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Video: Nelly Interview (Part 5): The Future of the St. Lunatics

Sat May 10, 11:44 AM

Last week I met with Nelly at his Skybox restaurant on Laclede's Landing to talk about Brass Knuckles, his upcoming fifth studio album. We'll be unrolling these videos for the rest of the week, so stay tuned for more chatter... More >>

Tonight at the Gramophone: Black Spade, Rockwell Knuckles

Fri May 9, 3:00 PM

Black Spade Been humming along all day to your recently pirated copy of Tha Carter III and need a hip-hop fix? Check out tonight’s line-up at The Gramophone in the Grove. Almost every artist nominated for best hip-hop act... More >>

Tom Waits Tickets on Sale May 16

Fri May 9, 12:11 PM

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)... More >>

'90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: P.M. Dawn, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"

Fri May 9, 10:28 AM

A friend texted me the other night and said she heard a hip-hop song that sampled Spandau Ballet's sappy New Romantic hit "True." I texted back: "PM Dawn" -- but she said it wasn't it. I never did find out... More >>

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Features

  • She's Crafty: The Breeders' Kelley Deal talks knitting, nudity and Steve Albini's bodily functions
    By Jaime Lees
    Wednesday, May 07
    Kelley Deal co-leads the Breeders with her sister Kim, who's best known for being a member of the Pixies (and later, the Amps). The Dayton, Ohio,... More >>
  • Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, May 07
    It's next to impossible to choose a favorite album among those in Radiohead's catalog. After all, the UK quintet has a release to fit almost... More >>
  • The Hood Internet
    9 p.m. Friday, May 9. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Jaime Lees
    Wednesday, May 07
    The two dudes in the Hood Internet are multitasking experts. In addition to the occasional remix, the Chicago DJ crew pumps out frequent... More >>
  • MU330
    3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
    By Ryan Wasoba
    Wednesday, May 07
    If the third wave of ska is over, either nobody told MU330, or it simply doesn't care. The latter option must be true; in the fourteen years... More >>
  • The Coke Dares
    9 p.m. Sunday, May 11. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, May 07
    The three members of the Coke Dares have logged time in fellow Bloomington, Indiana, rock outfits Magnolia Electric Co. and the Impossible... More >>
  • The Black Hollies
    8 p.m. Sunday, May 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
    By Matt Sullivan
    Wednesday, May 07
    First, melt down your favorite Who, Kinks, Stones, Motown and regular ol' Hollies records, run them through a blender and toss them in your... More >>
  • The Brakes
    9 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University Cit
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, May 07
    The dark, sweet piano march that opens the Brakes' Tale of Two Cities, a collection of precisely choreographed live recordings, snakes into... More >>
  • Ill Bill/Tech N9ne
    8 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
    By D.X. Ferris
    Wednesday, May 07
    Growing up in '80s Brooklyn, Ill Bill heard something common in Slayer and Public Enemy — and not just the sampled guitar riff that linked... More >>
  • The Mary Onettes
    9 p.m. Wednesday, May 14. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, May 07
    The Mary Onettes' music is unabashedly '80s in every way; the Swedish new-wavers borrow from bands such as New Order, the Cure and the Jesus and... More >>
  • Gotta Be Karim
    Bean Pie EP
    (Cobblestone Rock Music)
    By Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, May 07
    Karim Hameed used to perform with Soul Tyde, and his love for old-school samples and smooth soul textures is made plain on "When You See Me." The... More >>
  • Tegan and Sara find their sister act soaring with The Con
    By Ryan Wasoba
    Wednesday, April 30
    Tegan and Sara Quin are identical twins who have been playing music and writing songs together inseparably for over a decade as (naturally) Tegan... More >>
  • Fifteen things you might not know about the Bottle Rockets, on their fifteenth birthday
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, April 30
    To paraphrase a former Secretary of Defense and closet alt-country historian, when it comes to the Bottle Rockets, there are known-knowns and... More >>
  • Caribou
    9 p.m. Thursday, May 1. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the SLU campus, 20 North Grand Boulevard
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, April 30
    Caribou main man Daniel Snaith has a Ph.D. in mathematics, and his father and sister are college professors in the field. Naturally, the music he... More >>
  • Uh Huh Her
    9 p.m. Friday, May 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
    By Richard Gintowt
    Wednesday, April 30
    Uh Huh Her is the synthpop partnership of Murmurs co-founder Leisha Hailey and multi-instrument Camila Grey. Both found success in Los Angeles:... More >>
  • Randy Newman
    7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard
    Christian Schaeffer
    Wednesday, April 30
    With all due respect to novelist David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men would make a good title for a Randy Newman... More >>
  • Bad Dudes
    8 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
    By Ryan Wasoba
    Wednesday, April 30
    Between its charmingly straightforward name and highly literal lyrics, Bad Dudes aren't leaving much to the imagination. On "Eat Drugs,"... More >>
  • Allison Moorer/Steve Earle
    8 p.m. Monday, May 5. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
    By Roy Kasten
    Wednesday, April 30
    Allison Moorer has become so identified with the outsider country scene and the singer-songwriter militancy of hubby Steve Earle that one tends... More >>
  • Kathleen Edwards
    9 p.m. Tuesday, May 6. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
    By Annie Zaleski
    Wednesday, April 30
    The rural routes Kathleen Edwards explored on her 2003 debut Failer were drastically different than the dusty scenes explored by like-minded... More >>
  • Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
    8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
    By Shae Moseley
    Wednesday, April 30
    Margot & the Nuclear So and So's frontman Richard Edwards' trembling vocal style has always been likened to other heart-on-sleeve indie... More >>
  • Scripts 'n Screwz
    The New Noise
    (Villainous Entertainment)
    By Calvin Cox
    Wednesday, April 30
    When asked about their musical influences, Loose Screwz and Scripts "The Nature Boy" of the East St. Louis rap duo Scripts 'n Screwz respond,... More >>

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Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Jimmy Urine's All Pissed

Mindless Self Indulgence's lead singer noodles on and keeps it real
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Honestly," laughs Mindless Self Indulgence frontman Little Jimmy Urine, "I'd rather fuckin' be... More >>

Cleveland

Otherworldly voices write the Mars Volta’s new album. That explains a lot

By Michael Gallucci
The Mars Volta's singer is on the phone, and he's giving our bullshit detector a real workout.... More >>

Dallas

Nine Months After Bearing Its Debut, Electronic Folk Duo Mom Remains a Force in Denton

By Pete Freedman
Mother's Day's coming up this week and—just in case you forgot, you miserable excuse for... More >>

Denver

Subtlety Isn’t a Strength for Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Here’s what happens when you blend the hottest sounds of the past five years into a cheeky, abrasive mix.
By Cory Casciato
Let's get something straight right off, okay? Does It Offend You, Yeah? is not particularly... More >>

Houston

Should Bruce Springsteen Be Forgiven?

Arguments for reconsidering the missteps on the Boss's otherwise impeccable track record
By Brian J. Barr
Tunnel of Love (Columbia, 1987) The gelled hair, black suit and bolo tie on the album cover,... More >>

Kansas City

The Khrusty Brothers bring their weird-ass gospel to the stage

By Richard Gintowt
“Sympathy for Jesus” by the Khrusty Brothers, from The Khrusty Brothers... More >>

Miami

Sugar and Spice

Trina speaks up about what still makes her the baddest.
By Jason Handelsman
"I've known Trick Daddy for a while," Miami rap diva Trina says of the fortuitous friendship... More >>

Phoenix

In their appeal to red-staters, Southern hip-hop and Fox News walk together

By Ben Westhoff
If there's one thing the self-satisfied, liberal, tofu-munching, cappuccino-sipping, in vitro... More >>

San Francisco

Atmosphere paints self-effacing shit gold

By Ben Westhoff
On one hand, it shouldn't be surprising that rapper Slug is insecure, considering he has a song... More >>
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