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Local Record Store Day Wax from Tim Rakel's Extension Chord Records, Cassie Morgan, and More

It's one of the perks of this gig that, sometimes, Record Store Day comes a little bit early. The Vinyl Fairy has been making stops at my doorstep and leaving advances of this weekend's local wax offerings, which are every bit as exciting as, oh, the 1,000-quantity Todd Rundgren picture discs (or wh ... More >>

The 2013 RFT Music Awards Nominees

Well, it's that time again, folks! Each year, we at RFT Music HQ present the RFT Music Awards, an annual celebration of the best and brightest musical acts St. Louis has to offer. The nominees are chosen by a crack team of industry insiders, dedicated die-hards and various other musical minds from o ... More >>

Sleepy Kitty's Life-Size Etiquette Book Music Video

In this week's music feature, I talked to Sleepy Kitty about its remarkably intricate and surprising lyrics packet, which accompanies last year's Infinity City. The duo printed unique artifacts to represent each of the album's songs. One of those highlighted in the feature is for "Speaking Politely" ... More >>

The 2012 RFT Music Award Winners

And this officially ends the 2012 RFT Music Awards and Showcase. Look in this week's print edition for the complete list of winners and a few thoughts on the whole thing from me, but in the meantime you can see who won each of the 25 categories below. They've been bolded.

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Lineup for June 2

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Schedule

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase is two weeks away, on June 2. And here it is: 5 blocks, 14 stages, 74 bands and artists. Ten bucks gets you all the excellent St. Louis music you can absorb in one twelve hour span. And hey: At least for now, the forecast calls for an incredibly pleasant high of 89 degree ... More >>

Folk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 26 to April 1

Still tired from last week? Too bad, March is unrelenting. Time to down some coffee, eat some energy bars and pack in the protein (might we recommend some pink slime?) because this week is jam-packed with shows as well. On Friday, two guys named Pete who happen to be legends in their respective fiel ... More >>

The 2012 RFT Music Awards Nominees

That's right, sports fans, it's once again time for the big ol' love letter to St. Louis music known as the RFT Music Awards and Showcase. The nominating committee has made its arguments and to show for it we have five of the best bands and artists in 25 categories. Many of these fine musicians wil ... More >>

Yankee Racers Release First Full-Length with a Little Help from a Lot of Friends

Curt Brewer is a familiar face in the local music community: he plays guitar with the raw, bluesy quintet Kentucky Knife Fight, lays down 1920s-inspired jazz licks in Two Swingin' Picks, and sits in as a gun-for-hire for wedding bands, fill-in gigs and the like. This Thursday night, however, he'll b ... More >>

Free New Year's Eve Party

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: November 18 to 20

​Welcome to the weekend, St. Louis music fans! And what a weekend: At least five locals are releasing albums in the next three days (that's the cover of Dubb Nubb's Sunrise Sleepy Eyed pictured here). On the national side, we're especially excited about Lydia Loveless and Kings Go Forth. Loom ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do On Labor Day Weekend In St. Louis

​Welcome to our favorite Commie holiday, where we celebrate the laborers by taking Monday off and no longer wearing white. We'd say something about the coming of Fall, but our landlord just announced they've decided to keep the pool we share with a nearby apartment complex open until the end ... More >>

Sarah Jarosz at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 8/4/11: Review and Photo

Photo by Roy KastenSarah Jarosz, solo at the Duck Room​ Sarah Jarosz | Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine Blueberry Hill's Duck Room August 4, 2011 My short-term memory isn't what it used to be. One example: I can't remember the last time I was wrong. Scratch that: I can. This June, when ask ... More >>

Pretty Little Empire at the Sheldon Ballroom: Win Tickets, T-Shirts and Vinyl

The new PLE t-shirt logo! It comes in brown as well.​This Friday, July 8th, the Sheldon Ballroom hosts a fantastic local lineup: Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine, Kentucky Knife Fight and Pretty Little Empire -- recent RFT Music Award winners and damn fine bands all. Pretty Little Empire -- ... More >>

The RFT Music Awards Party Highlights: Video

Dots Not Feathers won Best New Band. Photo by Kelly Hogan​ The RFT Music Awards were announced at the Firebird this week, and we only just now finished fighting off the hangover. 18andCounting, Prince Ea and Sleepy Kitty all played memorable live sets, with Prince Ea inviting Teresajenee up f ... More >>

The 2011 Riverfront Times Music Awards Winners

Some of St. Louis' biggest music fans submit itineraries for the showcase

Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: May 27-30

Kalin Haydon ​The Gorge is putting out its long-awaited debut, Prehistoric Relapse, tonight at the Firebird. Curren$y brings his Jet Life Tour to the Old Rock House, and that's just the beginning for tonight: Dylan gets a proper birthday tribute at Off Broadway with a gaggle of great locals d ... More >>

Shot Of Love: Bob Dylan 70th Birthday Tribute

8 p.m. Friday, May 27. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

2011 RFT Showcase Schedule

​Twelve days until the 2011 RFT Music Showcase: June 4th on Washington Avenue. We admit some bias, but this year's lineup couldn't be much better. 78 of St. Louis' best, at the current tally, spread over sixteen stages and twelve hours. We'll give you the outdoor stage (which is free) lineup r ... More >>

Cassie Morgan & The Lonely Pine and Love Drunk Studio: Behind the "These Years" Video

Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine. Photo by Daniel Muller​Update, 4/6/11: Andrew Roger, of Ingrained, put together a mini-documentary on the filming of the video. It's out now; watch below for further contextualization, hott stacking action and track-listening pow-wows. Cassie Morgan & the Lone ... More >>

St. Louis Bands: An Under Cover Weekend is Now Taking Submissions

Image via​An Under Cover Weekend, where local bands play sets as famous bands of their choosing, will have its five year anniversary this September. This thing is consistently awesome, and for the first time, any St. Louis bands can apply via this handy-dandy online form, which opened this mor ... More >>

The ten best local albums of 2010, as chosen by the RFT

A Very Bert Dax Christmas CD Release Shows

Tonight: The ACBs vs. Punch Brothers vs. Jill Andrews

Who says December is sparse for shows? Not St. Louis -- not tonight! ACBs/The Breaks/The Noise FM/The Blind Eyes/Russell Bliss @ Cicero's It's a Midwest pop rumble at Cicero's, when KC power-pop experts the ACBs and Chicago, er, noisemakers the Noise FM join locals the Blind Eyes, the Breaks and Ru ... More >>

The Riverfront Times' Ten Best Local Albums of 2010

​In an age where bands can succeed or fail on the basis of one MP3, it's refreshing that full-length albums are alive and well in St. Louis. Each year, the Riverfront Times receives dozens of CD, MP3 and, occasionally, vinyl submissions for our local-review column, Homespun, and we do our best ... More >>

A Very Bert Dax Christmas Returns in 2010 With a CD, Holiday Shows

​Although it's still 70 degrees in St. Louis, it's already time to start thinking about the holidays. After a year off, the Matt Harnish-created A Very Bert Dax Christmas compilation is returning for 2010. A co-production with Pancake Productions, Volume 8 in the series is going to feature MIS ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend Night Two: Samuriot, Tenement Ruth, Beth Bombara and Cassie Morgan, The Orbz and The Hibernauts

Night two of An Under Cover Weekend featured a little something for everyone, a nice reminder of another one of the event's benefits: the ability to bring disparate crowds together. Most of this diverse crowd was still filtering in during Samuriot's opening set as third-wave ska legends Reel Big Fi ... More >>

Ten Things To Do This Weekend

image via1. Dogtown Street Musicians FestivalThis weekend marks the first ever Dogtown Street Musicians Festival. Located between the 1200 - 1300 block of Tamm, this event will run Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 2. Funk Fest 5Go get funked up at Broadway Oyster Bar Saturday night, starting at ... More >>

An Under Cover Weekend returns for more cover-song shenanigans

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

The 2010 RFT Music Award winners

Reminder! @rftmusic Tweetup Next Tuesday at the Music Awards Presentation! No RSVP Needed!

Huzzah!​This blogpost serves as a reminder that next Tuesday, June 22, is the second @rftmusic tweet-up! We had one last summer, and so nearly a year later, I figure it's time to try again. No RSVP required. Spread the word! The tweetup's taking place at the Schlafly Tap Room -- not-so-coinci ... More >>

Mark Your Calendars! @rftmusic Tweet-Up and Music Awards Presentation!

Wikimedia CommonsNot an actual RFT award.​Right now, we're hard at work fixing the music awards counting ballots cast on Saturday night at the RFT's Music Showcase. Some of the categories are close, y'all, let me tell you. I can't wait to find out who wins. Now, everyone will find out the winn ... More >>

Five Hours at the 2010 RFT Music Showcase: Beer, Shaving Cream and Yes, Tunes

Jon GitchoffCross Examination at the 2010 RFT Music Showcase. More photos here​On Saturday night, we headed to Washington Avenue to see what we could see at the annual Music Showcase. New intern Steve Hardy talked to some of the bands, the bartenders and any random attendees, all in the name o ... More >>

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

Your 2010 RFT Music Showcase Schedule is Right Here

​On June 5, the RFT Music Showcase is happening on Washington Avenue. All day, all night. Have you voted yet for your favorite bands? If not, I suggest you do that right here! Perhaps the schedule for the music showcase will spur on your clicking fingers. Read on below for the bands, venues an ... More >>

The 2010 RFT Music Awards Nominees: The List

The 2010 RFT Music showcase takes place on Saturday, June 5, 2010, on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. On and before that day, fans can vote for their favorite local musicians in the following categories. For more information on where and how to vote - and for up-to-the-minute details about ... More >>

Hear an MP3 from Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine -- And Read our Feature Article On the Band

(photo by Jennifer Silverberg) In this week's print edition, Christian Schaeffer spoke with solo performers Cassie Morgan and Beth Bombara, who often join forces under the moniker Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine. The act's debut LP is Weathered Hands, Weary Eyes -- and in the article, Schaeffer desc ... More >>

Cassie Morgan and Beth Bombara craft sweet, melancholy folk music

In the Studio: Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine

(Welcome to In the Studio, a section on A to Z that spotlights -- what else? -- local artists in the studio. If you are also recording/recently recorded -- or are a studio engineer/producer and working with people -- email me, with the phrase "In the Studio" in the subject heading.) Cassie Morgan (l ... More >>

The 2009 RFT Music Awards Winners

2009 RFT Music Awards Nominees: The List With Music!

A bit late, but below the jump you'll find links to as many blogposts we've run with MP3s -- and the occasional MySpace page and embedded tune -- of each nominated band. Whew. Chime in with any URLs that have tunes in the comments, of course. I think I have everyone. The music showcase blurbs/infor ... More >>

Winning the War: The 2009 RFT Music Awards nominees and annual music showcase are here!

Pieta Brown/Cassie Morgan

9 p.m. Saturday, January 24. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

Cassie Morgan

Pine So Sweet EP
(self-released)

MP3: Cameron Matthews, Tok and Cassie Morgan CD Release Shows on Friday

Three local CD release shows are happening this Friday, November 21. Behold: Cassie Morgan Where: The Wedge (442 Bates St.) When: 8 p.m. Playing with: Maid*Rite Release: Pine So Sweet Recommended if you like: Magnolia Electric Co., Julie Doiron, other Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar sparse/haunted fol ... More >>