Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2010 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

  published June 9, 2010

  After finding some success with the dance-punk band Ima Robot, Alex Ebert turned down the Pulp-y glam and formed the indie-orchestral troupe... More >>

• The Black Keys

  published June 9, 2010

  Despite its simple, drums-and-guitar configuration, the two fellows in the Black Keys are rarely short on ideas. In the past few years,... More >>

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  Jason and the Scorchers return to burn up Twangfest

  published June 9, 2010

  Starting in 1981, Jason Ringenberg led the Nashville-based combo Jason & the Scorchers, a quartet celebrated for its marriage of punk-rock... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Show Review: Fishbone Brings its Unstoppable Punk-Funk Circus to the City Museum, Thursday, June 3

  published Jun 04, 2010

  Last night's Fishbone concert at the City Museum was a reminder that there hasn't been a band quite like the California septet before or since. Certainly the band has some pretty obvious forebears; Sl... More >>

• Moving Right Along

  published June 2, 2010

  As a moviegoing populace, we love origin stories. From the sublime Batman Begins to those damnable Star Wars prequels, filmmakers... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

  published June 2, 2010

  This year, the RFT Music Awards nominees include more acts than they have in past years. Part of this increase is a function of the... More >>

• Shannon McNally/Big Smith/Colonel Ford

  published June 2, 2010

  Shannon McNally lists Bob Dylan, Neil Young and author Cormac McCarthy among her influences, but hers is no country-rock for old men.... More >>

• Diana Ross

  published June 2, 2010

  Diana Ross was the first modern pop diva, a benchmark of haughty elegance that laid the path for Whitney, Mariah and Christina. Her... More >>

• East St. Louis commemorates Miles Davis' 84th birthday

  published June 2, 2010

  On Wednesday, May 26, East St. Louis mayor Alvin L. Parks threw a party to commemorate the 84th birthday of Miles Dewey Davis III, known... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Review + Photos + Setlist: Bret Michaels Defeats Death, Brings '80s Glam Metal to Rib America

  published May 30, 2010

  Mortality and rock & roll usually don't mix. The whole point of rock music, especially at the retro-heavy Rib America Festival at Soldiers' Memorial this weekend, is to be forever young. But there was... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  East St. Louis Celebrates Miles Davis' Birthday with Jazz, Poetry -- and Cake

  published May 26, 2010

  Earlier this afternoon, East St. Louis Mayor Alvin L. Parks threw a party to commemorate the 84th birthday of Miles Dewey Davis III, known to most as Miles Davis. The event, which took place in Parks'... More >>

• Earache My Eye

  published May 26, 2010

  Stoner comedies may not get much love from cinephiles or the list-makers at the American Film Institute, but cottonmouth classics like Half... More >>

• Homespun: This City of Takers

  published May 26, 2010

  This City of Takers starts off its debut CD with a shuffle and a bang, as if the Replacements covered "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Opening... More >>

• Rib America Festival

  published May 26, 2010

  Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, but another event taking place this weekend kicks off the season with a sweet, smoky... More >>

• April Smith and the Great Picture Show

  published May 26, 2010

  April Smith and the Great Picture Show was forced to cancel its show at Off Broadway this past March when the band's touring RV... More >>

• Show Review: English Beat Brings Sweaty Ska Revival to the Duck Room

  published May 23, 2010

  For the third year in a row, Dave Wakeling brought his reconstituted English Beat line-up to St. Louis for a summer ska dance party. But unlike the shows in 2008 (with the Alarm and the Fixx) and 2009... More >>

• The Old Post Office Plaza Springs to Life With the Post Performances, A Series of Art and Music Collisions,

  published May 21, 2010

  In this week's RFT Summer Guide, we highlighted some of many outdoor concert series taking place around town in the next few months. One of the more intriguing events is the Post Performances, a month... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Show Review: Torn & Frayed Channels the Rolling Stones, May 18 at Off Broadway

  published May 19, 2010

  To celebrate the reissue of the Rolling Stones' revered album, Exile on Main St., a hodge-podge band of local musicians calling themselves Torn & Frayed convened to pay tribute to the dirty, swaggerin... More >>

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  Summertime St. Louis comes alive with the sound of music

  published May 19, 2010

  Your senses become heightened in the summertime. Normal activities that you do throughout the year are somehow sweeter, more intense and more... More >>

• Homespun: Tommy Halloran

  published May 19, 2010

  In the early part of the last decade, Tommy Halloran led the laid-back swing combo the Ambiguous They, a group that fused the somewhat... More >>

• Mucca Pazza

  published May 19, 2010

  For all you band geeks with sour memories of scratchy uniforms, rigid lock-step formations and endless renditions of "Stars & Stripes Forever,"... More >>

• Homespun: Fundamental Elements

  published May 12, 2010

  The oh-so-smooth, endlessly breathy pop of Maroon 5 mixes with modern R&B flourishes on Fundamental Elements' new six-song EP, This... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Review + Setlist: Owl City Sweetens Up the Pageant, May 5, 2010

  published May 06, 2010

  There was not a computer to be found on the stage at Owl City's Pageant performance last night. That may come as a surprise to those who think of the band's singer and mastermind Adam Young as a "lapt... More >>

• Red Elvises

  published May 5, 2010

  The shtick behind the Red Elvises is as simple as it is endearing: Take a couple of California-by-way-of-Siberia ex-pats and... More >>

• Big Lizards in the Garden

  published April 28, 2010

  As the famed Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard) celebrates its 50th birthday, it's time to reflect on what makes the... More >>