Soundgarden

Photos: Soundgarden Plays to a Sold-Out Crowd at the Pageant, 5/21/13

After selling out the Pageant months in advance, Soundgarden made its triumphant return to St. Louis last night touring in support of King Animal which is its first new album in more than fifteen years. Photos by Jon Gitchoff for the Riverfront Times. See Also: Slideshow: Soundgarden at the Pagean ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 20 to 26

Next weekend looks pretty awesome, though anything does when an extended weekend awaits most of us thanks to Memorial Day. Keep that extra sleep time in mind while slogging through the work week and affording yourself some time to enjoy visits from acts like Andrew W.K., Soundgarden and El Ten Eleve ... More >>

The Ten Worst Best Of Lists In Music

Lists will inevitably be remembered as the highest point of pop-culture Internet journalism. Why? BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM. Sometimes, however, the sure-fire can't-miss format of the list fails us from a journalistic standpoint. Here are ten of the worst music-related lists that I could find before goi ... More >>

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bruno Mars, Soundgarden, the Dillinger Escape Plan 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 >>

Brandi Carlile Breaks Through

Six Bieber-Free Moments When Boxing and Music Collided

Whether Justin Bieber is being chased by a pack of fans while riding a Segway or pretending to get shot and killed on a popular television show, he can is increasingly dispatched in any setting. Your moment of certainty came this weekend, when Bieber and 50 Cent accompanied Floyd Mayweather, Jr., ... More >>

Chris Cornell will Always Love You, Regardless of Your Sexual Orientation

Longtime Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is winning a heap of (deserved) praise for scolding a homophobic traveler. According to the New York Post, Cornell was waiting in the Alaska Airlines lounge at Seattle's airport when he stepped in during a verbal fracas: Witnesses said Cornell jumped into ... More >>

You Decide the Name of Steve Prane and Adam Retherford's New Band

At RFT Music, we know that deciding on a band name is not easy. We're here to help. For our new series Name This Band, we've invited local musicans to answer some questions about their startup groups. Using this information, we will suggest three names. You can vote on your favorite in the comments ... More >>

Nirvana's Nevermind, As Played By Tok: September 23 At Lemmons

​As pretty much every facet of entertainment media is here to remind you, Nirvana's Nevermind is turning twenty on September 24. The landmark album will be reissued in October and is being celebrated with events ranging from a town hall Q&A session with Nirvana's surviving members to a concert ... More >>

Machree: Meet your RFT Showcase Main Stage Headliners

Courtesy of Mike Judy​ If hardcore, metal and post-rock had a child, their rebellious offspring might be Machree, a band whose music blurs many genre lines but never comes across disjointed. Machree has an EP coming out in July, but there's no need to wait: The band closes out our outdoor stag ... More >>

Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Pearl Jam and Band of Horses at the Scottrade Center, Tuesday, May 4

After Pearl Jam opened its first St. Louis show since 2004 with the moody No Code album cut "Sometimes," vocalist Eddie Vedder bellowed, "In the immortal words of Marvin Gaye - let's get it on!" Cue "Corduroy," just one of many snarled rockers the quintet unleashed during a two-hour-plus set. Ph ... More >>

Top Five Music Festival-Inspired Flavors for Ben & Jerry's Consideration.

Every spring, when the music festivals are unveiling their line-ups, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream also reveals their new flavors. This year, the two have collided with Ben & Jerry's Bonnaroo BUZZ. Ian McCulloch: You know what would go great with that wine? Ice cream.​ The company's website descri ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of August 17-23

A special Record Store Day edition of top sellers! equates local, * is a band coming to town. Euclid separated its RSD exclusives for its top ten; Vintage did not. ​Vintage Vinyl 1. VARIOUS ARTISTS---Don't Quit Your Day Job 2. FLAMING LIPS, STAR DEATH & WHITE DWARF WITH HENRY ROLLINS & PEA ... More >>

Lollapalooza Announces Its 2010 Lineup. What Does It Mean for St. Louis? Besides a Phoenix Show...

A reunited Soundgarden headlines Lollapalooza​ Lollapalooza announced its 2010 lineup this morning, after building suspense with a Wheel of Fortune-style puzzle game revealing clues about the performers. As expected, the headliners are a reunited Soundgarden, Lady Gaga, Green Day, the Strokes, ... More >>

Poppin' Champagne: B-Sides celebrates major-label success with local rockers Cavo

ZOMG! It's the JoBros! Photo Evidence Ahead from the Scottrade Center, July 28

The Jonas Brothers played the Scottrade Center last night, a few days after Nick hurt his hand due to accidental shenanigans from his brother, Joe. All seemed well in the Lou, however, as Todd Owyoung's photos prove. See? The Tweenybopper Trio looks in good shape. How was the show? Setlist? DId it l ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Sunn O))), Playing Tonight at the Firebird

One of the summer's more anticipated shows happens tonight at the Firebird: Drone-metal legends Sunn O))). Paul Friswold interviewed the band Greg Anderson's this week. Here are some outtakes from the interview. ideologic.org Paul Friswold: Who first thought of doing the album with the acoustic e ... More >>

Chris Cornell

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Projekt Revolution

2 p.m. Thursday, August 21. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights

Show Review: Swervedriver, the Life and Times, Terra Diablo at the Metro, Chicago, Saturday, June 14

Have two Nirvana producers helped create the next Metallica?

The Week in Rock -- Or, Local Bands I've Seen This Week

Dave Matthews' "Eh Hee": What the World Really, Really Doesn't Need

Lollapalooza, Day Three: A Review

Chris Cornell

Carry On (Suretone/Interscope)

Miranda Lambert

7:30 p.m. Friday, June 29. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Hot Summer Music

Your guide to St. Louis music — from now till Labor Day.

This Just In: Wednesday, April 18

Sunn O))) & Boris

Altar (Southern Lord)

Cleaning Out Our Closet

Our semi-quarterly round-up of local releases.

Best-Laid Plans

Death Cab for Cutie weathers their major label transition with grace

Various Artists

No Depression: What It Sounds Like (Vol. 1) (Dualtone)

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

Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center

Better Men

Pearl Jam outlives its grunge-life expectancy

Pearl Jam

Riot Act (Epic)

New Bands From Old

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

Flesh and Blood

Honest-to-God icon Johnny Cash celebrates his 70th birthday with a passel of reissues

Art Theory

The world according to Art Chantry

Frequent Flier

Graphic artist Art Chantry, éminence grise of grunge, on fliers, rock music and life in St. Louis

Letters

Week of November 15, 2000

Devo

Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (Rhino)

Buckcherry

Thursday, Dec. 9; Mississippi Nights

MESH HAPPENS

A Point-ed exchange with KPNT program director Allan Fee

ROCK STOCK

A book report on the best tomes to consult before buying tunes

BRAIN SCANNING

Music

Sound Checks