Aphex Twin

A Plea For The Separation of Music And Music Culture

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. As some of these Better Living Through Music columns have pointed out (and as my nemesis Matt Harnish ... More >>

I'm Tired of Being a Successful DJ: Can I Branch Out?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Reich Rewrites Radiohead: A twenty-piece Chamber Ensemble Plays Steve Reich’s Radiohead-inspired opus at the Sheldon

The Six Best References To Cannibalism In Song

On this day in 1847, the Donner Party was rescued from a disastrous trek to the West Coast that caused the survivors to eat their fallen pioneers. In honor of this legendary tale, here are the six best references to cannibalism in song. Let us know your favorites, and we'll think about how delicious ... More >>

Punk Princes of Jazz: The Bad plus is not a cover band

Pioneering composer Terry Riley Gets spiritual with his son, Gyan

40 Best St. Louis Releases of 2011: Part Eight

​Part One: The Union Electric, Sweet Tooth, King Kong Magnetics, Warm Jets USA Part Two: Glass Teeth, Ryan Spearman, the Breaks and Adult Fur Part Three: Rum Drum Ramblers, Humanoids, Old Lights and Volcanoes Part Four: Bo & the Locomotive, Rockwell Knuckles, Dubb Nubb and Palace Part Five: S ... More >>

Biggest St. Louis Music News Stories of 2011: Part Two

Tower Groove Records Formed Tower Groove Records aims to bring bands out of dingy south-city basements and into, well, other dingy south-city basements. The collective won't be funding the release of records but hopes to utilize the cumulative talents and experience of its members to make it easier ... More >>

The Six Creepiest Children In Songs

Happy Halloween! Let's celebrate with a list of the six best cameos from creepy children in song. 6. Michael Jackson - "Little Susie" The inclusion of Michael Jackson on this list has nothing to do with any accusations of inappropriate behavior with children, of which I will always give the man th ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis on Making Music and Liking Katy Perry over Lady Gaga

Dove Shore​Tonight is the long-awaited, very-sold-out Girl Talk show at the Pageant. In this week's paper, D.X. Ferris spoke with Gregg Gillis, the man behind the moniker. (Note: The author is a fellow Pittsburgh native who grew up in the same classic-rock-obsessed area and witnessed Girl Talk ... More >>

Gregg Gillis talks about the continuing popularity of his mashup project, Girl Talk

Stan Chisholm sweats music and bleeds art. Won't you join him?

Listen and Go See: Live Electronic Act Buz at the Firebird, Saturday, June 19

​Hat tip to a random reader for pointing me toward Buz, a local live-electronic duo worth checking out. The band's been around for awhile -- it released an album called Shapeshifter back in 2006 -- but keyboardist Jake Elking tells me Buz hopes to have a new record out by the end of the year. ... More >>

Kvist Records unearths Tom Hamilton's long-forgotten electronic magnum opus

St. Louis Producer Phaseone Drops New Mixtape: "The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote"

Why is this the cover art? Nobody knows.​Phaseone, the RFT's Best Producer of 2010, has been getting all kinds of Internet lovin' for his new mixtape "The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote." The fifteen-track, 29-minute compilation was featured on Pitchfork's Forkcast earlier this week and Jeff Weiss, for ... More >>

Best and Worst of Stadium Rock

Tonight, at the Scottrade Center, one of my all time favorite bands will rock the collective ass of St. Louis for all that it's worth. Ladies and Gentlemen, AC/DC is in the house. I know, I don't really seem the sort to love AC/DC, but what can I say? Maybe it's the screech of Brian Johnson's vocals ... More >>

Show Review: The Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro, Friday, January 9

The audience present for the 8:30 p.m. Bad Plus set last evening leaned more toward curious observers than diehard fans. It was difficult to suspect the sort of crowd that would take interest in the piano, bass, and drum trio, and even harder to guess what aspect of the group appealed to whom. Some ... More >>

65daysofstatic

p.m. Sunday, May 18. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

I, Colossus

9 p.m. Wednesday, January 16. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Blaqk Audio

CexCells (Interscope)

I Want My MP3

Digital music just gets better. See ya later, major labels.

Building a Mystery

B-Sides gets the skinny on the renovations going on at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, and gets to the bottom of the MetroLink's sound installation.

Slow Dazzle

The View from the Floor (Misra)

Becoming Babydaddy

Scott Hoffman is spreading the gospel...the sexy, sexy gospel

Dizzee Rascal

Showtime (XL Recordings)

Sweet Jane, You Ignorant Slut

These are the best rock & roll conversations in the world. No argument.

Crazy Howard in the Mix

Remixes of Dean's amped-up Iowa speech were the online flava of the week

Plaid

Spokes (Warp)

The Bastard Sons of Brian Eno

Ambient music lives on in the Darla Bliss Out series

The Bug

Pressure (Tiger Beat 6)

Aphex Twin

26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)

Hipper Hop

The Anti-Pop Consortium built up its reputation by tearing down rap conventions

Super Furry Animals

Rings Around the World (Sony)

Squarepusher

Go Plastic (Warp)

Various Artists

The Braindance Coincidence (Rephlex)

Mount Florida

Arrived Phoenix (Matador)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Warp Remixes (Warp/Matador)

QUICKIES

Electronic data on Droplogic, Brain Transplant, Grandpa's Ghost and the Neem

SQUAREPUSHER

Presents Maximum Priest E.P. (Nothing/Interscope)

Listening Post

Listening Post

Vienna Fingers

Golden Rockets