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Big Boi, The Mountain Goats, Steely Dan, Twangfest 17 and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Adrenaline Boost: Favorite Songs for Getting Shit Done

In this week's music feature for the print edition of the Riverfront Times, we address the link between music and adrenaline in the sports world. Chemists and biologists have proven that music and other stimuli can have a major effect on sparking adrenaline, which in turn may boost both athleticism ... More >>

Mystikal, Famous Sex Offender / Rapper to Drop New Album in 2013 With Appearances By Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne

Mystikal has been getting a lot of attention for an interview he did with Rolling Stone recently. In said interview, he mentions that lately he's been listening to James Brown, Sam Cooke, Master P, Ludacris, and Eddie Murphy lately, and is in the midst of working on a new album (recent singles seem ... More >>

[VIDEO] Two Hyenas "Doing It" at the Zoo

Hyenas do more than laugh. Sometimes, they get right down to business. The following video was just uploaded yesterday to YouTube. It was apparently taken at the St. Louis Zoo, although we don't know the date of the incident. Our favorite comment came from a lady, off-camera, who says: "Sometimes th ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From July 30 to August 5

Time constraints occasionally preclude us from being able to preview every single great show in town. There's only so many hours in the week, and we have to keep the trains running on time in addition to writing up these recommendational blurbs. That said, a couple of shows early this week warrant y ... More >>

Kasey Anderson and the Honkies

8 p.m. Monday, July 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

T-Bone Burnett is Good at Winning Awards

Award season has been very, very good for T-Bone Burnett. The musical impresario has won just about every conceivable honor over his decades-long career, from a Golden Globe to a BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award. Heck, Burnett is only one Rugrats sequel away from capturing a coveted Nickelodeon Kids' Cho ... More >>

The ChalkBoyz Are Not Actually That Sorry For Partying

courtesy of the ChalkBoyz​For the ChalkBoyz fourth mixtape, which gets an official release tomorrow night at Off Broadway, 22-year-old Drake Maret (a.k.a. Dominant Force, the J. Crew Kid) and 23-year-old Dylan Cunningham (a.k.a. Dyl Staxx, Staxx Fifth Avenue) created summer songs that are as e ... More >>

The Five Saddest CDs You Can Buy for Under $2 at Best Buy

​Best Buy has a certain number of CDs it sells for preposterously cheap. Let's be clear: This isn't a bargain bin situation, where they clearly just upend the refuse in a cardboard dumpster and let people dive in. This is actual stock, kept on shelves, that in most cases sold (poorly, obviousl ... More >>

Interview: Jay Nash Talks His New Record

​Singer/songwriter Jay Nash keeps a busy schedule. He'll be in town tonight at Off Broadway for a show with TFDI (read: "Totally Fuckin' Doin' It"), his somewhat-spontaneous acoustically based collaboration with fellow troubadours of the road, Tony Lucca and Matt Duke. (The trio will enter the ... More >>

Tonight at Off Broadway: The Uglysuit Art Majors

Not gonna lie: The Uglysuit has a terrible name, in the sense that it's not exactly the sort of moniker that's welcoming to listeners. However, its music is a warm, easygoing hybrid of haunting harmonies, ornate acoustic guitars and winsome songwriting. RIYL Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Counting ... More >>

oh my god

9 p.m. Friday, September 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Blinded by the Light: Blind Pilot follows up its Decemberists tour dates with a headlining show of its own

Over the Weekend: Bob Dylan on the East Side, DJ Richie Hawton at Koken Art Factory, Counting Crows Under the Arch

The long weekend behind us, here's what you might have missed.Bob Dylan at GCS BallparkPhoto: Roy KastenBob Dylan and Donnie Herron at the end of the nightOn Thursday night, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson performed at GCS Ballpark (home to the Gateway Grizzlies minor league team) in Sa ... More >>

Photos: Counting Crows, Magnolia Summer at the Arch, July 3, 2009

The Counting Crows opened up Live on the Levee concert series last night at the Gateway Arch, with locals Magnolia summer starting things off at 6 p.m. Photographer Stew Smith was there and has this slide show from the concert.Photo: Stew SmithCounting Crows. See more photos here.Photo: Stew SmithSe ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Thursday, July 2 to Sunday, July 5

Happy July 4, everyone. Have fun, be safe and rock out. Thursday, July 2 *Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Cougar Mellencamp, GCS Ballpark (Sauget) *Brooke Waggoner, Off Broadway *Dr. Manhattan, Cicero's *Hip-Hop Showcase, Atomic Cowboy *Bridgeton Air Defense/Tenement Ruth, Mangia *Peter J Woods/ Insti ... More >>

'90s Jam of the Week: Counting Crows, "Round Here"

So, Counting Crows is headlining Fair St. Louis tomorrow night at 8 p.m. (Magnolia Summer opens at 6 p.m.) And so for the return of the '90s Jam of the Week, I have to post "Round Here." Now, "Mr. Jones" may have been more popular, but goddamn, this tune has endured. Who didn't have August and ... More >>

Counting Crows

8 p.m. Friday, July 3. Fair St. Louis, Gateway Arch and Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of May 25

Pageant *18 & Life: The Favazz and KSHE Anniversary Show starring Joe Dirt and the Dirty Boys Band and The Who Band: A Tribute to the Who, Friday, June 19 *The Robert Cray Band, Tuesday, July 7 *The Wallflowers, Sunday July 26 *Rusted Root, Monday, July 27 *Xavier Rudd, Saturday, August 8

Complete Fair St. Louis/Live on the Levee Lineup for 2009!

To go along with yesterday's announcement of Sonic Youth on July 17, here's the entire line-up for Fair St. Louis and Live on the Levee -- below! Fair St. Louis: Friday, July 3 6:00 p.m. Magnolia Summer 8:00 p.m. Counting Crows Counting Crows

The O's

9 p.m. Thursday, February 19. Off Broadway,

The Dive Poets

8 p.m. Sunday, December 28. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: September 26 to 28

O, Brother!: Producer and guitarist T-Bone Burnett joins Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the duo's Fabulous Fox performance

Maroon 5, Counting Crows and Augustana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Saturday, September 27

Dare to Fair

Counting Crows / Collective Soul

6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 7. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois.

St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 25, 2007

G. Love & Special Sauce

8 p.m. Friday, July 13. Budweiser Main Stage, on the Arch grounds, as part of Live on the Levee.

Chris Trapper

8 p.m. Sunday, February 11. Felix's (6335 Clayton Avenue).

The Nadas

9 p.m. Thursday, February 1. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights).

Tapes 'n Tapes

9:30 p.m. Friday, October 20. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

Touch of Grey

B-Sides gets groovy with Ratdog's Bob Weir, gets the scoop on Counting Crows' new CD and hits a grand slam with our next scene trading card.

Between the Buried and Me

The Anatomy Of (Victory)

How Sweet the Sounds

Concerts sure to rock your summer

Augustana

Tuesday, October 18; the Pageant, (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Will Hoge

Wednesday, October 5; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Reality Rock

The Wrens aren't living a rock & roll fantasy

Someday, Some Way

The tale of a journalist obsessed

High Score

Sometimes the worst movies have the best soundtracks

S.L.A.V.E.? Spike?

Relax, it's just volleyball

Sounds Around Town

Week of July 23, 2003

Triple Play

Local college station KCLC-FM proves that adult album alternative radio doesn't have to suck

Sister Hazel with the Wil Seabrook Band

Friday, March 28; Pageant

Sounds Around Town

Week of November 27, 2002

Sensitive Swordsman

Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz mines his ladies'-man rep for creative gold

Girl Trouble

Arteta's Good Girl transforms a Friend into a voracious cracker everywoman

Counting Crows, Live and Galactic

Saturday, July 29; Riverport

The Old New Media Blues

Punk icon Robyn Hitchcock and roots master Grant-Lee Phillips get their art down to science

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.