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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 Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: September 14 to 16

Friday dominates the hell out of this week's picks, which has never happened before, in my tenure. I'm not sure what to make of that really; we are still running numbers and engaging in statistical analysis at the RFT Music laboratories, in an attempt to explain the anomaly. Hooten Hollers big 45 ... More >>

The Summer of Love Heats Up

The Six Best Effect-Enhanced Guitar Solos

Ever since prehistoric man hit a stick and a rock together and thought "I bet that would sound sweet through a delay pedal," musicians have craved new sonic avenues for their instruments. Here are the six best effect-enhanced guitar solos, including the time in which each solo begins. Let us know wh ... More >>

Play the Celebrity Artwork Matching Game, in Honor of Ringo Starr's (Microsoft) Paint Tour

Update: Chris Ward wins round one, but there are still tickets on the table. To win Flux Pavilion or Beach House tickets, write a scholarly sounding sentence about one or more of the paintings. We'll give 'em to whoever makes us laugh the hardest. Ringo Starr is taking his All Starr (...) band on t ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

White Denim

8 p.m. Saturday, April 7. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The WWE Royal Rumble Guide For Concert-Goers

Pro wrestling and arena concerts may seem like vastly different species. But they're not that far off. World Wrestling Entertainment camped out Sunday at Scottrade Center for this year's Royal Rumble, arguably the mega-federation's second biggest pay-per-view of the year next to its annual Wrestlem ... More >>

Griffin Kay on Novelty Records and the Pay-What-You Want Model

Jon Scorfina​Often times the biggest music collectors are musicians themselves. This is certainly true for So Many Dynamos guitarist and long-time record collector Griffin Kay. We recently met with Kay outside his Soulard apartment as he was carrying a new record player upstairs. His fiancé N ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 22-28, 2010

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. KANYE WEST---My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. THE NATIONAL---High Violet (Expanded Edition) 3. NICKI MINAJ---Pink Friday 4. RIHANNA---Loud 5. LATIMORE---All About The Rhythm & The Blues 6. NELLY---5.0 7. LIL WAYNE---I Am Not A Human Being 8. ... More >>

Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 26

* means coming to town, means a local release ​Euclid Records 1. Roky Erickson/Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil 2. MGMT - Congratulations 3. Jeff Beck - Emotion Commotion 4. Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, & Alibis 5. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 19-April 25

As always: The denotes a local release, * means the band is coming to town. ​Euclid Records 1. Caribou, Swim* 2. MGMT, Congratulations 3. Roky Erickson and Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil 4. Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu 5. Jonsi, Go 6. Jeff Beck, Emotions ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

A special Record Store Day edition of top sellers! equates local, * is a band coming to town. Euclid separated its RSD exclusives for its top ten; Vintage did not. ​Vintage Vinyl 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS---Don't Quit Your Day Job 2. FLAMING LIPS, STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARF WITH HENRY ROLLINS & PEA ... More >>

Interview: OK Go Vocalist Damian Kulash On The Band's New Label, New Direction and Yes, Its Videos

Picture GroupOK Go is at the Old Rock House on Sunday​It's not even half-over yet, but 2010 has already been a monumental year for OK Go. In January, the quartet released Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, its first album of original material since 2005's Oh No. A marked departure from their earli ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 5

A * means the band is coming to town, a indicates locals. ​ Vintage Vinyl 1. ERYKAH BADU---New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh 2. USHER---Raymond V. Raymond 3. DR.DOG---Shame Shame 4. MONICA---Still Standing 5. SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS---I Learned The Hard Way 6. SHE & HIM---Volume ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 29

​* denotes a band coming to town; signifies a local band Euclid Records 1. Broken Bells - Broken Bells 2. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 3. She & Him - Vol 2. 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 6. Rogue Wave - Permalight 7. Fright ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 21

​ As always, the asterisk (*) after an album indicates that the artist is coming to town. A plus-sign ( ) indicates local. Euclid Records 1. She & Him - Vol 2. 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. Goldfrapp - Headfirst 4. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 5. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 15-21

Euclid Records 1. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. John Hiatt - The Open Road 6. Graham Parker - Imaginary Television 7. Drive By Truckers - The Bi ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 8

Vintage Vinyl 1. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB---Beat The Devil's Tattoo* 2. TITUS ANDRONICUS---Monitor 3. FLOGGING MOLLY---Live At The Greek Theatre 4. LUDACRIS---Battle Of The Sexes 5. GORILLAZ---Plastic Beach 6. MURPHY LEE---You See Me 7. SADE---Soldier Of Love 8. BROKEN BELLS---Broken Bells 9. JIM ... More >>

Brave Combo

9 p.m. Friday, November 27. The Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

Lemmy Entertain You: Twenty questions With Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister

Gogol Bordello

8 p.m. Thursday, July 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

What the Beck: Guero can operate a leafblower?

Voodoo Child: Being Jimi Hendrix's baby brother can be a tough row to hoe, especially if you play guitar

Buddy Guy

8 p.m. Thursday, December 11. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino, 777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights.

¡Ask a Mexican!: Was the Jimi Hendrix experience at all rooted in Mexico?

I Need a Hero: In honor of Smashing Pumpkins' twentieth anniversary, a list of Billy Corgan's top ten guitar heroes

Guitar Masters

Old, new, borrowed and true

Wrap-Up: An Under Cover Weekend, The '60s and '70s Editions

An Under Cover Weekend: The '60s, Friday, September 5 at the Bluebird

An Under Cover Weekend at the Bluebird tackles the '60s and '70s, while electronic up-and-comer Deadmau5 worms his way into town

Julien Temple talks Joe Strummer, His New Movie, The Future is Unwritten

A Life That Never Goes Out

Riverfront Times talks with director Julien Temple about the making of The Future is Unwritten.

Robert Randolph & the Family Band

8 p.m. Thursday, November 9. Pageant (6161 Delmar Blvd).

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Saturday, March 18, at 8 p.m. Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard)

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

Retro Fits

Roll Bounce skates on its 70s vibe

Riverfront Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 14

Critical Fatwa

Lindsay Lohan

Next Best Thing

If you weren't at this landmark blues concert, Lightning in a Bottle will do

Sweet Jane, You Ignorant Slut

These are the best rock & roll conversations in the world. No argument.

Abbey Roadkill

The Aerovons were this close to becoming America's Beatles. What happened?

Spouse Work

American roots music just wouldn't be the same without the Gordons, a married couple who make unstuffy traditional music

Best Hoosier Bar

One Nite Stand

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

INSTRUMENTAL ASYLUM

A-pickin' and a-grinnin' over a new musical discovery

Robert "Bilbo" Walker and Al Garrett

Tuesday, Aug. 3; Off Broadway

Still Raining, Still Dreaming: A Brief Remembrance of Jimi Hendrix