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Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.
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OldestProfession2.0: A new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district
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Cheesesteak Quest: Can Ian find a decent Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? Yes, he can!
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Bad Buzz: King Bee building residents have turned on downtown St. Louis developers Sam Glasser and Dave Jump
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Rant Radio: RFT readers weigh in on the meltdown at KWMU
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Radio Active: What has Patty Wente done to create such a meltdown at KWMU? (41)
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Paintless in St. Louis? St. Louis Alderwoman Donna Baringer wants to treat cans of spray paint like they're handguns. (11)
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Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done (8)
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Cheesesteak Quest: Can Ian find a decent Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? Yes, he can! (6)
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Bad Buzz: King Bee building residents have turned on downtown St. Louis developers Sam Glasser and Dave Jump (5)
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Stone Temple Pilots
2 p.m. Sunday, June 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
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Midwest Mayhem
7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street
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RFT Music Awards Nominees: St. Louis' Best and Brightest
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B-Sides takes a Jazz Journey and says hello to Ne-Yo
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Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done
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Study: St. Louis Among Most Polluted in the Country
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Hear the RAC Stereogum Mix here!
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Vashon Fouls Out: Wolverines Stripped of Three Missouri State Basketball Titles
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This Week's Poll: Tacos!
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Wye Oak
9 p.m. Monday, June 16. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: June 11, 2008
Like several other indie-rock boy-girl duos, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak write and perform intimate, pretty songs that showcase an intuitive back-and-forth between the performers. But where Brightblack Morning Light opts for rustic psychedelia and Beach House excels at trippy introspection, Wye Oak moves from quiet, fingerpicked folk songs to expansive, room-filling bedroom symphonies. The band released If Children on Merge Records this year, and the album refuses to settle into one mode by inserting elements of folk, shoegaze and post-rock. "I Don't Feel Young" operates off of Phil Spector's famous drumbeat while a wall of guitars attempts to swallow the pair's harmonized vocals; likewise, as a listener, it's hard not to become enveloped in the haze. Just how two people can make such a glorious noise is unclear, but it's worth a trip to Off Broadway to find out.
