Brooklyn (New York City)

Yeasayer is Coming to the Firebird on June 27

Brooklyn-based weirdo psych-pop quartet Yeasayer will be making a stop at the Firebird on Thursday, June 27, as announced today on the Firebird's Facebook page. Tickets will be available Friday.

Should My Band Hire a Publicist?

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 >>

Can White People Succeed in R&B?

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 >>

Future Islands

8 p.m. Friday, November 16. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Dysrhythmia

7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 21. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

Pastaria Already in "Life-Changing" Pizza Poll?

There are very, very few downsides to being a restaurant critic. One of those few is having to endure your customary two-month wait before visiting a new spot when everyone else is already dining there and buzzing about it. Such is the case at Pastaria (7734 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-862-6603 ... More >>

Amy Linton of the Aislers Set was the Victim of a Shockingly Discerning Record Thief

Being robbed sucks. Being robbed of your record collection - especially if you are a music fan - is worse. But how about if your collection was robbed selectively? If it wasn't merely the work of a desperate meth addict, but someone who actually had the time to methodically pick and choose? That's g ... More >>

The Secret History of the St. Louis Post Office and Its Amazing Pneumatic Tube

One hundred years ago, subterranean St. Louis was a fascinating place. There was, of course, the web of caves that stretched from Benton Park north to downtown and east to the Mississippi River with detours into neighborhood basements. Before the Civil War, the cave network may have been one of the ... More >>

Wild Nothing Joins LouFest Lineup

Wild Nothing has just been announced as a late addition to the LouFest lineup. The pop band -- and musical moniker of Brooklyn's Jack Tatum -- joins Girl Talk, the Flaming Lips, Phantogram, Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt and more on the bill for the annual fest in Forest Park. This year's installment is com ... More >>

Put Down That Dried Bream, Friend -- It Wants to Kill You

Albert Pujols will always play first base for the Cardinals. Today will always defeat Good Morning America in the ratings. Your dried bream will always be properly eviscerated and botulism-free. No, it hasn't been a good year for the eternal verities. Via the FDA comes an announcement from Euphori ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From June 11 to 17

Another week of great music in St. Louis: Highlights of this week include a visit from multi-talented songstress Santigold at the Pageant, the eclectic-but-soft-spoken indie rock of Pinback and the hard-drivin' country-rock of Whitey Morgan & the 78's. In addition to the out-of-towners, plenty of ... More >>

Peter Marina Tells of His Adventures In Pentecostalism and Tongue-Speaking

Like everything else, there are rules to tongue-speaking. Peter Marina, now a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis spent four years embedded in a small Pentecostal church in Brownsville, an impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, doing ethnograph ... More >>

Fiona Apple Presale Password [Update]

Update, 4/19/12: The Fiona Apple presale password appears to be "criminal" for the St. Louis show. You can buy presale tickets for the show on Ticketmaster right now; the general sale is tomorrow. Prices range from $35 to $75 before fees. That's the same password used in February for the March 31 s ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Who's the most pro-Mexican GOP candidate?

Jeff Mangum's Tour Kicks Off Today

Sasha Barr​Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum launches his first national tour since 1998 today. Unfortunately, none of the shows are in St. Louis -- he'll play a pair at the Athenaeum Theater in Chicago on February 6 and 7. Still, his resurrection has not gone unnoticed in these parts. In this ... More >>

Musicians, venue owners and organizers found new ways to make people care this year

The Complete SLUM Fest Hip-Hop Awards 2012 Ballot -- Vote Now!

​The St. Louis Underground Music Festival, held this year at the Atomic Cowboy back in June, has introduced a ballot for its 2012 Slumfest Hip-Hop Awards ballot. The categories include Best Hip-Hop Artist (male and female), Best Graffiti Artist, Best B-Boy Crew, Best Album, Artist of the Year ... More >>

Tidbits from Sump Coffee, Dao Tien Vietnamese Bistro

Ian FroebSump Coffee in south city​- A new coffeehouse called Sump Coffee is slated to open at 3700 South Jefferson Avenue in the city's Marine Park neighborhood.Michael Carey and Marlene Akemi Yamaguchi registered Sump with the Missouri Secretary of State last October. Carey and Yamaguchi also ow ... More >>

Jeff Smith Reveals Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Prison Sex But Were Afraid to Ask

Of course you wanted to know about it. That's the first thing just about any adult thinks of when they hear about a man going to prison. Even before the image of the bright orange jumpsuit comes to mind. A few weeks ago, disgraced former Missouri politician Jeff Smith, now a professor at The New Sc ... More >>

Church Sign Advocates Legalization of Marijuana

Daily RFT reader Thomas Crone forwarded us the following pic snapped yesterday in Brooklyn, Illinois. Crone tells us he pulled his car over to text someone when -- like Moses confronted by the burning bush -- he couldn't help but notice this Godly message staring him in the face. flickr/akita*314​ ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 29-31

Image via​Friday (July 29): Stairway to Heaven @ Bissell Mansion Restaurant and Dinner Theatre Enjoy a four-course dinner with wine while attempting to unravel bits and pieces of the this murder mystery featuring plenty of punny musical references. Entrée choices include New York strip stea ... More >>

My Brightest Diamond Is Playing The Post Performance Series

Courtesy of the artist​The Luminary Center for the Arts has just announced the music half of its final Post Performance of the summer: My Brightest Diamond. It will be held on September 11th, 2011, from 7 to 10 p.m. As with all these concerts, it is free and held in the Old Post Office Plaza d ... More >>

F-Bombs Get Man Tossed From Plane After KC Wedding

Luckily the attendants on this flight didn't have such virgin ears.​A fella flying home to New York City from a wedding in Kansas City says he was ejected from his flight after he complained in a tirade that would earn an R-rating.The Detroit Free Press reports that Robert Sayegh was on a layover ... More >>

James Franco Embarks On A Music Career, Confirms Plans To Do Every Preteen Dream Job

​When I was a small child I wanted to be a lot of things, mostly all at once; later on I grew up and had to choose one--subsistence-level blogger, ill-advisedly enough. If I had grown up into James Franco this would not be a problem. America's favorite MFA candidate, soap actor, regular actor, ... More >>

Featured Review: Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire -- 50 Years in Photography

Class Actress/MillionYoung

8 p.m. Thursday, March 24. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Possibly Swoon-worthy Leftovers from Southern Graphics Council

This weekend, in case you somehow missed it, St. Louis played host to the Southern Graphics Council International Conference, with an offshoot event on Cherokee Street as well as edgier programming by Tom Huck's Evil Prints. Brooklyn-based muralist Swoon was in town, putting up a mural on the side o ... More >>

The city's long-running slop-pop experts celebrate turning eighteen this weekend

Chefs Hate Foodies. Customers Hate Servers.

It's a harsh world. CNN asked why chefs hate foodies. Los Angeles chef Suzanne Goin said, "To me it's never negative, it's kind of done, that term - can you just calm down and eat your food and like it and not have to be a foodie? But that's me being the jaded food professional. It's better than ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of January 6

Dan Bejar, the indie maestro behind Destroyer's Euro blues sound and lyric poesy brings his erudite rock to the Luminary Center for the Arts with War on Drugs on March 28.​ Apop Records *Hush Arbors, January 26 BB's Jazz Blues and Soups *Chainsaw Dupont Blues Band, January 29 *Josh Vowell and ... More >>

Fresh Paint For Black Friday (Hawthorne Headhunters So Many Dynamos Illphonics @ 2720 Cherokee)

Image viaHawthorne Headhunters is Black Spade, Coultrain and I, Ced.​You've probably already heard about the awesome awesomeness that is and will be Fresh Paint II this Friday at 2720 Cherokee. The event's Facebook page already has more than 15,000 (!) invites.But, if you aren't already in the kno ... More >>

Tonight! Julia Nunes, Stew and the Negro Problem

Tonight at the Old Rock House, LA's Stew and the Negro Problem will be performing as part of the venue's Listening Room Series. The show's at 8:30 and tickets are $27.50 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission. This is the group's first tour in six years -- they've been involved in the Broad ... More >>

Livin' at the Movies

Take That Quarter Pounder with Cheese with a Side of Statin.

The daily Quarter Pounder with Cheese and milkshake got your cholesterol out of whack? U.S. News and World Reports has a great idea, courtesy of a study in the American Journal of Cardiology: serve statins with fast food. The drugs counteract the cholesterol bomb of such meals and costs about the sa ... More >>

Show Review: Warpaint and Javelin Thrill the Luminary Center for the Arts, Thursday, August 5

Diana BenantiWarpaint last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts.​ Warpaint and Javelin Luminary Center for the Arts August 5 East Coast battled West Coast last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts, as dynamic Brooklyn sample sluts Javelin opened for Los Angeles' languid post-punk go ... More >>

Is Goldman Sachs Responsible for World Food Crises? One Group Thinks So.

The World Development Movement has accused Goldman Sachs of distorting the commodities market, leading to a potential worldwide food crises, a claim the Wall Street bank denies. The Daily Telegraph reports that Tim Jones, who wrote the accusatory report for the anti-poverty organization, explained, ... More >>

Yeasayer/Sleigh Bells

8 p.m. Monday, April 26. The Gargoyle, 6465 Forsyth Boulevard, in the Mallinckrodt Center on the campus of Washington University.

The Morning Brew: 4.16

The FDA gives a boost to small organic farms with a variety of new efforts to improve conditions for farmers. "Guys, this is your window - use it," USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan told organic farmers and the companies that work with them on Wednesday. According to the San Francisco Chronic ... More >>

Five Questions: Vocalist Brian Kelley of Irish Lo-Fi Band, So Cow

courtesy of Tic Tac Totally Records​At a day party on the last official day of SXSW, aggressive, garage punk filled the small confines of Trailer Space Records. Sharing the bill with the likes of West Coasters Thee Oh Sees and Nodzzz, Ireland's So Cow breezed through their ninth SXSW appearanc ... More >>

Concert Review: Past Lives, Air Waves Clench Up in a Graveyard at the Firebird, Wednesday, March 24

You can tell more about a band when it plays to a dead room than a packed one. Does it acknowledge the low turnout, say more than a few words, and interact with the smattering there? (Invariably, the audience is blank-slate get-out-of-the-housers and fan-listing faithful.) Or does a band clench up a ... More >>

First Lady of United States of America Settles Pizza Rivalry: New York is Better Than Chicago

But what about St. Louis? Pi: Not even in the running.​Many of us know by now that President Barack Obama dug the pizza from St. Louis' own Pi so much when he ate it here during his campaign, he invited Pi's staff to the White House to prepare it there.

A Mexico-Based Competitor to SXSW Kicks Off this Weekend

The mammoth SXSW 2010 has competition this year from a new, independent music and arts festival south of the border in Monterrey, Mexico. Called Festival de Musica y arte para todas las Edades -- or simply MtyMx -- the three-day festival lasts Saturday, March 20 through Monday, March 22, and is bill ... More >>

Radical Sons Relocates, Records with Eli Janney

Indie-garage band the Radical Sons -- or rather, RS members Ben Goldstein and Nick Risler -- have relocated to Brooklyn, New York. The young act plans to record a new EP, the follow-up to last year's Throwing Knives, in April with Eli Janney. (While known for his work with Wilco and Ryan Adams, Jann ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Mardi Gras in Soulard, "Bloody Valentine Eve" at the Crack Fox, The Hood Internet at the Gramophone, Langhorne Slim at Off Broadway

Welcome back to the work week. That is, if you're one of the unlucky ones (like us) who doesn't have President's Day off. Oh, well. Pretend like you have a three-day weekend by checking out our coverage of the past couple days. Mardi Gras in Soulard Photo: David WalthallSee our NSFW Mardi Gras sli ... More >>

Langhorne Slim

9 p.m. Friday, February 12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Exeunt: Dennis wraps up a tidy 2009 in local theater

Invisible Touch: The King Khan & BBQ Show Keeps up its rowdy live act and genre-defying ways on a new album and tour

A Man Alone