Dropkick Murphys

Best of Coachella 2013: Weekend One

Editor's Note: Coachella Music Festival split into two weekends for 2013. Read on for the best of Weekend One, from writers at our sister paper, the LA Weekly.Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor ... More >>

Karaoke Night Sucks; What Do You Do?

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 >>

Photos: The Costumes and Chaos of Dropkick Murhpys' Halloween Show at the Pageant

Dropkick Murphys' vaguely annual trip to St. Louis happened to fall on that holiest of days for getting weird, Halloween. There were kilts (as you can see), there was face paint, there was dancing and oh lord was there drinking. In short, the Pageant was a pretty damn good party last night. RFT Musi ... More >>

The Five Best Halloween Parties in St. Louis

Last minute, very important update! It's here! Happy day, everyone. And ho buddy do we have just the celebratory update to this here official RFT recommended Halloween show list: A bunch of punks and rock & rollers are going to do cover sets on the second floor of 2720 Cherokee. To wit, from the Fac ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Parties in St. Louis

That most excellent of holidays -- the one where we get to dress up in goofy costumes, the one where it's considered par for the course to vandalize your neighbors' houses, the one where strangers give children candy and everyone is cool with it -- HALLOWEEN is nigh! Skeleton decorations blanket the ... More >>

Metal Costume Tips and Cubs Trash Talk from the Dropkick Murphys' Matt Kelly

After sixteen years of growl, music lovers can't help but think of Dropkick Murphys when someone mentions Boston. The band with equal parts swagger and bagpipes is as much a part of the fabric of Beantown as the brownstones that dominate the city. Despite the Murphys' undying love for the Red Sox, S ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 29 to November 4

Well I'm feeling pretty good about myself today. Over the weekend I managed to get myself kicked out of the Justin Bieber concert at Scottrade Center while working on a review, proving that even in my old age I still got it. In my youth I was actually quite capable of being kicked out of any and all ... More >>

Dropkick Murphys

8 p.m. Wednesday, October 31. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

OFF!, Delta Spirit, Kenny Loggins and More in This Week's New 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 >>

Six Bieber-Free Moments When Boxing and Music Collided

Whether Justin Bieber is being chased by a pack of fans while riding a Segway or pretending to get shot and killed on a popular television show, he can is increasingly dispatched in any setting. Your moment of certainty came this weekend, when Bieber and 50 Cent accompanied Floyd Mayweather, Jr., ... More >>

Street Dogs

8 p.m. Wednesday, November 30. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Homespun: Rusty Nail

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Show Review Setlist: Flogging Molly at the Pageant, Tuesday, March 8

Todd OwyoungFlogging Molly at the Pageant in 2010​When the world ends, I'd like to be dancing, stomping and singing in the pit at a Flogging Molly concert. One could do worse. Last night at the sold-out Pageant, the Irish-punk band rallied the masses with a versatility that glimmered through ... More >>

Show Review: Dropkick Murphys, Against Me!, Off With Their Heads at the Pageant, Saturday, March 5

Todd Owyoung​It may have been Mardi Gras in Soulard, but Saturday night in University City, you would have assumed St. Patrick's Day showed up a little early. Covered in green, Mardi Gras beads and Guinness-infused grins, thousands shuffled into the Pageant to take in the beloved Boston punker ... More >>

Tom Gabel gives a state of the union on his long-running punk project, Against Me!

New Album Releases: Lykke Li, DeVotchKa, Lucinda Williams and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Marsha Ambrosius' Late Nights, Early Mornings​*Marsha Ambrosius, Late Nights, Early Mornings SoundSavvy.com reviewed the former Floetry songstress' latest, s ... More >>

Flatfoot 56

8 p.m. Saturday, February 5. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Show Announcements: Week of November 18

Interpol fans (and former fans turned skeptics) get a second Interpol date in 2010; you don't even have to sit through U2. At the Pageant with School of Seven Bells (!) February 11.​ BB's Jazz Blues and Soups *Michael "Iron Man" Burks, December 4 Chaifetz Arena *Mike Epps, April 1

Matt McMullin of Lola in Downtown St. Louis: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Alissa Nelson profiles Lola bartender and co-owner Matt McMullin. Alissa NelsonWelcome to Lola! May we suggest something old-fashioned -- like, say, an Old Fashioned?​"What if a d ... More >>

Street Dogs

7 p.m. Friday, October 9. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Lemmy Entertain You: Twenty questions With Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister

Flogging Molly

8 p.m. Wednesday, February 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Street Dogs

9 p.m. Tuesday, October 7. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Dropkick Murphys

8 p.m. Monday, March 10. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

St. Louis Concert Calendar February 26 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, February 5 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, January 29 through May

St. Louis Concert Calendar January 11, 2008 through May

Across the Pond

B-Sides analyzes the state of the Irish-punk scene, talks jazz and shoes with Jamie Cullum and shows you where to download some primo tunes this week

Whole Wheat Bread

Tuesday, January 24; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Dropkick Murphys

Singles Collection Volume 2: 1998-2004 (Hellcat)

Time Warped

Gauge your youthfulness at the Warped Tour

Hot Time, Music in the City

A feast of sweet summer sounds awaits you

I'll Drink to That

Fuel your New Year's Eve with these boozy sing-along tunes

Repent, Sinner!

And your love of punk-pop may be forgiven

Sounds Around Town

Week of September 10, 2003

Dropkick Murphys

Tuesday, September 16; Mississippi Nights