The RFT's Freelancers Choose Their Favorite 2009 Music

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Places to Hear Live Music

• 2720 Cherokee
• Apop Records
• Atomic Cowboy
• BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups
• Beale on Broadway
• Billiken Club at Saint Louis University
• Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room
• Blues City Deli
• Bottleneck Blues Bar @ Ameristar Casino
• Broadway Oyster Bar
• Chaifetz Arena
• The Chapel
• Cicero’s
• The Crack Fox
• Cranky Yellow
• Dante’s
• Europe Nightclub
• Family Arena
• The Firebird
• Floating Laboratories
• The Focal Point
• Foam Coffee & Beer
• Fox Theatre
• FUBAR
• The Gargoyle
• The Gramophone
• The Halo Bar
• Jazz at the Bistro
• Koken Art Factory
• Lemmons
• Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center
• Lola
• Luminary Center for the Arts
• Mangia
• Off Broadway
• Old Rock House
• The Pageant
• Pop’s
• Roberts Orpheum Theater
• Schlafly Tap Room/Bottleworks
• Scottrade Center
• The Sheldon
• Sol Lounge
• The Upstairs Lounge
• Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
• Way Out Club

Blogs/Websites/Message Boards

• 3 Minute Record
• 5 Score Pachyderm
• The Blender
• Euclid Records' Blog
• Flood Yr Face
• GaragePunk
• GTP-INC
• Industry 314
• InsideSTL
• iREP STL
• I Went to a Show
• KDHX's blog
• KWUR's blog
• Last Days of Man on Earth
• Local Union Zero
• Lo-Fi St. Louis
• Made Monarchs
• The Metro St. Louis Live Music Historical Society
• Music of the Hour
• New Tune of the Week
• No Vegans
• Old Skool Review
• PlaybackSTL
• The Post-Rockist
• Rock Candy
• Speakers in Code
• St. Louis DIY
• St. Louis EDM
• St. Louis Hip-Hop
• St. Louis Jazz Notes
• STL Blues News
• STL Loud
• STL Mixtapes
• STL Radio
• There Stands the Glass
• w.r.o.n.g.d.i.v.i.s.i.o.n

Band Blogs

• Blind Eyes
• The Dive Poets
• Gentleman Auction House
• Jon Hardy & the Public
• Left Arm
• Prisonshake
• So Many Dynamos
• Caleb Travers

Record Stores

• Apop Records
• Euclid Records
• Phono-Mode
• The Record Exchange
• Slackers
• Vintage Vinyl

Local Radio/Zines/Festivals

• The Arch (106.5 FM)
• Freezerburn
• Hot 104.1
• KCLC (89.1 FM) "The Wood"
• KDHX (88.1 FM)
• KSHE
• KWMU (90.7 FM)
• LouFest
• The Point (105.7 FM)
• Twangfest
• WLCA (89.9 FM)
• Z-1077

Labels/Studios

• Ascetic Records
• BDR Records
• Big Muddy Records
• F5 Records
• I Hate Punk Rock
• Pancake Productions
• Sawhorse Recording Studio
• Scat Records
• Undertow Music Collective
• Yellow Hat Studios

Local Friends of A to Z

• The Daily Jerome
• Encore.es (Jason Stoff)
• Jason McEntire
• I Shoot Shows (Todd Owyoung)
• Jaimeville
• Mail Order Bride Vintage
• Music vs. Man
• Tony Patti
• Matt Picker
• Roll Away the Stone
• St. Louis Live Music
• Trouble in River City
• Wood House Concerts

Global Friends of A to Z

• Addicted to Vinyl
• LA Buzz Bands (Kevin Bronson)
• Chromewaves
• Largehearted Boy
• Rawkus Records’ Smoking Section
• Rocks Off
• The Wayward Blog

All MP3s are posted for sample purposes only, and always with permission from the artist or label. If you like what you hear, go out and support the band/musician by buying their record!