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Facebook IPO Overshadows MySpace Filing

Sure, Facebook filed its S-1 with the SEC yesterday, presaging one of the most talked-about IPOs in tech history -- and for college students, FarmVille users, amateur stalkers, and anybody who likes to talk to people they know, Facebook's performance on the open market will offer an interesting pers ... More >>

Eleven local bands and artists to watch in 2011

New Release Highlights For November 22: A Special Monday Edition

(New releases come out on Monday this week. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on? Find out below.) The Alchemist and Oh No join forces as Gangrene​*Gangrene, Gutter Water Gangrene is a collaboration between the Alchemist and Oh No. Pitchfork gave Gangrene a 6.7, saying "the rapping ... More >>

New Release Highlights for November 2: Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Devin the Dude and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) The Autumn Defense's Once Around​*The Autumn Defense, Once Around Consequence of Sound claims Once Around is "very much worth your time." "There seems to be ... More >>

New Release Highlights for October 12: Antony and the Johnsons, Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens and Lil Wayne All Back With New Records

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Antony and the Johnsons' Swanlights​*Antony And The Johnsons, Swanlights NPR said of Antony's latest release, "If Hegarty's first few albums find him searchi ... More >>

New Release Highlights for October 5: Guster, Clinic, Apache Beat and Tim Kasher in a Middle Class Rut

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Apache Beat's Last Chants​*Apache Beat, Last Chants "Apache Beat has garnered a great deal of fanfare around its new take on rock music. Clinging to the edg ... More >>

New Release Highlights for September 21: John Legend and the Roots want you to Wake Up!

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Flying Lotus' latest Pattern & Grid World​*Flying Lotus, Pattern Grid World Just months after releasing the full-length Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus returns wit ... More >>

New Release Highlights for September 7: Interpol, Helmet, the Thermals, Jerry Lee Lewis and more

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Acorn's No Ghost​*The Acorn, No Ghost Drowned In Sound's review of the album explains, "Cynics might argue about the familiar sounds on No Ghost and may per ... More >>

New Release Highlights for August 10: Black Label Society, Budos Band, a New Pornographer and more

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) = mp3 only release Order of the Black​*Black Label Society, Order Of The Black According to Randy at The Official Metal Show Metal Blog, "Wylde has shown ... More >>

New Album Release Highlights: Tuesday, June 15

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) amazon.comCowboy Junkies' latest release, Renmin Park, is part one of a three-part series. ​*Cowboy Junkies, The Nomad Series Volume 1: Renmin Park In the ... More >>

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

In the Studio: Power-Trio LOGOS Goes Back for Another Round of Rock

Steve Truesdell​Who: LOGOS Where: Sawhorse Studios With: Jason McEntire When: May 2010 What: Additional songs for their forthcoming album When Due Out: TBA, although two new songs, "Mind's Eye" and "Everyday," are up now on MySpace

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, March 26-28, 2010

This weekend's cheap cost-effective distractions include free wine tasting, improv comedy, rap music from the Holy Land and an LGBTQ film festival, all for $10 or less.Cloud Nine at Webster University (Friday)Fans of provocative and innovative theater will find much to their liking in Caryl Churchil ... More >>

Hear a New Sleepy Kitty Song, Catch Them Tonight with Imperial China at Cicero's

​Tonight at Cicero's, Sleepy Kitty will be hosting an out-of-town pal. Imperial China hails from Washington, DC -- and carries on that city's grand tradition of spiky, rhythmically complex post-punk. (To me, they resemble Public Image Limited's early stuff.) As for Sleepy Kitty, the duo of Eva ... More >>

New Local Band to Watch: Flaming Death Trap

(Are you in a local band? Are you new-ish? You should email me and tell me about yourself. Like a job interview, only with not as much pressure. Seriously.) www.myspace.com/flamingdeathtraprages​The other day, a member of the band Flaming Death Trap dropped me a line about his band's gig open ... More >>

I'm guessing your password is 123456

Phishing scams seem to have spiked in recent weeks on email systems like Hotmail and Gmail according to the BBC. A lists of thousands of usernames and passwords from Hotmail, Gmail and other services have been surfacing here and there around the Internet. This comes after a report in August from IBM ... More >>

Is MySpace Dead Yet?

Even with fewer and fewer people using it, MySpace is still a behemoth. The social media company has over 125 million users and is still clocking about 70 million page views a month. Revenue averages $250 million a year. But none of this really means anything without some context, and the announceme ... More >>

The Wedge Appears to be Closing

According to a MySpace bulletin and Twitter, The Wedge is closing. The Twitter message: THE WEDGE WILL ONLY BE OPEN FOR 1 OR 2 MORE WEEKS UNTIL THE BOOZE RUNS OUT,ONLY SERVING DRINKS NO FOOD,RACHEL SLINGING THE DRINKS MySpace: MY BOSS HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN,HE HOWEVER IS LET ... More >>

Beauty Bar/Punk Rock Hair Salon Opens this Saturday

The Beauty Bar is a name of a venue in other cities -- Austin and Las Vegas, for starters -- and now a "punk rock hair salon" in St. Louis. The grand opening is tomorrow, and will feature beer, BBQ, burlesque and tunes from Strawfoot. (I tried to continue the "B" alliteration, and just couldn't. Bum ... More >>

Green Day Stopping by St. Louis on August 11

Hot on the heels of its super-anticipated release, 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day is stopping by St. Louis (oops, was not sent a venue, just assumed. Monday brain fart) on Tuesday, August 11, at least according to its publicist and MySpace page. Hear 90 seconds of new single "Know Your Enemy" at ... More >>

CDC Goes New-Media Crazy over Salmonella Outbreak

www.cdc.gov Regular Gut Check readers know that the recall of peanut-butter products possibly contaminated by salmonella has dominated the food-news headlines these past few weeks. Now the CDC, FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services are turning to so-called new media to convey the lates ... More >>

MP3 Weekender: Oh My God, Jennifer O' Connor, Torche

MP3 Weekender: Damien Jurado, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

MP3 Weekender: James Jackson Toth and Ohtis

MP3 Weekender: Indian Jewelry, Bellafea, The Shondes

MP3 Weekender: Earthworms, Ratatat, Brothers & Sisters

MP3 Weekender: Victoria, Tenement Ruth, Koufax

Local Label Collective Records: Alive and Kicking

Feisty Bulldog -- Closing.

MP3 Weekender: The Feed, Tech N9ne, Poison

Riddle of Steel: Breaking Up, Last Show September 27

MP3 Weekender: NOMO, Robbie Fulks

Radical Sons Release "Brother Speed" on RCRD LBL

MP3 Weekender: Pokey LaFarge, Tiffany, Apples in Stereo

Tonight at CBGB: A Faulty Chromosome, Mahtpa and

Does It Offend You, Yeah? at the Fader Fort

Things Cancelled Tonight, March 4

RFT Music Showcase 2008: Sunday, June 1 in the Loop

Justice is *Not* Playing St. Louis

Scary Kids Scaring Kids

7 p.m. Monday, January 28. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

Deep Blue Something: Back from the Dead, and the Ocean Blue Leads Me Back to Chris Walla and St. Louis

Riddle of Steel, Shame Club Playing SXSW

Thee Fine Lines and the Nevermores -- *Not* at CBGB, But at Red Sea

Press Release of the Day

The Misfits' 30th Anniversary Tour in St. Louis, December 4...at the Roberts Orpheum?

Dr. Dog: Way Secret, Last-Minute-Ish Show in St. Louis: Thursday, September 20

Cleaning Out Our Closet

Our semi-quarterly round-up of local releases.

Last Call (Again)

The Hi-Pointe shuts its doors, even as the RFT Music Awards lineup shines the spotlight on St. Louis' best.

Various Artists

Snakes on a Plane: The Album (Decaydance/New Line)

Don't Fear the Editor

Hey, St. Louis musicians — don't be shy