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Fat Lady Sings: Karaoke Columnist Hopes You've Had the Time of Your Life

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Karaoke Night Sucks; What Do You Do?

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

The 20 Most Overused Terms In SXSW Band Bios

By Craig Hlavaty Before I take any trip to Austin and SXSW, I always take more than a few days to peruse the schedule and check out a few of the hundreds of names on the roster and read their bios. Some years there are more bands with "wolf" and "space" in their monikers than usual, and some year ... More >>

You've Been Had: The Bar Is Using Karaoke to Get to Your Wallet

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

What Is Even the Point of Karaoke, Anyway?

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Here are Five Charity Songs that Sucked for the 28th Anniversary of "We Are the World"

Way back in the '80s, people liked feeling magnanimous. "I hear there are starving kids in Ethiopia." "Fuck that! We can feed people with a song!" And thus, the idea for "We Are the World" was born. Maybe. I haven't actually talked to Lionel Richie about his motivation for coordinating the song, bu ... More >>

The 14 Best Music-Related GIFs We Discovered in 2012

Editor's Note: The end of 2012 is upon us (also the end of the world, if you believe in that sort of thing), so we thought we'd put a cap on things by sharing some of our personal favorite shows, albums, events and general shenanigans. Join us as we indulge in some navel-gazing! Once upon a time, I ... More >>

What We've Gained from Twitter: Knowing your Favorite Musician Can't Spell

Miley Cyrus is quitting Twitter, reportedly. She's not unfollowing herself over music -- her tweets were reportedly an affront to Liam Hemsworth, which is reportedly the name of a real person -- and the RFT Music demographic, so far as our ad guys can tell, is probably not very broken up about it. B ... More >>

The Top Six Lyrics by Earl Sweatshirt

Tonight marks the first time that the rowdy Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future makes a stop in St. Louis, on a tour that is also the first that member and standout lyricist Earl Sweatshirt is able to attend. For a large portion of Odd Future's hype-laden ascent, Earl (whose real name is Thebe ... More >>

Ten Music Game DLC Releases That Stirred Up Controversy

It's not hyperbole to say that downloadable content sparked a huge revolution in console video gaming. Expansions prolonged replay value of many titles, especially music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The Rock Band franchise in particular has produced an impressive amount of downloadable ... More >>

Ben Folds with the St. Louis Symphony, 11/6/11: Review

Courtesy of the artist​Ben Folds with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Powell Hall November 6, 2012 As he sat behind Powell Symphony Hall's grand piano and sang the phrase "Kiss my ass goodbye," the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra echoed his melody with trumpets and Ben Folds smiled the smile of ... More >>

End of an Error: Midnight Company freely concedes Mistakes Were Made

Mac Lethal at the Firebird, 6/26/11

Photo by Bob McMahon​Mac Lethal | Kold Kace | Spark1duh? and DJ Who Sunday, June 26 The Firebird It shouldn't surprise anyone that Mac Lethal is able to improvise. After all, the Kansas City rapper won the emcee battle at the venerable Scribble Jam festival in 2002. This quick thinking came i ... More >>

BBB Warns Parents About New York Studio/ "The"

Is your kid the next Miley Cyrus? Maybe so -- but The ain't gonna make it happen, the BBB says.​ If you dream of your child becoming the next Miley Cyrus, there's more than one reason to beware: That radio ad you just heard might cost you $1,000. On at least three separate occasions, The (pr ... More >>

Billy Ray Cyrus Wrote a Poem About Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in a St. Louis Hotel

​(Via TMZ, via Mike A) GQ just posted a lengthy interview with Billy Ray Cyrus. The country star-turned-actor opens up about the troubles of his daughter, Miley, the effects of the TV show Hannah Montana on the family, his divorce and an impending new album. Relevant to us: Cyrus says that he ... More >>

Hop on Over

Double D Lounge's Tanner Scott: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Alissa Nelson profiles Double D Lounge bartender Tanner Scott. Below is a Q&A with Scott, followed by a video of him mixing a Creamsicle cocktail. Alissa NelsonJell-O shots, anyone? Jel ... More >>

New Album Release Highlights: Tuesday, July 6

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Big Boi's highly anticipated new album, Sir Lucious Left Foot​*Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Big Boi's debut solo album has been ye ... More >>

Iron Man 2 will lead to 3 and probably 4, but that doesn't mean it's good

The Dive Bomber Gets Rocked at Rockin' Gators Bar & Grill

Robin WheelerRockin' Gators Bar & Grill​There are three customers at Rockin' Gators Bar & Grill, not counting the inflatable alligator that hangs from the ceiling. The Cardinals game plays with the sound off in a bar that's silent -- save for one patron loudly talking bugs. She's named one ... More >>

Hannah Montana gets upstaged by sea turtles in The Last Song

Are Those Sleigh Bells We're Hearing? Nah, It's Just More Holiday Album Fun with Pet Shop Boys, Beatallica, REO Speedwagon and Michael McDonald...

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer spotlights a number of this year's top holiday releases. Here are several more festive releases that you might have missed. But are you really missing anything? Read on...​The Pet Shop Boys, Christmas Unlike your grandmother's fruitcake, which is always an ... More >>

Sick Puppies

7 p.m. Sunday, December 13. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Show Review Photos: Rob Zombie at the Pageant, Sunday, November 15

It didn't take long to realize that Rob Zombie was cranky last night. By the third time or so he admonished the media ecology of cameras and cell phones snapping pictures and recording videos, he appeared almost stupefied. "This is not Miley Cyrus," he growled. "You're supposed to be animals!" Had h ... More >>

[Update] Show Cancellations and Reschedules: Paramore, Miley Cyrus, Brookville, more!

*Paramore's show, which was originally scheduled for this Wednesday (October 7) at the Pageant is now at the same venue on Tuesday, November 3. Vocalist Hayley Williams' voice needs some rest. Get well soon!*Miley Cyrus' concert, which was originally supposed to happen last night, at the Scottrade C ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, October 2 to Sunday, October 4

Friday, October 2 *Darker My Love/Fractured Army/Troubadour Dali, Firebird *Sea Wolf/Sara Love/Port O'Brien, Billiken Club *Michael Franti & Spearhead/Trevor Hall, The Pageant *Presidents of the United States of America, Taste of St. Louis *Billy Talent/AM Taxi/Poison the Well, Pop's *Steddy P "Styl ... More >>

NSFW MP3: Revolting Cocks, "I'm Not Gay (Blownload Prison Remix)"

Sunday, October 4, is looking to be quite the day for music in St. Louis, what with Farm Aid at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Miley Cyrus at the Scottrade Center, Moneen at Cicero's and Jim Rose and the Revolting Cocks at the Firebird.The latter event is pretty insane; Ministry side project Rev ... More >>

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of June 9

Blueberry Hill *Bryan Greenberg, Saturday, July 18 *Gaelic Storm, Tuesday, July 21 *Dread Zeppelin, Friday, August 21 Scottrade Center *Kings of Leon, Wednesday, September 30 *Miley Cyrus, Sunday, October 4

Interview: Ted Bruner, Ex-Colony, Now Pop Songwriter, Part 1

In my Jason McEntire/Sawhorse Studios profile, the studio engineer mentioned he was in an high school incarnation of the St. Louis band Colony, which recorded for a major label in the '90s. McEntire has kept in touch with the band in the ensuing years -- and in fact recently collaborated with Colony ... More >>

Interview: Ted Bruner, Ex-Colony, Now Pop Songwriter, Part 2

In my Jason McEntire/Sawhorse Studios profile, the studio engineer mentioned he was in an high school incarnation of the St. Louis band Colony, which recorded for a major label in the '90s. McEntire has kept in touch with the band in the ensuing years -- and in fact recently collaborated with Colon ... More >>

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 >>

Show Review: The Go-Go's at the Lumiere Theatre at Lumiere Place, Thursday, September 4

Ask a Cougar Nominees (Now with Photos)

Dolly Parton brings her pop-and-country-career-spanning "Backwoods Barbie" tour to the Fabulous Fox Theatre

Go! What to Do Over the Weekend in St. Louis, April 11-13

Sneak Preview of the Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus Tour at the Scottrade Center, St. Louis