Red Hot Chili Peppers

Last Shot: The Difficulty Of Updating Friends About My Health

[Editor's Note: Long-time concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events, on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places. As he continues to fight for his l ... More >>

Last Shot: Telling Your Friends You Have Cancer

[Editor's Note: Long-time concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events, on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places. As he continues to fight for his l ... More >>

Last Shot: Battling Cancer to Shoot the Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Editor's Note: Long-time concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events, on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places. As he continues to fight for his l ... More >>

The Six Coolest Members of Otherwise Uncool Bands

Bands are collections of people. In any such group, some people will be cooler than others. Even in an uncool rock band, there will be cool people. Here are the six coolest members of uncool bands. Cool? Cool. See also: -The Six Best Sloppy Drummers -The Six Best Songs About Murdering A Significant ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced!

The line-up for Coachella 2013 has been announced! Those who have been paying attention know there has been fakes, even a rumor that the Rolling Stones would headline (not the case) but this time the announcement is real-deal official. Headliners for the outdoor festival will be the Stone Roses and ... More >>

The Top Five Notes on My Bass Guitar

Editor: Mr. Sawyer-Dickhoff has been playing bass guitar for a little over a year, ever since he visited the Experience Music Project and did that hands-on exhibit where you learn how to play some two-note Beatles bass line. He bought himself Yamaha and a little amp, and quickly discovered that the ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2012: Big Ass Water Slide, Illicit Koozies and Bands

Bonnaroo is an entirely different world, one where the air always smells of weed and the people you encounter share any kind of resources they have, the way we were taught as children but adults seldom practice. People were kind. Musicians were gracious. Deep-fried oreos were a reality.

Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from A to Z

The team: six 40-year-old men, leaving behind six fairly respectable jobs, five wives and 14.9 children for four days. The tools: a 32-foot RV, VIP tickets, comfortable shoes and enough beer to take down a small fraternity. The task: to do and see as much as physically and logistically possible at ... More >>

Win a Pair of Bonnaroo Passes

Update: And our winner is Alex Fritz, because we love it when our food writer makes sex jokes about bands. Instructions are on their way via Twitter. Thanks, everyone. Yep, that's right. Looking to make some last minute plans for a trip down to Tennessee this weekend? We've got a pair of Bonnaroo w ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From May 21 to May 27

We'll start this post off by recognizing the fact that yes, Red Hot Chili Peppers is playing in town on Friday (Scottrade Center); as is Local H (Firebird), but Friday is already well-represented below with another what-is-this-1996 artist, Snoop Dogg, playing at Pop's and roots-reggae pioneer Might ... More >>

Lollapalooza Schmallapalooza: The Best Off the Radar Music Festivals

The Lollapalloza 2012 lineup is here, anchored by Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys and Jack White. Pretty cool, right? And a three day pass will only cost you two hundred thirty dollars. So yeah: Maybe this year it's time to look for alternatives to the big-name, bigger-ticket su ... More >>

Jamey Trochtop of Stellina, Part 2

This is part two of Emily Wasserman's Chef's Choice profile of Jamey Trochtop of Stellina. Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Trochtop, is published here.Did your family cook together when you were a child? No, my mom cooked, but we didn't cook together. How old were you when you ... More >>

Official First-Ballot Inductees to the Simpsons' Music Hall of Fame: I Bent My Wookie

The sheer longevity of The Simpsons would be impressive if it wasn't so frightening. Consider: A person born on the day of the first non-Tracey Ullman Show episode is now 22 years old. And if characters from the show actually aged, Bart Simpson would be three years away from being able to assume the ... More >>

Six Worst Musical Thefts by White People

Keith Richards early in his career. ​February is Black History Month, the mere existence of which is a reminder that white people have spent a majority of America's existence being total dicks. When it comes to popular music, Caucasians are like a race comprising Winona Ryders who have no prob ... More >>

Mac Miller and Van Halen Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Nothing raises the hackles of the music-hating snark machines over at Pitchfork like a lil rap album that defies the odds by sticking to formula. Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park was slapped with a 1.0 rating, despite the the fact that it managed to move nearly 200,000 copies it's first week. Miller's a ... More >>

Win Chickenfoot Tickets!

Chickenfoot​If you've found your way here, we're guessing you don't need to be told. But just in case: Chickenfoot is Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith. That makes for two parts Van Halen, one part Red Hot Chili Peppers and one part first-ballot hall-of-fame guitarist f ... More >>

The Six Creepiest Children In Songs

Happy Halloween! Let's celebrate with a list of the six best cameos from creepy children in song. 6. Michael Jackson - "Little Susie" The inclusion of Michael Jackson on this list has nothing to do with any accusations of inappropriate behavior with children, of which I will always give the man th ... More >>

CBGB's Final Show With Patti Smith (A.K.A. The Day I Got Covered in Brian Eno's Sweat)

​Legendary punk club CBGB closed five years ago tomorrow. In its final week, the venue hosted a string of shows paying tribute its storied thirty year run, and it all culminated with a headlining set from Patti Smith. There were only a couple hundred people lucky enough to get tickets to that ... More >>

Citygarden Gets New Sculpture "Big Suit"

Big Suit, indeed.​The work of Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm is slated to become the next permanent exhibit at downtown St. Louis' Citygarden. Big Suit, a nine-foot tall aluminum statue depicting an empty pink suit and white shirt (size 144), is scheduled for installation next Friday, September 30 ... More >>

Rebecca Black, Kreayshawn and Tyler the Creator: Hype Hounds from Hell

Michele Crowe/MTV​Behold the three biggest page-view generators of 2011: Tyler the Creator, Rebecca Black, and Kreayshawn. This trio has come to represent the holy trinity of overhype -- with each one famous for dubious reasons, or at the very least, more famous for the wrong things than the r ... More >>

Homespun: The Mhurs

In Another Tongue
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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 >>

Party at Ground Zero and Back Again

RIP: The Eight Most Hopelessly Awesome Made-Up Music Words

Bootylicious, adj. Definition: this. ​When was the last time you heard someone say they were "gettin' jiggy with it" (and didn't slap them)? The answer is probably not recently enough. In honor of the woman we saw invoking the word "Bootylicious" on the back of her tiny shorts this weekend, we ... More >>

Review Setlist Photos: Eli "Paperboy" Reed Delivers at Off Broadway, Tuesday, March 22

Katie Moulton​Did Eli "Paperboy" Reed strike a deal with the devil? How else could this 27-year-old Massachusetts native sing like a soulman's screamin' dream, with all the sexy swagger of Wilson Pickett? Last night's performance at Off Broadway demolished all doubt: If you want music of the h ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: Blonde Redhead Pantha du Prince Are All Business at the Pageant, Monday, October 25

Jon GitchoffBlonde Redhead at the Pageant​There's a certain paradox that comes with being a fan of a band: You either have to put your faith in its efforts without questioning its all-important artistic vision, or you become one of those people who eschews the new and whines that "it's just no ... More >>

Blonde Redhead/Pantha du Prince

9 p.m. Monday, October 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

The Unconscious

8 p.m. Monday, December 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Royal Contrast: Hip-hop ex-pat Wafeek celebrates paradoxes with new album, The Aristocrats

Blue Mountain explores the Southern-rock roads less traveled while the Mars Volta tries to shed its bad voodoo on the way to releasing The Bedlam in Goliath.

Crazy Town, "Butterfly" (DJ Vini Remix)

Minus the Bear

7 p.m. Thursday, October 25. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Sammy Hagar's 60th Birthday Party Was Way Better than Any of Your Birthday Parties. Ever.

Dance, Dance, Dance

Week of May 24, 2007

The Final Jam

Coachella, Ho!

Mississippi Nights: Final Jam report

Tom Petty

Highway Companion (American Recordings)

Pattern Recognition

Mapping out the trends of 2005

John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer

A Sphere in the Heart of Silence (Record Collection)

Like a What?

We check out some "important" songs, mourn ODB and read some, um, crap

Best Country Band

Well Hungarians

Pearl Jam

Lost Dogs (Epic)

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age and the Mars Volta

Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center

New Bands From Old

Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore Audioslave"

Best Outdoor Graffiti

Mary Miss' Abandoned Pool Installation

Tricky with Tool

Friday, Oct. 19; Savvis Center

Best Place to See Celebrities Out of Their Element

Wild Oats Community Market, Ladue

Five Style with Five Block Shot and Box-O-Car

Thursday, May 18; Side Door

D'Angelo with Dead Prez

Thursday, April 20; Fox Theatre