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Punk: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is tomorrow! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday, and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categories ... More >>

The Dwarves

7 p.m. Sunday, December 30. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

The Six Sweetest Riffs Of 2012

It's the most wonderful time of the year: list season. Before we open up all our presents from the past 12 months, let us gather around the fireplace and reminisce on the gifts from the guitar gods. Here are the six sweetest riffs of 2012. Let us know your favorites in the comments below. See also: ... More >>

Six Best Songs Under One Minute Long

Last week, we counted down the best songs over thirty minutes long, essentially a list of weirdos. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it is rare for an artist to call a song complete before it enters triple digits on the time counter. But great works have been made under the sixty second mark, be ... More >>

A Hole in the World: Thursday Calls it Quits

RFT File PhotoThursday lead singer Geoff Rickly screams up a storm at a 2009 show at The Pageant. The post-hardcore group announced in November that it will be going on an indefinite hiatus.​Thursday may have been the next big thing in rock music. But at a 2009 show at the Pageant, they were a ... More >>

St. Louis Punks Form Factory, a Springsteen Tribute Band: Tonight at the Heavy Anchor

​The folks at the Heavy Anchor have been consistently booking solid shows -- both local and national -- since it opened earlier this year, and their lineup tonight is no exception. While a solo set by Tom May of Pennsylvania's punk-rock purists the Menzingers (Epitaph Records) would be perfect ... More >>

The Fuck Off and Dies Records New Songs

Image via​In late January, Story of the Year frontman Dan Marsala revealed some obscure trivia about the band's breakthrough album, Page Avenue, which the band played in its entirety Friday, February 4 at the Pageant. At the same time, he also delivered an update about the Fuck off and Dies, h ... More >>

Story of the Year on Its Nirvana Cover and More Trivia about Page Avenue

Tim Harmon​In this week's RFT, Story of the Year frontman Dan Marsala reveals some obscure trivia about the band's breakthrough album, Page Avenue, which the band will play in its entirety Friday, February 4 at the Pageant. Below, read on for some leftovers about songs from the record, the ban ... More >>

Off With Their Heads, Humanoids at Firebird, Thursday, July 8

On the heels of their Epitaph Records debut, In Desolation, Minneapolis' Off With Their Heads have clearly hit their stride. After churning out several albums and split seven-inches on Florida punk-core institution No Idea Records and gaining more and more punk-rock cred with each release, the quart ... More >>

Off With Their Heads

8 p.m. Thursday, July 8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Twelve Vans Warped Tour Bands You Can Admit in Public You're Going to See

The Vans Warped tour returns to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis on Monday, July 5. Like every year, the tour has its fair share of bands that appeal mostly to "the kids" -- Hey Monday, Never Shout Never, the Cab, etc. But this year's model features plenty of acts with actual musical c ... More >>

Motion City Soundtrack

10 a.m. Sunday, June 6. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

NOFX's Fat Mike doles out fatherly advice gleaned from his perch as punk rock's patriarch

Homespun: Dear Vincent, So Long Winter

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Dear Vincent's EP, So Long Winter. He had this to say: The local quartet Dear Vincent writes tightly constructed folk-rock songs that spin out with the precision and delicacy of a music box's lullaby, albeit with darker overtones. On the band's debu ... More >>

Homespun: Dear Vincent

So Long Winter
(self-released)

Interview Outtakes: Story of the Year's Dan Marsala Talks a New Album and His F**king Awesome Side Project

In this week's paper, I chatted with Dan Marsala, vocalist for celebrated local rock quintet Story of the Year. The band released its fourth album, The Constant, this week via Epitaph Records. It'll be having a CD release show on March 4 at the Pageant, and the only way in is to buy the record at Vi ... More >>

With its fourth album, The Constant, Story of the Year stays the course

Download a Free Bear Ceuse EP, Stream a new Story of the Year Tune

Tip to Largeheartedboy for reminding me that Bear Ceuse -- the moniker under which singer-songwriter Cameron Matthews now performs -- has a new EP available for download at his website, Westminster Labs. It's a solid, vibrant release from the young musician, one which features strong songwriting and ... More >>

Three hard-rock/metal shows in one week means Arma-Friggin'-Geddon for St. Louis

Happy Birthday, Punk: The Vans Warped Tour turns fifteen years young

The Glory of Love: Punk-pop lifers New Found Glory confound critics by continuing to stay relevant – and produce solid tunes

Record Store Day at Euclid Records, Vintage Vinyl and aPop Records

Tomorrow is the day, when three independent record stores in town unleash limited-edition vinyl, special movie showings, guest DJs, sales and plenty more carefree shenanigans -- all in the name of Record Store Day! Check back on Sunday or Monday for a slideshow of images from all three stores. But b ... More >>

Common Market: Thursday springs back to life with a brash new album on a new label

Outtakes MP3s: "Anarchy in the Ozarks"

In this week's paper, there's a long story about punk and hardcore in the Ozarks, titled "Anarchy in the Ozarks." Below find an excerpt from Ben Westhoff's piece that didn't quite make it into the final draft. Check out more information and music at Gabe Harper's blog, Ozark Punk Rock. MP3: Initial ... More >>

Warped Tour St. Louis: The Popular, the Local and the Weird

Texas Tornado: St. Louis musicians invade SXSW

St. Louis Bands at SXSW

Local-Ish News Round-up: Kristeen Young off Morrissey tour, Story of the Year signs with Epitaph, BRMC produces Cold War Direction, Free Bunnygrunt MP3

2006: The Year in Music

Week of December 28, 2006

Bouncing Souls

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 29. The Gargoyle on the campus of Washington University (Forsyth and Skinker boulevards).

The Matches

Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Matchbook Romance

Tuesday, November 8; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Fat Boys

A gang of elderly, seedy Mississippi bluesmen come to your home...in DVD form

H2O

Thursday, January 20; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Hot Water Music with Leatherface and Small Brown Bike

Tuesday, April 10; Creepy Crawl

Merle Haggard

Friday, Oct. 13; Mississippi Nights

True Blues

The Fat Possum Juke Joint Caravan is bringing songs of anger, misery and lust to Blueberry Hill -- and you'd be a fool to miss it

The Anti-Fest, featuring Blanks 77, L.E.S. Stitches, Total Chaos, the Ducky Boys, For the Last Time, the Gunga Dins and the Ded Bugs

Sunday, Dec. 5; Galaxy

WAXING WAVES

Tiny but determined, WEW-AM and KNSX-FM ride the rough surf of St. Louis radio