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Tech N9ne at Pop's Last Night: Here Are Some Photos of Wicked Clowns

Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne performed at Pop's last night to a pacPop'sked house of hip-hop heads, wicked clowns and juggalos. Though the artist is not officially a part of Psychopathic records (Tech N9ne releases records through his own label, Strange Music), the rapid-fire rapper gets a lot of lo ... More >>

Quick Questions: Tef Poe Talks to the Creative Minds Behind Hitmakers Basement Beats

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

Animal Collective, Hoodie Allen, Widespread Panic 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 >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 22 to 28

This week's list is a bonus-deluxe-super edition, with TEN shows instead of the usual nine, on account of this Tuesday getting twice its usual attention. There's good reason: Tuesday night features separate appearances by both ska legend the Skatalites and nihilistic post-punk pioneer Swans. They're ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: October 19 to 21

This weekend has some pretty huge shows: Saturday especially is packed. There's a crazy ass rave thing (it's a rave, right? Cause that's what I'm calling it) happening at Scottish Rite (that bigass empty building on Lindell) that is headlined by none other than the Crystal Method. I think it would b ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: September 14 to 16

The office has been hectic lately. Next week is our big Best Of St. Louis issue. Things have occasionally gotten ugly; the "motherfuckers" are flying with unusual frequency, weary staffers are resorting to puns (puns!) in conversation and the jello shots just don't seem to have enough kick to 'em la ... More >>

Lessons I Learned From Nelly

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

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6 p.m. Thursday, July 5. Pop's Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From July 2 to 8

In case you hadn't heard, fireworks displays are cancelled all over town this year because everything is on fire. Fair St. Louis is just about the only game left in town, which is convenient for our music-related purposes since that's also where Heart will be playing this Wednesday. Other than that, ... More >>

50-Plus St. Louis Hip-Hop Artists You Should Know

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

EMA, Mayer Hawthorne Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Erika M. Anderson brings her haunted bedtime stories and knife-twisting tableaus as EMA to the Luminary on March 20, and Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt will do a turn with his solo project, Lotus Plaza, on April 30. Stone-drunk strummers Mountain Sprout head to the Old Rock House on April 1, and ... More >>

P.R.E.A.C.H. keeps the Midwest chopper tradition alive

Meet P.R.E.A.C.H, St. Louis' Own Romanian-Born Rapper

Egan O'Keefe​Erik "P.R.E.A.C.H." Bothazy is a 26-year-old local rapper originally from Oradea, a city in western Romania about seven miles from the border of Hungary. P.R.E.A.C.H., along with his parents and sister, immigrated to south St. Louis in 1991. After moving to St. Louis, P.R.E.A.C.H ... More >>

"It Was A Complete, Complete Bust." What Happened At The Missouri Muzic Festival?

An early poster for the Missouri Muzic Festival. Nicki Minaj was removed from the lineup months ago.​On Saturday afternoon, the organizers and operations management of the Missouri Muzic festival stood watching a weather forecast for Sunday predicting more storms. It was raining hard and the w ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do On Labor Day Weekend In St. Louis

​Welcome to our favorite Commie holiday, where we celebrate the laborers by taking Monday off and no longer wearing white. We'd say something about the coming of Fall, but our landlord just announced they've decided to keep the pool we share with a nearby apartment complex open until the end ... More >>

Ten Best Things To Do In St. Louis This Weekend: August 5-7

There's a good chance you will get to see Tech N9ne make this face this weekend. ​In addition to offering a respite from the heat, this weekend promises an eclectic mix of distractions from the grind. Local psych-pop band Troubadour Dali is releasing its new album, Let's Make It Right, at Off ... More >>

Troubadour Dali, The Black Lips, Tech N9ne: August 4-10 in Show Flyers

Dani Kinnison​Even with the instant gratification and knowledge of social media, there is still something about the art of the show fliers that cannot be replaced. This week, we ventured to the Grove, wandered down Delmar Boulevard and tramped along Cherokee Street to bring you this week's sho ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba and High Places Lead this Week's Show Announcements

wikimedia commonsDJ Lance Rock with a young fan. Awwz. ​One-time St. Louisian DJ Lance Rock and the Yo Gabba Gabba! Live crew bring their kiddie show on crack back to the Fox Theatre for two family friendly performances on September 17. Leave it to the Luminary--last week it announced that sp ... More >>

Ten Things To Do This Weekend: October 15-17

G Tom Mac​Besides the shows listed on the music page -- including the Skarekrau Radio DVD screening/puppet show extravaganza at Apop Records and tonight's Space Parlour shindig at the Firebird -- here are some other music-centric options for this lovely fall weekend. Have you found your sweate ... More >>

Review Photos: Cypress Hill and Stevie Stone Light Up the Pageant, Monday, August 16

Jason StoffCypress Hill at the Pageant. More photos from the night here.​Roughly a week after playing to a record-setting crowd at this year's Lollapalooza in Chicago, the California kings of stoner-rap, Cypress Hill, played their first St. Louis show in years. While the bottom floor of the Pa ... More >>

Tila Tequila Reportedly Attacked at the 2010 Gathering of the Juggalos

The annual Gathering of the Juggalos took place last weekend in Hardin County, Illinois, roughly three hours southeast of St. Louis. Like past years, the camaraderie-fostering event features a performance from Insane Clown Posse and its associated musical acts, as well as appearances by other artist ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of August 5

Berlin's freaksters King Khan and the Shrines bring their retro psychedelic soul to 2720 Cherokee on October 3.​ 2720 Cherokee *King Khan and the Shrines, October 3 *Lower Dens, August 21 *Stanton Moore Trio, October 2 The Ambassador *The Ladies Anthem Tour with Lyfe Jennings, Dondria, Aloha ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of July 25-August 1

* = coming to town, = local ​Euclid Records 1. Best Coast - Crazy For You* 2. Black Keys - Brothers 3. Devo - Something For Everybody 4. Menomena - Mines* 5. Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs Of Love* 6. Mark Olson - Many Colored Kite* 7. Tom Petty - Mojo 8. Robert Randolph - We Walk ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of April 14

Off Broadway*Bob Log III, July 31*Disappears/Art Majors, May 6*Jimmy "Duck Holmes" and Terry "Harmonica" Bean, June 13*Sleepy Sun, June 16*The Sugar Free Allstars, July 25*Via Audio, June 26Lev KupermanBrooklyn-based indie pop group Via Audio blows into town on June 26 in support of their sophomore ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 2 to November 8

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 Lightning Bolt: Earthly Delights 2 Leonard Cohen: Live Songs ... More >>

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 >>

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

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week of April 2

Blueberry Hill *Carbon Leaf, Saturday, June 6Jenny Lewis, at the Pageant Sunday, June 14 Pageant *The Crystal Method, Tuesday, June 9 *Tech N9ne, Thursday, June 11 *Robin Trower, Friday, June 12*Santigold, Saturday, June 13 *Jenny Lewis/Deer Tick, Sunday, June 14 Broadway Oyster Bar *Fred Wesley and ... More >>

Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: October 31-November 2

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, August 15 to 17

MP3 Weekender: The Feed, Tech N9ne, Poison

Ill Bill/Tech N9ne

8 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

St. Louis Concert Calendar: September 18, 2007

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Thursday, February 22. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Bloodsuckahz

They get off on vampires and horror movies and brutal deaths. It's all part of the hell-hop scene.

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Tuesday, November 15; Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Kick out the Jams

Get ready for the "Ram Jam"

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 25, 2004

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Monday, August 30; Pop's

Sounds Around Town

Week of March 3, 2004

Sounds Around Town

Week of May 7, 2003

Power Play

Tech N9ne makes a major move that should push him past (Kansas) city limits