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It’s end-of-year best-of list season! Mike McCubbins kicks us off this year with his three musical obsessions of 2024: J...
26/12/2024

It’s end-of-year best-of list season! Mike McCubbins kicks us off this year with his three musical obsessions of 2024: Jesse Welles, The Smile, and MJ Lenderman.

Jesse Welles, courtesy of the artist’s website You should be paying attention to Jesse Welles – an artist who has been releasing self-recorded videos of of-the-moment folk songs over the cour…

The story of Claressa Shields, the first American woman boxer to win Olympic gold, The Fire Inside packs an emotional pu...
25/12/2024

The story of Claressa Shields, the first American woman boxer to win Olympic gold, The Fire Inside packs an emotional punch. Our full review:

Ironically for a film about boxing, The Fire Inside caught me with an okey doke. In its first half, I kept thinking that the movie never took a breath, and when Claressa Shields (Ryan Destiny) won …

“As the film unfolded and we saw more and more of the layers of Chalamet’s work, I was consistently blown away by his ab...
25/12/2024

“As the film unfolded and we saw more and more of the layers of Chalamet’s work, I was consistently blown away by his ability to portray the tortured side of this iconoclastic musical genius.” Read our full review of the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown:

There will always be some amount of trepidation going into any biopic of any musician as legendary as Bob Dylan. In the case of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, my worry was whether or not it co…

The BEAT tour (featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey) brought King Crimson’s early ‘80s classic...
20/12/2024

The BEAT tour (featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey) brought King Crimson’s early ‘80s classics to life at The Factory STL. Our review:

I was one-week-ago-years-old when I learned just how fundamental King Crimson is to my musical preferences. I had some prior knowledge of the band going into the BEAT Tour, but it was patched toget…

On this edition of the Eat Me in St Louis crew checks out a St. Louis classic, Pironne’s Pizzeria.
20/12/2024

On this edition of the Eat Me in St Louis crew checks out a St. Louis classic, Pironne’s Pizzeria.

Ever wondered about that Chinese takeout place in the strip mall? Or wanted to know if the new restaurant getting all the writeups was worth the hype? Eat Me in St. Louis is a podcast giving you a …

This week on our live music series Live from the Boom Room, a jazzy groove by the SoulCity Organ Trio. The best in , co...
19/12/2024

This week on our live music series Live from the Boom Room, a jazzy groove by the SoulCity Organ Trio. The best in , courtesy of Blip Blap Video!

Live from the Boom Room is a live music video series featuring live performances recorded in the Blip Blap Video HQ bunker in St. Louis, Mo. Learn more about Blip Blap Video at blipblapvideo.c…

Franz Ferdinand electrified The Pageant stage with support from STL’s own Starwolf! Review and pictures courtesy of Laur...
14/12/2024

Franz Ferdinand electrified The Pageant stage with support from STL’s own Starwolf! Review and pictures courtesy of Laura Jerele Photography.

Photo of Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand by Laura Jerele Franz Ferdinand knows how to bring one hell of a high energy show! Right out of the gate, Wednesday night’s show at The Pageant was a fabul…

This week's episode of our local live music series Live from the Boom Room features STL rapper Soufside Jerei. The best ...
03/12/2024

This week's episode of our local live music series Live from the Boom Room features STL rapper Soufside Jerei. The best in , courtesy of Blip Blap Video!

Live from the Boom Room is a live music video series featuring live performances recorded in the Blip Blap Video HQ bunker in St. Louis, Mo. Learn more about Blip Blap Video at blipblapvideo.c…

It was only mid-November but Christmas was already in the air when twen took the stage at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room. ...
28/11/2024

It was only mid-November but Christmas was already in the air when twen took the stage at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room. Our review:

w/ Eric Slick Frontwoman Jane Fitzsimmons rocks a s**ggy red wolf cut that looks straight out of the British Glam Pop era. Guitarist Ian Jones with a stylish s**g to match. The band originated in B…

One of the best sets of the year from one of the hottest bands of the year: MANNEQUIN P***Y live at Delmar Hall. Check o...
27/11/2024

One of the best sets of the year from one of the hottest bands of the year: MANNEQUIN P***Y live at Delmar Hall. Check out our photo gallery!

Photo of Mannequin P***y’s Marisa Dabice by Bryan J. Sutter The band whose name you’d never google at work, Mannequin P***y blasted into Delmar Hall with one of the best sets of the year. Tou…

Our live local music series Live from the Boom Room is back for one final season! The first of 10 new episodes features ...
26/11/2024

Our live local music series Live from the Boom Room is back for one final season! The first of 10 new episodes features a beautiful, plaintive Americana tune from The Mighty Pines. The best in , courtesy of Blip Blap Video.

Live from the Boom Room is a live music video series featuring live performances recorded in the Blip Blap Video HQ bunker in St. Louis, Mo. Learn more about Blip Blap Video at blipblapvideo.c…

The Arts STL's Laura Jerele Photography trekked up to Chicago to see Interpol play their classic "Antics" in its entiret...
25/11/2024

The Arts STL's Laura Jerele Photography trekked up to Chicago to see Interpol play their classic "Antics" in its entirety plus a second set of hits. Check out her glowing review and photo gallery.

Photo of Interpol’s Paul Banks by Laura Jerele When Interpol announced a North American tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their stellar sophomore album, Antics, there was no doubt in my min…

Perhaps the year's best ensemble cast brings August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson" to life on the silver screen in one...
23/11/2024

Perhaps the year's best ensemble cast brings August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson" to life on the silver screen in one of the finest films of 2024 so far. Our review:

With perhaps the year’s best ensemble cast, debut director Malcolm Washington has crafted a film just as striking as the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play it’s adapted from. It also doesn’t…

A most unusual disruption wasn’t enough to derail the Flyover Comedy Festival headline showcase featuring Patton Oswalt ...
21/11/2024

A most unusual disruption wasn’t enough to derail the Flyover Comedy Festival headline showcase featuring Patton Oswalt and Tig Notaro. Our review:

The Flyover Comedy Festival presented the highlight of its three-day, multi-venue run on Friday at the historic Stifel Theatre, a 3,083 capacity venue in the heart of Downtown St. Louis. Featuring …

Great chemistry and sharp dialogue are the highlights of "Elephant's Graveyard," a never-before-performed play running t...
21/11/2024

Great chemistry and sharp dialogue are the highlights of "Elephant's Graveyard," a never-before-performed play running through November 24 at First Run Theatre. Our review:

Jan Meyer and Gwennyth Rausch in Elephant’s Graveyard. Photo courtesy of First Run Theatre. “A mostly funny play about, well… death” As any fan of Golden Girls can tell you, an older female ensembl…

The life of author, actor, playwright, and intelligence agent (?!) Noel Coward is captured in this new documentary, out ...
19/11/2024

The life of author, actor, playwright, and intelligence agent (?!) Noel Coward is captured in this new documentary, out now form Kino Lorber.

If I tried to list all the accomplishments of Sir Noël Coward, this paragraph would stretch to several pages. Even the short version is long: leading man on Broadway, London’s West End, and Hollywo…

Amy Adams plays an overworked, underappreciated mom who finds herself...transforming into a dog at night? Yeah, really. ...
18/11/2024

Amy Adams plays an overworked, underappreciated mom who finds herself...transforming into a dog at night? Yeah, really. Our review of "Nightbitch," the closing film at this year's St. Louis International Film Festival:

Amy Adams in Nightbitch. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved. In Nightbitch, the combination of the incomparable Amy Adams and the incomparable d…

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