Dave Stone

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from April 15 to 21

Record Store Day approacheth! I won't say much this week. I have to reserve as much energy as possible with these vinyl-skimming digits, after all. Outside of all the events and after parties revolving around dear RSD, there's plenty to get out and see all week. Click ahead for our recommendations, ... More >>

Help Us Select The 2013 RFT Music Awards Nominees

It's that time of year again! Each year RFT Music recognizes the hard work and exceptional talent of St. Louis' local musicians with the RFT Music Awards. In addition, our summer awards showcase on Washington Avenue provides St. Louisans a chance to see over 80 of these bands and musicians in action ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 27-29

Friday (July 27): Crab Festival @ Broadway Oyster Bar A variety of crab including soft-shell, Dungeness, Washington and blue make a special appearance along with a weekend-long live music schedule. Admission is free. Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28. Intro to American Whiskey @ The Wine Merc ... 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 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 >>

Chris Corsano

7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 28. Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand Boulevard.

Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Three

Show in a Van Down by the River, November 16 November 16th was chilly this year, as November 16ths in St. Louis tend to be. Rain was tentatively in the forecast, and a quick glance to the cloud-covered skies served only as confirmation of our local weather forecasters' suspicions. In an unassuming ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: October 7 to 10

There are plenty of great shows this weekend: Dam-Funk, Emperor X and the Morgan Nusbaum CD release spring to mind. But we'd like to draw your attention to tomorrow's shindig at Off Broadway, featuring the Wilders, Rum Drum Ramblers and the Monads, the latter of which is officially broken up. Don't ... More >>

Join Mustard Rob's Bass Guitar Jam Tonight At El Leñador

​Tonight, the bass guitar gets its muddy moment in the spotlight at El Leñador. Rob Severson, a.k.a. Googolplexia, is roughly halfway through a monthlong Monday residency at the bar that looks German but serves Mexican food, and tonight's entertainment features an open bass guitar jam. Ever ... More >>

Free Live Music Returns to the Re-Opened Mangia

​Gut Check reported Thursday that south-side staple Mangia Italiano will be reopening this week. Although Mangia's new owners are still working out details, Eric Hall (who tends bar and books acts for the venue) offered up some info on what changes we can expect: Well, the deal just finally c ... More >>

KWUR Week Highlighted by Thee Oh Sees, Paper Diamond, Pokey LaFarge

​Every year, the Washington University radio station KWUR holds "KWUR Week," a celebration of the diverse genres it spotlights. 2011's edition of the event, which takes place from February 13 to 19 and is open to the general public, features a solid mix of local and national musical talent. Th ... More >>

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 >>

Zevious/The Conformists

10 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Mangia Italiano, 3145 South Grand Boulevard.

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 >>

RFT Music Awards Nominees & Showcase Performers

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

Tonight! Mountains, Ghost Ice and Raglani, and Dave Stone at Open Lot

At 8:30 p.m. tonight at Open Lot (1310 South 18th Street), Brooklyn's ambient noise sculptors Mountains are performing. Ghost Ice and Raglani (together! just to further prove that they're not the same person) and Dave Stone are also on the bill. Tickets are just $6. I wanted to post a ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: February 20 to 22, Mardi Gras Edition

It's Mardi Gras this weekend, so be careful, kids. Don't drink and drive.Friday, February 20*Traindodge/Jovian Chorus/Gold Tooth, Firebird*The Parlor Mob, Duck Room*Nato Caliph, Gargoyle*A Bit Shifty, The Wedge*Alvin Jett and Phat Noiz, Beale on Broadway*Big Smith, The Gramophone*Cowboy Mouth, VooDo ... More >>

Tonight! Stone-Zelenka-Ota Free Improv Orchestra at the Way Out Club

A big band doing free improvisation is a rare occurrence in St. Louis, so it's worth making note of tonight's gig by the fifteen-member Stone-Zelenka-Ota Free Improv Orchestra at the Way Out Club.Jay Zelenka, who also runs Freedonia Music, and Dave Stone organized the show to celebrate a visit this ... More >>

RFT Music Awards Nominees: St. Louis' Best and Brightest

National Record Store Day at Euclid Records, Vintage Vinyl on Saturday, April 19

A to Z

Maybe Ask St. Anthony?

Homespun: Various Artists

Sound (52nd City)

Let the battle for St. Louis supremacy begin:

It's the 2007 RFT Music Awards ballot.

D. Yellow Swans / Raglani / Dave Stone

8 p.m. Friday, October 13. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue).

Music Showcase Schedule

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

And the Nominees Are...

Get a load of the nominees for our annual music awards extravaganza

Best Italian Restaurant (Cheap)

Mangia Italiano

The 2004 RFT Music Awards

I'm from the Lou and I'm Proud

Radar Station retraces its steps through the Riverfront Times Music Showcase

Riverfront Times Music Awards '04

Saric, Stone and McClain with Bhob Rainey

Tuesday, December 23; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 29, 2003

Best Noise Band

Brain Transplant

Best Club to Close in the Past 12 Months

Galaxy

Best New Bar

Mangia Italiano

Tradition's Slave

A selection of the local music scene's best and brightest offerings

Let's Have a Berger

This week, a tribute to the king of twinkling ellipses

Sounds Around Town

Week of May 29, 2002

Bohemian Rhapsody

Longtime artsy hangout Mangia Italiano gets a new lease on life

2002 Riverfront Times Music Award Winners

Your verdict is in: Check out St. Louis’ favorite local musicians.

Chew on This

Chefs and musicians collaborate on a delicious piece of performance art

War Room

The Flying Luttenbachers are booked for the Way Out Club in a show tailor-made for these trying times

Out Through the Inbox

Intrepid columnist attempts to placate the pissy masses with a quick survey of recently received offerings

Third Lip Cabaret's Second Anniversary

Sunday, Feb. 18; Galaxy.

Various Artists

Third Lip Cabaret: Opened (Third Lip)

Gem Stone

The Dave Stone Free Jazz Unit shines at Centro Sociale

Fat Lip

The latest incarnation of the Third Lip Cabaret bulges with intriguing entertainment

SPARRING PARTNERS

Jazz musicians Dave Stone and Eric Markowitz are cookin' at their weekly Cafe Mangia gigs