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A Plea For The Separation of Music And Music Culture

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. As some of these Better Living Through Music columns have pointed out (and as my nemesis Matt Harnish ... More >>

Steve Reich's Radiohead-Inspired "Radio Rewrite": Listen to the World Premiere Now

In this week's print edition, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba discussed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, performing at the Sheldon Concert Hall on March 20. The group will be performing a piece by American composer Steve Reich called "Radio Rewrite," which contains elements inspired by British rock ... More >>

Moms' Secret Recipe: Menomena's Danny Seim on his band's resurgence

Romantic Misadventures and Song Selections for Karaoke Virgins

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 >>

For The Love Of Boring Music

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. The greatest living composer (Steve Reich) is currently writing a piece based on source material from the ... More >>

Radiohead at the Scottrade Center, 3/9/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

Radiohead | Other Lives March 9, 2012 Scottrade Center On Feburay 13, 2011, there was nothing much to say about Radiohead. On February 18, there was a new album, The King of Limbs, propelled into the world by its creators with little more than a shrug. There were no interviews, no tour dates, no wo ... More >>

Radiohead at the Scottrade Center: Selections From Thom Yorke's Banter

Radiohead, in its constant evolution, remains spectacular -- check back in this space for a full review and photos. Those left confused by last year's groovy King of Limbs got answers last night at the Scottrade Center. The band casting one the largest shadows in music came in channeling Spicoli (al ... More >>

Radiohead's Ten Best Lyrics About Food

Gut Check put this evening's Radiohead concert at Scottrade Center on our schedule as soon as it was announced. We grew up with the band -- we bought "Creep" on cassingle! -- and over hundreds of spins of the band's records, we've noticed that on more than a few occasions in his lyrics, Thom Yorke h ... More >>

Radiohead Tickets: Livenation Releases a Limited Number for Tonight's Show

Livenation has just released a limited number of tickets for tonight's formerly sold-out Radiohead show at the Scottrade Center. You can purchase them through the Livenation site here. The newly released tickets are on either side of the stage, in the Plaza level sections 101 and 118 as well as som ... More >>

Radiohead

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

A Radiohead Preview: Possible Setlists, New Songs and Lessons from Past Shows

When Radiohead comes to town, it's a big deal. And for good reason: The Oxford super-group only plays in St. Louis every four or five years, meaning there's pent-up demand for one of the most popular live acts around. Still, Friday's sold-out show at the Scottrade Center (1401 Clark Avenue, 314-241 ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 5 to 11

This week brings us not one but TWO members of the Wu-Tang Clan (unfortunately on separate nights), Japanese punk-weirdos Peelander-Z, and the first visit ever from Seattle's raw Ramones-y punk band the Spits in its entire ten years of existence. Continuing with the punk rock / hip-hop aesthetic is ... More >>

Other Lives

9 p.m. Tuesday, February 7. Gramophone, 4243 Manchester Avenue.

Radiohead's Scottrade Show is Sold Out

Shouldn't have waited, dude.​Radiohead's March 9 show at the Scottrade Center (1401 Clark Avenue, 314-241-1888) is now sold out. Ours was the final show to do so in the month of March, meaning all the other dates anywhere near here were already full. You could always...go to Coachella? Other ... More >>

Six Least Appropriate Radiohead Songs to Make Out To

"Summer after high school when we first met / We make out in your Mustang to Radiohead" Such is the opening couplet of "The One Who Got Away" by the inescapable Katy Perry. The namedrop is confusing. Radiohead is beyond famous at this point, so it's not necessarily a cred pull on Perry's part; if t ... More >>

The Radiohead Presale is Tomorrow Morning: How to Increase Your Chances

Don't be like this dance enthusiast and miss out. ​You know by now: Radiohead has announced the first leg of its 2012 tour and St. Louis has one of the shows. It's on March 9th at the Scottrade Center, and tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Saturday at 10 a.m. But some spots (history ... More >>

Radiohead is Coming to the Scottrade Center! [Update]

​Update: There will be a four ticket maximum per person for those purchasing through Live Nation. Prices for the St. Louis show have not yet been announced. However, they range from $45 to $69 for the Dallas show (before fees) and $34 to $54 for the Phoenix one. Other Lives will open this enti ... More >>

Radiohead Is Releasing a New Album on February 19

​Hat tip to reader Jameson for passing along this tip: Those cagey Radiohead fellows are releasing a new album, The King of Limbs, on February 19. Now, the album isn't free like In Rainbows was, but the digital download is only $9 for MP3, $14 for WAV. There's also a reasonably priced deluxe v ... More >>

Yes, Pavement is Coming to Kansas City

It's Pavement!​Before this post devolves into whining that Kansas City gets all the best shows, let the record show that in recent years, St. Louis has hosted Radiohead, Tom Waits and (this weekend) the Magnetic Fields -- and our neighbor to the west hasn't. That being said: Indie-slacker demi ... More >>

Radiohead Debuts a New Song at Intimate LA Concert

​ Last night in LA at the tiny Henry Fonda Theater, Radiohead performed a benefit show for Oxfam International. (Proceeds from the show will benefit the organization's efforts in Haiti.) Ex-RFT colleague Randy Roberts was at the show and gives a full play-by-play right here. Of note is that Radioh ... More >>

Homespun: Machree Whiteout

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Contest! Win a Jets Overhead CD and T-shirt

Everything's better in Canada, right? Including and especially its music, at least in recent years. (I'm being facetious, for the record. Mostly.) But Jets Overhead is one shining example of the country's solid exports. The band's sophomore effort, No Nations, recently came out on Vapor Records -- y ... More >>

Audrye Sessions

8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

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 >>

Vintage Vinyl's Top 50 Best-Selling CDs and Top 25 Best-Selling LPs of 2008

Vintage Vinyl just released its list of best-selling LPs and CDs of 2008. (Physical product? Remember that?) Interesting to see how many local releases -- and how much hip-hop/R&B/rap -- is on the CD list, while how much old (and new) indie rock is on the LP list. Looks like you kids are downloa ... More >>

D.I.Y. Now for the Future: The Undertow Collective and Magnolia Summer are using technology to modernize their D.I.Y. creative vision

Radiohead Made a Video. Without Cameras.

Audio: Rare Radiohead Muxtape Part II

Audio: Rare Radiohead Muxtape, Part III

Audio: Rare Radiohead Muxtape, Part One W.A.S.T.E. Central

Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE

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

Radiohead, "Nude (RAC Remix)"

Dropkick the Robot

9 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Beatle Bob vs. Thom Yorke: Who's the Better Dancer?

Random Links for Thursday

New Radiohead album In Rainbows Available October 10! At your own price. No, Seriously.

OK Computer: Ten Years After

B-Sides reboots Radiohead and takes a roadtrip with Ani.

Radiohead's OK Computer Turns Ten: Remembering a great album

Muse

8 p.m. Thursday, September 14. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

The Stills

Without Feathers (Vice)

Muse

Monday, November 29; the Pageant

Best Cover Band

Paint the Earth

Christopher O'Riley performs the music of Radiohead

Thursday, September 25; Sheldon Concert Hall

'Head Games

Forget critics' warnings: Listening to Radiohead is easy

Radiohead

Hail to the Thief (Capitol)

Radiohead

Amnesiac (Capitol)

Arco

Coming to Terms (Pehr)

Invisible Soundtrack

On Kid A, Radiohead learns to disappear -- then reappear -- completely

National Skyline

Wednesday, May 3; Rocket Bar