Amy Winehouse

School's Out: Seven R-Rated "Hot For Teacher" Songs

Another school year has passed, and now all that's left for departing students to cherish are the sweet memories of Friday-night football, prom and the loin-burning, unrequited, forbidden lust for their smoking-hot teachers. I know, it sounds kind of creepy. But admit it: You once had a fantasy tea ... More >>

Godmother of Punk Patti Smith Talks New Album, Book and Burroughs: "I wanted to come to St. Louis because I just wanted to say hello to William."

Patti Smith reads from her poetry and performs a rock set at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; 314-535-4660 ) Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30. There's no simple way to describe Patti Smith, the profoundly influential, incantatory songstress, poet, artist and writer ... More >>

SXSW 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phosphorescent, Natalie Maines, Richard Thompson, China Rats and More: Review and Photos

This happened: Laura Cantrell, a New York-based country singer and songwriter, shared a stage with two friends, Rosie Flores and Kristi Rose, backed by Fats Kaplin and Mark Spencer, two of the finer musicians in a town that, on this or any week, affords some stiff competition. The trio of voices fil ... More >>

Nikki Lane

8:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 9. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

Pancho Rucker On The Good And Bad Of St. Louis Hip-Hop: Listen To Kurt Cobain Music

Pancho Rucker​Pancho Rucker has been here before. His new album, Kurt Cobain Music, follows a long string of releases: From The Dirt To The Throne, FUQ, I'm Better Than You On Ur Sh*t Volumes 1 and 2, The Kim Jong Il Mixtape, F*ck The Radio, and No Bullsh*t Allowed. The St. Louis native has le ... More >>

Rebecca Black, Kreayshawn and Tyler the Creator: Hype Hounds from Hell

Michele Crowe/MTV​Behold the three biggest page-view generators of 2011: Tyler the Creator, Rebecca Black, and Kreayshawn. This trio has come to represent the holy trinity of overhype -- with each one famous for dubious reasons, or at the very least, more famous for the wrong things than the r ... More >>

Missouri Congressman Billy Long Equates U.S. Debt to Amy Winehouse's Addictions

Missouri's freshman congressman Billy Long (R - Springfield) stirred up a hornet's nest (or, in this case, a beehive) yesterday when he opined on the death of singer Amy Winehouse. Winehouse had battled drug addictions, though it remains unclear what caused her death Saturday in London. Congressman ... More >>

Amy Winehouse, Minor Celebrity, Celebrates 28th Birthday

wikimedia commons​Amy Winehouse, whose minor 2006 hit "Rehab" was not at all ominous or even cheaply faux-ironic on your Twitter feed the other day, celebrated her 28th birthday September 14 by playing a small show in her native London. Winehouse, whose personal life hasn't really given entert ... More >>

New Release Highlights For December 21: Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole, Duran Duran and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Avant's The Letter​*Avant, The Letter The Urban Music Scene review says of Avant's latest album, "The Letter is a solid effort. There may not be anything tha ... More >>

Show Review: First Night of Beat 'n' Soul Gets Down at Off Broadway, Friday, November 5

Marie ArsenaultThe Bo-Keys at Off Broadway​The concept behind Beat 'n' Soul is straightforward enough: two nights of veteran and revivalist garage rock and soul at one club in St. Louis. Think of it as a mini Ponderosa Stomp for the River City. In terms of quality, the lineup for the maiden vo ... More >>

ESPN Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack

Amy Winehouse, formerly a professor of physics at Cambridge, is seen here after an hour of ESPN's baseball coverage. ​Just when I thought ESPN couldn't possibly get their baseball any more wrong than they already have, they surprise me and go beyond all previous levels of craptitude just to prove ... More >>

Hype Machine: The ten most overrated albums of the decade

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, "Where is the Love?"

The Singers: Though born in Chicago, Donny Hathaway was raised in St. Louis: He grew up in a housing project in the Carr Square neighborhood and attending Vashon High School. Hathaway began singing gospel at a young age but made his mark in the soul scene back in Chicago. His most enduring compositi ... More >>

Vintage Vinyl's Top 50 Best-Selling CDs and Top 25 Best-Selling LPs of 2008

Vintage Vinyl just released its list of best-selling LPs and CDs of 2008. (Physical product? Remember that?) Interesting to see how many local releases -- and how much hip-hop/R&B/rap -- is on the CD list, while how much old (and new) indie rock is on the LP list. Looks like you kids are downloa ... More >>

Xmas Jams: A roundup of 2008's best Christmas albums

Diplomats of Solid Sound

10 p.m. Friday, October 24. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

Bar of the Week: The Cat's Meow

Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears turn soul on its head, while Boyz II Men's St. Louis show spawns two views of vintage R&B

Is that a Poopdeck in your plans, or are you just happy to see me?

Lakewater
The Poopdeck
4877 Highway 54, Osage Beach
573-348-2259

Halftime Report: Taking a look at some of the most buzzed-about albums of the year

Remaking Michael

Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

2008 Grammy Awards: The Liveblog

Queen of the Kings

Soul-survivor Sharon Jones and her crack backup the Dap-Kings finally bring their '60s retro-cool to the Lou.

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

The Brits Are Alright

With a new four-CD retrospective, Rhino Records captures the agony and ecstasy of the golden age of Modern English rock.

Siouxsie

Mantaray
(Universal)

Lollapalooza, Day Three: A Review

The Re-Entroducer

Oliver Wang’s shares his soul-sides.

Amy Winehouse

Back to Black (Universal Republic)

SXSW: The Rest