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Cover: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award 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 >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 13 to 19

You'd think that having jobs like our's would grant us innate superpowers to recall the goings-ons of any particular day at the blink of an eye, but the reality of it is that staring at the dozens and dozens of new shows that roll in weekly can become somewhat disorienting (luckily, this here concer ... More >>

The Best Shows at SXSW 2013

This year, our sister papers at the Houston Press music blog Rocks Off and Dallas Observer music blog DC-9 at Night teamed up to bring you only the choicest moments from last week's SXSW madness. See Also: -The Scene at SXSW: Here's What You Are Missing -SXSW 2013: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spai ... More >>

Swastikas, Lemmy and Screaming Christians: Picking the Winner of the Mayhem Festival

This Friday, the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival rolls through our fair city, bringing fifteen purveyors of heavy music to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The scope of artists ranges from old-timers like Anthrax and Motorhead to young guns like The Devil Wears Prada and Asking Alexandria. These b ... More >>

Mariachi El Bronx

8 p.m. Saturday, May 19. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Kanye West's Snub and the Proud History of Grammy Incompetence

Homer Simpson proudly displays his Grammy Award for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word or Barbershop Album.​Adele could soon become a Grammy paper champion. Oh sure. 21 is a worthy entrant for the coveted Grammy for Album of the Year. "Rolling in the Deep," after all, topped the 2011 Pazz and Jop P ... More >>

Mississippi Nights' Final Jam Session Occurred Five Years Ago Today

In theory, music venues are interchangeable. If one especially great place shuts down, another spot surely will rise elsewhere. But there's something disquieting about the closure of an especially memorable venue. Even years later, I'm still bummed about how Shattered - a Columbia, Missouri, insti ... More >>

Try the Pre-Prohibition Pilsner at Six Row Brewing Company

​The stars of the beer universe aligned when Six Row Brewing Company (3690 Forest Park Avenue; 314-531-5600) decided to put out its latest release, Plant No. 1 Pre-Prohibition Pilsner. The midtown brewpub wanted to release its first lager at the same time that it was filling out a new expansion i ... More >>

The Joy Formidable At The Firebird, 9/21/11: Review and Setlist

Photos by Diana Benanti ​The Joy Formidable | US Royalty September 21, 2011 The Firebird This is the time to see a band. The Joy Formidable is still pie-eyed and loving it, and there's a new single around every bend. The band is still in love with its luck, and there is no way to not fall in ... More >>

The Year Punk Broke Finally Gets Reissued: Where The Featured Bands Are Today

​About twenty years ago, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore asked his friend, filmmaker Dave Markey, to document the band's short European tour, including its performance at the massive Reading Festival. Markey (best known for his underground classic Desperate Teenage Lovedolls) left with his passp ... More >>

Listen To A New Song From The Peach EP, Which Comes Out Tomorrow

Photo by Corey Woodruff​Alt-rock newcomer Peach will release its debut EP tomorrow at the Heavy Anchor. Its six songs are ballsy guitar thrashers; the lineup (Peach, Bruiser Queen and Ellen the Felon and the Mattronome) deliberately comprises women-fronted rock bands. The show starts at 9 p.m ... More >>

Interview & Recipe: Maggie McHugh Talks About Recipe Records, Her Rock & Roll Cookbook

Recipe RecordsMaggie McHugh and Lanea Stagg, co-authors of Recipe Records, in the kitchen.​Music and food make a wonderful pair, and so do Maggie McHugh and Lanea Stagg, co-authors of Recipe Records, a locally released rock & roll themed cookbook featuring easy and tasty recipes inspired by so ... More >>

Fucked Up's Damian Abraham: "I'm a Hardcore Kid. I Love Shitty Photocopied Zines"

Daniel Boud​Fucked Up, fresh off the release of its 18-track epic, David Comes To Life, will be in St. Louis on Friday. The Canadian six piece is touring with Nashville's JEFF the brotherhood. We talked to Fucked Up front man Damian Abraham in this week's print issue. More from our interview, ... More >>

New Album Releases: Toro Y Moi, Six Organs of Admittance, Adele 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.) Adele's 21​*Adele, 21 NPR reviewed 21: "The songs on 21 don't offer up much specific detail of the heartache Adele says she's suffering, or even outline the ... More >>

The legendary metal singer Lemmy shows surprising, different sides in a new documentary

Interview: Blackpool Lights' Billy Brimblecom on the New Okie Baroque and How the Band Got Back Together

​Blackpool Lights -- the project featuring drummer Billy Brimblecom and the Get Up Kids' Jim Suptic -- will be doing one of its first shows in years tonight at the Firebird. The Class of '98 opens. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10. Earlier this week, BPL released a stellar new EP, ... More >>

New Release Highlights For November 16: Local Boy Nelly Returns With 5.0

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Cassidy's C.A.S.H.​*Cassidy, C.A.S.H. The once gold-certified rapper returns with a new studio album. Stream the C.A.S.H. in full here. *Crushed Stars, Con ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Rush Shows 'Em How It's Done at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Sunday, August 22

Todd OwyoungRush's Geddy Lee. More photos from the show here.​Rush shows are a marathon, not a sprint. They're also not for the faint of heart or for the casual fan: Over forty years into its career, the Canadian trio still plays for close to three hours. Last night at the Verizon Wireless Amp ... More >>

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

RFT Music Awards Nominees & Showcase Performers

SLU vs. La Salle: A Not-So-Special Senior Moment

photos by Keegan HamiltonThe Saint Louis University basketball team tried hard on Saturday against La Salle, they really did. They clawed for every rebound, dove for every loose ball and hustled themselves to exhaustion on defense, erasing any lingering doubts about whether they have bought into Ric ... More >>

Xmas Jams: A roundup of 2008's best Christmas albums

MP3 Weekender: Supersuckers, Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships, The Safes

Germs Bassist Lorna Doom on Movie About Her Band: "It's a Good Crazy"

Hoo Do: As Diamond Hoo Ha proves, Supergrass is best served fun

Win a Free Pair of Supergrass Tickets!

Foo Fighters Led Zeppelin = The Best Day of Dave Grohl's Life

Summer Concert Calendar: Hit all the high notes this summer with our expanded concert listings

Using Their Illusion: Ferocious — and funny — locals the Livers hope video builds the radio star

Face the Nation

We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 30.

Wham Bam Glam

Welcome home, Brian Delaney.

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Say Anything

SoTheySay earns a record deal via hard work -- and a little help from the Internet

The Son Also Rises

Jay Farrar's band is reborn, Nelly sells, and some guys from the 'burbs get signed

Why Lollapalooza Died

We explore campaign theme songs, examine the death of Lollapalooza and get down verbally with Paul Oakenfold

Fevered Pitch

Pitchfork is taking over music criticism by making people laugh -- or pissing them off

Sounds Around Town

Week of May 28, 2003

Number One With a Bullet

You know you're right -- you can't lose with rare Nirvana

The Pixies

Complete "B" Sides (4AD)

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

Critical Mass

RFT music critics offer a cut-and-paste compendium of the year in music. Everyone's wrong. Everyone's right.

MESH HAPPENS

A Point-ed exchange with KPNT program director Allan Fee

Sound Checks