News 03/28/2018 Story of the Year Has Kicked Out Bassist Philip “Moon” Sneed Daniel Hill JUSTIN JAMES MUIR Philip Sneed is on the far right in this 2017 photo. St. Louis rock band Story of the Year, one of the most well-known locally based... Read More
News 01/12/2018 Nelly and Vatterott College’s Ex’treme Institute Cut Ties Daniel Hill Photo by Erin Kinsella Vatterott College, a for-profit career training institute with locations set up all around the Midwest, has removed rapper Nell... Read More
News 08/04/2016 The Real Drinker’s Guide to St. Louis’ Best Dive Bars Riverfront Times Staff PHOTO BY JOSEPH HESS Hey you! Every tried Weber’s Bar? “A pure and unadulterated drinker’s oasis,” it’ll cure what ails.... Read More
News 06/08/2016 MU330 Is Still Alive and Well, 30 Years Later Thomas Crone As drummer Ted Moll remembers it, when St. Louis band MU330 was at the height of its traveling life, trombone player Gerry Lundquist was in charge of ... Read More
News 03/17/2016 Foxing Responds to Questions, Whispers Alleging Past Sexual Misconduct Sarah Fenske Photo by Theo Welling Foxing. Member Ricky Sampson sits on the top of the couch. Foxing, the St. Louis-based band that hit the big time with its fall ... Read More
News 12/16/2015 The Death of Swagg Huncho: Loyalty, Hip-Hop and the North County Nightmare Ben Westhoff Photo by Ben Westhoff James Johnson Jr., a.k.a. Swagg Huncho. The Ferguson rapper known as Swagg Huncho was killed on Sunday. He was a member of the g... Read More
News 11/10/2015 The Best St. Louis Karaoke Spots Every Night of the Week Nick Horn Photo by Schezar/Flickr From art to automobiles, electronics to fashion, U.S. culture is full of Japanese exports. As the scores of Japanese cultural ... Read More
News 09/25/2015 Evidence Suggests Taylor Swift Is a Psychopath Jaime Lees The cover of Swift’s “Bad Blood” single Terrifying, dead shark eyes: Check. The newest statistics out of psychology studies report t... Read More
News 04/24/2015 St. Louis Bars Where You Can Find Trivia Any Night of the Week Nick Horn Photo by Liz Ortmann Lovers of music trivia show their stuff at the now-shuttered Bleeding Deacon. For St. Louisans dismayed at the season break of th... Read More
News 03/18/2015 Beatles Sister Louise Harrison Departs the Midwest After 50 Odd and Entertaining Years Peter Gilstrap Courtesy Acclaim Press Brothers George and Peter Harrison visit their sister Louise in Benton, Illinois, in 1963. If it weren’t for coal, you wo... Read More
News 02/24/2015 The Ten Best Musical Moments on Parks and Recreation RFT Music Screengrab via NBC Not pictured: The Li’l Sebastian hologram. By Alex Rice The offbeat workplace sitcom Parks and Recreation has always f... Read More
News 02/19/2015 The 10 Best Rap Lyrics About Hockey RFT Music Photo via Dreamville/Columbia J. Cole wore an Alife hockey jersey for his 2014 Forest Hills Drive cover shoot. By Jerard Fagerberg Rap and hock... Read More