Shabazz Palaces, Idle Warship Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Shabazz Palaces.

Shabazz Palaces is genius. 2011's Black Up made instant waves as the left-field "hip-hop" release of the year; the spare, esoteric beats percolate under Ishmael Butler's outré flows, and the fine folks at the Luminary have booked them on April 24. Idle Warship, made up of Talib Kweli and soul songstress Res will be at 2720 Cherokee on February 15 and singer songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs is back at her St. Louis home, Off Broadway, on March 11.

Blueberry Hill
The Brew, March 6

Cicero's
Coles Whalen, March 15

The Firebird
White Denim, April 7

Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
Boar, March 9
Dear Rabbit, March 3

Lola
The Coolin' System, March 24
DJ Kon 1200, February 25
DJ Spinna, February 11
Idle Warship, February 15
J*Davey, March 31
Just Blaze, March 30
King Britt, March 2
Lady Mecca, March 10
The Bo-Keys, March 21

Luminary Center for the Arts
Shabazz Palaces, April 24
Van Dyke Parks, April 5

Off Broadway
Grace Weber, March 12
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, March 10
Jenny Owen Youngs, March 11
Joy Kills Sorrow, March 19
Peter Bradley Adams, April 29
Uncle Lucius, March 1

Old Rock House
Austin to Boston: Ben Howard, The Staves, Nathaniel Rateliff, March 24

The Pageant
The Fray, May 8

Pop's
Janus, March 29

Robert's Orpheum Theatre
Don Williams, March 14

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Ken Waldman, February 22

Vintage Vinyl
Eddie Spaghetti, February 10
Heartless Bastards, February 8