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Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience: Don't Feel Guilty About "Guilty Pleasures"

Fuck me, I am going to overdose on this new Justin Timberlake album. I know that I'm supposed to be ashamed of certain selections in my album collection. I know this from all of the times that people have looked through my CDs or records or iTunes and been all "Hey, what's this doing here?" before ... More >>

Homespun: Jumbling Towers

Jungle's Going to Be on My Mind
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Jumbling Towers Scored the Movie Build Me A World, Showing at Tivoli Tonight

[Jumbling Towers recently contributed the score to the documentary Build Me a World, concerning students in a low-performing high school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. That film will screen at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, February 7, at the Tivoli (6350 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-7271). In t ... More >>

For Christmas, What do you Get the Music-Loving Acquaintance who Already has Nothing?

Deep inside Spotify headquarters, at this very moment, some poor marketing team is tasked with the idea of making Spotify gift accounts sound like a good idea for a Christmas present. I know this because I am too cheap to pay to make the Spotify ads go away. So far they've been wise enough not to ... More >>

Olympics 2012: Theme Songs for Michael Phelps, Hope Solo, Usain Bolt and More

Music is becoming an increasingly personalized art form. Smart phones are programmed to play a favorite song as a ring tone, or to play a song meant to be associated with specific callers in one's contact list. I can't say for certain, but I have to imagine many husbands have "Ball and Chain" by Soc ... More >>

Ben Folds Five's Kickstarter-y New Album Is The Good News From Music's Niche-ification

Here's how things were different the last time Ben Folds Five released an album, without digital music stores, social networking, or anything like Kickstarter: Ubiquity was a possible outcome for rock-and-roll albums. Not just from huge names, either--in the same way baseball's late-90s power bing ... More >>

Sikeston-Based Designer of Star Wars Guitar "Does it For the Ladies"

Brian Fisk, a 22-year-old from Sikeston, appeared on CNN's website Monday thanks to this little video:

That Willie Nelson-Coldplay Chipotle Ad During The Grammys? Gut Check Aired It in August

Gut Check didn't watch the Grammys, but we certainly noticed when those live-snarking the event on Twitter started talking about Chiptole...and Willie Nelson? and...Coldplay? That rang a bell.

RIP Parasol Records: The Changing World of Independent Music Retail

When Champaign/Urbana, Illinois' Parasol Records announced this week that it was closing its retail store and suspending its mailorder operation, the general reaction seemed sad but not surprising. On Facebook, some former customers reminisced about ordering records through Parasol's service, and th ... More >>

Google Music: The Future Home of Independent Musicians?

There has never been one place you could go to find out everything you needed about any band anywhere. Imagine: One resource that operates like an instantaneous card catalogue for current music. Among the many that have tried, none has the potential of Google Music Artist Hub. Google Music made it ... More >>

The Six Best Song Count Offs

​In popular song, the count off is a tool of function. Somebody counts from one to four (or three, or if people have even once compared the band to Don Cabellero, seven), and the musicians know when to begin playing and how quickly to play. Some have used the countoff as a jumping off point fo ... More >>

If Harry Potter Characters Had Bands: Twelve We'd Like To See

​If Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton's promise (which turned out to be a joke/hoax) to become a white rapper was just one more sad reminder of a series you used to love, we don't blame you -- but we would like to discourage you. Harry Potter, as I'm sure you will remember, is after all a little m ... More >>

Proof That Adam Levine Does Not Have The Moves Like Jagger

​It's been almost a month since The Voice judge Adam Levine has been promising to show us his moves like Jagger in a song subtly named "Moves Like Jagger" (currently #31 on the iTunes singles chart). Frankly, we're not buying his claims. Although, in the song, he says that his Jagger-esque mo ... More >>

Tone Loc Arrested, Making Ironic "Funky Cold Medina" Appreciation More Difficult

​Tone Loc has been arrested for felony domestic assault, apparently, and that news means that a pall will now be cast over your next ironic playthrough of "Wild Thing" or "Funky Cold Medina," let alone his mid-90s performance at EPCOT as "Fud Wrapper." Novelty rappers have a surprisingly long ... More >>

May 21st, The End Of The World, And Your CD Collection: A Primer

The fourth horseman has three copies of Paul's Boutique, for some reason.​If you're one of the 200 million people who will be raptured on May 21 this kind of debate might strike you as academic, but on May 22 A to Z's unsaved readers will find themselves facing the most important question of t ... More >>

Weird Al Yankovic Coming to the Family Arena

Image via​Pop's reigning satire king Weird Al Yankovic will be making his triumphant return to the St. Louis region on June 3rd, when he'll play the Family Arena in St. Charles. That's also where he played in August of 2008. Refresh yourself on the man's theatrical brilliance by revisiting hi ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Last Collector Standing: Ashley Hohman on Hunting Records, Riding in Cars with X's John Doe and Her Latest Band, Doom Town

Jon Scorfina​Having just returned from the St. Louis Record Show this previous Sunday, Last Collector Standing caught up with Doom Town bassist Ashley Hohman. On the way up to her third-story room in her communal home behind KDHX studios, different genres of music echo from all the neighboring ... More >>

Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: January 14 to 16

​Have cabin fever yet? If you don't, I'd be surprised. Thankfully, this weekend will be a little respite from the cold. Go check out some of the shows listed here. Or explore the events below. Friday STL Loud EP Release @ Off Broadway The first EP in the STL Loud series is being released toni ... More >>

Bluesy rock goddess Grace Potter reveals how Beavis and Butt-Head helped her career

Interview: Blackpool Lights' Billy Brimblecom on the New Okie Baroque and How the Band Got Back Together

​Blackpool Lights -- the project featuring drummer Billy Brimblecom and the Get Up Kids' Jim Suptic -- will be doing one of its first shows in years tonight at the Firebird. The Class of '98 opens. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10. Earlier this week, BPL released a stellar new EP, ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Helen Petty on Rock & Roll Hair and Dance Parties With Her Son

Jon Scorfina​The cultural importance of records extends beyond the music within their grooves. Generation after generation has defined itself by its vinyl aesthetic. From Elvis Presley to The Beatles, The Sex Pistols to Madonna, the album cover has become a cultural landmark that encapsulates ... More >>

Ten Things To Do This Weekend: November 19 to 21

Mia KirbyWarpaint.​Music info here. More music below. Pre-Thanksgiving cramming: It's on. Friday: Beth Bombara's CD Release Show @ Off Broadway Read Christian Schaeffer's review of Bombara's new album, Wish I Were You, here. Dropkick the Robot and Old Lights are also playing. Patrons get a fr ... More >>

Wheatus

7 p.m. Wednesday, September 29. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

New Album Release Highlights: Tuesday, July 20

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Rocksteady​*Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Rocksteady Todd Park Mohr, vocalist and guitarist for Big Head Todd and the Monsters, said of the new album: "We ... More >>

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 >>

10 Random Tech Things We Did 10 Years Ago, But We Don't Do Today

The end of 2009 brings one of those arbitrary milestones that marks the end of a decade, which prompts some of us to look back at the last ten years to see how far we've come and how much has changed. Yes, this is yet another one of those lists. Here is a list of things we did in 1999 that we either ... More >>

iTunes Honors SLSO For Recording 2009's Best Contemporary Classical Album

Congratulations to the SLSO, which received quite an honor today. Doctor Atomic Symphony, the John Adams composition it recorded under conductor David Robertson, was named iTunes' Best Contemporary Classical Album of 2009. (Screenshot below.) Released by Nonesuch Records in July, Atomic was recorded ... More >>

Show Review: Cage the Elephant at Pop's, Monday, November 16

Rules for a Successful Rock Show, Case #432: Cage the Elephant. (Good band name not necessary.) Get a crowd who enjoys your stuff. One, though not the only, indication that Cage the Elephant won over the heaving audience at Pop's last night was the demand for an encore. Widespread hooting and chant ... More >>

Mizzou to J-School Class of 2013: Be Prepared, Buy an iPhone!

flickr.com/photos/ryanmftLet nobody say the administration of University of Missouri School of Journalism is out of touch with its students. These profs understand that lectures, the scourge of college students since the Middle Ages, are so, like, boring. Especially when they're at the ungodly hour ... More >>

Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers/Gutter Twins on MTV's 120 Minutes

Amos Lee

8 p.m. Tuesday, August 12. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

Ex-Sullen Vocalist/Guitarist Shanna Kiel Joins Lapush

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

SonyBMG Launches Platinum MusicPass Album Download Cards

Radiohead, In Rainbows: A Review, Upon First Listen, Track-by-Track Style

Son Volt Releases a Double Vinyl LP, Chant and Strum

Kick out the jammies.

A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies for B-Sides, while the Downtown Trio adds jazz and pizzazz to local TV staple the Fan Show.

Manic Monday

Shiny Toy Guns

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

Boy Kill Boy

Civilian (Island)

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Letters Column

Week of June 22, 2006

Local Motion: DJ Mike Gow

Thursday, March 9, at 9:30 p.m. Miso on Meramec (16 North Meramec Avenue, Clayton)

KT Tunstall

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

Local Motion

A Very Bert Dax Christmas

Living on Video

The Buggles were so, so wrong

Various Artists

Beatwave Presents Argentina (Sonic360)