Titus Andronicus

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis this Weekend: May 3 to 5

The RFT Music Showcase is only a month away! Have you voted yet? And to the nominees, have you submitted your info to play? As far as we're considered, every weekend is a showcase. In addition to Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, Grace Basement's record release, Apop's 9th Birthday Party, Cinco de Mayo o ... More >>

Titus Andronicus, Deer Tick, DMX, S.L.U.M. Fest 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 >>

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is a Barrel of Laughs (and a Bucket of Barf)

LouFest Is Building Deep Roots

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Makes Yet Another Predictable Pick for 2012

​Fresh off its annual late-spring run (The Taming of the Shrew), this morning Shakespeare Festival St. Louis up and announced its production for 2012: Othello. You know SFSL, they're the folks who stage one of Shakespeare's plays each year on an outdoor stage in Forest Park and don't charge ad ... More >>

New Album Releases: Lupe Fiasco, R.E.M., Kurt Vile, Bruce Cockburn 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.) Bruce Cockburn's Small Source of Comfort​*Bruce Cockburn, Small Source Of Comfort American Noise reviewed Cockburn's latest, saying: "Personally, Bruce Cockb ... 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 >>

2010: The Year In Music

The Riverfront Times' Ten Best Local Singles and EPs of 2010

​Singles and EPs have historically served invaluable purposes. For new bands, they can be the best method to come out swinging with their best songs. For established acts, they provide a low-pressure way to showcase new material, try out remixes, or clear the vaults of demos and alternate ta ... More >>

Party in the Park: The first LouFest was an unqualified musical success

LouFest, Day One: Lucero and Titus Andronicus

(A to Z has several writers and photographers covering LouFest. Reviews and photos of the other bands from the first day are coming in separate posts.) New Jersey noise-punks Titus Andronicus showed up armed to the teeth with guitars and fury. After kicking off the set with a rousing version of "A ... More >>

Festival of Creations: St. Louis gets its own music festival in Forest Park

Deer Tick goes its own way on The Black Dirt Sessions

Secret Show Tonight at the Wedge with the Monads and Those Dar"nolds"!

​The Wedge (442 Bates Street) is the site of a secret show tonight, featuring our own Monads and a band called Those Darnolds. Hmm, who could that last band be? Nah, it couldn't be the ladies who were in town playing Twangfest on Friday night, could it? That's CRAZY talk! (Ahem.) The show's at ... More >>

Summertime St. Louis comes alive with the sound of music

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of April 5

A * means the band is coming to town, a indicates locals. ​ Vintage Vinyl 1. ERYKAH BADU---New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh 2. USHER---Raymond V. Raymond 3. DR.DOG---Shame Shame 4. MONICA---Still Standing 5. SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS---I Learned The Hard Way 6. SHE & HIM---Volume ... More >>

She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Jeff Tweedy, Built to Spill, Alejandro Escovedo and Airborne Toxic Event Highlight the LouFest Lineup

Taea ThaleShe & Him headline day two of LouFest.​Indie-pop duo She & Him, Canadian rock collective Broken Social Scene, Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy, veteran fuzz-rockers Built to Spill, indie upstarts Airborne Toxic Event and grizzled Texas rocker Alejandro Escovedo are topping the LouFest lin ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 15-21

Euclid Records 1. Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune 2. Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave 3. White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights 4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach 5. John Hiatt - The Open Road 6. Graham Parker - Imaginary Television 7. Drive By Truckers - The Bi ... More >>

Observations: Titus Andronicus at Vintage Vinyl, Sunday, March 14

RFT freelancer Todd McKenzie posted a few Tumblr observations about the Vintage Vinyl in-store performance from the New Jersey working-man shoegaze band Titus Andronicus. To wit: *Despite a barrage of three noisy guitars, the loudest and most aggressive part of the Titus Andronicus sound has to be ... More >>

Video Review: Deer Tick, Titus Andronicus, Pokey LaFarge and Theodore Play a "Secret" Show Last Night The Wedge

Last time Deer Tick was in St. Louis, frontman John McCauley dressed up in drag and played an impromptu show at Off Broadway, filling in for a missing King Khan & BBQ Show after they were arrested in Kentucky for possession of magic mushrooms.This time around the circumstances weren't quite so i ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of March 8

Vintage Vinyl 1. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB---Beat The Devil's Tattoo* 2. TITUS ANDRONICUS---Monitor 3. FLOGGING MOLLY---Live At The Greek Theatre 4. LUDACRIS---Battle Of The Sexes 5. GORILLAZ---Plastic Beach 6. MURPHY LEE---You See Me 7. SADE---Soldier Of Love 8. BROKEN BELLS---Broken Bells 9. JIM ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, March 12 to Sunday, March 14

Friday, March 12 *North Mississippi All-Stars/Hill Country Revue, The Pageant *Chris Duarte and Bluestone, Old Rock House *The Gordons, The Focal Point *Dear Vincent (CD release)/Natural Selection/Chariots, Off Broadway *Last to Go First to Show(CD release), The Gramophone *This is Energy/hereaftert ... More >>

Titus Andronicus

4 p.m. Sunday, March 14. Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Titus Andronicus' Record Store Tour Spinning Through St. Louis

Titus Andronicus just can't get enough of St. Louis. Last year, the band opened for Lucero and Los Campesinos! and later played a song of its own at the Firebird. On March 14 at 4 p.m., the band will be at Vintage Vinyl performing in support of its new album, The Monitor. This will be its only STL a ... More >>

Tonight! Titus Andronicus and the So So Glos at the Firebird

Local favorites Titus Andronicus -- seriously, this is the third time the band's been in town already this year! -- are at the Firebird tonight. Although the group's records are rather o-fi indie-pop, Keegan Hamilton's recap of last year's Pitchfork festival set and Mike Appelstein's review of TA's ... More >>

Tonight! Caroliner Rainbow at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

If Titus Andronicus and the Mars Volta are too tame for your tastes tonight, might I suggest heading to the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center for Caroliner Rainbow, Skarekrau Radio and Spunky Toofers? About the first legendary band, Lemp publicity guru and all-around good dude Charlie J. Moneybags says: ... More >>

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of August 4

Firebird *All Leather, Saturday August 22 *The Incurables, Saturday, August 22 (late show) *Ready the Destroyer/Sink the Bismark, Monday, August 24 *Pretty Little Empire/Theodore/Paper Dolls, Tuesday, August 25 *Hurts to Laugh, Friday, August 28 *Titus Andronicus, Tuesday, September 8 *These United ... More >>

St. Louis Show Announcements, Week of February 10

Here are some of the new shows announced this week at venues around St. Louis! Pageant *The Decemberists, Sunday, May 31 BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups *Ernie Isley and the St. Louis Allstars, Saturday, March 7 *Bill Lupkin and the Workers, Saturday, March 14 *Chris Duarte Group, Wednesday, March ... More >>

Review: Los Campesinos!/Titus Andronicus, The Gargoyle, February 5

So imagine the scenario: You're sitting around a Lawrence, Kansas coffee shop, blissfully unaware that you're due to play across Missouri on KDHX that very moment. Such was Titus Andronicus' dilemma earlier Wednesday afternoon. It's to Titus Andronicus' credit that they not only made it to KDHX (eve ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Caps

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

New 2009 Gargoyle Shows: The Virgins, Mr. Lif, Delta Spirit, The Death Set/Ninjasonik/Cerebral Ballzy

People are already buzzing -- for better or for worse -- about the Gargoyle's 2009 schedule. Let the chatter commence anew below, because the Wash U venue announced even more shows last week. Here's the complete schedule for next year, along with a video of party-starting electro-soul party-starters ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: November 14 to 16

Friday, November 14 *Greg Laswell/Jenny Owen Youngs, Duck Room *Secondhand Serenade/Cute Is What We Aim For, Pop’s *Steel Train/Dear and the Headlights, Off Broadway *Femme Fatality/7 Shot Screamers/Exercise, Bluebird *Celebration Day: Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Pageant *Benjamin Del Shreve/David Sa ... More >>

Titus Andronicus

9 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Pitchfork Music Festival Schedule Updated

Well Lit

The Rep grabs the classics by the shorts

Cut!

Reduced Shakespeare's take on the movies ought to be re-shot

Will on Art Hill

The Shakespeare Festival turns five

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Wild West

The HotHouse Theatre Company produces a gorefest set in the West and pokes at the American character