Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Pazz & Jop Results Are In! See this Year's Winners, Read Advice from St. Louis Artists

The Village Voice's annual critic's-list-to-end-all-critic's-lists, the venerable Pazz & Jop issue, is now in circulation. Each year the Voice polls hundreds of music critics in an effort to provide the most comprehensive list possible of the former year's most critically-acclaimed music. In additio ... More >>

Pitchfork Writes Lazy, Cynical, Dickish Thing: Surprise!

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is playing the Old New Rock Festival in Ekaterinburg, Russia next month. The Springfield band will also -- at the request of the festival's organizers -- visit a school as part of an ambassador program. So that's a thing that is fairly cool. Not the most notewor ... More >>

Girl, Hold Me: Dragon Inn 3 knows a good feeling when it finds one

The Premiere of the Dragon Inn 3 Theme Song Video, Because You Deserve a Jam Today

Dragon Inn 3 is a new Springfield band featuring Roni Dickey, Phil Dickey and Brook Linder. The first thing you should know about DI3 is that it started as a project to write a "Will Smith meets Ghostbusters" style theme song for Linder's short film Ghoul School, which not for nothing is very much s ... More >>

KDHX's 25th Birthday Fall Membership Drive Starts Today

KDHX emerged from the ashes of KDNA in 1987. Since then it has become not only the best place anywhere on the dial to hear people who love music play whatever the hell they want, but also a gathering place for St. Louis music fans through a wide variety of concert series, outreach programs and event ... More >>

The 18 Best Fans, Musical Moments and Trends at LouFest 2012: Day Two

18. We Remembered to Check The Weather Forecast Soak us once, shame on you, Mother Nature. But soak us twice, and we better be either 1) drunk enough not to care and/or 2) having an intimate slow dance in the rain. Umbrella or not, the diagonal downpour that cut Dawes' set short and delayed Dr. Dog ... More >>

Wild Nothing Joins LouFest Lineup

Wild Nothing has just been announced as a late addition to the LouFest lineup. The pop band -- and musical moniker of Brooklyn's Jack Tatum -- joins Girl Talk, the Flaming Lips, Phantogram, Dinosaur Jr., Son Volt and more on the bill for the annual fest in Forest Park. This year's installment is com ... More >>

Own Your 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. That title may be misleading, so let's clear some things up now: I am mainly speaking to the musicians ou ... More >>

LouFest Lineup 2012: The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Dinosaur Jr., Cotton Mather and More

The LouFest 2012 Lineup is here: the Flaming Lips and Girl Talk get top billing and there's plenty of depth. Dinosaur Jr. and Cotton Mather for you reunion fans. King Tuff, Little Barrie and THEESatisfaction for those looking for new sounds. Cults and Hacienda will act as a musical speedramp to get ... More >>

The Six Best (And Six Worst) Band Names at SXSW

If you turned on the Internet recently, you may have seen that South By Southwest is this week. The highlight of the annual Austin, Texas, festival is seeing great bands and discovering new favorites. Inversely, many of the thousands of artists who cram into the state capital are horrible. With good ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Plays "Yellow Missing Signs" on Art Hill: Video

Last month, RFT Music and Tangent Mind went with Springfield band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin to Art Hill to record some video. Earlier, we showed you some of our conversation and a performance of "Yr Broom." SSLYBY's Philip Dickey and Will Knauer also played "Yellow Missing Signs," a song ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at Art Hill: Video Preview and Photos

Benjamin KoenigPhilip Dickey and Will Knauer of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin performing with Stephen Baier of Dots Not Feathers.​RFT Music has joined with Tangent Mind to create a series of videos featuring touring bands playing around St. Louis. For our first installment, we went wi ... 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 >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: November 4 to 6

​Rocktober and its baseball-impeded insanity of great touring band after great touring band is over. Of course, just because the calendar turns doesn't mean the schedule has dried up: This weekend's offerings include local release shows by Britches and the Campfire Club and a punk show down by ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

9 p.m. Friday, November 4. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

World Series 2011: A Cardinals Rally Cry From Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Getty Images​The entire city is buzzing about a certain local sportsball team, and we're no exception. It's our job to write about music, however. But the two intersect on "Cardinal Rules," a crimson call to arms from Missouri's native sons Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. The Cardinals ... More >>

Pygmalion Music Festival 2011: What to Expect, What to See and More

​With LouFest, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza done you may think the music festival season is over after Labor Day. But there's still more: Those who crave an indie rock festival featuring creative, innovative and up-and-coming artists will be glad to know that their audio paradise is only 178 mi ... More >>

Aretha Franklin, Dead Prez Lead This Week's Show Announcements

​Yowza! Aretha Franklin is re-opening the Peabody Opera House with a little known feller named Jay Leno on October 1. The living legend and infamous chin are headlining a night called "An Encore 77 Years in the Making," once the $78.7 million dollar restoration of the historic opera house is c ... More >>

Dead Prez Is Coming To The Firebird

​This announcement came in late last week, but we wanted to make sure everyone saw this: The Firebird just booked Dead Prez for a show on August 15th. Tickets are $20 and on sale now. Dead Prez, of course, is stic.man and M-1 -- known throughout its more than decade-long career for its rigi ... More >>

Twangfest/KDHX SXSW Day Party Lineup features the Baseball Project, Viva Voce, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, more

​KDHX presents two Twangfest day parties at SXSW every year. In past years, this event has included artists such as Deer Tick, Calexico, Carolina Chocolate Drops and David Bazan playing in a space tinier than Off Broadway. This year's model of the party, which takes place on March 17 and March ... More >>

Photos: Tokyo Police Club and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at the Firebird, Tuesday, February 8

Last night, not even wintry chill could keep fans of Tokyo Police Club and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin away from the Firebird. Jason Stoff was there and took a bunch of photos; an entire slideshow is here. Jason StoffTokyo Police Club​

Review: Tokyo Police Club & Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at The Firebird, Tuesday, February 8.

Jason StoffTokyo Police Club​Last night's bill of post-punkers Tokyo Police Club and folk-tinged indie outfit Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin might have looked odd on paper, but it made perfect sense in concert. Both groups boast strong melodic sensibilities and pen lyrics colored with a ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club

9 p.m. Tuesday, February 8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

2010: The Year In Music

The Lonely Forest/Margot & the Nuclear So & So's

8 p.m. Wednesday October 13. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Review: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Telekinesis Pop Into the Firebird, Tuesday, August 31

Michael DauphinSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin!​When the Firebird announced the Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Telekinesis show several months back, one couldn't help but wonder why these bands haven't joined forces already. Both serve up indelible, candy-coated power pop; both ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin/telekinesis

9 p.m. Tuesday, August 31. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 16-22

* = coming to town, = local ​Vintage Vinyl 1. COHEED & CAMBRIA---Year Of The Black Rainbow* 2. THE FORCE---Everybody Wins 3. KEM---Intimacy* 4. BLACK CROWES---Croweology* 5. SLEIGH BELLS---Treats 6. ESPARANZA SPALDING---Chamber Music Society 7. JOHN MELLENCAMP---No Better Than This 8. METRI ... More >>

WarPaint and Javelin Are Playing at the Luminary Center for the Arts

Todd OwyoungWarPaint at the Pageant, Wednesday, June 9. More photos here.​If you like indie rock, the concert announcements this week have pretty much been like Christmas and your birthday all rolled up into one. Between Vampire Weekend/Beach House/The Very Best, the Walkmen/Japandroids, Someo ... More >>

Toro Y Moi, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Coming to Town

First: The August 9 Phoenix show at the Pageant just became a bit more chillwave and blissed-out: Smooth electro jammers Toro Y Moi -- last seen opening for Caribou two weeks ago -- are now on the bill as well. Tickets are on sale now. And on August 31, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will be ... More >>

Pattern is Movement/Via Audio

9 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University.

Photos: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Flaming Death Trap Last Night at the Billiken Club

Last night, Springfield, Missouri's Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (writers of this winter's hot stove baseball anthem) played the Billiken Club with fellow Missourians Flaming Death Trap, who hail from "shit towns across Missouri," according to their MySpace page. Photographer Todd Owyoung w ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Hits a Grand Slam With Its New(er) Song

On weather.gov, it's a balmy 32 degrees outside. By this link, the Cardinals' pitchers and catchers don't report for spring training for another three weeks. Yet Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin -- which is playing tonight at the Billiken Club with Flaming Death Trap -- conjures warm summer nig ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

9 p.m. Wednesday, January 27. The Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

The Billiken Club Announces Initial Spring Shows: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Pattern Is Movement, more!

The Billiken Club announced its first shows of the spring semester last week, and it's filled with familiar faces so far. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will be there on January 27, while a double bill featuring Pattern is Movement and Via Audio is set for March 4. The wildcard is a February ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

9 p.m. Tuesday, January 27. The Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

Xmas Jam Countdown: The Long Winters, "Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)"

(Each day until Christmas, A to Z will be posting a Christmas/holiday-themed MP3 in honor of the festive season, in hopes of warding off the seasonal blahs. Check back every day for a new nugget of sonic bliss.) MP3: The Long Winters, "Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)" This son ... More >>

The Undertow Collective: MP3s and Videos from Centro-matic, David Bazan, Theodore, Glossary, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

MP3 Download: Rewind, the '80s Covers Project from Buffet Libre

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day One: Chicago

A to Z

St. Louis Gigantic Concert Calendar, April 7 through August

St. Louis Concert Calendar, March 11 through June

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

9 p.m. Saturday, January 26. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Kick Out the (Holiday) Jams

Here are ten holiday releases to deck your halls.

Holiday Music Compilation featuring Long Winters, Chris Walla, Great Lake Swimmers, etc.

Lollapalooza, Day Three: A Review

The Rugs / Wormwood Scrubs / Finn's Motel

9 p.m. Thursday, December 21. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

The Changes / Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

7 p.m. Tuesday, December 12. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

In-Town Sounds

We're cleaning off our desk for another local CD roundup