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Out Every Night: The Best Shows From September 24 to 30

So there's news about the news in the news this week: We here at the RFT have new owners. Some of you may be aware of Backpage.com and the controversy it has caused for many alt-weeklies across the country -- well, we are no longer affiliated, so that's that. And aside from that, it's business as us ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From June 25 to July 1

Little-known fact: According to our style guide (the big book of grammatical do's and don'ts that provide the RFT with its immutable styyyyyyle), all band names are to be treated as singular, not plural nouns. For example, when referencing a band such as "The Beatles," we'd write "The Beatles is com ... More >>

Folk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is a month away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Over the next month, we'll be making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year. Each weekday between now and the showcase ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 26 to April 1

Still tired from last week? Too bad, March is unrelenting. Time to down some coffee, eat some energy bars and pack in the protein (might we recommend some pink slime?) because this week is jam-packed with shows as well. On Friday, two guys named Pete who happen to be legends in their respective fiel ... More >>

Los Lobos at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 2/26/12: Review and Setlist

Roy KastenLos Lobos survive at the Sheldon​Los Lobos The Sheldon Concert Hall February 26, 2012 Rock bands and followers of rock bands, heed this advice from just another band from East L.A. Like these veterans, you'll be old soon enough, and your cool will fade. So start now: Work on your so ... More >>

Best St. Louis Shows of 2011: Part Two

Tom LampeJay Farrar on the pedal steel for Colonel Ford​New Year's Eve isn't just amateur hour. It's a night-long, clown-car traffic jam of colossally defeated expectations, a dispiriting exercise in futility, even, or especially, when you're somewhere somewhat less coastal than Rio. In St. L ... More >>

John Prine and Jason Isbell at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, 12/4/11: Review and Setlists

Roy KastenJohn Prine stands and delivers at the Touhill​John Prine | Jason Isbell Touhill Performing Arts Center December 3, 2011 Why is John Prine so beloved? He's never had a major hit of his own, never really crossed over from the folkie netherworlds, never, as a touring musician, done muc ... More >>

"I Just Want To Do Things I Love": An Interview with King Khan

When I first reach Mr. Khan, he's somewhere in Florida, time zone unknown to him. King Khan: Do you know Chuck Berry? Roy Kasten: I've met him once. Do you want me to pass on a message? King Khan: Yeah. Tell him to come to our show. I didn't have the heart to say it: There have been nights whe ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Elsinore At The Firebird, 11/4/11: Review And Setlist

Roy KastenSTL still loves you SSLYBY​ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | Elsinore The Firebird November 4, 2011 The perfect pop song is out there, forever out there, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin may never find it, but on some nights getting to share in the search is more tha ... More >>

Win Peter Wolf Crier Tickets

Peter Wolf Crier​Peter Wolf Crier returns to St. Louis on Monday, playing at Off Broadway. The group played at the Billiken Club back in February; Roy Kasten, in his preview, wrote, "The duo forges its doo-wop harmonies, scrappy acoustic-guitar rhythms and death-march drums into small but sure ... More >>

Glen Campbell at the Bezemes Family Theater, 9/9/11: Review and Setlist

Roy Kasten​Glen Campbell The Bezemes Family Theater at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts September 9, 2011 The sound sailed out across the theatre. It was the last note of the last song of the last encore for the last show in St. Louis (St. Charles to be exact). That was it for Glen Camp ... More >>

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears at Off Broadway, 6/16/11: Review and Setlist

Roy KastenBlack Joe Lewis gets down at Off Broadway​Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears Off Broadway Thursday, June 16, 2011 My first encounter with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears was 2008 in Austin. The band played outdoors at one of those warm-beer free parties at SXSW. The young Austini ... More >>

Kinky Friedman on Animal Rights

Nicole Weingart ​Sharp-tongued Kinky Friedman is back in St. Louis for the first time in years, playing Off Broadway tomorrow night. We talked to Friedman about his music and his failed political ambitions. He also spent some time talking about his stand for animal rights: He hosts Utopia Ani ... More >>

Tonight: The ACBs vs. Punch Brothers vs. Jill Andrews

Who says December is sparse for shows? Not St. Louis -- not tonight! ACBs/The Breaks/The Noise FM/The Blind Eyes/Russell Bliss @ Cicero's It's a Midwest pop rumble at Cicero's, when KC power-pop experts the ACBs and Chicago, er, noisemakers the Noise FM join locals the Blind Eyes, the Breaks and Ru ... More >>

Grammy-winning lyrical legend Loudon Wainwright III is as funny and biting as ever

Top 10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, May 21-23, 2010

The weekend is here. Get out there. Tomorrow (Saturday) is supposed to be around 87 degrees, sunny and perfect for getting a sunburn. You welcome it, after this long stretch of overcast skies and rain, don't you? Of course you do. Here are our ten suggestions for weekend entertainment that cost less ... More >>

Over the Weekened: Frightened Rabbit, Ocho de Mayo on Cherokee, Pins & Needles Fashion Show

Who's Elena Kagan? Read that, then read this -- here's your weekend in review.Frightened Rabbit at the Old Rock House​On Friday night, Scottish rockers Frightened Rabbit played their first-ever show in St. Louis, with openers Maps & Atlases. Roy Kasten has the full concert review here and Jon ... More >>

Tonight! The Wooden Sky at Off Broadway, Before The Hot Rails and Whitey Morgan and the 78's

SXSW season in the Lou is all about last-minute shows. How else to explain tonight's early show with Canadians the Wooden Sky, a gig that was booked in the last few weeks? The Toronto indie rockers will be performing at Off Broadway at 7 p.m. Tickets are just $5 if you're over 21, $8 if you're under ... More >>

Local Harvest: For the first time ever, Farm Aid comes to St. Louis.

Tonight! Sea Wolf, Sara Lov and Port O'Brien at the Billiken Club; Darker My Love at the Firebird

Dangerbird labelmates Sea Wolf and Darker My Love are in town tonight, albeit at two different venues. The latter -- a dark, psych-pop/shoegaze act from California -- is at the Firebird with Troubadour Dali and Fractured Army, starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8. (To hear a DmL tune, check out this he ... More >>

Tonight! Josh Ritter/Langhorne Slim, Gil Mantera's Party Dream/El Ten Eleven, Toad the Wet Sprocket

Although it's Tuesday, you wouldn't know it from tonight's hectic concert schedule. First, at Off Broadway, it's Josh Ritter -- although if you don't already have tickets, you might be out of luck. According to Off Broadway's Twitter, "a few [are] available at the door at 8PM. Otherwise--SOLD OUT." ... More >>

2009 RFT Music Awards Winners

The ballots have been counted and tallied, and so without further ado, here are the RFT's 2009 Music Awards winners! Remember, it's not too late to RSVP for our Music Awards party, which is taking place next Tuesday, June 23, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Schlafly Tap Room. All of the information is here ... More >>

2009 RFT Music Showcase Video: The Sham, Rough Shop, Leadville

Thanks to the talented Roy Kasten (who I imagine must be far less hungover than I am today to have been so fast at uploading these clips), here are bunches of videos from yesterday's music showcase. Up first are clips from the Sham, Rough Shop and Leadville. Check back throughout the day for more cl ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Marshall Crenshaw

In this week's paper, Roy Kasten chatted with legendary songwriter Marshall Crenshaw, who's playing tonight at Off Broadway. The show starts at 8 p.m., tickets are $15 and it's an evening with -- meaning there are no openers and it's all Marshall, all the time. Get there on time! Here are some ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Thaxton Speakeasy Opens, Little Joy and Dead Trees at Blueberry Hill, Vic Chestnut, Elf Power at Off Broadway, Family Affair at Gramophone, Ludacris and Tim McGraw on SNL

Good morning, St. Louis.If you were caught up in the fever for Twilight, watching movies about carnies or pondering the settlement between KWMU and its fiery, fired boss Patty Wente, here's what you may have missed.

Tonight! Brighton MA at Cicero's

Austin City Limits Day Three Review: Foo Fighters, AA Bondy, Silversun Pickups, Gnarls Barkley, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Stars

Austin City Limts, Day One Review: Dan Dyer, Autamata, Jenny Lewis, M. Ward, Delta Spirit, Swell Season, Jakob Dylan

Colourmusic Tonight At Euclid Records and the Bluebird

MP3 Weekender: NOMO, Robbie Fulks

The Kills, Lightspeed Champion and Sons & Daughters at SXSW

Fly Like an Eagle

B-Sides finds its religion with Fred Eaglesmith and traces Charles Walker's circuitous path from R&B obscurity to funk-soul innovator.

Outtakes from the Michelle Shocked Interview

This Week's Issue

Bonus Interview: The Only Children

Lucinda Williams and the Y Chromosome

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