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    May 14, 2012

    Metal: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

    The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    The Melvins at the Firebird, 5/3/12: Review, Photos, Setlist

    The Melvins w/ UnsaneThe Firebird May 3, 2012 The Melvins beckons a special brand of music worship. The band pushes otherwise psychedelic sounds through sludgy down-trodden songs that confuse rock with metal. This April 2012 tour kicks off a prolific year for the group, and promotes its new EP, Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    New Band: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

    The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Electronic/Dance: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

    The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    The Music of True/False Film Festival: A Conversation with Music Director Amanda Rainey

    As its title suggests, The True/False Film Festival is focused around a cavalcade of non-fiction motion pictures. In its ninth year, the scope of the festival has widened to feature prevalent artists in independent music such as Dark Dark Dark and Bramble. Based out of Columbia, True/False has becom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Schlafly Celebrates Twenty Years with Another Strange and Wonderful Free Show

    Brett Underwood​Since 1991, Schlafly Beer has been a beloved institution in St. Louis. Pouring heart and soul into their passion, the brewery creates well-crafted beer much to the applause of microbrew enthusiasts worldwide. From the rolling ease of the classic Pale Ale to the rich, roasted ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine: All Twelve Tracks, Streaming with Commentary

    Roughly what we will look like after attending four Bert Dax Xmas release shows.​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of a recent music feature) and Matt Ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Every Bert Dax Christmas Volume Nine Track, Streaming with Commentary: Part One of Six

    ​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of this week's music feature) and Matt Harnish of The Bert Dax Calvacade of Stars, features a pool of truly diverse lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Spelling Bee Returns From A Tour That Included A Break-In And Several Great Bands

    Photo by Mabel Suen​Noise-rock duo Spelling Bee recently embarked on a tour that took members Joseph Hess and Mabel Suen to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Bost and more. We explored the band's approach to D.I.Y. in a feature as the tour was kicking off. Now that they've returned, we asked drumme ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2011

    Spelling Bee Sets the Example For 21st-Century DIY

    Photo by Mabel Suen​Noise-rock duo Spelling Bee recently embarked on a tour that took members Joseph Hess and Mabel Suen to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Bost and more. We explored the band's approach to D.I.Y. in a feature as the tour was kicking off. Now that they've returned, we asked drumme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Advice To New Bands From Spelling Bee's Mabel Suen And Joseph Hess

    Photo by Andy Peterson​Spelling Bee's Mabel Suen and Joseph Hess have thrown themselves into more-or-less every corner of DIY music -- their relentless efforts are detailed in this week's feature. Their band kicks off its sixth tour this Friday at Pig Slop Studios. As you might expect, there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 8 to 10

    ​It's FRIDAY, FRIDAY! Gotta get down on FRIDAY! Here's where you can find this weekend's FUN, FUN, FUN and partyin', partyin' (yeah), starting with locals Bikini Acid at Floating Laboratories and ending with Lil' Wayne and a few of his famous friends.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Cranky Yellow, Cherokee Street Oddity Emporium, Tries to Fight City Hall

    Amanda Beard​David Wolk moved to St. Louis immediately after graduating high school in 2005, and spent an entire year designing websites in order to save up enough money to open Cranky Yellow - a curio shop, underground music venue and art gallery of a sort on Cherokee Street. Since the store ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Crankfest 2011 Takes Place This Weekend at Cranky Yellow

    Screenprint artist Curtis Tinsley will share the secrets of screenprinting on a budget on Sunday at Crankfest.​Kismet and ego have been at the root of great many happy accidents -- from the discovery of the New World to the discovery of Justin Bieber. This weekend, Joseph Hess is sharing anoth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Eleven Things To Do This Weekend: October 1-3

    This weekend? Busy. Very, very busy. Check out some of our critic's picks on the RFT's music page -- and read on below for much, much more to do. Friday: Taste of St. Louis -- Downtown There's a little something for everyone at this annual event: Soul-funk (JJ Grey & Mofro), rock (Sister Hazel) and ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

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

    This weekend? Busy. Very, very busy. Check out some of our critic's picks on the RFT's music page -- and read on below for much, much more to do. Friday: Taste of St. Louis -- Downtown There's a little something for everyone at this annual event: Soul-funk (JJ Grey & Mofro), rock (Sister Hazel) and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Homespun: Spelling Bee/Stove Blow, Solstice

    In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Spelling Bee's split CD with the Houston band Stove Blow. He had this to say about our locals: Guitarist Mabel Suen (last heard as the sax player for the Ultraviolents) and drummer Joseph Hess (Sleep State) make quick, shouted song-bursts as Spellin ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2010

    Homespun: Spelling Bee/Stove Blow

    Solstice
    (self-released)

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Tour Diary: Spelling Bee. Show One

    Joseph Hess from the band Spelling Bee wrote in to say that Internet issues and time have slowed the band's ability to send us tour missives. Instead, his friend Mitch Gilliam -- in the band Only the Bugman -- penned the following account of the tour's first show. And don't worry -- Hess promises a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Tomorrow! Spelling Bee Tour Kickoff at Apop Records

    Spelling Bee is a newish noise/experimental duo featuring Mabel Suen (Ultraviolents) and Joseph Hess (ex-Sleep State) who's starting to earn some buzz around town. Next week, the pair is heading out on a very cool, unorthodox Southern tour -- and has graciously agreed to keep a tour diary for us. Bu ... More >>

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    Sleep State

    ...Fuckin' Pervert EP (self-released)

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Sleep State Homespun: Review of …Fuckin’ Pervert EP

    ...Fuckin' Pervert EP (self-released)

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