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Sloan 8 p.m. Saturday, February 15. The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City. $22 to $25. 314-727-4444. Power-pop bands come and go, but Sloan has remained, its near 30-year run a testament to a collective dedication to craft and a refusal to abandon faith in melody and economical song form, which the band (whose four members all write and sing) bends, twists, mashes-up and deconstructs without ever losing the heart and the thrill of the power and the pop. At a Sloan show, we are all rock & roll cultists, all record-
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ADAM MANESS TRIO: w/ Malena Smith 8 p.m., $15. Joe’s Cafe, 6014 Kingsbury Ave, St. Louis. CLINT LOWERY: 8 p.m., $25. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. KING PRINCESS: 8 p.m., $25-$27.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. THE MATCHING SHOE: 7 p.m., free. The Abbey, 6500 W. Main St., Belleville, 618-398-3176. PEEKABOO: 8 p.m., free. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505. SHAKEY GRAVES: 8 p.m., $30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989. WOODEN PUDDIN: 8:30 p.m., free. The Frisco Barroom, 8110 Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves, 314-455-1090.
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ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO: 8 p.m., $45-$60. The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900. ARVELL & CO: 7 p.m., $5. Ameristar CasinoBottleneck Blues Bar, 1 Ameristar Blvd., St. Charles, 636-940-4966. DANCING WITH THE STARS: 8 p.m., $36.50-$76.50. Stifel Theatre, 1400 Market St, St. Louis, 314-499-7600. DENNIS DEYOUNG AND THE MUSIC OF STYX: 8 p.m., $29.50. River City Casino & Hotel, 777 River City Casino Blvd., St. Louis, 314-388-7777. DIRTY HONEY: w/ the Amazons 8 p.m., $17-$19. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis,
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store nerds; the classic and obscure hooks and references come fast and delirious, like spinning the FM dial circa 1975. Or maybe ’65, ’85 or ’95, as the Toronto-based band distills post-Beatles and post-Kinks rock into a sound unbounded by time. You don’t have to know as much about rock & roll as these Torontonians do; you just have to feel it and hum it along with them. Return Trip: Due to illness, Sloan had to cancel its November 2019 gig at the Duck Room. This week’s show will celebrate twenty years (technically 22, but who’s counting?) of its excellent fourth album Navy Blues. —Roy Kasten
314-588-0505. JAMESON RODGERS: w/ Sarah Allison Turner 8 p.m., $15. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. LEAGUE 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. MICHAEL RAY AND CARLY PEARCE: 8 p.m., $20. Ballpark Village, 601 Clark Ave, St. Louis, 314-345-9481. NEIL SALSICH & FRIENDS: 9:30 p.m., free. The Frisco Barroom, 8110 Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves, 314-455-1090. PAUL CAUTHEN: w/ the Kernal 8 p.m., $15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989. T.J. MULLER’S VALENTINES DAY SHOW: 8 p.m., $12-$15. The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd, St. Louis, 314-560-2778. TEDDY RILEY & BLACKSTREET: w/ Bobby Brown, Jagged Edge, SWV, El DeBarge, Doug E. Fresh 7:30 p.m., $52.50-$178. Chaifetz Arena, 1 S. Compton Ave., St. Louis, 314-977-5000. THREE PEDROS: 7 p.m., free. Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old Orchard Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061. WILLIAM DUVALL: 8 p.m., $20-$25. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444. WINTER // MIXER: 6:30 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
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