AltWeeklies Wire
Rap vs. Rapturenew
Christian hip-hop is on the march, but some say it's the Devil's music.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-22-2005 |
Music
Bear With Themnew
Minus the Bear's latest CD represents a major shift away from the frenetic, knotty post-punk of recordings past.
Riverfront Times |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
09-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cold as Icenew
Rappers Huggie Brown and Alphonzo Cowper deconstruct an early-'90s classic about a group of Los Angeles gangbangers who flee to St. Louis to escape the heat on them.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-06-2005 |
Music
Pearls from an Overlooked Oeuvrenew
Down in his basement, along with a shitload of his mom's old crap, is the makeshift recording studio where Bruce Cole recorded hundreds of songs beginning in the mid-1960s. Much of the material never saw the light of day.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bruce Cole
Say Anythingnew
SoTheySay earns a record deal via hard work -- and a little help from the Internet scene.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
08-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Won't Be Worried Longnew
Friends and family gather to mourn the suicide of St. Louis' Hunter Brumfield III, aka Toast, who was, depending on whom you ask, a great rapper, bassist, drummer, DJ, graffiti artist, lover, poet, breakdancer, bookworm, conversationalist, drunk or folk guitarist.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Music
Tags: Hunter Brumfield III
Find the Rivernew
Bill Callahan discovers new sounds and voices -- and cleans up with Chloe Sevigny -- on Smog's latest album.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-01-2005 |
Reviews
He's Only the Piano Playernew
Ben Folds' second solo full-length studio album resembles a series of snapshots of everyday life. Sonically it's the quietest album he's ever released.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Folds, Songs for Silverman
Rust-Belt Racketnew
An entanglement of music and manufacturing seeps into the music of this new-wave duo from Akron, Ohio.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going Undergroundnew
Singer Jamie Stewart prefers baroque answers to pressing problems. A track on Xiu Xiu's upcoming CD describes cannibalizing the commander-in-chief.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
06-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Basement Tapesnew
Kenautis Smith, the hardest-working producer in St. Louis hip-hop, knows how to create a beat.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kenautis Smith
Sympathy for the Dollnew
Devil Doll's Colleen Duffy is trying "to put the sex back into rock & roll." Ashlee Simpson she ain't.
Riverfront Times |
Jordan Harper |
04-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Devil Doll
Beat Meatnew
Like most of Cattle Decapitation's material, Humanure's lyrics take vegetarianism to its anti-human extremes.
Riverfront Times |
Andrew Miller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Falling Tydenew
Nowadays, Soul Tyde appears about as likely to re-form with all its original members as the Ramones. Group members who were once tight with each other now talk trash; stacks of Soul Tyde's latest album sit unsold in a closet somewhere, going out of style.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Christian Scientist Hip-Hop Artists Go for Brokenew
Tucker Booth and Jonathan Toth From Hoth are hated by hip-hoppers and Christian Scientists alike. But that's what makes them cool.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
