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May 14, 2012
Nigel Godrich and Six Other Producers Who Stepped in Front of a Mic
If there was ever an example a good musical soldier, it would be Nigel Godrich. The British producer has been an essential behind-the-scenes figure with Radiohead for years and years and years, so much so that he's colliquolly referred to as a sixth member of the band. Radiohead's titanic sound sh ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
The Six Most Absurd Pop Songs of 2011
The old model of popular music: dumb it down to the lowest common denominator and make it go down easy. Reviewing the Billboard and iTunes charts of this past year, the tides have obviously changed. In days when nobody is buying, the flashiest, loudest, weirdest thing sells -- how else can yo ... More >>
Calendar
November 3, 2011
Plympton Comes Alive
The old model of popular music: dumb it down to the lowest common denominator and make it go down easy. Reviewing the Billboard and iTunes charts of this past year, the tides have obviously changed. In days when nobody is buying, the flashiest, loudest, weirdest thing sells -- how else can yo ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Fashion Week Music: The Highlights, The Appearances And The Odd Soundtracks
Richard GuatyAnna Wintour eyeballing Nicki's tights. Oh, to peek inside the mind of the Vogue editrix in chief in this moment.Thank science Fashion Week is over. Isn't it just torture? If there's something worse than not being in New York City for the circus that is Mercedes Benz Fashion Week ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Kanye West Is Batshit Crazy: Decoding The Ten Boasts That Prove It
Image viaThe rules of the game: Try to guess what Kanye meant by these quotes in less time than it takes to make sure you read them correctly.The only thing that's legitimately surprising about Kanye West comparing himself to Hitler last weekend is that he did so in a negative sense. To the a ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Kanye West and Jay-Z, The Horrors, Pepper Rabbit: This Week's New Releases
Each Tuesday, record-store clerks unpack boxes of albums and restock shelves with the latest releases. This week brings many notable releases, including the much-anticipated collaboration between Kanye West and Jay-Z, British shoegaze punks the Horrors and Pepper Rabbit.
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Kanye West Runs A Suitor Over On His Bike In Throwback "Mama's Boyfriend"
Before My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy fused the two sides of Kanye West into a paranoid (beautiful, dark, twisted) mess of triumphalism and (twisted) Chris Rock-aided introspection there were two West figures in evidence on his albums--the massively confident rapper and the confused, angry ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Kanye West Crashes Movie Posters
Elaine MarschikI'mma let you finish your movie, alright. But not before I let you know how awesome it would be if you let Kanye up in this mother fucker.Kanye West loves dropping movie quotes into his lyrics. With plenty of rhyme but no reason Kanye manages to draw from an impressive range of ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Strokes
Those sneaky birds at Coachella announced their 2011 lineup about twenty minutes ago. Despite the off-hour, that hasn't stopped the Internet from being all aflutter at the announcement. The headliners of the event this year are Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon; The Strokes, Animal Collectiv ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Kanye West's New Food Lyrics
Screenshot: noonemanshouldhaveallthatflour.tumblr.comFor several weeks now, Kanye West's new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has been playing nonstop at Gut Check International Headquarters. So we were excited to discover, via Grub Street, No One Man Should Have All That Flour, which po ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Video: Kanye West, "Monster" -- The Muppet Remix
All hail an elusive crew called the Galaxy World, who just unleashed this spectacular video splicing together footage of the Muppets with Kanye West's "Monster." The clip has everything, including Miss Piggy vamping and doing her best Nicki Minaj impression. A . View the video below -- and watch it ... More >>
Music
December 16, 2010
2010: The Year In Music
All hail an elusive crew called the Galaxy World, who just unleashed this spectacular video splicing together footage of the Muppets with Kanye West's "Monster." The clip has everything, including Miss Piggy vamping and doing her best Nicki Minaj impression. A . View the video below -- and watch it ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2010
Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of December 6-12, 2010
* = local, = coming to town Vintage Vinyl 1. T.I.---No Mercy 2. KANYE WEST---My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 3. CHARLIE WILSON---Just Charlie 4. ERIC BENET---Lost In Time* 5. QUINCY JONES---Q: Soul Bossa Nostra 6. NICKI MINAJ---Pink Friday 7. TEMPTATIONS---Give Love At Christmas 8. ANGEL ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 29 through December 5
* = coming to town, = local Euclid Records 1. Shelby Lynne - - Merry Christmas 2. Various Artists - - A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector 3. Mavis Staples - - You Are Not Alone 4. Doors - - Live in Vancouver 1970 5. Norah Jones - - Featuring Norah Jones
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November 30, 2010
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 >>
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November 22, 2010
New Release Highlights For November 22: A Special Monday Edition
(New releases come out on Monday this week. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on? Find out below.) The Alchemist and Oh No join forces as Gangrene*Gangrene, Gutter Water Gangrene is a collaboration between the Alchemist and Oh No. Pitchfork gave Gangrene a 6.7, saying "the rapping ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Gotta Be Karim Brings Chicago's Rhymefest to St. Louis
The GramophoneChe Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest)This Friday, national hip-hop artist Rhymefest comes to the Gramophone. The Chicago-based artist is known for his solo work as well as his collaborations with Kanye West -- he co-wrote the Grammy-award winning song "Jesus Walks," and also contributed ... More >>
Blogs
July 10, 2010
Common, DJ Needles at Celebrate St. Louis, Friday, July 9
Although this year's mammoth Celebrate St. Louis concert series has been moved off the levee due to high water levels on the Mississippi (and is therefore no longer called Live on the Levee), the change of venue had little effect on the huge turnout. Fans piled into Soldiers Memorial Park to see Chi ... More >>
Music
July 7, 2010
Common
8 p.m. Friday, July 9. Celebrate St. Louis Summer Concerts, Gateway Arch, 707 North First Street.
Music
June 9, 2010
Drake
5 p.m. Saturday, June 12. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
Blogs
March 25, 2010
Milton Bradley: The Kanye West of the Baseball World
In news which should come as no shock to anyone who's been paying even minimal attention, Milton Bradley is shooting his mouth off again. Already having been ejected from two spring training games, Bradley recently compared himself to a couple of other prominent troublemakers in various ... More >>
Music
December 30, 2009
Hype Machine: The ten most overrated albums of the decade
In news which should come as no shock to anyone who's been paying even minimal attention, Milton Bradley is shooting his mouth off again. Already having been ejected from two spring training games, Bradley recently compared himself to a couple of other prominent troublemakers in various ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
[Confirmed!] Lady Gaga and Kid Cudi in St. Louis in January?
According to Pollstar and her own website, Lady Gaga will be at the Fabulous Fox on Thursday, January 7, 2010. Hotly tipped hip-hop artist Kid Cudi is the opener. LG certainly wasted no time getting a tour together after her planned jaunt with Kanye West fell through in September. When the show ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2009
Kanye West and Lady Gaga *Not* Coming to St. Louis
So, Kanye West and Lady Gaga's "Fame Kills" tour has been canceled, before it even started. According to Livenation:Live Nation announced today that the Kanye West and Lady Gaga "Fame Kills" tour has been cancelled, including the show scheduled for Friday, December 4th at Scottrade Center in Saint L ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2009
Kanye West, Serena Williams and Rep. Joe Wilson: Who is the Bigger Ass Clown?
We here at Daily RFT apologize for this delayed version of Ass Clown of the Week this week, what with Kanye West's late arrival into the mix and regular news blogger Chad Garrison away from the computer screen for the next few days. So who was the rudest among these three Ass Clowns?Joe "YOU LIE!" W ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2009
Lady Gaga and Kanye West in St. Louis?
According to Pollstar, Lady Gaga and Kanye West's "Fame Kills" tour is set to hit St. Louis on Friday, December 4, at the Scottrade Center. Neither Ticketmaster nor the Scottrade's website has this info yet, so consider it tentative until we do get word. In light of last night's events -- i.e., when ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2009
Jumbling Towers Covers Kanye West's "Heartless"
Jumbling Towers is roaring back to activity in fine form in the months leading up to its September 11 St. Louis return. The Catbirdseat just posted "Gilberta," which is the b-side to forthcoming single "Kanetown City Rips," and the band very quietly just posted a cover of Kanye West's "Heartless" on ... More >>
Music
July 29, 2009
Lupe Fiasco
8 p.m. Saturday, August 1. Live on the Levee, Gateway Arch and Jefferson Expansion Memorial.
Blogs
February 6, 2009
Open Comment Thread: The 2009 Grammy Awards
Because I'm on vacation, I'm writing this FROM THE PAST (ooh, spooky), and there won't be any live-blogging about Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast from me this year. However, consider this post an open commenting thread for the show. According to Grammy.com, the list of performers is crazytown:Curre ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2009
Video: Girl Talk at the Pageant, Thursday, January 8
Our man Chad Garrison snagged some video from the balcony at last night's Girl Talk show. He caught the section featuring the Kelis/White Zombie mash-up, straight into Kanye West's "Love Lockdown." The crowd reaction as soon as it recognized West's tune is priceless.
Blogs
December 22, 2008
Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2008
Video: Nelly Interview (Part 4): 'Keep Thinking Ahead, Keep Being Creative'
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2008
Video: Nelly Interview (Part 2): Talking Collaborators and Kanye West
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2008
Video: St. Louis Superstar Rapper Nelly Talks about His Upcoming Album, Brass Knuckles
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>
Music
April 30, 2008
Scripts 'n Screwz
The New Noise
(Villainous Entertainment)
Blogs
April 7, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup Leaked: Radiohead, NIN, Wilco, Kanye West, Explosions in the Sky, Love and Rockets, The National, Lupe Fiasco, more!
The New Noise
(Villainous Entertainment)
Blogs
February 10, 2008
2008 Grammy Awards: The Liveblog
The New Noise
(Villainous Entertainment)
Blogs
February 4, 2008
Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire Chat about Year-End Poll Results
The New Noise
(Villainous Entertainment)
Music
December 26, 2007
Face the Nation
We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.
Blogs
September 10, 2007
2007 MTV VMAs Wrap-Up: Stream-of-Conscious about Britney, Timberlake and more
We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.
News
December 27, 2006
2006: The Year in Music
Week of December 28, 2006
Music
August 2, 2006
Pharrell
In My Mind (Star Trak/Interscope)
Film
March 1, 2006
Get Down with Dave
Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party
News
December 21, 2005
Healthy Distrust
Hip-hop's trends in 2005
News
December 21, 2005
Hip-Hop, Year 2 A.J.
Still no Jigga, but Kanye, some loveable Limeys and a great Beyoncé substitute held it down
News
November 23, 2005
"The word �faggot� seems to come very naturally to Mr. Crawford.�
Week of November 23, 2005
News
November 2, 2005
The Mad Blogger
Byron Crawford takes no prisoners. Don't screw with him.
Music
August 31, 2005
Late to the Game
Kanye West tries to live up to the hype -- and nearly succeeds
Yearend
December 22, 2004
God Save the Scene
Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop.
Music
April 7, 2004
Kanye West
College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
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