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Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 20 to 26

Next weekend looks pretty awesome, though anything does when an extended weekend awaits most of us thanks to Memorial Day. Keep that extra sleep time in mind while slogging through the work week and affording yourself some time to enjoy visits from acts like Andrew W.K., Soundgarden and El Ten Eleve ... More >>

Local Doom Metal Band Fister's Latest Full-Length, Gemini: Review and Listen

Fans of local heavy music, as well as neighbors within a three block range of venues like Fubar and the Firebird, should all be well acquainted with the loudness that is Fister by now. The band has been gaining attention within the metal community, not only locally but nationwide since forming in 20 ... More >>

Speedwolf

8 p.m. Tuesday, December 4. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: July 20 to 22

Happy Friday, St. Louis! Before we get to the festivities, it's been a little while since we've explained our shows-pickin' blog-postin' strategy, so here it is again for the uninitiated and the forgetful: Every Monday we do a blog post called "Out Every Night" that lists shows the RFT Music staff p ... More >>

Swastikas, Lemmy and Screaming Christians: Picking the Winner of the Mayhem Festival

This Friday, the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival rolls through our fair city, bringing fifteen purveyors of heavy music to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. The scope of artists ranges from old-timers like Anthrax and Motorhead to young guns like The Devil Wears Prada and Asking Alexandria. These b ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From July 16 to 22

My word of the day calendar says that today's word is "skirl", which conveniently is defined as a musical term. Unfortunately, it is one that typically involves the act of bagpipin', and none of the bands listed this week feature that particular instrument. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. Alberta Cross plays ... More >>

Win Queensrÿche Tickets

Myriam Santos​Progressive metal mainstay Queensrÿche will be at the Pageant on Tuesday, and we have a pair of tickets just waiting to find a heavy home. Kelsey Whipple, writing about the band in this week's Critic's Picks, said, "Queensrÿche originally opted for the purely metal umlaut to ... More >>

Tom Huck On His Roots Phrenology Cover and Motorhead

Photo by Jon Scorfina​Many artists have used the album cover as a vehicle for greater mass exposure. Robert Crumb transitioned from the obscurity of underground comics to mainstream consciousness with his cover of Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills. Derek Riggs made his mark o ... More >>

Bleeding Deacon Music Trivia Tuesdays: Not For the Faint of Music Knowledge

Photo by Liz Ortmann​Could you name Foreigner's lead singer? Put all of Motorhead's albums in chronological order? If you answered no, then go ahead and get some sleep. If you answered yes, then you could be a real contender. Bleeding Deacon's weekly Tuesday Night Music Trivia is only for the ... More >>

Flogging Molly's Dave King: The Metal Years

Tonight, Flogging Molly is playing a sold-out show at the Pageant. (Look for a review and photos tomorrow.) Before vocalist Dave King was in FM, however, he cut his teeth in a string of metal bands. The most notable of these was Fastway, which was formed by ex-Motorhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke ... More >>

Review: Motorhead, Clutch and Valient Thorr at Pop's, Sunday, February 20

Todd Owyoung​At precisely 9:15 p.m., the lights at Pop's went dark. The sold-out crowd, which had been drinking (and/or tailgating) for hours, crackled up several notches as rock gods Motörhead took the stage. Lemmy Kilmister commented that it had been about ten years since the trio had last ... More >>

Interview: Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch Directors Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski

On Sunday, Motörhead is playing at Pop's with Valient Thorr and Clutch. The show isn't sold out yet. In this week's paper, D.X. Ferris spoke with Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the co-directors of a new documentary on Lemmy, titled Lemmy: 49% Motherfucker, 51% Son of a Bitch. That interview is here ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: February 18 to 20

​Leaving the house = still awesome. Some recommended critic's picks are right over here. Other beaucoup weekend events (such as Motörhead) are previewed elsewhere. And below, ten more good bets for the weekend. All Weekend: Crankfest @ Cranky Yellow Info about this all-ages art and music ce ... More >>

The legendary metal singer Lemmy shows surprising, different sides in a new documentary

Interview: Valient Himself of Valient Thorr on Rowing, Donating Kidneys, the Avett Brothers and a Special Motorhead Birthday

Image via​It's been nearly a decade since Valient Thorr arrived on Earth - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to be exact - from its home on Venus. This Sunday the band will make its second St. Louis appearance in six months, opening for Motorhead at Pop's. In September Valient Thorr headlined at th ... More >>

New Album Releases: Motörhead's Back With The Wörld Is Yours

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of the Dead's Tao Of the Dead​*And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Tao of the Dead Spin gave Tao of the Dead a 7 out ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of January 6

Dan Bejar, the indie maestro behind Destroyer's Euro blues sound and lyric poesy brings his erudite rock to the Luminary Center for the Arts with War on Drugs on March 28.​ Apop Records *Hush Arbors, January 26 BB's Jazz Blues and Soups *Chainsaw Dupont Blues Band, January 29 *Josh Vowell and ... More >>

Valient Thorr

9 p.m. Tuesday, September 14. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

The Dive Bomber Turns Tail and Runs at Behrmann's Tavern

There's a man perched on a barstool at Behrmann's Tavern, nodding off between sips of his Jack and Coke. He hardly flinches when a couple walks by, setting off a frenzy of angry barking from what sounds like a pack of dingos next door. image creditEven the Dive Bomber just has to skedaddle sometim ... More >>

Metal veterans Anvil embark on a tour to support their documentary and new album

Bobby Bare Jr.

9 p.m. Friday, January 1. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Lemmy Entertain You: Twenty questions With Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister

Review Setlist Photos: Motorhead at the Pageant, Tuesday, September 9

Motörhead

7 p.m. Tuesday, September 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

Valient Thorr

9 p.m. Sunday, June 20. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Hard Rock/Metal

2008 Music Awards Nominees: Best Local Release on a Label

RFT Music Awards Nominees: St. Louis' Best and Brightest

Motorhead and Testamant at the Pageant in St. Louis, August 20 -- Along with an Insane Rumor...

Coliseum

7 p.m. Sunday, April 20. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

The Raveonettes, Land of Talk, Jens Lekman at SXSW

Evil Is as Evile Does

2006: The Year in Music

Week of December 28, 2006

Dixie Witch

10 p.m. Friday, June 2. The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 10

Heady Metal

In 2005, longhairs got more progressive than ever

Rugged Rendezvous

Got what it takes to be a mountain man? Head to the Lake of the Ozarks, tough guy.

La Fin du Monde

Saleem's, 6501 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-7947

In Flames and Arch Enemy

Friday, July 29; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Dropkick Murphys

Singles Collection Volume 2: 1998-2004 (Hellcat)

Foo Fighters

In Your Honor (RCA)

Casanosa

Studly Raja turns twelve

Devil in the Details

New books document heavy metal's ugly history

'03, Oh My!

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

Eyeliner and Grease

Fast cars, fast bands, fast women

Best Rock Critic

Paul Friswold

Motörhead with Morbid Angel, Speedealer and Today Is the Day

Tuesday, April 16; Pop's

On With the Show

Our footsore columnist concludes her tour of the Slammies Showcase

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC!

Local rock deconstructors Captain Captain refuse to be confined

Agnostic Front

Friday, Oct. 22; Galaxy