Mates of State

Lessons Learned From Loving And Hating the Mars Volta

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. Let it be known that this is not a reaction to Drew Ailes' polarizing RFT Music article praising the Ma ... More >>

Mission of Burma's Roger Miller Talks About the Band's Weird Death and Weird New Life

In the past decade, there have been so many indie-rock band reunions, and so many song-by-song recreations of now-classic albums, that the whole scene threatens to take on the tacky air of a 1950s or 1960s nostalgia revue. Only a very few of these reunited bands have managed to get back together and ... More >>

Mates of State And Caroline Smith Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Mates of State​Fresh off an appearance at New Orleans' Voodoo Experience, husband and wife duo Mates of State head to the Firebird for a Halloween show. The band's first original disc since 2008, Mountaintops, is due out September 13 on Barsuk. Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps must lo ... More >>

Cold Cave at the Luminary Center for the Arts, 5/19/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

Cold Cave plays in the dark. Photo by Kiernan Maletsky​Cold Cave/Née/Half Gay The Luminary Center for the Arts May 19, 2011 You'd have thought it was the second coming of Morrissey last night: The crowd at the Luminary Center for the Arts was, by turns astounded, weirded out, perplexe ... More >>

Decibully

9 p.m. Thursday, April 29. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Tegan and Sara find that Sainthood suits them quite well, thank you very much

Five Musicians We'd Like to See on Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is far more than just Nickelodeon-produced kiddie fodder. It's become a venue for introducing kids to music by Devo, Chromeo, Mates of State, Of Montreal, and so many more. The show's so popular, especially with indie darlings with children, that the show's producers have a surplus o ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba!'s co-creator talks about the show's success (and hometown boy DJ Lance Rock)

Yo Gabba Gabba!'s Having a Party in St. Louis

yogabbagabba.com​A little-known fact about DJ Lance Rock of the Technicolor kids show Yo Gabba Gabba!: He's originally from St. Louis. He'll be coming home in quite a triumphant manner on Sunday, March, 21, when YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: THERE'S A PARTY IN MY CITY! comes to the Fox Theatre for tw ... More >>

RFT Music Awards Nominees & Showcase Performers

Troubadour Dali Gearing Up to Release New CD

Good things come to those who wait, at least if you're a fan of psychedelic space-rockers Troubadour Dali. The quartet is in the mixing stages of a new, self-titled CD, which it recorded back in December 2007 at the now-closed Penny Studios. In fact, T. Dali's Ben Hinn and Joe Sc ... More >>

Obscurity Knocks: The Cucumbers

(Welcome to Obscurity Knocks, where every Thursday we'll unearth something good -- but obscure -- we think deserves notice.) MP3: "Susie's Getting Married"Artist: The CucumbersAlbum: The Cucumbers four-song EP Year: 1983Label: Fake Doom RecordsWho were/are they?  A band from the New Jersey sub ... More >>

Tonight: What Made Milwaukee Famous, Black Joe Lewis at Off Broadway!

Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears turn soul on its head, while Boyz II Men's St. Louis show spawns two views of vintage R&B

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Thirteen: Philadelphia to Columbus

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Eleven: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Seven: Rochester, Buffalo, New York

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Three: St. Louis

Show Review: Mates of State, Headlights at the Bluebird, Sunday, June 8

Mates of State/Headlights

9 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Summer Concert Calendar: Hit all the high notes this summer with our expanded concert listings

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup Leaked: Radiohead, NIN, Wilco, Kanye West, Explosions in the Sky, Love and Rockets, The National, Lupe Fiasco, more!

Headlights

8 p.m. Tuesday, August 29. Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue).

Mates of State

Bring It Back (Barsuk)

Bowling for Press

Bands roll a few for props, plus we talk to the couple/duo Bagheera

Mates of State with I Am The World Trade Center and The Thermals

Saturday, October 18; Rocket Bar

Sounds Around Town

Week of February 12, 2003

Mates of State with the Appleseed Cast

Thursday, June 13, at the Hi-Pointe

Mates of State with the Guns of Navarone and the Honkeys

Monday, Feb. 18; Rocket Bar