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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Fudging The Numbers With Last.Fm

    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 was thrilled five-ish years ago when I found out about Last.fm, the music recommendation service that d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Jack White Featuring Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three: Listen Now

    Jack White's solo record, Blunderbuss, comes out next week, but it's streaming on iTunes right now. It's his first as a "solo" artist, though he is backed by a litany of past collaborators and friends, including St. Louis' own Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three, who act as White's backing band on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The New fun. Fan's Guide to the Format

    Statistically speaking, you or some iTunes user you know has, ton-i-i-i-i-ight, confirmed that he and someone else are both young and proceeded to set the world on fire. fun., America's least search-engine-optimizable band--and, somehow, the first rock band since Nickelback to debut on top of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Steve Aoki Talks Hipsters, Hardcore and the Moment Electro Went Punk

    Mention Steve Aoki in a crowded room and watch the reactions; some will cross themselves in reverence, most will nod their recognition at the name, and the rest will know him only as "a DJ." But Steve Aoki has never been just a DJ; he's a modern auteur with his finger rammed in the proverbial sphinc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Megaupload Goes Down: Five Lost Music-Stealing Technologies

    It's true: Megaupload has been gone an entire week, and for the millions of people who used the site because they like their totally legal for-pay cloud storage to come equipped with fake download links and massive flash banner ads I'm sure things have been difficult. For copyright holders, massiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    The Six Most Absurd Pop Songs of 2011

    ​The old model of popular music: dumb it down to the lowest common denominator and make it go down easy. Reviewing the Billboard and iTunes charts of this past year, the tides have obviously changed. In days when nobody is buying, the flashiest, loudest, weirdest thing sells -- how else can yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    iTunes Store, Wired Praise "Best Of" App

    ​Allow us to pat ourselves on the back for just a sec' after iTunes just named our "Best of" iPhone app as one of its five best travel apps of the year in its "Rewind" list. Wired also gave the app praise, writing that it's "what Yelp would be if only the cool kids could post reviews" and "provide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Yeo Valley Gives Up Dairy Rapping For a Boy Band

    It's been nearly a year since the Brits from Yeo Valley introduced their rapping organic dairy farmers, and seven months since Americans followed suit with Stonyfield Farms' yogurt rap. Seven months. That's enough time for the madness to stop, right? No. Seven months is just enough time for cons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Steve Jobs' Six Best Music Innovations

    Apple (the Beatles record label) once sued Apple (the computer corporation). After initial squabbles over the right to name their companies after the same fruit, the two agreed that all was good as long as Steve Jobs and crew never entered the music business. As you can probably guess, as you likely ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2011

    Thi'sl goes from murder suspect to chart topper

    Apple (the Beatles record label) once sued Apple (the computer corporation). After initial squabbles over the right to name their companies after the same fruit, the two agreed that all was good as long as Steve Jobs and crew never entered the music business. As you can probably guess, as you likely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    St. Louis' Own Thi'sl, a Christian Rapper, Tops iTunes Hip-Hop chart

    Image viaThi'sl: The number one rapper on iTunes right now.​It might be a misnomer to call Thi'sl a Christian Rapper. Like many other artists, he just raps about his life. And God happens to play a big part in his life. Well, Thi'sl is one of the hottest rappers coming out of St. Louis. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Spotify's US Launch Approaches; Which Music Service Are You?

    ​Music fans in the United States don't have a lot to envy of their European brothers and sisters, at least unless they're big fans of Abba or the kind of sticky, glitter-covered dance-pop that usually just makes me really want to leave the youth hostel and brush my teeth. One exception: Spotif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Check Out Our Brand New Best Of iPhone App

    ​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Check Out the RFT's New Best Of iPhone App

    ​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Check Out The Brand New Best Of iPhone App

    ​Of course you know about our annual Best Of issue -- the RFT's guide to finding the best of everything in St. Louis. But what you may not know is that there's an app for that. With the brand-new Best Of app from Village Voice Media, you can read up on (and get location info for) all those hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    MP3: Appreciate Nato Caliph's Knowledge Cipher Tonight @ The Gramophone

    ​One of the most upstanding members of The Force debuts his latest full-length release this evening at "Headquarters" the new weekly hip-hop night at The Gramophone in the Grove. Nato Caliph and has a new LP titled Knowledge Cipher (currently available at Vintage Vinyl, coming soon to iTunes) and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Vandalyzm's Megatron Majorz Redux Hits iTunes Hip-Hop Charts

    Vandalyzm is now gunning for Dr. Dre.​One of St. Louis' finest is currently sandwiched between 50 Cent and Notorious B.I.G. on the iTunes top 200 hip-hop albums chart. No, it's not Nelly (though his new single "Tippin' in da Club" is at a respectable 34 on the singles chart) -- it's Vandalyzm.The ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Mixtape Club brings back the lost art of cassette-based music mixes

    Vandalyzm is now gunning for Dr. Dre.​One of St. Louis' finest is currently sandwiched between 50 Cent and Notorious B.I.G. on the iTunes top 200 hip-hop albums chart. No, it's not Nelly (though his new single "Tippin' in da Club" is at a respectable 34 on the singles chart) -- it's Vandalyzm.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Eleven Documentaries About Music's Grandest Artifact: The Record Store

    I Need That Record chronicles the events that led up to the demise of many record stores​Before there was an iTunes "store" and torrent sites, the record store played a vital part in thousands of people's lives -- a church for the sinners. For some this hasn't changed. But by and large, peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Carlos Ruiz Isn't a Pretentious Record Store Guy -- He Just Draws a Comic About One

    Jon Scorfina​The "pretentious record store guy" has long been the bane of the record shop. Despite their wealth of archaic knowledge, music lovers were never sure whether these pompous clerks were an asset or a plague to their shopping experience. Local comic artist and graphic designer Carlos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Michael Allen Has a Radiohead License Plate, a Cat Named Gibby Haynes and a Thing for Weird Vinyl

    Jon Scorfina​The cultural sea change of downloading has not stopped Michael Allen's quest for vinyl LPs. A collector since childhood, Allen showed an early interest in this column and emailed us to be profiled. Though he is a self-proclaimed vinyl "junkie," it hasn't stopped him from taking ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Record Store Day in St. Louis: What's Going on at Vintage Vinyl, Apop Records and Euclid Records?

    [Update, April 14, 3 p.m.: Now updated with info on what's going on at Slackers!] On Saturday, April 17, record stores around the country are celebrating Record Store Day -- a time to unplug from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon MP3 (or torrent sites) and purchase tunes in-person. As enticement, Record S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Apple Announcement a Big YAWNER

    ​So, my guess was wrong about Apple releasing the Beatles catalog on iTunes. I'm not ashamed of that. It was a long shot. But I did get some things right about the Apple announcement and I was surprised by quite a few things, too. I was right about iTunes 9. That wasn't hard to guess. I haven't ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Revolution 9.9.9: Will New Media Formats Bring the LP and The Beatles into Digital Age?

    Photo by Crabchick via Flickr​Record companies have been dragged kicking and screaming by consumers (and Apple) into the digital age in the last ten years. And predictions are that 2010 will mark a tipping point where music purchased digitally via download will account for more than half of all mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Fitter, Happier, More Productive: Mono, Hymn to the Immortal Wind

    (Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Girl Talk at the Pageant, Thursday, January 8: Show Review Photos

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Ludo at Pointfest This Saturday, Hot at the Apple iTunes Store

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    Violent Femmes Cover Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy"

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Video: National Record Store Day, Vintage Vinyl, St. Louis, April 19, 2008

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    National Record Store Day at Vintage Vinyl: Video from Saturday, April 19

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Go! 4/4-4/6

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Bill Streeter's Lo-Fi Sessions: iTunes Featured New Video Podcast

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    The Raconteurs at the Pageant, Thursday, June 12

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    SonyBMG Launches Platinum MusicPass Album Download Cards

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    Smashing Pumpkins Release American Gothic EP January 2

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Dave Matthews' "Eh Hee": What the World Really, Really Doesn't Need

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    New Bruce Springsteen single on iTunes -- for FREE!

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Not Just Noise Homespun: Review of Not Just Noise

    Better than: A crowded dorm-room party with cheap beer and cheap vodka drank out of red plastic cups, awkward grinding and an iTunes playlist full of cheesy dance hits. Actually, wait - that was kind of what the show was. Slide ShowThere's no easy way to review last night's Girl Talk show, mainly ... More >>

  • Music

    June 13, 2007

    I Want My MP3

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

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Download Mozart

    The Saint Louis Symphony is ready to hit the high-tech notes.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2007

    Ganging Up on the Sun

    The Saint Louis Symphony is ready to hit the high-tech notes.

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Shiny Toy Guns

    7 p.m. Wednesday, January 31. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • News

    June 7, 2006

    Last Year's Model

    It might be the last dance for St. Louis' independent record stores.

  • Music

    March 8, 2006

    KT Tunstall

    Thursday, March 9, 9 p.m. at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

  • Music

    March 1, 2006

    The Damnwells

    Thursday, March 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    ROCK

    Saturday, December 10; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    Living on Video

    The Buggles were so, so wrong

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    The Fags

    Wednesday, October 12; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  • Music

    December 29, 2004

    Various Artists

    Beatwave Presents Argentina (Sonic360)

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