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The Dead Milkmen to Play Show at the Firebird on June 8

Snarky Philadalephia-based punk rock band the Dead Milkmen will play The Firebird (2706 Olive Street; 314-535-0353) on Saturday, June 8. General admission tickets for the all-ages show cost $20 and are now available through Ticketfly. This is the first time the Dead Milkmen have played in St. Louis ... More >>

The Problem with An Under Cover Weekend

The Riverfront Times has a long, long, long history of promoting the An Under Cover Weekend shows. On the surface it's a cool event that seems to support our huge pool of local talent. It's nice to see local bands in any showcase together, especially one where everyone is working together to try to ... More >>

Olympics 2012: Theme Songs for Michael Phelps, Hope Solo, Usain Bolt and More

Music is becoming an increasingly personalized art form. Smart phones are programmed to play a favorite song as a ring tone, or to play a song meant to be associated with specific callers in one's contact list. I can't say for certain, but I have to imagine many husbands have "Ball and Chain" by Soc ... 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 >>

Donnie Darko Soundtrack Extends Reach into Rock Band Universe

Donnie Darko is one of those films with much more staying power than anybody expected, especially to folks who are constantly followed around by giant rabbits. The movie isn't exactly everybody's cup of tea, but there's no question that the 2001 Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle managed to develop a cult fol ... More >>

Ten 1982 Songs For Newt Gingrich's Theme Music, Now That "Eye of the Tiger" Is Out

It's a time-honored tradition: A candidate for political office starts walking out for stump speeches to the strains of a hit by a band that doesn't agree with his views. Cease-and-desist letters follow. This week's episode stars one Newt Leroy Gingrich, who has been using "Eye of the Tiger" dating ... More >>

Frances Bean Cobain And The Other Nine Hottest Offspring Of Musicians

Rocky Schenck​Today is Frances Bean Cobain's 19th birthday. Time flies, right? In celebration of Miss Frannie, we've compiled a list of hot rock 'n' roll spawn. These people have at least one rock star parent and their moms are frequently models. (Figures.) They are all totally bangable, and m ... More >>

Meet The New Patrick Stump: Not As Different From The Old One As You Might Think

Courtesy of the artist.​Patrick Stump is at a strange place, career-wise. As the guitarist and lead singer in Fall Out Boy, he helped instill a limber tunefulness many of the bands' pop punk peers lacked. That was one of many reasons FOB built a huge following -- but even those tracking Stump ... More >>

Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes

Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>

Dot Dot Dot

8 p.m. Thursday, December 30. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City. $7. 314-862-0009.

New Release Highlights For December 21: Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole, Duran Duran 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.) Avant's The Letter​*Avant, The Letter The Urban Music Scene review says of Avant's latest album, "The Letter is a solid effort. There may not be anything tha ... More >>

Review Photos: Lilith Fair St. Louis, Featuring Mary J. Blige, Court Yard Hounds, Metric, Emmylou Harris, Sarah McLachlan, Friday, July 16

Jon GitchoffMary J. Blige, live at Lilith Fair​"This is so much better than I could have ever imagined," exclaimed Mary J. Blige, as the Lilith Fair crowd cheered wildly for her. The same could be said about yesterday's all-day show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. While negative publicit ... More >>

St. Louis Video: Dead Milkmen, "Notorious/Kill Duran Duran" at Mississippi Nights, 1987

Fact: '80s hellraisers The Dead Milkmen are awesome. The snot-nosed-punk yin to They Might Be Giants' goofy-pop yang, DM skewered pop culture like no other band (cf. "Instant Club Hit," the timeless "Punk Rock Girl"). Guitarist Joe Jack Talcum is constantly on tour -- no St. Louis date this time aro ... More >>

Tonight: Dot Dot Dot ( Bonus MP3!), NOMO, Trevor Hall, Kosha Dillz, Robert Earl Keen

Todd WestphalKosha Dillz, keeping it real.​It's only Wednesday, but there are plenty of stellar going-out options tonight in town. At the Old Rock House, fans of pure pop -- think modern acts such as Alphabeat or the Bird and the Bee and old-school acts such as ABC and Duran Duran -- should c ... More >>

Hey, It's Election Day. Right, Arcadia?

The members of Duran Duran are a cheeky bunch. Why, even when Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor formed a side project, Arcadia, they insured themselves against obsolescence by writing a song called "Election Day." Which is an appropriate choice for today. Why not? Here's the eight-minute ... More >>

Tonight! The New Collisions at the Gramophone

Liz Linder/myspace.com/thenewcollisions​ The New Collisions Where: The Gramophone With: Team Relevance Sounds Like: The Boston band specializes in effervescent synthpop full of pitter-pattering beats, zippy keyboards and sassy female vocals. Fans include producer Anthony Resta (Duran Duran, Mi ... 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 >>

Poppin' Champagne: B-Sides celebrates major-label success with local rockers Cavo

Review Photos Setlist: The Killers and Chairlift at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Monday, May 4

The important thing to remember about the Killers is that the band hails from Las Vegas, the city where the concept of time falls prey to glitz, fantasy and excess -- and the place that built a replica of great cities such as Paris and New York, thus manufacturing its own reality to fit it ... More >>

Video: Arcadia, "Election Day"

OFFICE

9:45 p.m. Friday, September 19. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Show Review: Squeeze and Aimee Mann at the Pageant, Tuesday, September 2

Homespun: Makeshift Gentlemen, Casanova CD Release Show Tomorrow Night!

The Makeshift Gentlemen

Casanova
(self-released)

Local Motion

Homespun's top ten local album releases of 2007.

Duran Duran

Red Carpet Massacre
(Epic)

VHS or Beta

8 p.m. Saturday, December 8. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards.

An Under Cover Weekend, Night Two Review: Yes, Becky, Queen of Carpet Was There

Duck and Cover

Some of the city's best-known bands go incognito at Off Broadway.

VHS or Beta

9 p.m. Monday, July 16. Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Walking in Your Footsteps

Local musicians and writers weigh in on the Police's legacy in St. Louis -- then and now.

Eight Days a Week

Fear and loathing in St. Louis: A to Z's week as a woman-about-town.

Destruction

7 p.m. Tuesday, January 30. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)/

The Gospel According to Gnarls

Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo Green preaches to the redemptive power of music and his transcendent St. Elsewhere.

The Killers

Sam's Town (Island)

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 1

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 5, 2005

Don't Stop Believing

We talk shop with Duran Duran's John Taylor, convict the Bravery of crimes against music and give thirteen reasons why Journey rules

Ben Lee with Har Mar Superstar

Thursday, April 7; the Gargoyle (on the Washington University campus, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards)

Pattern Recognition

Mapping out the trends of 2005

The Faint

Wet from Birth (Saddle Creek)

The Killers

Monday, September 13; Mississippi Nights

Let's Get Rowdy!

Cheerleaders are made, not born

The Dandy Warhols

Welcome to the Monkey House (Capitol)

Six-Degree Burns

John Guare's dramathink

Plastic Woman

Soo Sunny Park at Laumeier

Dismemberment Plan and Death Cab for Cutie

Friday, March 8; Creepy Crawl

Spandau Ballet

Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet (Chrysalis/Capitol)

Get Up Kids with the Anniversary

Tuesday, Sept 5; Galaxy

SUGAR TOWN

Written and directed by Allison Anders and Kurt Voss