Ben Smith

The Best Concerts in St. Louis this Week: February 4 to 10

Between the Superbowl, Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day, there's no shortage of excuses to celebrate something somewhere sometime soon lately, or even retroactively. Find a place to party this week from a varying list of tasty shows -- just choose your flavor. This week's recommendations await after t ... More >>

The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: January 7 to 13

Monday mornings are weird when you have to share your home bathroom with nine or so near-strangers. Such was the case today after housing a couple of bands from a particularly noisy and awesome show last night. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but officially as of today, my life is shows, shows ... More >>

Doom Town, St. Louis' Best Tour Diary-Writing Punk Band, Releases Two New Songs

Doom Town, St. Louis' premiere ambassador of punk to lands abroad, have recently made available two songs from its newly-released cassette demo, entitled Sleep. The first track, "Rat Says", is a straight up jammer, uptempo and hauntingly catchy, especially when the backup vocals come in at around th ... More >>

Punk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>

Doom Town brings stories home from Europe

Pete Stein Benefit: Tonight At Off Broadway

​Back in September, Pete Stein lost both of his feet in a train jumping accident in the Oregon. In the intervening days, bars and south side eateries have set donation jars on their countertops to raise money for Pete's mounting medical bills, and his friends jumped at the chance to throw a fu ... More >>

Corbeta Corbata: Lost Tracks of St. Louis

​​Photo courtesy of Corbeta Corbata​​​St. Louis' musical history features a wealth of local D.I.Y. talent whose cultural significance has further solidified an ever-expanding reputation for true musicianship and solid attitude. Stemming from the underbelly of the river city, bands like ... More >>

RFT Showcase 2011: Highlights (Part One)

Sleepy Kitty's Paige Brubeck. Photo by Jon Gitchoff​There was no shortage of music to be had this weekend--the Float Yr Face fest was a sweaty success, Oberhofer played the Old Post Office Plaza, a shitload of cicadas serenaded the county, and oh yeah, the RFT Music Showcase was a smash. Amid ... More >>

Five bands keeping the St. Louis hardcore-punk scene alive and thrashing

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11

Arctic Monkeys are at the Pageant on Sunday​Back and better than ever. Or something. Friday, April 9 *Pretty Lights/Savoy, The Pageant *Kevin Devine/Cody Alan/Race Human Race, Firebird (early) *JEFF the Brotherhood/Flaming Death Trap/Rooftop Vigilantes, Firebird (late) *Killola/Sick of Sarah/B ... More >>

Tooling Around

B-Sides takes a Maynard-related road trip, then heads back home with Corbeta Corbata.

Get Born Again

Music Showcase Schedule

The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts

Margaritaville Lives

We picnic with Parrotheads, get literary with book-minded bands and witness an old-fashioned blues royale

Nomeansno with Corbeta Corbata

Thursday, April 21; Creepy Crawl (612 North Tucker Boulevard)

All the Young Punks

The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center relieves social constipation, one ear-splitting roar at a time

Basement Banned

The Man be damned: 2 Keys proves the kids can do for themselves