The Black Eyed Peas

Adrenaline Boost: Favorite Songs for Getting Shit Done

In this week's music feature for the print edition of the Riverfront Times, we address the link between music and adrenaline in the sports world. Chemists and biologists have proven that music and other stimuli can have a major effect on sparking adrenaline, which in turn may boost both athleticism ... More >>

Five Great Walkup Songs That Baseball Needs Now

Do you know why Lance Berkman was, empirically speaking, the single most badass Cardinal of the past decade? (Yes, empirically. It's been scientifically proven.) No, it wasn't the awesome soundbites he routinely handed out, or the wicked sense of humor. On-field exploits? Ha! Don't make me laugh. ... More >>

Tony LaRussa's Wife: Huge Metalhead?

Lita Ford, Doro Pesch, Elaine LaRussa. Names that come to mind when thinking of the top heavy metal babes of all time? Not exactly, but it seems the wife of the man who led this city's baseball team to two World Series championships may prefer the mosh pit over the dugout herself. See also: - The 2 ... More >>

Karaoke as Aphrodisiac?

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

The St. Louis Cardinals and Let's Get It Started: How Songs Choose the Moment for us

Every year the United States graduates hundreds of thousands of students who will bawl over, who will treasure forever, who will associate their most heightened and individual and important memories with, a song called "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"--a song that has no specific connection to th ... More >>

Four reasons Lollapalooza needs EDM

See Also: Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions Ten Things Your Lollapalooza Outfit Says About You By Ian Traas With every year that passes, it feels like electronic dance music gains a bigger foothold in the summer festival circuit, and the climb in popularity was esp ... More >>

EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing

Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts are filled with tracks (Rihanna, Flo Rida) that borrow from the ecstatic trance and pulsing grooves of electronic dance music. The last time pop was so infatuated with the dance floor was 1979, the year disco died. This time around fans are more sa ... More >>

Idle Warship at 2720 Cherokee: Review

Idle Warship | SoundClash 2720 Cherokee February 15, 2012 Since setting up shop in the burgeoning Cherokee Street Art District in 2009, 2720 has made a name for itself in the national club scene as one of the top venues for street-inspired dance music. Last night's performance with Talib Kweli in ... More >>

St. Louis is Still in Super Bowl XLVI, Even Though the Rams Suck

The Rams may not be taking the field on Sunday at Super Bowl XLVI, but someone from St. Louis will be: Nick Smarrelli, chief operating officer at St. Louis IT firm GadellNet Consulting Services. He'll be helping to escort Madonna on the field for her halftime show, as reported yesterday in an articl ... More >>

The First Popeye Cartoon in Three Decades is a Wilco Music Video

Image via​Wilco is uniquely positioned as a rock band with the resources to do whatever and a total antipathy for convention. In the last year, we have seen the emergence of Tweedy Family Band the Racconists, a Black Eyed Peas cover set, a guest spot forecasting the weather on WGN and an incre ... More >>

The Six Abandoned Songs Most Worth Reevaluating

Sometimes we just need to take a break from a song. One can only hear the same words and melody so many times until it loses all meaning, like saying "sandals" or "popcorn" a few dozen times. Unfortunately, some great songs are never revisited -- maybe because of overkill, maybe because of the stigm ... More >>

Nelly Has The Number One Song In The Country.... Nine Years Ago Today

​The early 2000s were Nelly's salad days, a time period where the University City rapper was known more for slinging out hits than his efforts to take over Branson or for dealing with burglars at his Wildwood home. An example: Nelly had the number one song in the country nine years ago today ... More >>

2011 World Series: Demi Lovato and Joe (Singer), or, Baseball Doesn't Get Its Target Audience

This is the face of true baseball fandom. ​Say what you will about the Black Eyed Peas, but its appearance in this year's Super Bowl made perfect sense, in a lot of ways, because it is the Super Bowl of music acts -- incredibly loud and expensive, bombastic, followed out of a strange sense of ... More >>

Jeff Tweedy Does The Black Eyed Peas: "I Gotta Feeling," "Rock That Body" and "My Humps"

"People love that shit."​We will stop giving you daily updates on Wilco and/or Jeff Tweedy when it/he stops doing awesome stuff. For your Friday afternoon viewing pleasure, we present the entire Black Eyed Peas cover set Tweedy performed at this week's release of Dan Sinker's The F***ing Epic ... More >>

Pitchfork 2011: Odd Future, HEALTH and Other Highlights from Day Three

Tyler, the Creator.​Pitchfork: The Final Frontier. The final, sold-out day of Pitchfork had two acts I was dying to see -- unfortunately, both of those were practically at the same time -- Odd Future at 3:20 and Shabazz Palaces at 3:45. I had to see the tall tale that is Odd Future for myself, ... More >>

Skrillex at the Pageant, 7/12/11

Todd Owyoung​Skrillex | Porter Robinson | Zedd | Mystereo The Pageant July 12, 2011 The kids came out in droves to see the house that dubstep built. Worshipping at the temple of Skrillex, this new generation of music lovers has a penchant for lacerating synth and skull crushing bass wobble. ... More >>

How to Turn Your Vomit Into Food Art

Screenshot via​This is Millie Brown. All signs suggest that she is thoroughly modern: We're not sure if she makes an actual living from her work, but Millie is an artist by trade. Although the title of her piece, "Nexus Vomitus," should have clued us in pretty early, we still pressed play on t ... More >>

This Year's Five Best Super Bowl Commercials

​That was, without a doubt, one of the worst Super Bowls I can ever remember. Oh, sure, the game was just fine. Instant classic material, I guess. Two great quarterbacks, historic franchises, a great comeback that almost happened, plenty of drama in the last two minutes, and a brilliant storyline ... More >>

The top ten St. Louis music news stories in 2010

Top Ten St. Louis Music News Stories of 2010

Wikimedia Commons​As the old saying goes, no news is good news. However, no local news makes for a rather-boring music section - or music blog, as the case may be. If you aren't a regular visitor to this here music blog, definitely become one: We compile breaking news, show reviews and local t ... More >>

New Release Highlights For November 30: Eric Benet, The Black Eyed Peas, El Debarge, Ron Isley, Chrisette Michele and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Eric Benet's Lost in Time​*Eric Benet, Lost In Time Soultracks.com reviewed Lost in Time, saying "Now, over a decade into his solo career and nearly a decade ... More >>

Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue's trouble, but it's taking all the blame

Clownvis Presley Speaks! The King of Clowns on America's Got Talent, Winning Over the Goo Goo Dolls and His Next National TV Appearance

Clownvis Presley with his biggest fans, the Goo Goo Dolls. ​It's a tale as old as time: Clown insults The Great and Terrible Oz(zy) to his wife and as a result becomes nearly infamous, by winning over the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere -- including, but not limited to, the members of ... More >>

Clownvis returns to America's Got Talent as a Finale "All Star" [Goo Goo Dolls Update]

image via Clownvis' debut appearance on America's Got Talent​Back in June, Clownvis Presley's audition for America's Got Talent aired. Despite his quick and obscenity-ridden dismissal by the judges, Clownvis was invited back to America's Got Talent for tonight's season finale. For those who ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas unfurl an electro-pop spectacle of epic proportions

Lure Nightclub: Court Hearing This Morning to Block Petition Drive Against Bar

Lure played host Saturday to a Black Eyed Peas afterparty, featuring a deejay set by band member Will.i.Am. ​The owners of Lure Nightclub and their attorney, former St. Louis mayor Freeman Bosley Sr., are in court this morning trying to block a petition drive aimed at closing down the Washington A ... More >>

Review Photos: Black Eyed Peas and T-Pain at the Scottrade Center, Saturday, August 14

Todd OwyoungFergie from Black Eyed Peas, last night at the Scottrade Center. More photos here.​As might be expected, fans of every age, shape and color came out to witness last night's performance by one of the biggest musical acts of the era. For anyone who's familiar with Black Eyed Peas' m ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas/T-Pain

7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 14. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

Lure, Sugar and F15teen Under St. Louis City Scrutiny

As Daily RFT reports this morning, St. Louis city officials are cracking down on three downtown clubs -- Lure, Sugar, and F15teen -- over security concerns. This comes two days after a Monday shooting near Lure, which is just the latest incident near the Washington Avenue club. As Chad Garrison repo ... More >>

Video: Kirkwood High Graduates Get all Jiggy at Commencement

From Saturday's graduation at Chaifetz Arena: Kirkwood High School grads line dance to Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta a Feeling."

Fifth Anniversary of the One Dollar Mix, DJ Trackstar's Debut CD, All Tonight at the Gramophone

Show Review Setlist: "Weird Al" Yankovic at Family Arena, Friday, August 8

Remaking Michael

Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

That Stinking Feeling

Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster

Critical Fatwa

Week of March 2, 2006

Let's Get It Started

B-Sides cops to liking the Black Eyed Peas, talks to local-boy-done-good Marty Ehrlich and dreams up some new logos for American Idol contestants

Pimping All Over the World

B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets

Assault 'N' Prepper

A reckless cop goes undercover as the Underclassman

Black Eyed Peas

Saturday, July 2; Fair Saint Louis (Gateway Arch grounds)

Oppression Rock

We speak out against democracy, worry about Snoop and let Team Tomato give themselves a hand

Esthero

We R In Need of a Musical Revolution (Reprise)

Bird Songs

With the Cards in the playoffs, there's always music in the air

Sweet Jane, You Ignorant Slut

These are the best rock & roll conversations in the world. No argument.

The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock

(Besides Sting)

Steal These Albums

The ten most radical hip-hop records of all time, including NWA, Public Enemy and...Mos Def?

The Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera

Saturday, July 5; Savvis Center

Spin Job

The Rocket Bar joins the ranks of St. Louis clubs looking to snare DJ aficionados

De La Soul

Campus Invasion Tour, featuring Wyclef Jean, De La Soul and the Black Eyed Peas; Thursday, Oct. 26; Simon Recreation Center, St. Louis University

Sound in Motion

Former (and future?) Fugee Wyclef Jean arrives in St. Louis to present The Ecleftic

Vans Warped Tour

Tuesday, July 13; Riverport