Keith Richards

The Six Best References To Cannibalism In Song

On this day in 1847, the Donner Party was rescued from a disastrous trek to the West Coast that caused the survivors to eat their fallen pioneers. In honor of this legendary tale, here are the six best references to cannibalism in song. Let us know your favorites, and we'll think about how delicious ... More >>

Johnny Depp to Collaborate With Nick Cave, Tom Waits on Album of Sea Shanty Songs?

Has anyone noticed that Johnny Depp is a musician now? Wait, has everyone but me noticed that Johnny Depp has been a musician...always? I mean, aside from his singing in movies that I slept through because I thought it'd be funny to get drunk beforehand. Maybe this is just news to me. See Also: - ... More >>

Tonight is Guitar Heaven at Off Broadway: Read our Review of the New Incurables Record

If you only know Jimmy Griffin as the consummate tribute-show guitarist, you only know half of the story. Griffin's high-profile turns playing the riffs of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and David Gilmour in increasingly popular tributes to classic rock icons have been a central part of sold-out spectac ... More >>

Homespun: The Incurables

The Fine Art of Distilling
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Out Every Night: The Best Shows From December 3 to December 9

Noted R&B heartthrob Trey Songz will be at the Fox this Sunday, but the show will absolutely not be worth killing a person and then yourself over. I just wanted to make that clear from the get-go since I suppose there has been some very heartbreaking confusion lately. Just to be clear, again: Trey ... More >>

Six Songs for the Doomed Albino Hummingbird

Last week, our cohorts at Daily RFT brought you the story of an albino ruby-throated hummingbird, or maybe a pair of them, seen in northeast Missouri. The exceptionally rare species is easily spotted by predators and is therefore a small population that dwindles every year. The hummingbird, with its ... More >>

The Six Best Songs About Cats

When discussing animals in song, it is important to distinguish between a track that uses an animal as a metaphor - for freedom or wildness, usually - and a song that is actually about an animal. We will be exploring the latter in this month's animal-style Nitpick Six series. Here are the six best s ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From June 11 to 17

Another week of great music in St. Louis: Highlights of this week include a visit from multi-talented songstress Santigold at the Pageant, the eclectic-but-soft-spoken indie rock of Pinback and the hard-drivin' country-rock of Whitey Morgan & the 78's. In addition to the out-of-towners, plenty of ... More >>

Six Worst Musical Thefts by White People

Keith Richards early in his career. ​February is Black History Month, the mere existence of which is a reminder that white people have spent a majority of America's existence being total dicks. When it comes to popular music, Caucasians are like a race comprising Winona Ryders who have no prob ... More >>

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 >>

Observing the Twentieth Anniversary of the Riverport Riot with the Ten Best Concert Brawls

History shows that Axl Rose doesn't like cameras. The cell phone era must drive him batshit crazy. ​Overshadowed by the celebration of Independence Day, another explosive moment from American history came and went on Saturday, July 2 -- the twentieth anniversary of the infamous Riverport Riot. ... More >>

Country-music star Rodney Crowell traverses Chinaberry Sidewalks

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 >>

A Century After His Death, Twain is Back Atop of the Best-Seller List

image via​October has been a rough month for Jonathan Franzen. First his glasses got stolen. Then he didn't get nominated for the National Book Award. And now Freedom has been overtaken and surpassed on the Amazon best-seller list by volume one of The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Yeah, Franzen ... More >>

Jimmy Vivino Talks Johnnie Johnson, Conan O'Brien, and St. Louis' Role as a Rock & Roll Breeding Ground

Bernard Ente/jimmyvivino.comThe man himself playing with Felix Cabrera in 2007.​Watchers of late-night television knew Jimmy Vivino as the guitarist for the Tonight Show band during Conan O'Brien's short-lived stint as host. Before that, Vivino was part of the Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with ... More >>

Art Holliday's documentary on Johnnie Johnson comes together

Interview, Part Two: KSDK's Art Holliday Discusses Fundraising with Conan O'Brien's Band, Other Memorable Interviews -- And When It'll Be Completed

image viaArt Holliday, TV news anchor and director of an in-production film, Johnnie Be Good​Last week, we published an interview with Art Holliday, who's working on a documentary about Chuck Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson, called Johnnie Be Good. Here's part two of our chat, below. Speaking ... More >>

Interview, Part One: KSDK's Art Holliday Discusses Filmmaking, Johnnie Johnson and St. Louis' Contributions to Rock & Roll

image viaArt Holliday, TV news anchor and director of an in-production film, Johnnie Be Good​Art Holliday is known for his work as a news anchor on KSDK, but he's also a independent filmmaker in his free time. In his latest project, Johnnie Be Good, he documents the life and career of Johnnie ... More >>

Get Him to the Greek is rude on the outside, sweet in the middle

Show Review: Torn & Frayed Channels the Rolling Stones, May 18 at Off Broadway

​To celebrate the reissue of the Rolling Stones' revered album, Exile on Main St., a hodge-podge band of local musicians calling themselves Torn & Frayed convened to pay tribute to the dirty, swaggering, heroin-fueled, Southern-fried boogie of the '70s Stones. To call it a "supergroup" may be ... More >>

Show Review: Son Volt at the Pageant, Friday, November 6

No matter how many people he knows at a St. Louis Son Volt show, Jay Farrar will always be the guy who played a big part in creating the "alt. country" genre. Twenty years after Uncle Tupelo's heyday, Farrar and the current Son Volt line-up stay true to their roots without being strangled by them, ... More >>

Son Volt

8 p.m. Friday, November 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Little America: Son Volt's new LP, American Central Dust, has deep reverence for — and curiosity about — history

Second Spin: Aretha, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Artist: Aretha Franklin Album: Jumpin' Jack Flash From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1986 Label: Arista Records What it sounds like: Aretha Franklin slurring her words like Mick Jagger over "street" renditions of the classic Stones song.

Big Mike Aguirre

10 p.m. Friday, January 2. BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, 700 South Broadway.

Second Spin: Mick Jagger, She’s The Boss

SNL Video: Mick Jagger Does Keith Richards

Second Spin: Nona Hendryx, Nona

Show Review Setlist: "Weird Al" Yankovic at Family Arena, Friday, August 8

Show Review: Bottle Rockets at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, Saturday, May 3

Nothing But the Truth

Columbia's True/False Festival is the coolest four-year-old in Missouri.

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007.

Fool's Gold

The Pirates are back, and they’re out to ransack your wallet.

Film Openings

Week of April 27, 2006

Tim Ries Presents the Rolling Stones Project

Thursday, January 26; Finale Music & Dining, (8025 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton)

Super Furry Animals

Love Kraft (XL/Beggars Group)

Gone, Daddy, Gone

We say goodbye to a rock & roll forefather, talk sports with Mr. Lif and get religion at the new Gearbox

Sea of Change

Don't like what's playing at the Red Sea? Come back tomorrow.

Jukebox Hero

Radar Station battles with too many choices

Toots & the Maytals

True Love (V2)

Reduced-Salt Dogs

In the slick and handsome Pirates of the Caribbean, more is somehow less

Various Artists

Timeless (Lost Highway)

Black Crowes

Wednesday, Oct. 17; Pageant

Death of a Format

Remodeling St. Louis' radio dial

Marianne Faithfull

Vagabond Ways (Instinct)

Beck

Saturday, Jan. 29; American Theater

Listening Post

The Rolling Stones

The Winners of the 1998 Slammies Music Awards