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Show Review + Photos: Blitzen Trapper and the Moondoggies Swelter and Sway at Off Broadway, Monday, June 21
June 22, 2010 in RFTmusic
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Review + Setlist + Photos: Brian Jonestown Massacre Jangles, Drones and Drops Cake at Sold-Out Off Broadway, Friday, June 11
June 12, 2010 in RFTmusic
Jason StoffAnton Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre, last night at Off Broadway. See a full slideshow from last night's show.Just be glad the birthday cake got dropped -- or tossed...
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Review: Freelance Whales and Peter Wolf Crier Hover and Thrash at Off Broadway, Tuesday, June 8
June 09, 2010 in RFTmusic
Freelance WhalesIf not an outright winner, Freelance Whales is certainly a contender for indiest of indie rock bands at this very moment. (That statement is purposefully ambiguous, or meaningless.) Last...
Review: The James Brown Tribute Soul Brothers & Sisters! Funkifies Off Broadway, Friday, April 30
May 03, 2010 in RFTmusic
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Review + Photos: With Mariachi El Bronx as Foreplay, The Bronx Seduces With Aggression at Pop's, Monday, April 12
April 13, 2010 in RFTmusic
"St. Louis, you and I will fuck by the end of the night." So said Matt Caughthran, man of mischief and lead singer of the Bronx. Last night at Pop's,...
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Review: Murder by Death, Ha Ha Tonka and Linfinity Turn Off Broadway Into a Sweatbox, Wednesday, March 31
April 01, 2010 in RFTmusic
Robyn GrimesBefore the encore, Adam Turla, singer and guitarist for Murder by Death, predicted fame for the band in another 40 years, at roughly the same rate as Bo Diddley....
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Concert Review: Past Lives, Air Waves Clench Up in a Graveyard at the Firebird, Wednesday, March 24
March 25, 2010 in RFTmusic
You can tell more about a band when it plays to a dead room than a packed one. Does it acknowledge the low turnout, say more than a few words,...
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Concert Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Thyroid-Pumping Pageant Show, Tuesday, March 23
March 24, 2010 in RFTmusic
What Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is and what it ain't has been a source of clothespin tension since its inception. Its new album Beat the Devil's Tattoo, the band's fifth,...
Show Review: John Doe of X at Off Broadway, Tuesday, March 16
March 17, 2010 in RFTmusic
Last Night: The Room, a New Cult Classic, Tears Apart St. Louis
March 15, 2010 in Daily RFT
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Show Review: Sondre Lerche and JBM at the Old Rock House, Monday, February 15
February 16, 2010 in RFTmusic
Sondre Lerche, dressed for the STL weather.Before "Pioneer," Sondre Lerche (for the record: SAHN-druh LAIR-kay) remarked upon the church-like layout of the Old Rock House. "Let's work with that," he...
Norm Macdonald at the Funny Bone in Westport: A Two-Show Recap
February 08, 2010 in Daily RFT
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Review: Girls, Magic Kids and the Smith Westerns at the Gargoyle, Sunday, February 7
February 08, 2010 in RFTmusic
By some accounts, a Girls concert is an inert affair. This assessment is usually the result of sizing up the band's unusual biography against the near-universal appeal of its debut...
