David Bowie

David Bowie is Real-Life Space Alien. No, Seriously.

David Bowie is an Alien. No, really. We Mean it. I've had this idea marinating for a long time. Like, years. I've floated it to various sources and it's been met with reactions that vary from amused to annoyed, but I'm dead serious: I really think David Bowie is an alien. An extraterrestrial. A bei ... More >>

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound

8 p.m. Sunday, December 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

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Play the Celebrity Artwork Matching Game, in Honor of Ringo Starr's (Microsoft) Paint Tour

Update: Chris Ward wins round one, but there are still tickets on the table. To win Flux Pavilion or Beach House tickets, write a scholarly sounding sentence about one or more of the paintings. We'll give 'em to whoever makes us laugh the hardest. Ringo Starr is taking his All Starr (...) band on t ... More >>

From Rihanna in Battleship to Will Smith in Men In Black III: Some Notable Music-to-Movie Mistakes

Last week, Battleship, a movie based on the movies based on Transformers and a board game starring a bunch of plastic pegs that really suck to step on by accident and Rihanna, opened to $25 million. This week, Men in Black 3, starring noted pop-rapper Will Smith, will open to significantly more than ... More >>

Wee Trio Plays Bowie at the Bistro

The music of David Bowie might seem an unlikely subject for a tribute by an all-instrumental jazz group, but on its new CD Ashes To Ashes -- A David Bowie Intraspective, the Wee Trio digs into the Thin White Duke's catalog with intriguing results. Featuring interpretations of six songs ranging from ... More >>

Listen to the Art, Man

Check Out the Redesigned RFT Website

​Cue up the David Bowie...cha, cha, cha, changes. As of this morning, Riverfront Times has a brand-spanking new website. The newer model (above) is hopefully a bit more inviting than the old site (below), with more artwork and more real estate to showcase the writing from our blogs: Daily RFT, RFT ... More >>

Happy Birthday MTV! Eight Food Commercials Revolutionized by Music Videos

​Happy birthday, MTV! Although you take a lot of whacks for not playing music anymore, there's no doubting the swift and massive change in American culture after your debut. Not only did video kill the radio star, it smacked the crap out of staid old food advertising. In a few brief years, we ... More >>

The Five Most Bizarre Genre Crossovers

Why yes: That is one person.​It happens to the best of us: You do the same thing over and over (and over), so you feel the need for change -- or at least a good drink. For Beyonce, that meant a new personality: Sasha Fierce. For Vanilla Ice, it meant launching a hard-rock career. For Fred Durs ... More >>

Hear Your Love Song

A-Mazing

Ten Girl Talk Mashups That Should Exist

Tonight, Girl Talk returns to the Pageant for what will inevitably be a sweaty, calorie-burnin' good time for those who possess an affinity for pop culture and a lack of attention span. In light of this event, A to Z was contemplating the (debatable, perhaps illegal) art of the mashup, and came up w ... More >>

Twelve Music-Based Documentaries Screening at the Saint Louis International Film Festival

The movie Do It Again.​The annual St. Louis International Film Festival (that's SLIFF for short) began last night and runs through November 21. As it does every year, SLIFF features a generous selection of music-related documentaries. Here's the rundown. For the RFT's full coverage of the film ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Nicole Peterson on Bowie, Beatles and Bands Who Love Vinyl

Jon ScorfinaNicole Peterson, this week's Last Collector Standing​Nicole Peterson has worked in many facets of the music industry, including retail at Slackers CD's and Games and (currently) at Suite 100 at the Pageant handling merchandise and ticket sales. After looking through her modest reco ... More >>

Utz? Ha!

Arachnocide

Happy Birthday, David Bowie! Remember Writing this Fan Letter?

David Bowie turns 63 years old today. Happy, happy birthday to the Thin White Duke. Just as amazingly, here's a link which made the rounds over the holidays: In 1967, one of Bowie's first American fans wrote him a fan letter -- and he responded personally, with a neatly typewritten missive from Lond ... More >>

Beyond the Pale: Pale Divine goes under cover – well, at least for its setlist – on its second Pageant reunion show

Ten Out of Tenn Christmas Tour

9 p.m. Saturday, December 12. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Interview : A.A. Bondy, Playing Tonight at the Gargoyle

​From television to the radio to the internet, indie-folk newcomer A.A. Bondy has been popping up everywhere lately. In addition to touring with Bon Iver, the Felice Brothers and Conor Oberst, he's appeared at Bonnaroo, recorded a session for Daytrotter.com and performed for Conan O'Brien (to name ... More >>

Tonight! AFI at the Pageant David Bowie Cover!

​ AFI Where: The Pageant With: Gallows Sounds Like: Post-everything -- hardcore, punk, electro, rock, pop and goth. The band's new album, Crash Love, rails against the emptiness of fame and shallowness of modern culture, and features some of the catchiest, tightest songwriting of its career. R ... More >>

Apropos of Nothing: LEGO David Bowie, New Order Autograph Forgeries and New-Wave Kids

*The video game LEGO Rock Band is due out later this year. And two of the artists included in the game are Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Why yes, you can totally play "Let's Dance," as a plastic model of Bowie croons along. The game's attention to detail is incredible: Iggy's abs are killer, and the blo ... More >>

We Can Be Happy Underground

Top Nine Local Moments of the Year

(Words by Andrew Scavotto; photos by Annie Zaleski) After devoting a significant amount of time to exploring local music in 2008, moreso than in years past, I've decided to end the year by blogging about my favorite moments. This isn't necessarily a list of my favorite shows -- rather, it's a list ... More >>

Top 5 Charmingly Awkward Holiday Videos: Bowie/Bing, Hall & Oates, Wham!, Max Headroom, Paul McCartney

Christmas music is inherently sentimental and sappy -- which just makes videos for some of its most famous songs unintentionally hilarious. Here are five that are particularly awkward/charming.David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" This was from Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde C ... More >>

Second Spin: Thompson Twins, Into the Gap

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's and David Vandervelde at the Billiken Club, Wednesday, October 15

Riddle of Steel: Breaking Up, Last Show September 27

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: August 1-3

Tracklists for Joy Division Reissues on Rhino -- Vinyl! Studio albums! Control soundtrack! Killers covering "Shadowplay"!

Crazy Calculus!

B-Sides analyzes the mathematics of Don Caballero's existence, calls out Bon Jovi for cliches and points you to some hot Futureheads action in the Download.

And the Nominees Are...

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

Secret Machines

Ten Silver Drops (Reprise)

The Psychedelic Furs

Thursday, December 15; Voo Doo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (Maryland Heights)

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

By Any Other Name

Roseanne's still sweet

Big Fun, Even Small

Our top DVD picks for the week of September 27, 2005

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of July 13, 2005

The Cure

The Cure (Geffen)

David Is Goliath

The former Ziggy Stardust proves giants still walk the music scene

Taking Office

Bingenheimer and Hickenlooper discuss their rockin' doc, Mayor of the Sunset Strip

The Everyothers

Thursday, March 11; Creepy Crawl

Series/Festivals

Week of March 5, 2003

Dead Can Skate

Local goths are on a roll

Glamour Girl

Freakazoid piano diva Kristeen Young once haunted St. Louis, but New York City beckoned. So did David Bowie.

David Bowie

Heathen (ISO/Columbia)

The Man Who Fell to St. Louis

Surely the weirdest thing ever to come out of Warrenton, Tory Z. Starbuck continues his genre-juggling career

Child's Play

Twenty-five years ago, an idealistic freak recorded Canadian children singing pop songs. Newly reissued, the CD is an underground hit.

A Post-Poster World

It's the power of the music, not cartoonish surface appearances, that makes for a music hero, say the local young folk we polled