Madonna (Entertainer)

Concerts and Cocktails and Hipsters, Oh My! An Updated Guide to the Grove

St. Louis' neighborhoods are gems in their own right: full of history, great people and, as far as Gut Check is concerned, fantastic food. Each week we'll take you into a specific neighborhood and point you in the direction of the best places to grab some bites. View The Grove in a larger map The ... More >>

Nine Unintentionally Funny Lyrics in Well-Known Songs

For all the effort that is put into the art of making people laugh, often the funniest things in life happen by accident. A well-crafted joke by Louis C.K. or the Sklar Brothers is great, but most people would probably laugh harder at an old man's pants falling down on a wedding dance floor. If not ... More >>

An Open Fan Letter to Mitt Romney and Todd Akin

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

From Rihanna in Battleship to Will Smith in Men In Black III: Some Notable Music-to-Movie Mistakes

Last week, Battleship, a movie based on the movies based on Transformers and a board game starring a bunch of plastic pegs that really suck to step on by accident and Rihanna, opened to $25 million. This week, Men in Black 3, starring noted pop-rapper Will Smith, will open to significantly more than ... More >>

Tupac Shakur is Still Alive

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

Knock It Out the Park Like Albert Pujols: Top 25 Wale Sports References

​Wale is Grandmaster of the sports reference. No musical artist brings as much wit, depth and knowledge to the craft. For instance, in the recently released ode to the former St. Louis baseball hero, "Albert Pujols," Wale slangs this gem: "John Rocker, Atlanta Bravest knows that I'm awesome/ Bett ... More >>

The Drug Cocktails That Might Fuel Five Of Our Favorite Musicians

Big Boi mugs for the camera.​Did you hear the one about the rapper who got busted for Ecstasy and Viagra? Earlier this week, Outkast rapper Big Boi got pinched for MDMA powder, Ecstasy pills, and an illegal prescription of the little blue pill for his disco stick. Which got us thinking -- what ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

The Ten Most Facepalm-Inducing Uses of French in Pop Music: In Honor of Bastille Day

​Bastille Day is upon us, when all the world celebrates Louis XIV crossing the Delaware or something. We're not clear on the details, and on that front we join countless English-speaking pop and rock stars who took similarly haphazard forays into the Language of Love. In honor of the Frog's b ... More >>

Music to Swing To: An at-bat tune can tell you a lot about a player

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere

Setlist Review Photos: Adam Lambert Transcends American Idol at the Pageant, Sunday, August 8

American Idol's taken a beating this year. Besides the usual drama with its judges, interest in the show appeared to be dwindling. In fact, its results-show finalé drew its lowest ratings ever. Perhaps what Idol again needs is a personality like Adam Lambert. The season eight runner-up lived up to ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: COR(E)YOGRAPHY on DJ Culture, Urban Outfitters' Role in New Music, and Club Shenanigans

Jon Scorfina​DJing under the pseudonym COR(E)YOGRAPHY, Corey McCarthy has become a vital part of the city's vibrant club scene - as a DJ and as someone helping to bring national acts to St. Louis. A former retail manager at Urban Outfitters, McCarthy now focuses his full attention on his Propa ... More >>

Moon Lady: The long, wondrous life of Lucia Pamela

Tour Diary: The Blind Eyes

The Blind Eyes are Seth Porter, Kevin Schneider and Matt Picker. They are playing on October 17 at Off Broadway with the Safes, Gentleman Auction House, and Beth Bombara. But last weekend, they trekked to the upper Midwest for a few shows. Porter was kind enough to share what happened. Read below! ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlists: Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Monday, July 20

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick played at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater last night for an appreciative, packed house. The show was overall satisfactory and fun -- although the sheer amount of Rock on a Monday night left me a little tired. So here are my random highlights/lowlights and truism ... More >>

Photos Setlist Review: Joan Baez at the Pageant, Sunday, July 19

REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY KATIE MOULTON "You're telling me you're not nostalgic," Joan Baez sings on "Diamonds and Rust," "Then give me another word for it." The 1975 piece is Baez at her most personal, a look back on her relationship with Bob Dylan, and was the appropriate close to her set last night a ... More >>

The List: ESPN's Baseball Player Name Pronunciation Guide

Forever Changes: Chick Corea's Return To Forever reunites and shows neo-jazz fusion groups how it's done

Bunnygrunt Does the U.K.: A Chronicle of the Bunnyham Palace Tour

Songs of the South

Corey Smith challenges ideas about "country" music.

The Popcorn King

Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

Margarita Orejas En Vinagre Y Vegetales

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Aerial Erotica

Three St. Louis-area women take burlesque to new heights

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:

Summer Film Previews

Our critics enter the summer-movie fray

Bringing St. Louis the Meat

Punk and country are in the marrow of the Meat Purveyors

Making Traks

Sham Daugherty and Alonzo Lee Jr., the Trak Starz, aim to make St. Louis the center of the hip-hop universe

Cubic Zirconium

Jewel joins Ronnie Milsap, Howie Mandel and Chris Gaines on the dustbin circuit

Lavigne en Rose

Our latest pop phenomenon, deconstructed for your convenience

Fresh Fruit

Dare to eat a peach? Meet the globe-hopping electroslut who's turning on everyone from Boy George to Lil' Kim.

Ice Ice Maybe

A decade after Vanilla Ice melted down, he's back with the man who made him.

Series/Festivals

Week of June 5, 2002

To Air Is Human

Air's Nicolas Godin finds life at the heart of the electronic age

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

Boogie Nights

Bring in da funk, bring in da bucks: backstage with Dr. Zhivegas, St. Louis' most popular -- and derided -- cover band

American Beauties

Don we now our gay apparel

Dancer in the Dark

Written and directed by Lars von Trier

Perpetual Movement

American BT builds a new house, to rave reviews from both sides of the pond

D'Angelo

Voodoo (Virgin Records)

Beck

Saturday, Jan. 29; American Theater

PANIC ATTACK

Local musical innovator Andy Ortmann is making a name for himself in the world of noise

BRAIN SCANNING

Club Rules

Blondie on Blondie

Short Cuts

Henry's Dream

Sound Checks

A Post-Poster World

It's the power of the music, not cartoonish surface appearances, that makes for a music hero, say the local young folk we polled