Bad Brains

Independent Hip-Hop Icon Murs To Play at Gramophone Tonight: An Interview

One of the icons of independent hip-hop for over a decade, Murs comes to St. Louis tonight at the Gramophone. The fearless leader of the Road to Paid Dues Tour, Murs is traveling coast-to-coast to spread the word about the upcoming 2013 installment of his annual festival, which takes place at the e ... More >>

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Wants to Bond with You, Personally

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has had quite a year. Still riding high on 2011's release of Hysterical, the band has toured almost nonstop in 2012, had a few bandmates call it quits, recorded a video in an Australian drainpipe and visited South Africa. And even after all of that, CYHSY still wants to play ... More >>

Six Most Cringe-Inducing Genres

Genres can be handy organizational tools. Without them, we would have to resort to long-winded explanations of every artists or unwarranted comparisons to similar acts. But as genres become more specific, they often become more ridiculous. Here are the six most cringe-inducing genres. Feel free to l ... More >>

Negative Approach

7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

American Idiot at Peabody Opera House: Review

American Idiot Peabody Opera House March 2, 2012 The average age of the attendees of American Idiot's opening night at the Peabody Opera House hovered around the mid fifties, neither the target demographic for the music of Green Day nor that of a contemporary musical with a 1:4 ratio of choreograph ... More >>

CBGB's Final Show With Patti Smith (A.K.A. The Day I Got Covered in Brian Eno's Sweat)

​Legendary punk club CBGB closed five years ago tomorrow. In its final week, the venue hosted a string of shows paying tribute its storied thirty year run, and it all culminated with a headlining set from Patti Smith. There were only a couple hundred people lucky enough to get tickets to that ... More >>

The Joy Formidable, Skrillex, Bad Brains Lead This Week's Show Announcements

The Joy Formidable, at The Firebird September 21. ​The broken glowsticks and prepubescent sweat have barely dried on the Pageant floor from last week's epic Skrillex show, but the man, the myth, the haircut is returning for an encore performance on November 3. H.R. (Human Rights), the lead sin ... More >>

New Release Highlights for January 25, 2011: Gang of Four, The Get Up Kids and Wanda Jackson Are Back With New Records

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Chikita Violenta's Tre3s​*Chikita Violenta, Tre3s Spin says of Tre3s, "This Mexican quartet's third release suggests a largely untapped indie-rock revenue st ... More >>

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

Drink of the Week: Slutbucket, the Silver Ballroom

bukowski.net​The two of us are giggling like little girls. The drunk to our left is telling the bartender (loudly, unsolicited) how to make something called a Flaming Dr Pepper. "First you take all your flaming liquors...." "What exactly is a 'flaming liquor?'" she asks softly. "Um, cinnamon ... More >>

RFT Music Awards Nominees & Showcase Performers

RFT readers weigh in on the closing of the Creepy Crawl

St. Louis Video: Judge Nothing, "Score Uneven"

With all of the old-school St. Louis band reunion shows happening in the coming weeks, figured this week was a good time to unroll another installment of local old-school videos. Up first is a clip from Judge Nothing, the much-beloved Alton punk/pop/whatever act. The band played gigs with anybody w ... More >>

Cardiac Arrest Playing A7 Reunion Saturday in NYC

The St. Louis hardcore band Cardiac Arrest has been invited to play a reunion show for the influential club A7 on Saturday in New York City at the Knitting Factory. (Check out a retrospective of the club's heyday and full preview of the show by our friends at the Village Voice.)The show features a n ... More >>

Show Review: Henry Rollins at the Pageant, Thursday, November 6

Hear Exclusive Humanoids MP3, See New EP Art Here

Bad Brains

Build a Nation (Megaforce)

Film Openings

Week of November 2, 2006

Metal 'Head

Owner Sheri Ford creates St. Louis' first punk and metal boutique

Whole Wheat Bread

Tuesday, January 24; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Fuzak It Ain't

Yakuza mixes rock and jazz, but don't let that scare you off

Glorious Glut

Could '02' mean "Oh, too many records?"

Paperback Writers

The latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

Sepultura

Friday, April 13; Pop's.

Sound Checks

RFT Reader Picks