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BDR Records Re-Releases Material By Classic St. Louis Band Max Load

It's no stretch at all to think of BDR Records as St. Louis' very own Numero Group. That Chicago-based imprint quickly became the king of archival reissues, resurrecting long-forgotten and barely remembered sides from music scenes in Cleveland, Wichita and, on the Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples ... 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 >>

Babylon's Burning

Bob Gruen Is a Rock & Roll Primary Source

What Is That Smell? The Five Most Inexplicable Musician Fragrances

Kholood EidIs this woman supposed to me his mom? Creepy.​Launching a fragrance has become part of the formula for marketing oneself today. It just seems to be a natural step managers are now pushing their clients to pursue. It's all a part of some weird pursuit of going from a person to an act ... More >>

From The Beatles To Arctic Monkeys: How The Five Waves Of British Invasion Stack Up

This and that Union Jack dress that Ginger Spice wore are just part of a list of uncomfortable moments in British invasion history.​Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner looked dapper and distinctively British on the cover of SPIN's recent Success Issue. The slight singer sports a skinny suit th ... More >>

"Neo-Supper Club" Jumpin' Jupiter Opens in Maplewood

Diana BenantiInside the Jumpin' Jupiter.​ St. Louis' first neo-supper club, the Jumpin' Jupiter, opened its doors in Maplewood this weekend in the old Jive and Wail location (7376 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-645-5867). We reported on the opening back in March, and now the wait is over. ... More >>

R.I.P. Ari Up of the Slits

​More sad news for music fans this morning: Ari Up of the Slits (real name: Arianna Forster) died yesterday. She was 48. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols broke the news via his website. (His wife, Nora, is Up's mother.) A cause of death was not immediately known; Lydon's note only mentioned "a se ... More >>

Male Bonding Apparently Kicked Out After Its St. Louis Gargoyle Show -- For Drinking

On Tuesday, noisy U.K. trio Male Bonding opened for Best Coast at the Gargoyle. During its set, Male Bonding made note of the show being dry -- e.g., sans alcohol, since the Gargoyle doesn't serve booze -- and quipped that it might have been its first sober show ever. This morning, Pitchfork publish ... More >>

Top Ten 90s Fashion WTFs

What in the name of Ian Ziering's mullet were we smoking?​When a wise man concluded that there's nothing new under the sun, he had to have been mulling American fashion. We've been recycling the same trends, give or take an accessory or two, for nearly 70 years. Hence the all-too-predictable 1980s ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Slutbucket, the Silver Ballroom

bukowski.net​The two of us are giggling like little girls. The drunk to our left is telling the bartender (loudly, unsolicited) how to make something called a Flaming Dr Pepper. "First you take all your flaming liquors...." "What exactly is a 'flaming liquor?'" she asks softly. "Um, cinnamon ... More >>

R.I.P. Sex Pistols Manager, Fashion Visionary Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm McLaren, the wily manger who guided original punks the Sex Pistols to infamy, died today after a battle with cancer. He was 64. After outfitting the New York Dolls with outrageous stagewear in the mid-'70s, he became more notorious for coordinating the Sex Pistols' outlandish publicity stunt ... More >>

Five Musicians We'd Like to See on Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is far more than just Nickelodeon-produced kiddie fodder. It's become a venue for introducing kids to music by Devo, Chromeo, Mates of State, Of Montreal, and so many more. The show's so popular, especially with indie darlings with children, that the show's producers have a surplus o ... More >>

Electro-Industrial Rockers Gravity Kills Working On New Music

After reuniting for a show in 2005 - and playing the occasional gig since then -- '90s electro-industrial-rock darlings Gravity Kills are working on new music. According to vocalist Jeff Scheel, who currently lives in Oklahoma City, the studio collaboration came about after the dissolution of his ... More >>

The Rest Is Noise: After having his gear stolen in New York City, Raglani figures out where to go next

Delta Force: The Wedge is a tavern, through and through — but the pizzas take bar food to another level

Anarchy in the Ozarks: Who'd have guessed there used to be a hardcore punk scene in the backwaters of Missouri?

Vintage Vinyl Sells Rare Punk Seven-Inch LPs on eBay

While browsing at Vintage Vinyl yesterday, I found out that the store recently bought a collection of records from somebody. This buy was a bit different than others, however. For starters, clerks found a whole ton of old photos of rock stars like Blondie and the Damned just hanging out -- like, qua ... More >>

True Faith: Peter Hook hasn't let New Order's split slow him down

Brief Show Review: Dark Meat, Quiet Hooves at the Bluebird, Wednesday, May 21

Face the Nation

We find out what rocked across the country in 2007.

Julien Temple talks Joe Strummer, His New Movie, The Future is Unwritten

A Life That Never Goes Out

Riverfront Times talks with director Julien Temple about the making of The Future is Unwritten.

Punk is Finally, Truly, Absolutely, Completely Dead

Filthy Lucre

Malcolm McLaren is the godfather of today’s mainstream hip-hop. But not for the reason you think.

A muddled, wasted tribute to Britain's infamous music fest.

Glastonbury

Chiodos

7 p.m. Friday, June 23. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Up in Here

DMX gets a wake-up call at an airport, and the Pussycat Dolls are more pre-fab than you think. Plus: the debut of St. Louis scene trading cards!

Summer Turns to High

Magnolia Summer explores the weightier side of life

Paloma

Milk and Honey, 134 Eldridge Street, New York City

Film Openings

Week of September 29, 2004

Gabba Gabba Henh

The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

The Descendents

Cool to be You (Fat Wreck Chords)

The Bands of Summer

Here are ten hot, not-to-miss local acts

Repent, Sinner!

And your love of punk-pop may be forgiven

Various Artists

No Thanks!: The '70s Punk Rebellion (Rhino)

The Epoxies

Tuesday, September 9; Hi-Pointe

Jane's Addiction

Strays (Warner Bros)

Dysrhythmia

Monday, July 28; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

The Datsuns with the Sights and Sullen

Wednesday, April 2; Galaxy

Triumph of the Wilco

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart pushes pop propaganda

New Order World

In dreary Manchester, a revolution spawned heroes, martyrs and, most of all, myths

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead with Secret Machines

Saturday, June 8; Galaxy

Rocket From the Tombs

The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs (Smog Veil)

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists with Juno and Stepleader

Friday, Aug. 24; Rocket Bar

Squares Pegged

Profiling St. Louis' most ethical band, the Red Squares, sparks an ethical dilemma

Torch and Twang

The fourth annual Twangfest, the biggest and the best so far, celebrates some of the country's best roots artists

The Specials

Saturday, Feb. 12; Galaxy

MANIC STREET PREACHERS

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (Virgin)