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				<title>Drake, The English Beat, Gladys Knight, Toad the Wet Sprocket and More in This Week&apos;s Show Announcements</title>
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			 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 che...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:23 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Ten Metal Bands Most Beloved By Geeks</title>
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			 By Adam Steininger

Geeks love metal even more than the computers on which they listen to it. They yearn for heavy metal that was forged by Orcs in the mountains of Mordor, smuggled halfway acro...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:02:48 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Humdrum to Release New EP We Are Electricity This Saturday at Off Broadway</title>
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			For Humdrum's latest EP, the band booked time with Steve Albini in his Chicago-based Electrical Audio studio. This fact alone could overwhelm the conversation about the record, but Albini is a fa...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:07:20 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>These Bands Took Fan Landers&apos; Advice: Did It Work?</title>
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			Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a public...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:36 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Alice Cooper on Today&apos;s Bands: &quot;They Usually Just Look Like Six Guys From the Mall&quot;</title>
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Recently we spoke with Alice Cooper. That same day British newspaper The Guardian posted an archived article from 40 years ago highlighting efforts of high-ranking government officials to ban h...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:25 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Al Johnson is Decent: A Conversation with the Host of This Weekend&apos;s Skin Graft Records Homecoming</title>
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Skin Graft Records emerged in the early '90s amidst the rise of music cross-genres noise-rock and math-rock. Being an early proponent of such salty sounds, label owner Mark Fischer saw fit to ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:26 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Joseph Hess</author>
			
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				<title>Six Things You Should Know About the Replacements</title>
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			If you are like me, your Internet exploded when word hit that the Replacements was reuniting to play three festivals. Everyone was talking about it. Some shed tears of joy while others likened th...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:46 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Drew Ailes</author>
			
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				<title>Win Tickets to See Portugal. the Man June 23 at the Pageant</title>
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Portland-by-way-of-Alaska's Portugal. the Man is playing the Pageant this Sunday, and we've got an extra pair of tickets to give away!
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:35:48 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Last Shot: The Difficulty Of Updating Friends About My Health</title>
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			  [Editor's Note: Long-time concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events, on top of ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:38:02 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Andrew Youssef</author>
			
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				<title>S.L.U.M Fest 2013 at the Demo 6/15/13</title>
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			 The St. Louis Underground Music Festival (a.k.a. S.L.U.M. Fest) took place at the Demo / Atomic Cowboy this year, featuring dozens of St. Louis artists. The festivities took place all day, from ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:43:05 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>Photos: Mary J. Blige at Chaifetz Arena 6/15/13</title>
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			 The nine-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum selling Mary J. Blige performed at Chaifetz Arena on Saturday to a packed house filled with fans. RFT Music's own Jon Gitchoff was at the show with c...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:05:17 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>I Had Phone Sex with My Friend&apos;s Boyfriend. Help, Willie D!</title>
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			Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, "funny, serious or unpredictable." Something on your mind? Ask Willie D!

 DITCHED

Dear ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:01:54 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title>The Pixies in 2013: What Exactly Did Kim Deal Even Quit?</title>
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			 The Pixies reunited in 2004 for the sake of nostalgia and money. There can't be much doubt over this. They never hinted at new music (apart from the bizarre one-off soundtrack single "Bam Thwok"...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:57:41 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Gavin Cleaver</author>
			
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				<title>Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from June 17 to 23</title>
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			 This week's show recommendations include visits from Mount Moriah, The Mountain Goats, Black Flag, and more. Also, be on the look out for the Skin Graft St. Louis Homecoming and a dual release s...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:11:21 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Mabel Suen</author>
			
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				<title>The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: June 14 to 16</title>
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			  It has been a crazy, crazy crime-filled week in St. Louis. Let's all go to some shows and try to forget about it for a while, okay? Just please, for the love of dogs, be careful out there! This...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:02:36 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Mabel Suen</author>
			
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				<title>The Blind Eyes Fill in the Blanks In Advance of Saturday&apos;s EP Release Show</title>
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A quick search of the Blind Eyes artist page on Facebook will reveal a barely hidden genre-proclamation of "Architecture Rock." The inside joke almost certainly takes a jab at the pool of adje...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:16:43 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Joseph Hess</author>
			
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				<title>Grammy-Winning St. Louis Artist Thi&apos;sl to Throw First Pitch at Marlins/Cardinals Game This Saturday</title>
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This Saturday, local Hip-Hop artist Thi'sl will throw the first pitch against his beloved St. Louis Cardinals while sporting a Miami Marlins jersey. What motivation could a hometown boy have to...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:02:48 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Joseph Hess</author>
			
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				<title>Subversive Photographer Richard Kern Comes to White Flag to Sign Copies of New Book, Shot By Kern</title>
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			Richard Kern is one of the most celebrated photographers of the past 50 years. Along with his peers Annie Leibovitz, Bob Gruen and Mick Rock, Kern shot iconic images that helped to shape the way ...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:40:29 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>Jaime Lees</author>
			
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				<title>Project Pat, Jadakiss, Beth Bombara / Blind Eyes Record Release and More Show Flyers</title>
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Dirty South rapper / Three Six Mafia affiliate Project Pat will perform at 
Pop's this Friday. Roc-A-Fella artist Jadakiss will play the Coliseum on Friday as well, celebrating the venue's one-y...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:19:31 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>RFT Music</author>
			
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				<title>The Top 10 Male Rappers of All Time</title>
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Since the birth of hip-hop, male rappers have been bringing their unique viewpoint to the art of rhyme. Today, we're shining some long overdue light on their important contributions to rap. We'...]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:35:27 -0600</pubDate>
				<author>David Thorpe</author>
			
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