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The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: May 31-June 2

Things have been crazy around here, to say the least. I can't say for sure, but I have a theory that music editor Daniel Hill hasn't left the office in days and has only stopped working on the RFT Music Showcase for an occasional George Costanza-style under-the-desk nap. See the fruits of our labor ... More >>

Country: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: February 22 to 24

All those poor Thursday shows had a run-in with a winter storm, and few made it out alive. Avenge their would-be good times by living out the glory with these shows -- there's way too much cool stuff (no pun intended) happening to skip out on account of a little bit of snow. See Also: -Son Volt, D ... More >>

Son Volt, Dick Dale, Dave Matthews Band, Antiseen and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

The Fixer: Dave Anderson's one-stop guitar shop

The 17 Best Fans, Musical Moments and Trends at LouFest 2012: Day One

17. Twenty-Five Percent of the Girl Talk Crowd Girl Talk only makes sense -- and I do mean only -- if you are dancing. Otherwise it's just your very pop-savvy friend's iTunes playlist on schizophrenic overdrive. So kudos to those bumping various body parts and whipping around beach balls -- there w ... More >>

Dinosaur Jr at LouFest, 8/25/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

Dinosaur Jr LouFest 2012: Orange Stage Saturday, August 25 The Dinosaur Jr diehards moved in as soon as the Son Volt crowd moved out. Claiming rib-bruising spots against the metal crowd-control fence, they stood patiently -- prepared to wait out Phantogram's electro-beeps blazing in the distance fr ... More >>

Gregg Gillis on Pittsburgh pride and what Grandma thinks

The Nine Best Blues Clubs in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this RFT Music series, we're beeboping and scattin' our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. This week: The best blues club ... 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 >>

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 >>

Jay Farrar to be Featured in The Sheldon Sessions

​Alt-country mainstay Jay Farrar will be performing at The Sheldon on October 21, at 8 p.m. as the first installment of The Sheldon Sessions in collaboration with KDHX 88.1. The Sheldon Series is presented and funded by the PNC Arts Alive initiative from the PNC Foundation, which granted the ... More >>

Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo Part of a new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Exhibit

Annie ZaleskiJeff Tweedy at the Pageant, 2008​Over the weekend, A to Z was in Cleveland and headed to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. To her delight, there was a new exhibit on display called Kick Out the Jams, which focused exclusively on music from the Midwest. Our fair region was w ... More >>

Tour Diary, Day One: The Incurables Opening for Alejandro Escovedo

Earlier in October, the Incurables had the opportunity to open several Midwest dates for Alejandro Escovedo. Guitarist/vocalist Jimmy Griffin agreed to keep a tour diary for A to Z. Here's the first installment. All photos are from the Bloomington, Indiana, show. Stay tuned to A to Z for more recaps ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: Paste Tour featuring Jason Isbell and Langhorne Slim Brings Hodge-Podge of Talent to Off Broadway, Friday, October 15

Jess LutherJason Isbell​The Paste Tour brought together a hodge-podge of big talent to Off Broadway last night, and despite a disconnect in pacing between the first and second halves, the show was a solid showcase of guitar-heavy up-and-comers.

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

The 2010 RFT Music Awards Nominees: The List

The 2010 RFT Music showcase takes place on Saturday, June 5, 2010, on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. On and before that day, fans can vote for their favorite local musicians in the following categories. For more information on where and how to vote - and for up-to-the-minute details about ... More >>

Top Sellers At Area Record Stores for 2009

Who says the record store is dead? Not us here in St. Louis, where both Vintage Vinyl and Euclid Records sold a lot of tunes. Below, please find the top selling albums from both stores, including a separate top vinyl list from VV. Enjoy! Vintage Vinyl: Top CDs ​1. Murphy Lee - You See Me 2. ... More >>

The Best of 2009 in Music

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8

Friday, November 6 *Son Volt/Peter Bruntnell, The Pageant *Nelly's Birthday Party -- Pajama Jam, HOME Nightclub *Tech N9ne/Slaughterhouse/Stevie Stone et al, Pop's *Breathe Carolina/Cash Cash/more, Fubar *Buddy Mondlock, Focal Point *Tenement Ruth, Lemmons *Poor Historians, Way Out Club *Eric Moelle ... More >>

Son Volt

8 p.m. Friday, November 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of August 25

The Pageant *The Used, Sunday, October 18 *Son Volt, Friday, November 6 *Skillet, Tuesday, November 17J. Wagner & S. Waugh​ Scottrade Center *Maxwell/Common/Chrisette Michele, Friday, October 9

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 20-July 26

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Vintage Vinyl:1. MAXWELL: BLACKsummers'night2. MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller3. MICHA ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 13-July 19

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Apop Records 1. DINOSAUR JR: Farm* 2. DEERHUNTER: Rainwater Cassette Exchange ... More >>

No Depression Magazine to Cease Its Print Publication

Melody Den

Melody Den (Perdition Records)

R.I.P. Mississippi Nights

The lights go out at a fabled club — but only after one hell of a party.

The Song Remains the Shame

Living on Channel Z

B-Sides asks a cadre of local musicians to reminisce about Chuck Berry as he turns 80, while Dr. Zhivegas get down with their debut disc.

Music Showcase Schedule

The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts

Freestylin' in the USA

Big Will gets his chance to shine on BET, while a local record label quietly shutters its doors

Rock You Like a Hurricane

The local music scene comes together to raise money for Katrina's victims

Meat Beaters

Unreal mingles with true meat-masters, joins the campaign to save CBGB and receives a dispatch from Redbird Nation. Plus, what's Keebler doing handing out roach clips?

Buffet of Champions

You came, you saw, you voted: the winners of the 2005 Riverfront Times Music Awards

Magnetic South

We fatwa Magnet, chat up Ken Bethea and wonder what exactly is going on with Todd Rundgren's Web site

Damn Tall

Unreal chats with some lovely ladies and gets the scoop from Jay Farrar-endorsed candidate Mark Smith (who's perfectly lovely too); plus, Bill Haas gets a love letter and Unreal heads to court

Riverfront Times Music Awards '04

Cry Uncle

For Uncle Tupelo fans, there's No Depression in reissue heaven

Corey Saathoff and the Brain Regiment with Anamude and Melody Den

Friday, February 28; Commonspace (615 North Grand)

Cue Up the Tunes

KDHX-FM's "Celebrity Barbecue" promises a smorgasbord of music

The Pleasure Principle

Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide rates the music of the '90s.

16 Deluxe

The local-music compilation Suite 16 has womanly charms to please almost any listener

PRESSING NEED

Great expectations, laid low, for St. Louis bands

ST.LOUIS SCENE REPORT

Some musical possibilities for your next club-hopping excursion

BEAT HAPPENING

Alterna-country pioneer Kevin Welch's music tells listeners all they need to know about the fledgling genre

Night & Day

May 19 - 26, 1999

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts

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