Eminem

Loving Pig's Face and Learning to Leave His Roast Chicken Alone: A Q&A with Vino Nadoz's Chris DiMercurio

This is part two of Gut Check's Chef's Choice profile of Chris DiMercurio of Vino Nadoz. Read part one, a profile of DiMercurio, here. Part three, a recipe from DiMercurio, will be published on Friday. Chris DiMercurio worked alongside -- and learned from -- some of St. Louis' talented young chefs ... More >>

Ten Bands You Never Would Have Thought Used to Be Good

It's a common cliché by now: Some snobby, balding guy with glasses in every bar across America rants and raves about how he only likes "the old stuff" by every band. "I liked the first record," is his creed. This character floats around, bumming everyone out and sucking all the fun out of a karaoke ... More >>

The Top 10 Rappers to Whom You Can't Tell Nothin'

By Jennifer Swann  In Macklemore's forthcoming single, "Can't Hold Us," he raps, "Nah they can't tell me nothing," thus continuing a long line of rappers to whom one can not tell nothing. It makes one wonder: Why are people always trying to tell rappers something? Why do the rappers refuse to li ... More >>

Kendrick Lamar's Debut is One of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums of Our Era

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

27 Hip-Hop Videos You Should Know from St. Louis and Beyond

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From September 10 to 16

Under normal circumstances I despise inane small talk and "how's the weather" chatter, but for the purposes of filling these show-pick-posts' opening paragraphs with content, its a consistent fallback. That said, I wore a jacket outside this weekend! WHOA HOLY SHIT. Sometimes I think I could write ... More >>

What Makes a Hip-Hop Classic?

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

12 to 6 Movement on How they Got Raekwon and Others on Thier New Record and Why They Called it Titties Out

It took a while, but local hip-hop trio 12 to 6 Movement finally unleashed their new collaboration-heavy album, Titties Out. Since our last interview with the group, they added songs with Joe Budden, Opio and A-Plus from Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics and Psycho Les from The Beatnuts to a tracklist ... More >>

Six Best Coachella Death Matches

You may know that the Coachella festival begins this weekend, in which Indio, California is overtaken with every type of person from hippies to people who like watching bands outside and camping yet deny being hippies. The impressive lineup has a few notably similar acts who may not be rivals but st ... More >>

Pancho Rucker On The Good And Bad Of St. Louis Hip-Hop: Listen To Kurt Cobain Music

Pancho Rucker​Pancho Rucker has been here before. His new album, Kurt Cobain Music, follows a long string of releases: From The Dirt To The Throne, FUQ, I'm Better Than You On Ur Sh*t Volumes 1 and 2, The Kim Jong Il Mixtape, F*ck The Radio, and No Bullsh*t Allowed. The St. Louis native has le ... More >>

Look! Sarah Palin Is Naked!

​Did that headline get your attention? Love Sarah Palin or loathe her, you just can't seem to look away. You're as obsessed as a post-Mariah-Carey Eminem!So that oughtta make today's Daily RFT contest right up your alley. We're giving away an entire suite of seats for tomorrow's event at the Famil ... More >>

Voltron prepares to recapture the universe from a small office in St. Louis

Bonnaroo 2011: What to Bring, What To Expect, What to See and More

​Bonnaroo is next weekend already, and Wakarusa starts tomorrow. Summer Festival season is in full swing, and it's getting hard to keep track of all the offerings. In the next several weeks, we'll bring you guides to some of the best and biggest festivals within a day's drive of St. Louis. We ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Featured Review: Ghost: Elizabeth Peyton

Tef Poe fights against complacency, and defies pigeonholing, with War Machine

Faces and Names

New Release Highlights For November 22: A Special Monday Edition

(New releases come out on Monday this week. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on? Find out below.) The Alchemist and Oh No join forces as Gangrene​*Gangrene, Gutter Water Gangrene is a collaboration between the Alchemist and Oh No. Pitchfork gave Gangrene a 6.7, saying "the rapping ... More >>

R.I.P. Sex Pistols Manager, Fashion Visionary Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren, the wily manger who guided original punks the Sex Pistols to infamy, died today after a battle with cancer. He was 64. After outfitting the New York Dolls with outrageous stagewear in the mid-'70s, he became more notorious for coordinating the Sex Pistols' outlandish publicity stunt ... More >>

The Best of 2009 in Music

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 27-August 2

Every Monday (Tuesday this week -- sorry, Warped Tour), A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Euclid Records 1. SON VOLT: American ... More >>

Bee True

From wowing locals to impressing P. Diddy, rapper Rebecca "Bee" Plasencia is on her way

Street Fighters

You've Got a Friend

We catch up with the Gentleman Callers, find out what Ron Jeremy has to do with school and examine how much James Taylor really sucks

Fightin' Femmes

We duel with Gretchen Wilson and Kelly Clarkson, get home-cooking tips from the stars and delve into Omarion's psyche

Three's Company

B-Sides sees triple with Alkaline Trio, crunches numbers with Son Volt and gives Billy Idol some career advice

Nothing But a Party, Y'all

The Trackboyz see the future, and it is us

Seeing Double

Nelly's dropping two discs on the same day. And somehow, it works.

Stripping Bush

Nude dancers, pot smokers and hip-hoppers register to oust Dubya

Ms. Jackson, If You're Nasty...

In which Radar Station ponders the issue of the day

On Track

Radar Station mixes up local producers, decides to blame them

Kiss Me, Sons of God

Gigantic nearly deifies They Might Be Giants -- and why not?

Rockin' the Cradle

DMX and Jet Li get down 2 Grave business

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Fishing for Compliments

Antwone Fisher makes a great role model, says Antwone Fisher

Snoop Dogg

Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ (Priority/Doggy Style)

White Riot

Jewish pottymouth MC Paul Barman makes a brilliant hip-hop oddity

Point Return

Pointessential 7 has the sound you've come to expect

Slugging It Out

By working through his personal shit, MC Slug touches the masses

Lip Service

Steven Drozd talks about a decade's worth of weirdness with the Flaming Lips

Bird Call

With a diverse following and a stand-alone attitude, Nelly Furtado hit it big by being herself. But how long can it last?

Kid Rock

Cocky (Lava/Atlantic)

It Happens

Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park's the funniest show on TV.

Vans Warped Tour 2001

Wednesday, July 11; Riverport

Culture Club

Tuesday, Oct. 10; Mississippi Nights

Best St. Louisan of 2000

Nelly

Country Cookin'

Local rapper Nelly takes his Country Grammar to No. 1

Beck

Saturday, Jan. 29; American Theater