Jaime Lees

Soul/Funk: 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 >>

Your Guide to the Bands of RFT's Music Showcase

Psych: 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 >>

Americana: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a week and a half away! 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 ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: May 10 to 12

Get out, St. Louis! Besides these shows, check out our Out Every Night post from earlier this week to read about The Jungle Fire's album release as well as visits from the Dillinger Escape Plan and Caitlin Rose. Take note that the Plaid Dragons performance mentioned has been moved along with the ACB ... More >>

Forty Years into Her Career, Patti Smith is Still Bewitching: Review and Setlist 5/5/13

Patti Smith Contemporary Art Museum May 5, 2013 It's an emotional thing, seeing Patti Smith. I've seen her perform a bunch of times, and every time I'm shocked by my own intense reaction. I know that I usually get all sentimental and weepy when she starts singing, but this time I was blinking away ... More >>

The Ten Best Dive Bars in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2012 wasn't easy. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. This week: The best dive bars in ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from March 25 to 31

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Go to shows! Go to shows! Go to shows! OK, so one of those makes the other a bit difficult, but we know you have it in you. Grab a shovel, some snow boots, whatever it takes to make way for some great music this week (plus, we hear the forecast is beginning to ... More >>

Taste's Joel Burton: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks Into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week, Jaime Lees profiles Joel Burton of Taste. Below is a Q&A with Burton, followed by the recipe for the Jack Rose.Inspired by a suggestion from last week's featured bartender Laura Therina ... More >>

Baileys' Chocolate Bar's Laura Therina: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks Into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week, Jaime Lees profiles Laura Therina of Baileys' Chocolate Bar. Below is a Q&A with Therina, followed by the recipe for the Mexican Chocolate Martini.With the most romantic day of the year ... More >>

My Bloody Valentine Releases New Album, MBV After 22 Years: Get It Here

[Update 6:23 pm: MBV's official website has already crashed from the volume of people trying to get to the new album. Keep checking back for more updates.] [Update 2: According to Consequenses of Sound, the album is called mbv and contains nine tracks. It will be available for purchase on the band' ... More >>

Friendly's Renee DePauli: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks Into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week, Jaime Lees profiles Renee DePauli of Friendly's. Below is a Q&A with DePauli, followed by the recipe for the Blue Steel.Friendly's Restaurant & Pub (3503 Roger Place; 314-771-2040) is a ... More >>

Seven Local Artists to Watch in 2013

Madonna at the Scottrade Center, 11/1/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

Madonna is considered a living legend, a cultural icon and one of the best performers of her time. She is one of the most influential artists in the history of American music, and last night at the Scottrade Center we found out why: hard work and natural charisma. If we are to believe any of the pe ... More >>

Win Hood Internet Tickets

Tonight, Chicago good-time master the Hood Internet will be at the Gramophone. Tickets are $15 at the door and the show starts at 10 p.m. Do some weird shots beforehand.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From May 21 to May 27

We'll start this post off by recognizing the fact that yes, Red Hot Chili Peppers is playing in town on Friday (Scottrade Center); as is Local H (Firebird), but Friday is already well-represented below with another what-is-this-1996 artist, Snoop Dogg, playing at Pop's and roots-reggae pioneer Might ... More >>

The Telescopes' Stephen Lawrie is a Shoegaze Legend; Won't Give Up His Hair Secrets

English space-rock heroes the Telescopes shared both a record label and a scene with bands like the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, but never shared the acclaim. And though the Telescopes are worshiped by modern noise makers as O.G. shoegazers, its influence hadn't translated into a full ... More >>

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music

Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Two

Tom LampeJay Farrar on the pedal steel for Colonel Ford​New Year's Eve isn't just amateur hour. It's a night-long, clown-car traffic jam of colossally defeated expectations, a dispiriting exercise in futility, even, or especially, when you're somewhere somewhat less coastal than Rio. In St. L ... More >>

Record Store Day 2011 in St. Louis: What You Need to Know About The Bands, DJs and Free Beer

A to Z loves Record Store Day! All of our favorite stores throw parties and hang out, celebrating records over free beer, snacks and lots of live music. (And there are exclusive Record Store Day releases to buy, too.) What could be better? To help prepare our readers (and ourselves) for this massi ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Jaime Lees on Cyndi Lauper, Music Blogs and the Rarest Vinyl LP She Covets

The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon

Yes, tomorrow is finally the day when Sonic Youth opens this year's Live on the Levee series of shows! Just a heads up on time: Awesome Color goes on at 6 p.m., and SY is on at 7:30. (In other words, expect nearly two hours of SY goodness -- no setlist spoilers from this current tour from me, though ... More >>

Saturday! Gringo Star at the Firebird

St. Louis faves Gringo Star are sneaking back into town for an Independence Day gig at the Firebird with Kid Scientist and Pet Rock: The Musical. Roy Kasten wasn't entirely impressed with the band at SXSW, but Jaime Lees has given them plenty of love in the past. Decide for yourself this weekend -- ... More >>

The Rum Drum Ramblers: Profile in This Week's Paper

In this week's paper, Jaime Lees profiles local blues trio the Rum Drum Ramblers. What do you guys think you sound like? What's your inspiration? Mat Wilson: I would say, like... I'm pulling from pre-war Chicago blues. Like, the first electric blues. Ryan Koenig: I'm into a lot of the country blues ... More >>

An Open Letter to Kid Sister

Dear Kid Sister, I love you, but you need to get off of your ass and release your debut already. I read yesterday that you and your label are holding your album until it feels right "sonically." I don't know what that means, but it smells like caca. I mean, all I wanna do is kick Dream Date at my n ... More >>

R.I.P. Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton

Via TIRC, via NME: Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton was found dead at the age of 60 at his Michigan home. Cause of death is unknown right now.You know, it's almost easy to forget how influential the Stooges are on modern music -- all strains of it. Every time I listen to one of their older songs, I'm s ... More >>

Videos: Henry Rollins, in St. Louis Tonight Doing Spoken-Word

Interview Outtakes: Henry Rollins Talks Politics

RFT reader wishes the Cubs 100 more years of failure

Over the Weekend: Iron and Wine, London Calling, Willie Nelson, That 80s Club, Australian Graffiti

Show Review: Stevie Nicks at the Chaifetz Arena, Friday, June 13

The 2008 RFT Music Award Winners: The Results Are In!

2008 Music Award Nominees: Best Funk/Soul/R&B

The Breeders' Kelley Deal: Outtakes from This Week's Music Feature

The Livers: Origins, Sordid Past and Current Whereabouts -- in Exclusive Video Form

The 1900s: Outtakes from the Interview to Preview their British Sea Power Opening Gig

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

This Band Could Be Your Life, Part III: So Many Dynamos Tours to SXSW

Bobby Bare Jr's Pixies Cover Band, Is She Weird, Is She White: Tonight at Off Broadway

The Evens: Ian MacKaye Speaks about the Music, St. Louis, Touring

The Mad Professor

Kooky rock legend Robyn Hitchcock takes a gander back at his career, and Ian MacKaye takes on new venues.

Rats and People, The City of Passersby: Outtakes and MP3s

Tool in Cape Girardeau: A Photo Essay

Rock the Vote

The 2007 RFT Music Awards winners are here!

Still More SXSW Coverage, Part Two

Stooges: The SXSW Interview

SXSW: St. Louis Wrap-up, Part Two

Shake Appeal: The Stooges at SXSW

"Lita Ford is one of the greatest female guitarists in the world and a very accomplished musician."

Week of November 30, 2006

2006 RFT Music Awards

Dean C. Minderman|Kristyn Pomranz|Andrew Miller|Kristie McClanahan|Christian Schaeffer|Andrew Miller|Ben Westhoff|Annie Zaleski|Brooke Foster|Jaime Lees|Roy Kasten