pond PA/Pete Francis (Dispatch), Bluebird -- CANCELLED
*Ben Kenney/DJ Kilmore (Incubus), Pop’s

Sunday, May 4
*Royce da 5’9”/Esham/NATAS/J Fresh/Havok, Bluebird -- CANCELLED
*Tegan and Sara/An Horse, Pageant -- SOLD OUT
*Bob Schneider/Dead Rock West, Duck Room
*Randy Newman, Sheldon

Bonus Monday shows:

Monday, May 5
*TSOL/Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting/Bridgeburners, 2 Cents Plain -- CANCELLED
*Streetlight Manifesto, Pop’s
*Steve Earle/Allison Moorer, Pageant

Thanks to Scott Lasser for the tip: aPop Records is throwing an all-day music shindig as part of Cherokee Street's Cinco de Mayo celebration! The stage will be outside on a stage at Oregon Street (but Cherokee itself is closed, so go onto Utah to get there).

Here's the schedule!

aPop stage (Oregon and Cherokee)
Bunnygrunt: 1:30 - 2:30
Bargain Basement: 2:30 - 3:30
Vickroids: 3:30 - 4:30
Monads: 4:30 - 530
Jerusalem and the Starbaskets: 5:30 - 6:30
The 75's: 6:30 - 7:30 (playing "Finders Keepers" en Español!)
Airport Elementary School: 7:30

California & Cherokee stage:
11:30 - 12:30 "Banda Aires del Sur" - 18 piece Mexican Band
1:00 - 2:00 St. Louis Symphony Brass/Jazz Group
2:00 - 3:00 Mariachi Los Compadres
3:00 - 5:00 Boogie Chyld
5:30 - 7:00 Javier Mendoza
7:30 - 9:00 Tamborazo Mixteco

-- Annie Zaleski

Whoa. Helmet just announced a show in St. Louis, at the Bluebird on July 25.

I was mighty impressed with promising young local band the Sham the only time I saw them. Apparently I'm not the only one: The band is opening for White Rabbits at the Record Bar in Kansas City on June 1.

Anyway, in concert the quartet treads similar strummy-rock ground the Strokes did a few years back, but with much more verve and a decided lack of snotty boredom. "Roller Skates," a new studio creation, finds the Sham channeling the crinkly, wiry atmospheres of Modest Mouse, while Chris Phillips' vocals echo (but don't ape) Built to Spill's Doug Martsch and all sorts of indie dudes who can actually carry a tune.

Hear for yourself right here!

MP3: The Sham, "Roller Skates"

-- Annie Zaleski

Just announced! Co-ed dreampop duo Mates of State are hitting the Bluebird on Sunday, June 8. Here's a video for new song, "Get Better," from the upcoming Re-Arrange Us. RIYL Headlights, Velocity Girl.

Amazing what you hear when you go hang out in bars and drink, eh? For starters, Motorhead (with Testament opening; see our story here) will be playing at the Pageant on August 20. From what I gather, Motorhead has barely played St. Louis; a club appearance is even rarer.

[Update, Sunday night: According to my Motorhead uber-fan, here are the band's appearances in town. With dates.]

May 22, 1981 Checkerdome (support for Ozzy's 'Blizzard Of Oz' tour)
July 25, 1998 Riverport Amphitheatre (headlining second stage at Ozzfest)
May 14, 1999 Pop's (first true headline show in StL area ever)
April 16, 2002 Pop's (last St. Louis area appearence)

No ticket info yet, but I do know it's an off-date of the two bands' arena tour with Judas Priest and Heaven and Hell. And why isn't the full package of bands coming here? Perhaps because the yet-to-be-announced alleged Nine Inch Nails show at the Scottrade Center is also on August 20.

Now, after the jump is a ridiculous RUMOR I heard. Again, I repeat, this is STRICTLY RUMOR. I don't normally spread around unconfirmed information -- I try to be a reliable source for shows and such, after all, and I don't want to look like an idiot -- but it was so insane and would be so amazing that I had to say something on the off-chance it's true...

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I neglected to mention that tonight at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center are the New Bloods, a Kill Rock Stars band from Portland that's reminiscent of all the best skronky grrl-punk.Go see 'em.

Also, tomorrow night, did you know that electro-weirdo Cex and Ecstatic Sunshine (who I believe was supposed to open for Dan Deacon last fall) are playing there? I didn't, until I saw it on Music Sucks, even though I read the Lemp Web site all the time. Anyway, if you're up for some off-kilter synthpunk insanity on a Monday, go check that show out.

(Also, I am so old that I saw Cex open up for Death Cab for Cutie and the Dismemberment Plan in the year 2000.)

Speaking of the Hood Internet (read the comments), they'll be at the Bluebird on Friday, May 9. Clear your calendars. The Hood Internet are mash-up geniuses. All links from that Web site there; you can listen to songs or download them.

Van Halen vs. the Notorious B.I.G., "Notorious DLR"

Lil Mama vs. MSTRKRFT: "Shawty Got the Looks"

Pitbull vs. Neon Neon, "Go Raquel"

-- Annie Zaleski

Friday, April 25
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/The Duke Spirit, Pageant
*Yea Big + Kid Static/The Livers/Robb Steele/Jason and the Beast, Bluebird
*La La Land/Via Dove, Off Broadway
*Sevendust/Saliva, Pop’s
*Family Affair/Nite Owl/12-6 Movement/Fufops/Perfect Strangers, Duck Room

Saturday, April 26
*Black Diamond Heavies/Kentucky Knife Fight/Wormwood Scrubs, Off Broadway
*Van Halen, Scottrade Center
*Martin Sexton, Pageant
*Nite Owl w/40 ‘Til 5, Track Vandals, James Cristos, Plan B, Upright Animals, Duck Room
*Tenement Ruth, Schlafly Tap Room
*Tripdaddys, Skinny Jim and The #9 Blacktops, the Lindbergh Babies, Way Out Club

Sunday, April 27
*Alicia Keys/Jordin Sparks, Scottrade Center
*Sterilize Stereo/Red Water Revival, Off Broadway

Plus Bonus Monday, April 28!
*Tim & Eric, Off Broadway
*Bitch + the Exciting Conclusion, Bluebird

Hot off its summer tour with R.E.M. and the National, Modest Marr Mouse is returning to St. Louis for a Pageant show on Tuesday, July 1. Ticket info as I have it.

"Tiny Cities Made of Ashes," from 2001:

Tonight at the Way Out Club: Wooden Kites, That's My Daughter and straight from Denton, Texas, Fishboy!

The out-of-towner sounds like the Apples in Stereo, with a bit o' quirky folk, a la Rats and People. Go see it!

Fishboy, "Parachute (Using The Ghost Of Buddy Holly As A)":

We ran out of space in the paper this week to write about this show, but before you head over to Enon at the Billiken Club, I recommend heading to Off Broadway to check out O'Death and Murder by Death.

O'Death goes on at 9 p.m., so there's no excuse. The former played the Bluebird with Langhorne Slim a few weeks back, and blew me away. Actually, it surprised me that more people weren't there, as O'Death's goth-twang and country-punk aligns perfectly with locals like the Monads and Strawfoot, creating a high-energy hootenanny that goes over super well in St. Louis.

Murder by Death is going strong with its own brand of dark, cello-driven rock and recently released a new album. Video of O'Death below.

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