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This month marks twenty wonderful years since MTV aired the first episode of Beavis and Butthead. Mike Judge's hilarious cult phenomenon originally ran from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997, before being retired so that Judge could focus on Fox's animated series King of the Hill. When that show ca ... More >>

The Five Best Uses of Animal Sounds in Songs

The ol' Casio keyboard sound effects never get a workout quite like they do around Halloween, when nearly every spooky song comes punctuated with a howl or a squeak. Or a half-dozen of them, as in the case of the maddeningly catchy kids' song "Pumpkin Jack." (Click here to listen, and don't say we d ... More >>

The Problem with An Under Cover Weekend

The Riverfront Times has a long, long, long history of promoting the An Under Cover Weekend shows. On the surface it's a cool event that seems to support our huge pool of local talent. It's nice to see local bands in any showcase together, especially one where everyone is working together to try to ... More >>

Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis is Thinking About Making Music for Fewer People and Getting a "Real Job"

Ed. Girl Talk will headline the first day of LouFest 2012, on August 25 in Forest Park. We spoke with the mastermind behind one of the more insane dance parties going for this week's music feature. But Gregg Gillis has a lot to say and we couldn't fit all the gems into print. Below, you can find his ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Farewell WSGX 100.3 FM, Gen X Radio, We Hardly Heard Ye

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, St. Louis radio station WSGX 100.3 FM switched formats from '90s music mecca "GenX Radio" to "The Brew," a classic rock station. The last song for the Generation X-aimed audience was Blind Melon's "No Rain" followed by jarring transition song "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted S ... More >>

Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam "MCA" Yauch Dead at 47

Founding member and one third of the Beastie Boys, Adam "MCA" Yauch died today after a three year battle with cancer. The hugely influential rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after a tumor was found on his salivary gland. The Beastie Boys have not played together live since the diagnosis, having to cance ... More >>

Gut Check Pours Out Its Brass Monkey for MCA

As you likely know by now, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys died today after a three-year battle with cancer. What better way to honor his memory than to play your favorite Beastie Boys tracks loud and sip on the drink they made famous, the Brass Monkey? If you prefer to do so in the company of ... More >>

Just Blaze

10 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Lola, 500 North 14th Street.

Five Surprising Video Game Cameos by Musicians

In this day and age, it's become almost commonplace for artists to plug songs into a video game. Heck, there's an entire freaking genre dedicated to translating music into video game form. While musicians and their labels frantically rush to get a song in the latest FIFA title, there's a small subs ... More >>

The 33 1/3 Series is Accepting Submissions

​Earlier this month, Spin announced that it is moving most of its album reviews to Twitter. Music writing is getting shorter, not longer, and yet the 33 1/3 Series, which has the gall to publish entire books on albums that aren't even current, soldiers on. There are 85 installments in print n ... More >>

Beastie Eats: Eight Foods From Beastie Boys Songs

Top Chef: Just Desserts recently brought in a special guest: MC King Ad-Rock (also known as Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie Boys. Although by the time you're a gray-haired 40-something appearing on a cooking show, you're probably a Beastie Man. Regardless, he presented contestants with ingredients fea ... More >>

Frances Bean Cobain And The Other Nine Hottest Offspring Of Musicians

Rocky Schenck​Today is Frances Bean Cobain's 19th birthday. Time flies, right? In celebration of Miss Frannie, we've compiled a list of hot rock 'n' roll spawn. These people have at least one rock star parent and their moms are frequently models. (Figures.) They are all totally bangable, and m ... More >>

Party at Ground Zero and Back Again

Sarah Palin's Paul Revere And Three Mostly Accurate History Songs

by Bob Weinstein; Wikipedia. ​Note to self, as a future historical-figure-ghost: If Sarah Palin and Paul Revere are any indication, the best way to trend on Twitter 200 years after your death is to have someone controversial give a particularly strange recounting of your life's work, as inform ... More >>

What Do the Beastie Boys Have in Common with Mixed Martial Arts?

Chrissy Wilmes​Every week, we'll ask your local record store clerks to advise you on which new releases are worth your hard-earned pennies. Today, Vintage Vinyl employee (and drummer for the Humanoids and Doom Town) Shaun Morrissey fills us in on some of his favorite recent releases and reissu ... More >>

Mike Watt + the Missingmen

9 p.m. Thursday, April 14. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Interview Outtakes: Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis on Making Music and Liking Katy Perry over Lady Gaga

Dove Shore​Tonight is the long-awaited, very-sold-out Girl Talk show at the Pageant. In this week's paper, D.X. Ferris spoke with Gregg Gillis, the man behind the moniker. (Note: The author is a fellow Pittsburgh native who grew up in the same classic-rock-obsessed area and witnessed Girl Talk ... More >>

Ten College Classes Inspired by Rocker Steve Miller's Academic Aspirations

​This morning, the USC Thornton School of Music announced that Steve Miller -- he of Steve Miller Band fame -- would be teaching there during the 2010-2011 school year. According to a press release, Miller will be an "artist in residence" who will "work on a regular basis with undergraduate st ... More >>

Jay-Z Playing Champaign, Illinois, in November

Jay-Z's forthcoming album, The Blueprint 3, will be released on Friday, September 11 -- and to celebrate, today he announced an arena/college tour for the fall. The closest date so far is a November 12 one at Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois-Champaign. (Hey, that's a 3-hour drive or so; t ... More >>

B-Sides puts Green Day's consciousness-raising music in context with other artists'

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Phish, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, more!

Bonnaroo just announced its 2009 lineup -- and like Coachella, it looks pretty strong. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are headlining, while Phish is doing two(!) shows. Other notables include Elvis Costello (solo), Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Mars Volta and a bunch more. S ... More >>

Second Spin: Salt-n-Pepa, “Shake Your Thang” b/w “Spinderella’s Not a Fella (But A Girl DJ)”

Scratch That Itch

Duck and Cover

Some of the city's best-known bands go incognito at Off Broadway.

Mickey Avalon

7 p.m. Monday, August 13. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard

Beastie Boys

The Mix-Up (Capitol)

Bad Brains

Build a Nation (Megaforce)

I Want My MP3

Digital music just gets better. See ya later, major labels.

Jazz Hands

The Greater St. Louis Jazz Fest stresses education and instrumentation.

Beat Beholden

Beat Fest brings it

Coping Mechanism

Citizen Cope turns hip-hop on its tail

Ben Lee with Har Mar Superstar

Thursday, April 7; the Gargoyle (on the Washington University campus, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards)

Fevered Pitch

Pitchfork is taking over music criticism by making people laugh -- or pissing them off

Beastie Boys

To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol)

Let's Go to the Hop

And, like, dance or something

Open Up

Ludacris chooses a homegrown opener in Chingy

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of November 19, 2003

Berlin Wall

The Living Things' Berlin brothers pull the wool over Radar Station's eyes

Jimmy Smith

Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 17-21; Bistro Europa

Tune Town

St. Louis welcomes three acts you won't want to miss

Dub Kitchen with Fred's Variety Group and Languid

Monday, July 9; Duff's

BS 2000

Simply Mortified (Grand Royal)

Mix Master Mike with Rahzel

Friday, March 24; Firehouse

DJ KRUSH

Kakusei (Red Ant/Sony)

Cibo Matto

Friday, Sept. 17; Mississippi Nights

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Perfect Circles

The RFT music editor advises you on his favorite music of 1998

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