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Grandma Moseys: New Jewish can't help but get Lost in Yonkers

LouFest Lineup 2012: We Are Scientists Drops Off

We Are Scientists has just announced that it is canceling a series of upcoming tour dates -- including a scheduled set at LouFest -- due to lead singer Keith Murray's throat issues. The band's full statement can be found below. LouFest, meanwhile, took to its official Facebook page to say that an ... More >>

Nine Albums Overshadowed by Nevermind

​Tomorrow, Nirvana's Nevermind turns twenty years old, leaving Gen Xers questioning where their lives have gone, just as they questioned where their lives were going to the strains of Smells Like Teen Spirit. While Nevermind marked a victory for the underground in a stellar year of albums, th ... More >>

Vincent L. Gillespie: St. Louis Homicide No. 70

The death of a 50-year-old man with trauma to the face has been officially reclassified as a homicide, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.Vincent L. Gillespie's body was found in the 1400 block of Glasgow on the morning of July 3. His death was originally classified merely as ... More >>

Weekend Crime Roundup: Shooting, Suspicious Death, Hit-and-Run

From this weekend's St. Louis crime roundup (a special holiday edition!):* A 50-year-old black male was found dead yesterday morning around 7:30 at the 1400 block of Glasgow, just a few blocks from Vashon High School. The man had apparent trauma to his face; the case is being handled by homicide inv ... More >>

The Trashcan Sinatras' resurgence continues with a new acoustic tour and plenty of give-and-take with its loyal fans

Jamie Oliver's Not-So-Local Scottish Sauce Controversy

Some folks in Scotland aren't thrilled with Jaime Oliver. The Scotland Herald reports that the U.K.'s ever-present reminder to eat local food might not be staying true to his word in one of his restaurants. Jamie's Italian in Glasgow is using pasta sauce factory-made 400 miles away. Chefs at Oli ... More >>

Robert Rucker: St. Louis Homicide No. 120; Murder Possibly Connected to Earlier Drive By

Robert Rucker, 20, was shot dead last night at the intersection of Glasgow and Benton in north St. Louis. ​St. Louis police report that Rucker was driving a car northbound on Glasgow around 5:13 p.m. when a red sedan -- possibly a Pontiac -- pulled up along side his vehicle and began firing.

The Morning Brew: 5.18

Not only are pesticides bad for bugs, there's more evidence showing how bad they are for humans. Reuters reports that the Harvard School of Public Health has released a study linking organophosphate pesticides to ADHD in kids. Over forty organophosphates are approved for pesticide use in the U.S. T ... More >>

Frightened Rabbit floats its way to St. Louis for the first time

SXSW Day One: Billy Bragg, Broken Bells, Miranda Lee Richards, Jason Collett, Fanfarlo more!

Big Star's shadow is looming large at this year's SXSW.​The text that Alex Chilton had died came through just before midnight on the first full day of South By Southwest 2010 in Austin. I was on my way to the sleeze-and-cheese-and-bathroom-cologne club Prague to see the anti-Alex, Billy Bragg, ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Camera Obscura & Papercuts, Tuesday, December 1 at Off Broadway

Understanding the ins and outs of concert promotion is a little like understanding quantum physics: There's sold out, and then there's beyond sold out. Rumor has it that last night's Camera Obscura show at Off Broadway was in the latter camp, but while the accommodations were certainly snug, the Sco ... More >>

Them! Us! Dancing! The shambling pop of Wales indie-nerds Los Campesinos! entertains and informs

Schlafly Channels Robert Burns' Ghost

For those who missed the poet Robert Burns's 250th birthday party last night at Schlafly Tap Room, this morning we give you a momento: original verse from corporate lawyer, brewpub owner and fly-by-night-poet Tom Schlafly himself.  Schlafly the Scot (RFT's Best Citizen last year) and his partne ... More >>

Up Show-Me Creek: Blisters, hellish heat, a boatload of vomit and lots of painkillers. It's all part of the Missouri River 340 race.

True Faith: Peter Hook hasn't let New Order's split slow him down

Mogwai to Reissue Young Team -- Plus Win a Signed Copy!

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Caps

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

St. Louis Art Caps

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

More North St. Louis Smoke Signals from Paul McKee and McEagle Properties

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

The Kills, Lightspeed Champion and Sons & Daughters at SXSW

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene.

St. Louis Art Capsules

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Raise a Glass

2007: The Year in Song, MP3-Style

The Brits Are Alright

With a new four-CD retrospective, Rhino Records captures the agony and ecstasy of the golden age of Modern English rock.

Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Out of the gray, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters and peeks of sunshine.

City of Glass

Vacation, Had to Get Away

Riddle of Steel checks in from Europe, Ghostface Killah gets all James Joyce on us, while the Download directs us to MP3 nirvana

Belle and Sebastian

The Life Pursuit (Matador)

Shirock

Saturday, February 4; the Billiken Club (20 North Grand Boulevard)

Take Me Out

We trace Franz Ferdinand's family tree, talk with Idlewild and dig the truth behind Brian Jonestown Massacre's St. Louis cancellation

Murder Most Fun

We compare killers and Killers, look into The Source and learn about the final recordings of a rock legend

Aye, Burns-ing for You

Good for what ales you

Letters

Week of January 5, 2005

St. Louis Bounty

Is An American Place worthy of its buzz? In a word: absolutely.

Geeks Gone Wild

If you can't get laid at a science-fiction convention, you can't get laid!

Auchentoshan Three-Wood Single-Malt Scotch

Eleven Eleven Mississippi, 1111 Mississippi Avenue, 314-241-9999

Kill Wil

Lone Scherfig yanks our chains with a darkly comic meditation on love and suicide

Living Dalle

A local singer/songwriter survives cancer and tours the UK with the Handsome Family

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics -- and maybe the oddest

Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes -- and more.

Mount Florida

Arrived Phoenix (Matador)

Through a Glasgow Darkly

Ratcatcher tells the classic coming-of-age tale, Scottish-style

News of the Weird

Mad Dash

Pixilated Pictures