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Brillz Talks New Album and Twitter Fighting with Azelia Banks: "She Did it to Herself"

Emerging from Los Angeles' deep talent pool of producers, Brillz (LA slang for brilliant) has been on a tear lately, with a number of releases. Originally a dancer, he transitioned to instead making music that everyone can dance to. We caught up with Brillz during a short break from the studio to di ... More >>

How to Get the Party Started and the Problem with Sick Kids

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Stars at Plush, 10/5/12: Review and Setlist

Stars | Diamond Rings | California Wives October 5, 2012 Plush Stars sings cinematic. Epic stories pour comedy, tragedy, love, lust and longing from soulful singers Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell, through the sweeping instrumentation by bassist Evan Cranley, drummer Patty McGee and keyboardist/occ ... More >>

The Flaming Lips at LouFest, 8/26/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

The Flaming Lips LouFest 2012: Blue Stage Sunday, August 26 "Fuck the rain," says Wayne Coyne at the beginning of the Flaming Lips set last night at LouFest. It was an appropriate if not re-energizing way to kick-off a set delayed 35 minutes due to a torrential downpour coupled with lightning; a se ... More >>

David Sanborn

8 p.m. Thursday, August 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Six Famous Musicians Influenced by The Frogs

Sad news out of Wisconsin: Dennis Flemion, one half of the Milwaukee-based sibling duo the Frogs, disappeared over the weekend during a weekend family boating trip, and is currently presumed drowned. Of the growing population of rock & roll heaven, surely Flemion is one of the few members already eq ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Alejandro Escovedo at Off Broadway, 5/15/12: Review and Setlist

Alejandro Escovedo Off Broadway May 15, 2012 Storytelling is a craft that is formulated through years of experience and must be as finely tuned as a guitar. Spirited rock and roll is the backdrop to Alejandro Escovedo's heartfelt and sincere storytelling. Last night in St. Louis, he bared his soul, ... More >>

The Telescopes' Stephen Lawrie is a Shoegaze Legend; Won't Give Up His Hair Secrets

English space-rock heroes the Telescopes shared both a record label and a scene with bands like the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, but never shared the acclaim. And though the Telescopes are worshiped by modern noise makers as O.G. shoegazers, its influence hadn't translated into a full ... More >>

Five Surprising Video Game Cameos by Musicians

In this day and age, it's become almost commonplace for artists to plug songs into a video game. Heck, there's an entire freaking genre dedicated to translating music into video game form. While musicians and their labels frantically rush to get a song in the latest FIFA title, there's a small subs ... More >>

The 33 1/3 Series is Accepting Submissions

​Earlier this month, Spin announced that it is moving most of its album reviews to Twitter. Music writing is getting shorter, not longer, and yet the 33 1/3 Series, which has the gall to publish entire books on albums that aren't even current, soldiers on. There are 85 installments in print n ... More >>

Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, 10/12/11: Review and Setlist

Lucinda Williams' 2009 show at the Pageant. Photo by Jon Gitchoff.​Lucinda Williams | Over the Rhine The Pageant October 12, 2011 Note: If you shot good photos at the show and want to share 'em with our readers, please e-mail versions at least 550p wide, along with your name so we can credit ... 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 >>

Animated Albums, Your New Favorite Tumblr

Time-wasting websites that are actually clever and funny are hard to find, so when one does come A to Z's way, we must tell everyone. Animated Albums is a long-running Tumblr that doesn't post very often -- but when it does, the results are A-plus. The concept is simple: A whiz known as Mr. Dormouse ... More >>

Baseball Loses Another Legend: Dave Niehaus Dead at 75

Niehaus. ​You remember several years back, when the whole satellite radio thing was just starting up? XM and Sirius were still separate companies and David Bowie fell out of the sky. It was a crazy time. Well, I happened to be one of the earliest adopters of satellite radio, but not because I ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Jaime Lees on Cyndi Lauper, Music Blogs and the Rarest Vinyl LP She Covets

The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

Scott Lucas of Local H embarks on a solo career

Separated at Birth: Kyle Singler and the Spiders from Mars

​You know those "Separated at Birth?" things you see all the time, where someone looks just like a celebrity? Well, I was watching the Duke/West Virginia game over the weekend, and I couldn't help but notice forward Kyle Singler of the Blue Devils just happens to look suspiciously like one of ... More >>

Random Links: Bob Pollard at a Guided By Voices Tribute, Lady Gaga vs. David Bowie Mashup, Kid Cudi Cover

Annie ZaleskiBob Pollard at the Firebird, October 2008​ *On Friday night, Bunnygrunt played in Columbus, Ohio, as part of a Guided By Voices tribute night. Performing as Grunted By Voices, the group covered classics such as "Postal Blowfish," "Melted Pat," "Lips Of Steel," "The Closer You Are" ... More >>

Review Photos: The Vans Warped Tour at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Monday, August 3

Warped Tour isn't for the faint of heart, especially on a hot August day in St. Louis. But an unforgiving sun didn't prevent the area's bros, punks, misfits, meatheads, horndogs, scene queens, nerds and foxes from converging on the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater for the tour's fifteenth-anniversary j ... More >>

Teenage Prayers

9 p.m. Wednesday, May 13. The Wedge, 442 Bates Street.

Feature Story: How Celia Shacklett and Bruce Cockburn Became Collaborators, Pals

After Christian Schaeffer reviewed Celia Shacklett's album Transformateurs a few months ago, they got to talking, and it turned out she had a very interesting story about how she met folkie Bruce Cockburn, who appeared on the album. In our feature this week, she gives details: Jennifer ... More >>

Maxtone Four Breaks Up, Tight Pants Syndrome (Again) Changes Its Lineup

When the world ends in 2012 (as per Nostradamus), I'm convinced the only bands left to entertain survivors of the apocalypse will be the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Tight Pants Syndrome. The latter act's Brian McClelland writes in to say that the power-pop group is again changing members: Keyboa ... More >>

B-Sides considers campaign songs and talks costumes with Dressy Bessy

Second Spin: Cock Robin, Cock Robin

B-Sides traces the history and evolution of the power ballad in honor of Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick, and examines An Under Cover Weekend's '80s and '90s participants

Xiu Xiu

9 p.m. Monday, March 31. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

Julien Temple talks Joe Strummer, His New Movie, The Future is Unwritten

That 1 Guy

9 p.m. Tuesday, October 16. Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

About a Song

Local director AJ Schnack traces Kurt Cobain's musical influences in his poignant documentary.

Danzig with the Stars

The coolest guy you know named Glenn finds Lost Tracks.

Satoshi Tomiie

9 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Dante's (3221 Olive Street).

Film Openings

Week of January 11, 2006

Dejá Dance

Newest DDR: Same game, fresh set list.

Kalles Creamed Smoked Roe

$3.79
Global Foods Market
421 North Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood

The Next Big Thing

A middle-aged couple with a million dollars and a big dream: To make St. Louis a pop-music hub

Film Openings

Week of May 5, 2006

We Aren't the World

A critical fatwa of Live 8

Pleased to Meet Mir

The Moscows touch down in Soulard

Lights! Camera! Life!

Meet world-renowned documentarians D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus at Webster University (and see eight of their classic films)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of December 24, 2003

Best Place to Play Pinball

CBGB

The Dandy Warhols

Welcome to the Monkey House (Capitol)

Kristeen Young with Larissa Dalle

Monday, December 30; Way Out Club

Bright Eyes

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek Records)

Another Piece of the Rock

Nuggets II strikes gold by mining new territory

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

A Hard Day's Knight

As promised, Brian Helgeland's new movie rocks

DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Visiting the future with local iconoclast Tory Z. Starbuck

Sound Checks