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The Six Best YEAHs in Rock & Roll

A well placed, well delivered "yeah" can mean so much more than just a lazy "yes." Here are the six best YEAAAHs in rock and roll. Let us know your favorites in our comments, yeah? See also: -Six Most Overused Rhymes -The Six Best Effect-Enhanced Guitar Solos -Nitpick Six Archives

Odd Future at the Pageant, 9/14/12: Review and Setlist

Odd Future The Pageant September 14, 2012 NEWSFLASH: Man leaves Odd Future show with headache. I never get headaches, but holy shit. I think my brain is rebelling against my body. I just left the Pageant, where I've had a pack of loud, rambunctious teenagers screaming at me for the last hour and a ... More >>

Six Most Cringe-Inducing Genres

Genres can be handy organizational tools. Without them, we would have to resort to long-winded explanations of every artists or unwarranted comparisons to similar acts. But as genres become more specific, they often become more ridiculous. Here are the six most cringe-inducing genres. Feel free to l ... More >>

Diplo, Chiddy Bang, and Lunice at the Firebird, 3/30/12: Review and Photos

Diplo | Chiddy Bang | Lunice The Firebird March 30, 2012 In this day and age of corporate sponsorships often intertwining and ultimately propelling events by selling artists' "cool" - some kind of interesting (and confusing) standard is being set by the Axe: One Night Only tour featuring Lunice, Ch ... More >>

Steve Aoki Talks Hipsters, Hardcore and the Moment Electro Went Punk

Mention Steve Aoki in a crowded room and watch the reactions; some will cross themselves in reverence, most will nod their recognition at the name, and the rest will know him only as "a DJ." But Steve Aoki has never been just a DJ; he's a modern auteur with his finger rammed in the proverbial sphinc ... More >>

Gary Busey Chooses St. Louis Nonprofit for Celebrity Apprentice Charity

image viaGary Busey​Congratulations, St. Louis. You now have an excuse to watch the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump's "ultimate job interview" in which celebrities -- some of whom you may have actually heard of -- compete in various business tasks to...uh...well, not work ... More >>

Review: Girl Talk at the Pageant, Tuesday, January 18

Todd OwyoungGregg Gillis of Girl Talk​Alternate title: "What do you get when you put a couple thousand white people in a venue and play every pop song ever all at once?" When Gregg Gillis (a.k.a. Girl Talk) made his 2009 stop in St. Louis, I went with a few of my closest friends, drank my wei ... More >>

Preview Interview: Big Boi's Album Listening Party at Shock City Studios, Tuesday, June 22 2010

​In anticipation of his new solo album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, Big Boi has been holding private listening parties in select cities across the country. Last night St. Louis got a sneak peek at the upcoming project, as local entertainers and media personnel came out to ne ... More >>

Pitbull

10 p.m. Saturday, December 19. Home Nightclub, One Ameristar Boulevard, St. Charles.

Happy Birthday, Punk: The Vans Warped Tour turns fifteen years young

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 6.25

How about a little news of the offbeat today:Wallabies eat poppies, make crop circles. (Reuters)Lil Jon's wine wins an award. For real. (Baller Status)Has Burger King's new print ad finally gone too far? Does anyone still care? (EW.com)

Lil Jon's Chardonnay Wins An Award

YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! OKAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! (Via Gut Check.) See also: Lil Jon's Twitter.

The Dream

7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Show Review: The Roots at Webster University, Friday, April 18

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 4.10

Battle of the Beats

A culture war is rocking within St. Louis’ underground hip-hop scene.

Chain Reaction

For St. Louis' own Jibbs, it's nuthin' but a PG-thang.

My Ohm My

Solid eats, electric atmosphere

On the Screen

Hip-Hop Hippies

They might be moguls: Meet Mike Landau and Brad Goldenberg, the minds behind Phat Buddha Productions

E-40

My Ghetto Report Card (Warner Brothers)

Ready to Rumble

This Earthquake is a 10.0 on the comedy meter (see him Saturday at the Orpheum)

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 15

Kick out the Jams

Get ready for the "Ram Jam"

Boyz N the Studio

Hustle & Flow is short on action, long on scenes of recording

Ying Yang Twins

USA (United State of Atlanta) (TVT)

Boing!

The boys who have bouncy cars and the women who love them

Hpnotiq on the rocks

Plush, 1820 Market Street (in Union Station); 314-436-7578

Rock Steady

The Hold Steady bring bombast back to rock & roll

Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz

Pitbull

Crunk Juice (TVT)

M.I.A.M.I.(TVT)

T.I.

Urban Legend (Atlantic)

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon youve been jamming and dig this years buried black-music treasures.

Snoop Dogg

R&G - Rhythm and Gangsta: The Masterpiece (Geffen)

Usher Wants His MTV

Why a pop megastar still feels neglected by the mainstream

Finding Your Religion

Pick your personal Jesus, plus three questions for a pop princess and the poetry of heavy metal

Song of the STL

On Saturday, September 4, we tuned in to local musical frequencies in their vast and varied incarnations. What we heard, all day and all night:

Owl on a Wing

A local rapper breaks down the difference between St. Louis and Atlanta

Ultimate Rock Fantasy

Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

Just Like Hendrix

Rush -- quite possibly the whitest band on earth -- has a surprising number of black fans

Bring the Pain

You know what pisses you off? Sure you do!

Slicker

We All Have a Plan (Hefty Records)

Hide and Peek

There's a new Mr. Missouri Leather! Plus: counterfeit-proof White Castle gift certificates; talking crab rangoon with novelist Lynn Messina; and a disturbing SAT flashback.

Cardinal Saint

Unreal eavesdrops on Pujols and the Heavenly Father; plus, we analyze the Lou's staggering crunk deficit, pay one last visit to Sanford-Brown and witness the demise of Wash. U.'s peer-to-peer network

Open Up

Ludacris chooses a homegrown opener in Chingy

'03, Oh My!

Our critics weigh in on a questionable year’s best music

Grand Theft Audio

Radar Station discovers the soundtrack to crime

Dott Com

Meet Ahdedott, who just might be St. Louis' next hip-hop superstar

Crunk and Disorderly

Every Saturday night, East St. Louis explodes with one of the wildest parties you've never seen