Nirvana (Band)

Dragging Out The Garbage

Dave Grohl's Movie Sound City is Playing at the Tivoli Tonight Only: Read Our Review Here

Here's something you don't get to say too often: It's a shame when Paul McCartney turns up. Before McCartney arrives, rasping, puppy-eyed, and eager to have a go at the hot new grunge sound of 1993, Dave Grohl's Sound City is an exciting, sometime illuminating documentary about how a squad of techni ... More >>

Nirvana and Paul McCartney collaborate; Nirvana fans resist inevitable McCartney-ization of Nirvana

Most music fans seemed to greet the news that Paul McCartney would be fronting what appeared to be a reunited Nirvana at the 12.12.12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert with a mix of insistent cool-detachment and curiosity. Nirvana fans--at least the ones who use Twitter--greeted the news that Paul McC ... More >>

Six Famous Musicians Influenced by The Frogs

Sad news out of Wisconsin: Dennis Flemion, one half of the Milwaukee-based sibling duo the Frogs, disappeared over the weekend during a weekend family boating trip, and is currently presumed drowned. Of the growing population of rock & roll heaven, surely Flemion is one of the few members already eq ... More >>

Hard Rock: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>

Five Surprising Video Game Cameos by Musicians

In this day and age, it's become almost commonplace for artists to plug songs into a video game. Heck, there's an entire freaking genre dedicated to translating music into video game form. While musicians and their labels frantically rush to get a song in the latest FIFA title, there's a small subs ... More >>

Eddie Money

7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, March 2. Lumière Place Casino, 999 North Second Street.

Who brought Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis to an Apartment Party in St. Louis Last Year? [Update: Found!]

Update, 3/22 Our mystery Girl Talk party host is Chiara Andriole, whose story you can find in the comments. Pin-Up Bowl, evidently, is where you can find Nirvana fan mash-up kings. Original post follows. Last year's deluge* of coverage upon the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind included just ... More >>

Mississippi Nights' Final Jam Session Occurred Five Years Ago Today

In theory, music venues are interchangeable. If one especially great place shuts down, another spot surely will rise elsewhere. But there's something disquieting about the closure of an especially memorable venue. Even years later, I'm still bummed about how Shattered - a Columbia, Missouri, insti ... More >>

Pancho Rucker On The Good And Bad Of St. Louis Hip-Hop: Listen To Kurt Cobain Music

Pancho Rucker​Pancho Rucker has been here before. His new album, Kurt Cobain Music, follows a long string of releases: From The Dirt To The Throne, FUQ, I'm Better Than You On Ur Sh*t Volumes 1 and 2, The Kim Jong Il Mixtape, F*ck The Radio, and No Bullsh*t Allowed. The St. Louis native has le ... More >>

Nine Albums Overshadowed by Nevermind

​Tomorrow, Nirvana's Nevermind turns twenty years old, leaving Gen Xers questioning where their lives have gone, just as they questioned where their lives were going to the strains of Smells Like Teen Spirit. While Nevermind marked a victory for the underground in a stellar year of albums, th ... More >>

The Year Punk Broke Finally Gets Reissued: Where The Featured Bands Are Today

​About twenty years ago, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore asked his friend, filmmaker Dave Markey, to document the band's short European tour, including its performance at the massive Reading Festival. Markey (best known for his underground classic Desperate Teenage Lovedolls) left with his passp ... More >>

Nirvana's Nevermind, As Played By Tok: September 23 At Lemmons

​As pretty much every facet of entertainment media is here to remind you, Nirvana's Nevermind is turning twenty on September 24. The landmark album will be reissued in October and is being celebrated with events ranging from a town hall Q&A session with Nirvana's surviving members to a concert ... More >>

Foo Fighters at Scottrade Center, 9/17/11: Review and Setlist

Photo by Jon Scorfina. Read why we had no professional photos here. ​Mariachi El Bronx | Rise Against! | Foo Fighters Scottrade Center September 17, 2011 It's been a huge year for Dave Grohl. His band, Foo Fighters, began 2011 with its most reliable line-up of the group's existence. That was ... More >>

America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

Frances Bean Cobain And The Other Nine Hottest Offspring Of Musicians

Rocky Schenck​Today is Frances Bean Cobain's 19th birthday. Time flies, right? In celebration of Miss Frannie, we've compiled a list of hot rock 'n' roll spawn. These people have at least one rock star parent and their moms are frequently models. (Figures.) They are all totally bangable, and m ... More >>

Manchester Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Story of the Year on Its Nirvana Cover and More Trivia about Page Avenue

Tim Harmon​In this week's RFT, Story of the Year frontman Dan Marsala reveals some obscure trivia about the band's breakthrough album, Page Avenue, which the band will play in its entirety Friday, February 4 at the Pageant. Below, read on for some leftovers about songs from the record, the ban ... More >>

Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship

8 p.m. September 5. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

Frances Bean Cobain Is Legal Today. Celebrate Her Birthday Tonight at the Crack Fox!

​Music fans of a certain age, prepare to feel very, very old. Frances Bean Cobain - the daughter of Courtney Love and Nirvana's late singer, Kurt Cobain - turns eighteen today. Yes, that's right -- the cute little peanut seen in picture after magazine picture back in the day is now legal. She ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Jimmy Winkeler of the Conformists on Recording New Tunes with Steve Albini, Vinyl Fidelity and His Crush on Louise Post

(The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' record a ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Webster University's Andrew Allen Smith on Combining Record Collections with His Girlfriend, Movie Soundtracks and the Pixies

(The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' record a ... More >>

14 Dive Bar Musts - And the Local Joints Than Have Them

In its continuing dive-bar special, Chow.com recently listed the fourteen elements you need to have a proper dive bar, along with nationwide examples of bars that exemplify these qualities. Not surprisingly, St. Louis has its own shining examples of each quality. 1. Come Up With a Cool Name Keeg ... More >>

The Bad Plus

8:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, January 6, through Saturday, January 9, at Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Boulevard.

The Dive Bomber: Aunt Rosalie and the Nuge at Black Derby Saloon

Robin Wheeler​In my months of writing the Dive Bomber, I've only had one instance (I know of) in which I've actively pissed off someone: an octogenarian bar owner who made some angry calls after my otherwise-glowing review of her tavern. No, I'm not stupid enough to link to the piece in question. ... More >>

Nirvana's Bleach Turns 20

Kurt CobainNirvana bassist Krist Novoselic​ Ready to feel old? Nirvana's landmark debut, Bleach, turns twenty years old this year. (I'm pretty sure I have a few T-shirts as old as this. Really.) Before Nevermind made Nirvana a mainstream sensation, the lower-than-lo-fi buzzsawing of Bleach cap ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlists: Brand New and Manchester Orchestra at the Pageant, October 6, 2009

Brand New means business during its shows. The goal of its live experience is to exorcise demons, to provoke thought and, above all, produce catharsis. Looking for a night of frivolous entertainment? Go see another show instead. These Long Islanders are kicking out the post-hardcore, post-grunge, po ... More >>

Four Year Strong

7 p.m. Tuesday, September 1. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue.

Sybris

9 p.m. Friday, July 24. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

MP3 Video: Wafeek "Feekee and the Flux Capacitor"

photo by Keegan HamiltonIt's been a minute since we checked in with Wafeek, everyone's favorite St. Louis hip-hop ex-pat, and it's probably best we've left him alone: He's been busy making a kick-ass new album. The project is titled Feekee and the Flux Capacitor and it's, well, complicated.As t ... More >>

Video Mashup: Nirvana vs. Rick Astley

Was sent this last night, and in the span of 15 or so hours, it went viral. Yes, it's the DJ Morgoth mashup of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The ultimate RickRoll? Perhaps.

Meat Puppets

9 p.m. Thursday, May 28. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

The Whigs/Dead Confederate

7 p.m. Saturday, March 14. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

The Bad Plus

8:30 and 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, through Saturday, January 10. Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Boulevard.

Drink of the Week: Spanish Coffee

Café Ventana
3919 West Pine Boulevard
314-531-7500

Bizarre Love Triangle

Fear and loathing in Paris

Bodisartha

8 p.m. Saturday, November 8. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

Meat Puppets

9 p.m. Saturday, November 3. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

About a Song

Local director AJ Schnack traces Kurt Cobain's musical influences in his poignant documentary.

It's Showtime

From Q&As to film debuts, your guide to the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Annie writes an open letter to Morrissey.

In the Pines

9 p.m. Friday, May 4. The Ground Floor (215 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois).

Zelazowa

10 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue).

Kick out the jammies.

A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies for B-Sides, while the Downtown Trio adds jazz and pizzazz to local TV staple the Fan Show.

The Sunny Side of the Street

A look at the positive things going on in the St. Louis scene.

The Nights Goes Dark

Fabled concert venue Mississippi Nights closes its doors — for now.

Jazzercise

B-Sides covers, well, the covers repertoire of the Bad Plus and learns about Todd Mosby's newfangled imratgitar.

Local Motion: Lithium: A Tribute to Nirvana

7 p.m. Thursday, November 23. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue Sauget, Illinois).

BUCKING TRADITION

Clog dancer Rush McAllister takes the unusual step of recording his fancy footwork

Album of Memories