Jefferson Airplane

The Year-End List of Lists to End All Year-End Lists This Year (You Wish)

I am a chronic ranker of things, a lister. You give me a category - movies, music, vegetables, just about anything besides my children - and I'll give you a nice, neat list of my favorites. For my summary of the year 2012, a single Top Ten List didn't seem sufficient, so instead I submit my Top Five ... More >>

Pussy Riot and Four Other Bands That Lost the Battle with Authority But Won the War

If there's one thing the Pussy Riot trial has taught us, it's that protest music can still be a dangerous, subversive tool. By performing an anti-Putin "punk prayer" during a guerrilla action at a Russian Orthodox church, Pussy Riot intended to provoke and offend. Many saw their action as blasphemou ... More >>

The Summer of Love Heats Up

Zola Jesus Talks About David Lynch, Slaughtering a Brian Eno Cover and Why She Believes in Suffering

Zola Jesus is in a playground at midnight, and she's mucking in the darkest places, searching out tiny pains and feeding them blood and chocolate until they're large and capable of decimating cities. She's a conjurer, cloaking her voice in a strata of black magic and divined emotion. Zola Jesus is s ... More >>

The Seven Deadliest Music Festivals

wikimedia commons​It has been a particularly grim summer already in music festival fatalities, with one death over the weekend at Electric Daisy and two more at Bonnaroo a couple weeks ago. But this is hardly a new phenomenon: The combination of crushing crowds, heat and mind-altering substanc ... More >>

Bell Biv DeVoe, Gavin DeGraw, Keb' Mo' and Barenaked Ladies To Play Celebrate St. Louis

courtesy of Fair St. Louis​The lineup for the 2011 Celebrate St. Louis Summer Concerts has just been announced: As you can see, it's Bill Biv DeVoe on July 15th, Gavin DeGraw on July 16th, Keb' Mo' on July 22nd and Barenaked Ladies on July 23rd. All shows are free and the headliners listed sta ... More >>

Jury of One: The Cannes crew picked a true winner, but the best of the fest wasn't even allowed to compete

St. Louis Record Store Day Recap: Apop Records Spotlights Up-and-Comers Shaved Women, Maximum Effort and Glow Dick, Veterans Bob Reuter, Strangulated Beatoffs and Skarekrau Radio

Nick LucchesiBob Reuter performs at Apop Records on Record Store Day​On Saturday, April 17, St. Louis was treated to a whole day of BBQ, beer and full-blown sonic wonderment as Apop Records proudly hosted its second-annual Record Store Day since moving to the Gateway City in 2007. In the ag ... More >>

Bad for the Jews: Self-hating or just everyone-hating? The Coen Brothers aim their contempt at MOTs.

Show Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Grand Ole Party and Pajo at The Pageant, June 2

Photo: Todd OwyoungKaren O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Pageant. More photos here.Yeah Yeah Yeahs' singer Karen O has crafted a persona as a shabby-chic fashion icon, a vulnerable diva, and some sort of female version of Iggy Pop. She has dated music video director Spike Jonze and is involved in t ... More >>

Go! The St. Louis Weekend Calendar, June 13-15, 2008:

Midnight Movies

Lion the Girl (New Line)

2006: The Year in Music

Week of December 28, 2006

Go Ask Alice

Steel Train

Thursday, November 17; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Series/Festivals

Week of May 25, 2005

Same As It Ever F**king Was

When it comes to censorship, the song remains the same

See Dick, and Tom, Run

In comedy -- and comebacks -- it's all about the timing

Waves of Fascination

Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

DayGlo Schmoes

What would happen if lunatics decided to refilm Xanadu?

That '70s Movie

Moonlight Mile wastes its setting and its star

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. Stan Liebowitz says otherwise.

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

Sugar, Sugar

A new book about bubblegum bands provides more than empty calories

Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks

Tuesday, Nov. 21; Generations