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8:08 am
May. 25, 2012
Punk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 1... More >>

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7:27 am
May. 25, 2012
Blues: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 12... More >>

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6:00 am
May. 25, 2012
From Rihanna in Battleship to Will Smith in Men In Black III: Some Notable Music-to-Movie Mistakes
By Dan Moore
Last week, Battleship, a movie based on the movies based on Transformers and a board game starring a bunch of plastic pegs that really suck to step on by accident and Rihanna, opened to $25 milli... More >>

RFTmusic

4:41 pm
May. 24, 2012
The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: May 25 to 27
By Daniel Hill
This weekend is a good one: Bluesweek is bigger than ever, Big Muddy Records is hosting a Chili Cook-off (!), and apparently the 90's are back, based on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and... More >>

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2:25 pm
May. 24, 2012
Farewell WSGX 100.3 FM, Gen X Radio, We Hardly Heard Ye
By Liz Miller
Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, St. Louis radio station WSGX 100.3 FM switched formats from '90s music mecca "GenX Radio" to "The Brew," a classic rock station. The last song for the Generation X-ai... More >>

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11:30 am
May. 24, 2012
Helmet & The Toadies, Steel Panther, Gaslight Anthem and More in This Week's New Show Announcements
By Daniel Hill
Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can che... More >>

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8:01 am
May. 24, 2012
Fudging The Numbers With Last.Fm
By Ryan Wasoba
Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. I... More >>

RFTmusic

7:16 am
May. 24, 2012
Country: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

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6:08 am
May. 24, 2012
Solo: Meet the 2012 Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

Music

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Bluesweek triples in size, attracting its strongest lineup yet
By Dean Minderman
Can St. Louis support a roots-music event on the scale of New Orleans' famed Jazz & Heritage Festival? Mike Kociela intends to find out. Kociela... More >>

Homespun

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Homespun: Ou Où
By Christian Schaeffer
Patrick Weston and Travis Bursik of experimental duo Ou Où defy you to hang a name on them. As an instrumental band that uses samplers,... More >>

Critics' Picks

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Best Coast
By Roy Kasten
If you're asking just how long Best Coast can ride songs of fun, sun, love and the comedowns that follow such sugar highs, you're asking the wrong... More >>

RFTmusic

3:00 pm
May. 23, 2012
Find the RFT Showcase Team at Off Broadway, the Firebird, Old Rock House, Lola, 2720 Cherokee and Soldier's Memorial
By Kiernan Maletsky
The RFT Music Showcase is just over a week away -- on June 2, 79 of St. Louis best bands and artists will play at twelve venues on Washington Avenue. But there's quite a bit of great music happe... More >>

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12:54 pm
May. 23, 2012
Justin Bieber is Coming to the Scottrade Center
By Kiernan Maletsky
Justin Bieber, professional cultural lightning rod, has just announced a sweeping North American tour in support of his upcoming album Believe (he makes music as well as social media appearances,... More >>

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10:59 am
May. 23, 2012
Mayer Hawthorne and the County at the Firebird, 5/22/12: Review, Photos and Setlist
By Liz Miller
Mayer Hawthorne and the County | the Stepkids May 22, 2012 The Firebird Mayer Hawthorne is so smooth. His pitch-perfect pipes slide from fragile falsetto to deep, soul-filled croon; his style an... More >>

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8:38 am
May. 23, 2012
Pop: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

RFTmusic

6:09 am
May. 23, 2012
12 to 6 Movement on How they Got Raekwon and Others on Their New Record and Why They Called it Titties Out
By Bob McMahon
It took a while, but local hip-hop trio 12 to 6 Movement finally unleashed their new collaboration-heavy album, Titties Out. Since our last interview with the group, they added songs with Joe Bud... More >>

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1:00 pm
May. 22, 2012
Jack White's Third Man Records Rolling Store Will Be at Vintage Vinyl at 4 p.m. Today
By Blair Stiles
Jack White's Third Man Rolling Record Store (it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like) is coming to Vintage Vinyl today around 4 p.m. The line started last night at 11 p.m. with Busch Stadi... More >>

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12:04 pm
May. 22, 2012
Two Music Fans Attend Creed Concert (Sober) to Raise Money For MS
By Kelsey Whipple
It seemed like a good idea at the time. A couple months ago, close friends and former SLUH grads Tony Cerame and John Simon noticed that the gut-rocking, god-loving, glory-touring guys in Creed ar... More >>

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9:07 am
May. 22, 2012
The Lumineers Perform Unreleased Track "Eloise" for Show Me Shows
By Kiernan Maletsky
Show Me Shows is a video series documenting bands living in and traveling to St. Louis. The Lumineers just released a self-titled full-length full of dusty dramatics and rising passion. The thre... More >>

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7:50 am
May. 22, 2012
Rock: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees
By RFT Music
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

RFTmusic

6:01 am
May. 22, 2012
Six Most Overused Rhymes
By Ryan Wasoba
You've been there, listening to a song for the first time, hearing the word at the end of one lyric and thinking "please don't end the next line with [insert predictable rhyme here]." Of course, n... More >>

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3:21 pm
May. 21, 2012
Out Every Night: The Best Shows From May 21 to May 27
By Daniel Hill
We'll start this post off by recognizing the fact that yes, Red Hot Chili Peppers is playing in town on Friday (Scottrade Center); as is Local H (Firebird), but Friday is already well-represented... More >>

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Bluesweek triples in size, attracting its strongest lineup yet Bluesweek triples in size, attracting its strongest lineup yet
By Dean Minderman

Can St. Louis support a roots-music event on the scale of New Orleans' famed Jazz & Heritage Festival? Mike Kociela intends to find out. Kociela is the head of Entertainment St.… More >>

Stanley Clarke Trio
By Ryan Wasoba

Like Charles Mingus and Scott LaFaro before him, Stanley Clarke helped bring bass to the forefront of jazz ensembles instead of hiding the instrument in the shadow of the drum… More >>

Mighty Diamonds
By Josh Levi

As one of the pioneering groups of the roots-reggae movement, Jamaica's Mighty Diamonds has been churning out timeless vocal classics for more than the past four decades. Focusing its music… More >>

Big Muddy Records' Chili Cook-Off
By Daniel Hill

It would be easy to crack an off-color, juvenile joke relating to the fact that an organization that calls itself "Big Muddy" is holding a chili cook-off, but we're far… More >>

Orgone
By Christian Schaeffer

Call it the Sharon Jones effect: Funk bands are no longer able to make waves based solely on instrumental prowess and stone-cold groovesmanship — they must have a vocal powerhouse… More >>

Best Coast
By Roy Kasten

If you're asking just how long Best Coast can ride songs of fun, sun, love and the comedowns that follow such sugar highs, you're asking the wrong question. The right… More >>

Homespun: Ou Où Homespun: Ou Où
By Christian Schaeffer

Patrick Weston and Travis Bursik of experimental duo Ou Où defy you to hang a name on them. As an instrumental band that uses samplers, synths, effects banks and found… More >>

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By Kelsey Whipple

Call it a rags-to-record story: Fueled by frustration with other labels, the members of bluesy local quintet Magic City joked about the idea of creating their own. They could just… More >>

Bonnie Raitt
By Jaime Lees

You want to know what's some bullshit? Bonnie Raitt is totally under-appreciated and under-praised. Yes, people love her, and she's well respected, and her shows are expensive and sold out,… More >>

Luther Dickinson & the Wandering Luther Dickinson & the Wandering
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