Explosions in the Sky

Sigur Rós, Nine Inch Nails, Rancid, Hanni El Khatib and More in This Week's 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 >>

Hard Rock: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! 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 categor ... More >>

The Six Best Songs About Murdering A Significant Other

Valentine's Day is upon us, a time to celebrate relationships or hate those celebrating. But for those relationships that don't end well, here are the six best songs about murdering a significant other. Let us know your favorites in the comments, but we suggest using a public computer with an untrac ... More >>

The Six Best Boring Albums Of 2012

If "best" and "boring" seem contradictory, please know there's no irony or negativity intended in this list. Maybe some irony, as I am poking some fun at the perception that any song over four minutes long, any piece of music built on repetition, anything that requires patience of any form from a li ... More >>

The Octopus Project

8 p.m. Sunday, October 14. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 8 to 14

Before we get into it: I am sure you are all already aware that White Rabbits is playing in town this week. And I am sure you've all seen this ubiquitous press photo, wherein all the members of the band are sprawled lazily on the floor, haphazardly surrounded by their hopelessly-tangled instrument c ... More >>

For The Love Of Boring Music

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. The greatest living composer (Steve Reich) is currently writing a piece based on source material from the ... More >>

Coachella 4/20: Let's Talk About Weed

Yesterday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of our editor, Ben Westhoff, who did a small survey with a margin of error of plus or minus 45 percent.) Believe it ... 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 >>

Coachella 2012 Lineup: Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg Headline

Coachella has just announced its 2012 lineup. The festival, which will take place over two weekends in April, will feature the Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg as headliners, and it doesn't exactly drop off from there: Pulp, Cat Power, M83, the Shins, Bon Iver, Noel Gallagher, Feist, Jeff ... More >>

Pygmalion Music Festival 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​With LouFest, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza done you may think the music festival season is over after Labor Day. But there's still more: Those who crave an indie rock festival featuring creative, innovative and up-and-coming artists will be glad to know that their audio paradise is only 178 mi ... More >>

The Appleseed Cast Is Coming To The Firebird

​The Firebird just snagged Lawrence's the Appleseed Cast for a show on August 30th. Hospital Ships will open. Tickets are $10 and will go on sale soon. The band, which has adapted its emo roots into a versatile post-rock sound with recent releases, released its Middle States EP earlier this ye ... More >>

Explosions in the Sky and Joe Lally Lead this Week's New Records

Jay Vollmer with the new Explosions in the Sky album​Every week, we'll ask your local record store clerks to advise you on which new releases are worth your hard-earned pennies. Today we cross the river to visit to Slackers CDs and Games, and manager Josh Vollmer fills us in on this week's hig ... More >>

Review Setlist Photos: Wolf Parade Pummels the Pageant, Saturday, November 20

Todd OwyoungWolf Parade at the Pageant, November 20, 2010​Let's be honest: Wolf Parade's latest album, Expo 86, doesn't quite pack the punch of its predecessors, Apologies to the Queen Mary and At Mount Zoomer. It has all the ingredients of the band's recipe for sonic success: Spencer Krug's ... More >>

You, Me, and the DuPrees: Eisley Enchants at the Old Rock House, Tuesday, June 29

Diana BenantiEisley at the Old Rock House​While most of the free world was queued up at one of the local cinemas to take in the latest installment of the Twilight saga, about 160 people were treated to a fantastic show by Texas indie-poppers Eisley.

Stream a New Song from Indie-Eggheads the Great Outdoors, Snag Its New CD Tomorrow

​The young, new local quartet The Great Outdoors -- formerly known as Leaking Africa -- is releasing its first EP, Board Up Our Homes, this weekend with a show at the Firebird. Homes is an interesting first release: The songs unfurl themselves in slow motion, driven by piano with faint jazz fi ... More >>

Appleseed Cast

8 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Balmorhea

9 p.m. Friday, February 26. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Tonight! El Perro del Mar. Tomorrow's MP3 Bonanza! RJD2, Into the Light Carol Anne

El Perro del Mar Where: The Gargoyle Playing With: Peter Bjorn and John Sounds Like: "The 2009 release Love Is Not Pop furthers Sarah Assbring's deconstruction of pop and indie-folk forms -- the melodies linger, the grooves float, the themes sigh -- but a sonic laboratory of dubby delay and electron ... More >>

Photos: Whigs/Dead Confederate at Fubar, Headlights/Cut Off Your Hands at the Firebird

Saturday, March 14: The Whigs and Dead Confederate, FubarDead Confederate -- which we've written about quite a bit -- once again destroyed eardrums and song structures. Keyboards appeared higher in the mix, making the set feel much more like Explosions in the Sky embracing its inner angsty grunge te ... More >>

The Whigs/Dead Confederate

7 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

Appleseed Cast

8 p.m. Saturday, February 28. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Fitter, Happier, More Productive: Mono, Hymn to the Immortal Wind

(Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary school (and high school and college) homework assignments that I would inevitably put off to the l ... More >>

Dredg

8 p.m. Wednesday, November 19. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

Second Spin: Sweetbottom, Angels of the Deep

Show Review Photos: The Final Rockdown at the Bluebird, Saturday, September 27, featuring Riddle of Steel, Roma 79, Shame Club and Traindodge

MP3 Monday: Dead Confederate, Goldcure, The Yuppie Pricks

Russian Circles

9 p.m. Wednesday, June 4. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Show Review: The Cure in Kansas City at the Starlight Theatre, Monday, May 19

Minus Story

Unwed Sailor

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup Leaked: Radiohead, NIN, Wilco, Kanye West, Explosions in the Sky, Love and Rockets, The National, Lupe Fiasco, more!

Explosions in the Sky at the Pageant, March 29: Video, Photos, Review

B-Sides gets epic with Explosions in the Sky and chats up Chicago pop wunderkinds the 1900s

The Paper Chase

9 p.m. Tuesday, March 25. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Boulevard.

SXSW From a First-Timer's Perspective: R.E.M., Undertow, Dead Confederate, Thurston Moore, J Mascis, more

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Caspian

9 p.m. Saturday, September 22. The Cavern at Fort Gondo, 3151 Cherokee Street.

Introducing the Band, Part Two: So Many Dynamos guitarist Griffin Kay talks music, Billiken Club

Interpol

Our Love to Admire (Capitol)

Interpol, Our Love to Admire CD review: First Listen

Explosions in the Sky

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (Temporary Residence Limited)

Love Comes Tumbling

Recover’s former frontman gets his groove on, the way young lovers do.

Coachella, Ho!

Envy

Insomniac Doze (Temporary Residence, Ltd.)

Appleseed Cast

Peregrine (The Militia Group)