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Top left: Harry Bash with a photo of his late wife, Carrie.

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arry and Carrie Bash’s romance was not an easy one. At the time, interracial marriage (or “miscegenation”) was illegal in Indiana, where they lived. “We had to be very careful with police,” recalls Harry. He remembers that Carrie had two friends with very light complexions, and a cop pulled them over for riding with two black men, thinking they were mixing outside their race. “They beat the crap out of them. Including the women,” says Harry. So they learned a few tricks. Carrie rode in the back seat of Harry’s coupe, to make it appear he was taking “the help” home. He learned how to make quick left turns and disappear down alleys. After they married (in 1958 New York City, where the union was legal), Harry’s work as a sociology professor brought him to University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Carrie started her career with the St. Louis Urban League, where she eventually rose to vice president. In 26 years with the Urban League, Carrie Bash fought for equal rights in housing, education and jobs for black St. Louisans — a legacy that Harry is concerned is being forgotten following her death on March 29. Carrie Eugenia Street was born in Kentucky and later moved with her family to Indianapolis. She’d completed some college courses and was working multiple jobs when she met Harry — then a graduate student — in 1955 at a dance at Indiana University. When they decided to get married, an attorney friend offered to represent

Bottom left: A proﬁle of Carrie Bash published in 1971.

them and ﬁght the Indiana law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. They demurred and chose instead to marry in New York City. “We just were not ready to go that public,” says Harry. “We needed to deal with our respective families.” The couple moved to Philadelphia, and Carrie completed her bachelor’s in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. “I was a rare enough sight on campus that students would turn around and stare. Sometimes students would come up and ask why I was where I wasn’t wanted,” Carrie told a newspaper reporter in 1971. “I wasn’t a courageous student. I made no attempt to break down barriers or to crusade. But this didn’t mean I was insensitive to the fact that people assumed I was inherently inferior.” After graduating, Carrie began her career with the Philadelphia Urban League and taught courses at Temple University, before Harry took an assistant professor job at UMSL and they moved in 1966. Harry recalls househunting with Carrie in St. Louis — the realtor introduced them as “a professor at the university” and “a very attractive negress.”

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Carrie transferred to the St. Louis branch of the Urban League. There her primary focus was on housing, and she fought redlining practices that denied mortgages to black families trying to buy in white neighborhoods. She was instrumental in getting families into new homes in Kinloch, which was the first African American community to incorporate in Missouri. She also served as a spokeswoman for the Urban League and mentored at-risk youths by teaching them how to interview for jobs. She researched housing abandonment and standardized testing. She was known for her fiery personality and her unfiltered cigarettes. “You can’t take away freedom from a single individual without hurting the freedom of the whole,” she told the Globe-Democrat in 1971. “A community may decide it wants repressive laws to apply to certain segments of the population, but eventually these laws could apply to them, too.” There was a glamorous side to her career as well, as she was instrumental in bringing celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey to the St. Louis area for Urban League’s annual dinner. “Carrie was being considered by some of her very loyal supporters to replace [the] president of the Urban League, and that never happened,” says Harry. “Partly because Carrie is the behind-the-scenes person who does all the hard work and organization.”

After retiring as executive vice president from the Urban League in 1992, she continued serving on the St. Louis County Housing Authority board until 1999. Her health began to decline in 2007 after she had to have one of her legs amputated. Harry became her sole caregiver as she developed Alzheimer’s disease, which worsened until she died in her sleep on March 29. She was 96 years old. Now, Harry worries that his wife’s long, storied career with the Urban League, her work with Kinloch, and her mentorship of young black St. Louisans has been forgotten. When he contacted the Urban League to see if they wanted some of the awards they’d given her for posterity, no one currently in the administration remembered her, he says. He wants her former mentees, wherever they are, to know she has passed away. “So far, no one has found out on their own that a person they might have thought mattered has died,” he says. “What bothered me is Carrie is being dis-remembered.” He has many happy memories of his 56-anda-half years with Carrie, and their hard-won struggle to be together. “Had it not been for her health, I’m sure she would have been somewhere involved in Ferguson. And I would have, too. We would have been among the demonstrators,” he says. — JESSICA LUSSENHOP

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Terrell Carter says when it comes to protests, “the police don’t care what your rights are, they’re the ones who make up the rules as they go along.”

Former Cop Talks Police Behavior in Ferguson

HE WORDS WERE CHANTED IN THE STREETS OF

FERGUSON, BLASTED FROM CAR STEREO SYSTEMS

AND GRAFFITIED ON THE PLYWOOD PANELS COVERING STORE WINDOWS: “FUCK THE POLICE.”

Yet amid the police shootings, mass demonstrations and intense media coverage of the past eight months, we’ve rarely had the chance to hear from officers on the ground. However, some former officers have chosen to speak out about their experiences on the force. Terrell Carter, now a minister, artist and teacher, served as a cop for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from 1997 to 2002. This year, he published a memoir of his years policing St. Louis’ streets, Walking the Thin Blue Line: A Police Officer Turned Community Activist Provides Solutions to the Racial Divide. We sat down with Carter to talk about St. Louis’ police culture and how he thinks police could have better handled the Ferguson protests (this interview was condensed for space; read the whole thing at www.riverfronttimes. com/dailyrft). Daily RFT: Among the most troubling moments of the Ferguson protests were the insults and threats directed at officers on picket lines — especially to black officers. As a black officer yourself, did you ever face a similar experience? Terrell Carter: I got that on a regular basis, especially when I was the only black officer in a group, things like, “You’re a sellout,” or “Why you working for the man, why you trying to impress white officers?” What I understood people to be saying was that they have been treated bad by police. I wouldn’t say that they were being smart in all the things they said, because they clearly didn’t understand exactly what was going on. But I also had to give them some credit as well, because sometimes officers were being morons. Daily RFT: How did you see the “us versus them” philosophy playing out during the protests in Ferguson? Carter: It was cranked up to such a high level because there is that foundation of us versus them. And then, many of the people who served in the Ferguson protests were part of specialized units, SWAT, and these are the gung-ho men and women who have the most specialized training, who are the best shooters, so their attitudes are already amped up even more because most circumstances they go to are the really, really high stress inter-

actions. You put them in a community like Ferguson where people are actually standing up to them and not just running away immediately and who are yelling at them.... It’s not fair for the officers, I get it is stressful and it can be perceived as a life-or-death situation. In those situations the police don’t care what your rights are, they’re the ones who make up the rules as they go along. Daily RFT: One of the most striking passages in your book describes how you were taught to maintain complete control of a situation, to never let a suspect’s hands out of your sight, for example. Carter: It’s uncomfortable, because experience will teach you as an officer that the moment you don’t have control, everything is going to go crazy, and it has been proven true every time. That’s the antithesis of a protest. A protest is, “We want to do everything to bring as much attention as possible.” Daily RFT: Are you saying that this traditional “control first” model of policing just doesn’t work in protest situations? Carter: I think the whole system is screwed up, period. Not just for [protests], that’s just the symptom of what’s wrong with the way policing is done. One of the problems that many police officers have is that they’re never willing to...I don’t want to use the words “back down,” but to de-escalate. Because you can. A friend of mine, he’s still a police officer, he posted on Facebook yesterday that “I can charm somebody into handcuffs without yelling or screaming at them at all.” Daily RFT: Finally, what broader lessons do you think police should learn from Ferguson? Carter: Number one, if there is a group of people saying something we should probably stop and listen, period. A lot of this would probably have been avoided if people would have believed citizens years ago. If people are making complaints about police officers or a unit or a department, we have got to pay attention. For Ferguson or departments in general, they have to start seeing citizens as human beings. Citizens are not lower than police officers. Police officers are not more important than citizens. Yes, they have an important job, but citizens are important too, they are just like police are — just without the uniform. — DANNY WICENTOWSKI riverfronttimes.com

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crowd d of roughly 100 people has gathered at the Fubar lounge in midtown to hear local metal band Fister debut its newest material — a single 44-minute composition entitled IV. No one in the band says a word before it launches into music that pulverizes the audience. The volume is so menacing, you can feel the distorted down-tuned notes of bassist Kenny Snarzyk and guitarist Marcus Newstead rumbling your internal organs. Yet the tempos are slow enough for drummer Kirk Gatterer to occasionally pick up his PBR, take a sip and put it back down without missing a single cymbal smash. The indecipherable screams emitted by Snarzyk and Newstead contain an intensity that recalls someone vomiting during a peyote trip, as if releasing the bad spirits from within in order to achieve transcendence. Heads in the crowd bang in slow motion, and

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after a few minutes, the relentless repetition becomes af hypnotic and transformative. By the time the last chords cut off sharply, it feels like Fister has only been playing for five minutes — even though it also kind of feels like the audience just finished a marathon. All four bands on tonight’s bill — Fister, Grand Inquisitor, Bong Threat and Heavy Horse — call St. Louis home. All share a penchant for darkness, but the energy in the room is positive. That’s partly a product of the camaraderie these bands enjoy, and partly because, tonight, there is ample cause for celebration. Not only does this show celebrate the official release of Fister’s IV, it’s a going-away party in advance of the band’s two-week trek through Europe. Some may consider heavy metal to be a thing of the past; after all, it has been decades since Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica dominated the charts. But through the crests and troughs of mainstream success,

Fister on the road in the Netherlands for the Roadburn Festival (left, top); an image posted to the band’s Facebook page showed a Schlaﬂy glass along for the journey.

metal has continued to thrive underground, where bands are able to push boundaries and develop small but devoted audiences of curious listeners. These are particularly exciting times in the St. Louis metal scene, and Fister’s European tour seems emblematic of a larger trend. The past few years have seen the city producing creative, hard-hitting bands. The international metal community is starting to take note. Even more validating is how many of these St. Louis heavy bands have achieved recognition through tireless work and adventurous creativity within the language of metal. Fister’s IV is a perfect example of risk-taking. Many aggressive albums are referred to as “challenging.” IV is more like a dare. There is no opportunity to skip between tracks, and any foothold you might find is lost with a single disorienting push of the fast-forward button. Like a great ﬁlm, IV only makes sense if experienced front to back without interruption. The format of Fister’s ambitious record is not without precedent; some have made kneejerk comparisons to the legendary 1998 album Dopesmoker by Sleep, an hourlong exercise in brutal monotony. “The main difference between IV and Dopesmoker?” says Kenny

Snarzyk. “Our album has more than just one riff over and over again.” Fister’s stickers and T-shirts once bore the slogan “If it’s too slow, you’re too young.” The trio specializes in doom metal, a type of downtempo, visceral, Black Sabbath-indebted heavy music. Doom is arguably the hippest subgenre on the market today, appealing to people who rarely venture into metal’s less palatable, more exhausting branches. “I don’t know if and when the doom bubble will pop,” Snarzyk says. “It’s deﬁnitely bigger than ever in Europe. It’s still kind of slow to catch on in the States, but it’s growing fast.” Snarzyk and his cohorts have been at the leading edge of the recent doom explosion. Stateside, Fister has toured with Pallbearer, a Kentucky group whose album Foundations of Burden was the ﬁfth-most-acclaimed album of 2014, according to music review aggregator Metacritic (ranking below St. Vincent and D’Angelo but above Aphex Twin and Leonard

Cohen). In Europe, Fister toured with Denver band Primitive Man in support of a split twelveinch record featuring material by both groups. These two obscure bands packed rooms in places such as Belgium and the Czech Republic, with a crucial stop at the iconic Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. “We played the smallest stage at Roadburn,” Snarzyk says. “About 150 to 175 people crammed in to see our set. Afterwards, some people complained because we didn’t play a song they wanted to hear. It was surreal.” The day of the band’s festival performance, Fister posted an image on its Facebook page that seemed to symbolize the strangeness of a St. Louis band playing a hyped set at one of the world’s most prestigious metal festivals: 4,300 miles from St. Louis, on the stage next to Kenny Snarzyk’s effects pedals, sat a full beer in a Schlaﬂy glass. continued on page 12 riverfronttimes.com

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Rick Giordano, Scott Fogelbach and Erik Ramsier of the Lion’s Daughter.

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istorically, St. Louis has been a breeding ground for forward-thinking heavy music. In the late 1980s, local outﬁt Anacrusis infused the thrashy sounds associated with Slayer and Metallica with elements of brainy progressive rock. Its albums have since become cult classics in the international metal underground. Later, the Dazzling Killmen spent the early ’90s developing an eclectic, complicated form of noisy punk and reﬁned its craft on the road with pioneering metal outsiders Neurosis, Sleep and Helmet. And at the turn of the millennium, Love Lost But Not Forgotten and Lye By Mistake gained cult followings for their dangerous intensity. To some extent, the unrest that has gripped the region in the last year has provided a framework for outsiders to understand the area’s metal scene. “I don’t think this is entirely the reason,” says Rick Giordano of the Lion’s Daughter, “but when you think about what people outside of St. Louis know about here, it’s pretty miserable. Obviously Ferguson, it doesn’t matter where you are, you know about that. The guy in France who runs our label knows about what’s going on there. And bands just hear about other bands getting robbed here all the time,” Giordano continues. “It’s like how hardcore thug bands coming from Detroit makes sense. Maybe fucked-up scary metal music coming out of St. Louis will start to make sense to people.” Despite the city’s rich heritage of heavy music, Giordano had low expectations when the

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Lion’s Daughter started playing shows in 2007. lease has received the attention of A Black Sea, “We started up around the same time as Fister,” the band’s collaboration with local folk outfit Giordano recalls. “Kenny [Snarzyk] and I had Indian Blanket. The word “epic” barely conan ongoing joke that we were making music for tains the record’s juxtaposition of Neil Youngeach other to listen to because nobody gives a style damaged tenderness with enormous walls shit about this kind of music here.” of distortion. RFT’s Christian Schaeffer comHe goes on, “When people actually started plimented the album’s “brutal beauty,” stating, coming to shows, we were so surprised that “The common ground the bands share isn’t anybody cared. Anytime exactly musical; it’s emosomebody afterwards would “WE STARTED UP AROUND tional. Both bands mine the be like, ‘You guys were aweraw terrain of unflinching some,’ I’d be thinking, ‘Are self-doubt, though they apTHE SAME TIME AS you sure? That doesn’t proach it with distinctly difsound right to me.’ We exferent decibel levels.” FISTER. KENNY AND I pected nobody to like it; A Black Sea caught the HAD AN ONGOING JOKE that was kind of the fun of attention of Michael Berbeit. We had the freedom to do rian, owner of French metal THAT WE WERE MAKING label Season of Mist. Giorwhatever we want because there isn’t some scene here dano had previously sent the MUSIC FOR EACH OTHER that we were trying to fit in label an unsolicited email to. If we were in Chicago, and received no response. TO LISTEN TO BECAUSE we might feel pressured to Unaware that friends in sound like a Chicago band, the band Pig Destroyer had NOBODY GIVES A SHIT but that isn’t the case here, put in a good word, he was which is kind of cool.” floored when Berberian ABOUT THIS KIND OF Giordano handles guisent a message to the Lion’s tar and vocal duties for the Daughter’s Facebook page MUSIC HERE.” Lion’s Daughter alongside last year. drummer Erik Ramsier and “I had just gotten home at bassist Scott Fogelbach (formerly of Love Lost 2:30 on a Saturday night, and out of the blue But Not Forgotten). Describing the band’s hor- there was this message from Mike,” Giordano ror-obsessed take on metal is difficult, involv- says. “It was kind of unspecific and kind of ing clumsy combinations of hyphens, slashes obvious that English is not his first language, and overly specific genre tags. In simpler terms, like, ‘I listened to these songs on Internets. Is the Lion’s Daughter plays the kind of intense, this new record? Is there more happening?’ filthy, apocalyptic music that the average per- So I sent this rambling drunk response, which son assumes must be hiding satanic messages. luckily didn’t scare him off.” To date, the Lion’s Daughter has released a Giordano was concerned because Berberian stunning full-length and a solid EP. But no re- was initially enthused about A Black Sea. “I had

to explain that it was a weird project with us and six other people and isn’t representative of what we actually sound like,” Giordano says. Since Berberian was curious about the band’s new material, the Lion’s Daughter quickly recorded demos with A Black Sea producer Gabe Usery of Encapsulated Studios and sent them to the label. A week later, Season of Mist offered the band a record deal. Giordano was surprised by how quickly the label committed. “Communication was very minimal,” he says. “I was expecting a bunch of questions: ‘Are you guys going to tour? How old are you guys? Who’s in the band now? What gear do you use?’ There was none of that stuff.... It was more like, ‘These songs are good. We’ll put out your record.’” For the Lion’s Daughter’s debut on Season of Mist, the band reached out to Sanford Parker, a producer/engineer from Chicago. Giordano’s eyes grow large when he talks about his love for Parker’s work. His cadence quickens, and he uses words like “creepy” and “disgusting” in the most complimentary ways. “When we did our very ﬁrst recording with Brian Scheffer at Firebrand Recording, we played him albums that Sanford Parker had produced as a reference for what we wanted our shit to sound like,” Giordano says. “So he was always the dream guy to work with. The fact that he was the ﬁrst person we asked and we got him was pretty fucking cool. I didn’t think it would happen.” Giordano is excited about the Lion’s Daughter’s progress, but at 35, he is wise enough to know that a record deal doesn’t automatically translate into private jets, fortune and fame. In a way, too, the band makes music that reacts against these traditional con-

cepts of success, opting instead for the path less chosen, one that embraces the dirt below foot and makes heroes out of medium-profile producers out of Chicago or somewhat obscure French record labels. “You’ll see these awful bands sell out venues, just shoving this commercial, manufactured, plastic falseness down people’s throats,” he says. “I don’t know how people aren’t insulted.” He says, “I can’t imagine playing in St. Louis to a crowd of 200. I mean, it’d be nice to get more people to come to shows.” Then he finishes the thought in a typically metal gesture of defiance. “But I’m not going to change what we do just to make that happen.”

aron Akin might consider himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. The guitarist and vocalist of Black Fast is ﬂoored by the recent opportunities afforded to his band, to the point that he makes Lou Gehrig look like Kanye West. If you took a drink every time he said the word “lucky” while discussing the band’s rise, you could die of alcohol poisoning. From Black Fast’s onset, the Edwardsville, Illinois-based quartet had one simple priority. “We’ve always had this drive, this ambition, this hunger,” Akin says. “When we started ﬁve years ago, we were inspired by some exciting things that were happening in metal, but we were also just inspired in general. All we’ve ever wanted is to be really good and really gnarly.” The quartet formed after guitarist Trevor Johanson randomly met Aaron Akin at an Edwardsville gas station. Akin’s previous group had just disbanded. Jo- continued on page 14 riverfronttimes.com

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The members of Black Fast: Aaron Arkin, Ryan Thompson, Trevor Johanson and Ross Burnett.

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hanson was enrolled in the music program at SIUE, and he recruited fellow jazz-guitar major Ryan Thompson to play bass in the group, as well as Akin’s roommate, drummer Ross Burnett, who’d played in Akin’s previous band. Black Fast established itself as a jaw-dropping live band with a full-throttle virtuosic brand of classic, long-haired thrash metal. The buzz began in 2013 with its self-released album Starving Out the Light. “We will be eternally grateful and proud of that record because we achieved some notoriety and press with literally no effort as far as promotion goes,” Akin says. “We put out that record and we didn’t know what we were doing, but it caught ﬁre in a way. I still go to the post ofﬁce weekly to mail copies of that fucking thing to Italy or Portugal or Russia or China. And it’s only because of how vibrant the underground metal community is.” 14

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In January 2014, Black Fast was picked up by the management company that also represents the group’s tour buddy, Battlecross. Soon, record labels were taking note. “[Black Fast manager] Jonna Robertson told me, ‘We’re going to get you a deal this year,’” Akin recalls. “I thought, ‘OK, sure. I don’t know what that means, whatever.’ We were always really skeptical. None of us get excited about anything until something tangible comes to fruition. But I remember getting off the phone with Jonna and telling everybody, ‘This year might get weird, you guys.’” Akin was right. The band that felt at home in basements and dive bars was thrust into a world of contracts and behind-the-scenes negotiations. Luckily, Black Fast found a home with EOne Heavy, the subsidiary of Entertainment One that deals primarily with aggressive music. “I was shocked,” Akin says. “I couldn’t believe the bands they had and I couldn’t believe the deal they offered us.” Black Fast signed with EOne Heavy in

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November 2014, and after months of shedding their shredding, the band drove to St. Petersburg, Florida, to record with renowned producer and Morbid Angel band member Erik Rutan. “I was ﬂatlined by Erik’s enthusiasm toward our band,” Akin says. “This is a dude that I have been looking up to since I was ﬁfteen, watching YouTube videos of him in the studio with bands like Cannibal Corpse. He would call me, and I’d think, ‘Woah! What is happening?’ Our conversations were always a two- or three-hour ordeal, and he’s so passionate about the same shit that I am. We talked about Judas Priest and [Metallica album] Master of Puppets and Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. We both said, ‘We’re not going to do some modern metal record, we’re going to play through Marshall amps that are 40 years old.’ Right away we were on the same page.” Black Fast’s second album as a band is Rutan’s 86th as a producer. For two-and-a-half

weeks, the four band members had a schedule they described as “Groundhog Day meets Twilight Zone”: wake up, go to the studio at 2 p.m. (heavy metal never wakes up before noon, Rutan says) and meticulously craft an album. The band was amazed by Rutan’s ears and attention to detail. “He was tracking drums and he stopped Ross [Burnett] in the middle of a take and said, ‘Hit your snare again,’” Akin recalls. “Ross hit it, and Erik said, ‘Hmmm. That ain’t right. Tighten the lug closest to your right knee clockwise about one tenth of a turn.’ Ross did it and hit his snare again, and Erik said, ‘Yeah, now it’s right. It was loose.’ It was the real deal. His eyeballs would go all over the place, like he was scanning left and right and high and low, and you could just see in his face that he could hear everything.” “He was immediately our friend, but he knew right away that he could lay into us and we could take it,” guitarist Johanson says. “The more he knew we could take, the more brutal he got. I pretty continued on page 16

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Akin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The funniest thing to MOIL IN OUR MUSIC, JUST sound at various venues across the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think me, was how heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be laying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a coincidence that St. into us over the most piddly THIS INHERENT AWFULLouis bands are doing well,â&#x20AC;? shit,â&#x20AC;? Johanson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually get be like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Your guitar pick is NESS. AND ESPECIALLY stoked about mixing metal chirping when it hits the or hardcore shows unless string. Use a different pick, IN ST. LOUIS, YOU DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T local bands are playing, so that one sounds horrible.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He would even scold us over NEED TO GO OUT LOOKING maybe that says something. I kind of feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in my things like what batteries own universe watching my we used in our pedals. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Get FOR IT, THEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ENOUGH friends get weird while the those Duracells out of here, rest of the world is creating they sound like shit. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re AWFULNESS AROUND.â&#x20AC;? the same bullshit thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been using Energizers!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? done a thousand times.â&#x20AC;? Now returned and wellThe up-and-coming St. Louis metal groups rested, Black Fast is playing the waiting game until the album release and the demand- have some commonality. The members of Fising tour to follow. Even though the band is ter, the Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter, and Black Fast are in climbing up the music-industry ladder, its their late twenties to mid-thirties. They mostly four-dudes-who-just-want-to-rock dynamic work ďŹ&#x201A;exible service-industry jobs that allow them to tour. But the music they produce falls remains intact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If none of this stuff happened for us, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d across the heavy-metal spectrum. Says Giordano, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our thing with Season still be playing shows and making records and being idiots,â&#x20AC;? Akin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I feel so of Mist is radically different from Black Fast lucky. We have all these new opportunities, and EOne. Fister and the doom thing, Everybut we also get to keep doing what we would thing Went Black and the post-hardcore thing, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all totally different scenes. Thing are be doing anyway.â&#x20AC;? happening at the same time but in different lthough Fister, the Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter little genres and pockets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only thing that seems to tie our bands and Black Fast have the most measurable recent success, they are far from together is that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all really loud,â&#x20AC;? Giorthe only bands in St. Louis who are making a dano continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to have decent gear name for themselves playing aggressive mu- to turn it up without it sounding muddy, so sic. Over the last several years, metal-tinged maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a part of it. If you care enough to hardcore-punk group Everything Went Black invest in good equipment, you probably care has released music on highly respected la- enough to write some decent songs.â&#x20AC;? Given the lack of obvious stylistic continubels Prosthetic Records, Holy Mountain and Good Die Young. On the other end of the ity, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting that the outside world is spectrum, Tear Out the Heart plays a metal/ ďŹ nding so many St. Louis metal bands at this hardcore/pop hybrid that skews successfully moment in time. Fisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Snarzyk credits the years of hard to a younger demographic. The band is signed to Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Victory Records, and it just ďŹ n- work that each group has put into nurturing ished a co-headlining tour with Michiganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s its presence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bands that are getting a lot of attenFamous Last Words that packed midsize vention have been working really hard.â&#x20AC;? he says. ues around the country. While the current crop of local heavy- â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just work ethic and a supportive hitters exists just below the national radar, scene, man. I know I constantly tell people some of the most respected bands in metal about the bands in St. Louis. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure others today contain expats from the St. Louis mu- do the same.â&#x20AC;? Or maybe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something in the water. sic community. Before he played drums in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something horrible about our Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier instrumental metal trio Russian Circles, Dave Turncrantz was a mem- bands,â&#x20AC;? says Akin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of turmoil ber of local indie-rock powerhouse Riddle of in our music, just this inherent awfulness. Steel alongside guitarist Andrew Elstner, who And especially in St. Louis, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need currently plays guitar in acclaimed Atlanta to go out looking for it, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough awfulhard-rock band Torche. Prior to joining the ness around. He goes on, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of reasons for wildly popular Baroness in 2013, bassist Nick Jost was a member of local technical-metal people to look away from this awfulness, but outďŹ t the Gorge. Jostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former spot is now embracing it is something that all of us do because we feel like it needs to be done. You ďŹ lled by Black Fast bassist Ryan Thompson. The bands in the close-knit St. Louis metal have to have a devoted constitution internally to commit yourself to this horrible form of art community all respect each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I go to a lot of shows,â&#x20AC;? Akin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I that we do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not proďŹ table, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ get the most excited if the Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter or nitely not noble. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrible, terrible music. Q Fister or Hell Night is playing. If the Gorge And I fucking love it.â&#x20AC;?

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WHAT SHOULD YOU NAME YOUR METAL BAND? This is a great time to be a metal fan, but a tough time to start a metal band. So many great band names have already been claimed -- Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Gorgoroth, Slayer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Deathspell Omega, Black motherfuckin’ Sabbath. All gone, all great. Pickings are slim, and you’ve got a gig next week. Time to drop “Secret Cult of Secrets” or whatever it was the bassist suggested and stick with something. So break out your trusty twelve-sided die. (C’mon. You can’t bullshit an asshole. If you’re in a metal band now, at some point in your past you were into Dungeons & Dragons. OK, ﬁne, be that way. Use this online randomizer, you liar: www.roll-dice-online.com.)

BUT WHERE DO I START? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. Are you a thrash-metal band? Roll on table 1 and 4. Are you black metal? Make a cryptic phrase from tables 1, 2 and 3. Use a couple conjunctions if you need to. OR, go straight to table 6. Are you power metal? Kill yourself. But ﬁrst beat your singer to death with a belt. Are you doom metal? Go to table 5. If you’re stuck, combine your choice with something from table 3. When this band breaks up late next year, the two bands that form from the wreckage each get one half of the name. Your fans will love it.

I. WHAT KILLED GRANDPA? 1. Nazis 2. Terrorists 3. Winter 4. Betrayal 5. Vengeance 6. Grandma1

7. Hubris 8. Lightning 9. Life 10. Coitus2 11. Chancres 12. Aspirating

II. WHAT’S ANOTHER WORD FOR “OLD”? 1. Ancient 2. Hoary 3. Decrepit 4. Antediluvian 5. Primeval 6. Obsolete

7. Relic 8. Superannuated 9. Fossil 10. Elderly 11. Musty 12. Worm-eaten

III. WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT BITCHIN’ BUILDING? 1. Tomb 2. Whorehouse 3. Crypt 4. Broch 5. Abattoir 6. Ziggurat

7. Fane 8. Acropolis 9. Gaol 10. Alcázar 11. Temple 12. Bungalow1

IV. A JAZZY ACTION WORD 1. Thrasher 2. Oppressor 3. Haunter 4. Disembowler 5. Incinerator 6. Creeper

7. Stalker 8. Decapitator 9. Defender 10. Defenestrator 11. Thiever 12. Summoner

VI. HAVE YOU READ ANY TOLKIEN?

You got your Burzums, your Amon Amarths, your Isengards and even your Ephel Duaths. It’s late in the game, and you can only read The Silmarillion so many times this week. Go deep, young devil. Dig through the undercrofts of Middle Earth to ﬁnd the preciouses that have yet to be claimed.

GILDING THE LILY

Umlauts are old hat, Norse runes are the Scandinavian equivalent to Franklin gothic, and your freshly named band needs a little extra something to stand out on those 60band logofest ﬂiers. Sprinkle these blackmagic marvels in your name, and you’re on your way to becoming King of the Earthdogs. Look at No. 10; the fuck is that? Is it a “u” wearing a horned helmet, or the emoji for “Angry Burt Stands Over the Corpse of Ernie?” Don’t worry what these symbols actually sound like or mean — just put ’em where they’ll look mean. 1. að 2. Æ 3. ß 4. Þ

V. WE BLEED FOR ANCIENT GODS 1. Nethuns 2. Koschei 3. Vejovis 4. Psoglav 5. Thracian Rider 6. Perkûnas 1

7. Fuﬂuns3 8. Slogutis 9. Calu 10. Wuldor 11. Tsathoggua 12. Gurzil

Good luck on your Canadian tour, Grandma’s Bungalow. 2 Heh-heh-heh-heh.

7. Yrrch 8. Orocarni 9. Shakhbûrz 10. Úlairi 11. Carchost 12. Bill Ferny4

1. Ar-Pharazôn 2. Herugrim 3. Curunir 4. Entwash 5. Urulóki 6. Irensaga

5. ø 6. Þ 7. ‫ۃ‬ 8. ‫ڬ‬

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All done. Are you unhappy with your results? Are you in a blackened thrash band that has a tuba player for the doomy bits? Just pick what you like from any list and start silk-screening the T-shirts.

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BEST OF THE SECOND CITY

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When it comes to cracking audiences up, The Second City is second to none. With alumni that include John Belushi, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Stephen Colbert, Chicago’s improv troupe has been the place where countless comedians have cut their comic teeth. This week the Second City’s touring company pulls into the Touhill Performing Arts Center to stage some of the troupe’s greatest bits, culled from more than a half-century of time-tested material. The Best of the Second City is at the Touhill for three nights. Years from now, you’ll be able to boast that you saw that next great comic legend “way back when.” 8 p.m. Thu. & Fri., 6 & 9 p.m. Sat. (Apr. 23-25). Touhill Performing Arts Center at University of Missouri-St. Louis (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; 314-516-4949 or www.touhill.org). $33 to $35. — MARK FISCHER

You could try to count the changes that have hit journalism in the past decade or so, but don’t. There are too many to tally. Everything in the profession has been flipped over and turned sideways. Yet there is still a need for clear, compelling photographs to support the meat of the story: print. Painting With Light 2015: Washington University Student Photojournalism Exhibit collects 100-plus prints from more than 40 photography students. 6-10 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. (Apr. 24 & 25). Central Print (2624 North 14th Street; 314-241-5030 or www. centralprintstudios.wordpress.com). Free admission. — A LEX WEIR

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As part of its ongoing artistic vision, The Luminary highlights contemporary shapes, sizes and structures with FORM 2015: Contemporary Design Show. This gathering and fundraiser galvanizes fresh ideas from local innovators in the fields of architecture, furniture, functional-object manufacturing and interior design. It’s all about interconnectivity as artists, craftsmen and buyers meet to network, stimulate creativity and explore bold ways to broaden community involvement. Now in its fourth year, the two-day summit, held at the Luminary’s new digs, kicks off with a special VIP party and silent auction on Friday night followed by a free public opening on Saturday. 7-10 p.m. Fri., Apr. 24; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., Apr. 25. The Luminary (2701 Cherokee Street; 314-773-1533 or www.formdesignshow. com). Friday admission is $30, Saturday ad— ROB LEVY mission is free. riverfronttimes.com

Hip-hop blends many traditions and styles, combining hypnotic rhythms and smart lyrics with the innovative dynamism of b-boy dance moves. Compagnie Käfig takes this iconic genre several steps further, adding in samba, bossa nova and electronic music. With additional nods to Bollywood and Russian dance, Compagnie Käfig gives a hip-hop performance unlike any you’ve ever seen. Troupe founder Mourad Merzouki, a native of Lyon, France, brings his martial-arts and circus-arts background along, too. The result: a Dance St. Louis show filled with remarkable choreography and damn-near-electric energy. 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat. (Apr. 24-25). Touhill Performing Arts Center at University of Missouri-St. Louis (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; 314-516-4949 or www.touhill.org). — BROOKE FOSTER $28 to $55.

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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

When a society divides itself along lines of socioeconomic class, common ground can be hard to find. But to live apart is to go without all of life’s opportunities: to learn new things, to uncover unexpected joys. In Once on This Island, a spirited girl from a peasant village in the French Antilles falls in love with an upperclass boy. This beautiful one-act musical — full of Caribbean rhythms and songs both playful and poignant — tells the story of how true love can transform us now, and for generations to come. 7 p.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. (Apr. 24-May 3). The Edison Theatre on Washington University’s campus (6445 Forsyth Boulevard; 314-534-3807 or www. theblackrep.org). $35 to $45. — BROOKE FOSTER

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The love of the Irish runs deep in St. Louis and fortunately, that sentiment is not confined to March 17 only. This weekend St. Louis Tionól returns for its eighteenth annual go-round; the festival of traditional Irish music regularly attracts the top talent from that island’s trad-music community. For three days the inexhaustible font that is Irish musical art is celebrated with workshops for novice, intermediate and advanced players, then capped off with the main event — a concert tonight at the Sheldon. Among the musos appearing this year are Patrick Ourceau, Máirtín de Cógáin, Liz Knowles, Leonard Barry, Jimmy O’BrienMoran, Blackie O’Connell and Cormac de Barra. 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 25. Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Boulevard; 314-5339900 or www.thesheldon.org). $15 to $18. — ALEX WEIR

Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple has been presented in various iterations since opening on Broadway in 1965. This hilarious story of two friends forced to become roomies has been rebooted as a film, two television series (there’s a third on the way) and countless stage versions. Now Dramatic License Productions, St. Louis’ only company producing shows for and about women, presents the female version of The Odd Couple, adapted by Simon and directed by Alan Knoll. In this changeup Olive Madison (the slob) and Florence Unger (the neat freak), their besties and their boy-toy neighbors create madcap hijinks as the roommates try not to drive each other crazy. 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. (Apr. 24-May 10). Dramatic License Theatre (211-A Chesterﬁeld Mall, Space 510; 636-821-1746 or www.dramaticlicensepro— ROB LEVY ductions.org). $18 to $25.

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KEVIN SMITH

Somewhere along the way from Clerks to today, Kevin Smith transitioned from filmmaker to multimedia guy-you-know. His blog, his daily podcasts and his numerous books all offer fans a very large, very clear window into Smith’s life. But his frequent personal appearances are where the Jersey raconteur really shines. Ask Smith a question about one of his films and then sit back down as he relates a thirteen-minute anecdote about what was happening behind the scenes. Even better, ask him a question about a film he regrets not directing and prepare to be drowned in a burstpipeline flow of information about cruddy producers, sniveling personal assistants and vain actors. Come hear about the Hollywood experience at An Evening with Kevin Smith,

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Sierra Williams of Centro Models wears Sophie Krueger’s design at the Annual Fashion Design Show on Sunday.

tonight at the Pageant. Will he address those new Star Wars trailers? Oh, try to stop him. 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 26. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard; 314-726-6161 or www.thepag— PAUL FRISWOLD eant.com). $39.50. [ FA S H I O N ]

ANNUAL FASHION DESIGN SHOW

The next class of emerging designers from the Sam Fox School at Washington University showcases their work at the 86th annual Fashion Design Show, which is now part of Saint Louis Fashion Week. Grab a seat near the front row to see dozens of models wearing clothing that demonstrates the designers’ mastery of construction, pattern-making and fabric use. A reception and meet-and-greet with the students follows the show. 3 p.m. Sun., Apr. 26. St. Louis Union Station (1820 Market Street; edison.wustl.edu). $55 to — ERIN WILLIAMS $500.

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This still-new baseball season has brought its share of surprises for St. Louis Cardinals fans. Yadier isn’t picking off runners like he once did, Matheny is running through relievers at a rapid clip and there are nagging questions about the team’s run production. But you look at the Philadelphia Phillies roster and it seems like the same old stuff. Chase Utley’s still there, the remains of Ryan Howard still get up to attempt an at-bat, heck, even Frenchy Francoeur is with the team. Maybe a four-game set against the Phillies, the losingest team in baseball history, is just what the Cardinals need. 7:15 p.m. Mon.Wed., 12:45 p.m. Thu. (Apr. 27-30). Busch Stadium (Broadway and Poplar Street; 314-3459600 or www.stlcardinals.com). $5-$250.80. — PAUL FRISWOLD

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ﬁlm Is It Alive? EX MACHINA’S MODERN TAKE ON FRANKENSTEIN EXPLORES WHAT MAKES MACHINES HUMAN, AND VICE VERSA Ex Machina Written and directed by Alex Garland. Starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander. Opens Friday, April 24, at multiple locations.

he featured creature in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina scarcely resembles a monster, but appearances repeatedly deceive in this digital-age Frankenstein, keeping us ever off-kilter and in doubt. A l t h o u g h Av a ( A l i c i a BY Vikander), a disturbingly CLIFF seductive robot designed by uber-programmer Nathan F R O E H L I C H Bateman (Oscar Isaac), quickly wins the sympathies of both the audience and our everyman surrogate, Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), the film delights in upending expectations: What seems starkly black-and-white shades into an infinitude of grays. As much psychological thriller as science fiction, the film creates an immediate sense of unease and then almost imperceptibly escalates the tension. An employee of searchengine giant Blue Book — an even more world-dominant Google, if that’s actually possible — Caleb wins a contest to visit the isolated redoubt of Nathan, the company’s founder. Helicoptered into the Alaskan wilderness, a discombobulated Caleb awkwardly trundles his roller bag alongside

Dry Turkey THE WATER DIVINER IS NEITHER FANTASY NOR WAR FILM ENOUGH TO SWALLOW EASILY The Water Diviner Directed by Russell Crowe. Written by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios. Starring Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko and Jai Courtney. Opens Friday, April 24, at Plaza Frontenac.

n 1919, four years after the disastrous Australian defeat at the WWI battle of Gallipoli, a father travels to the Ottoman Empire hoping to ﬁnd his lost sons. It’s sorta like Saving Private Ryan, except the soldiers to be found are dead, and the stack of needles farmer Connor (Russell Crowe) has to search is the battle-scarred landscape upon which are scattered the bones of the 10,000 Australians

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a river to Nathan’s door, which closes quietly behind him with an ominous ﬁnality. Caleb soon discovers the real reason for his visit: Far from casually hanging with the boss for a week, he’s to administer a “Turing test” to Ava, determining whether her artiﬁcial

intelligence can be distinguished from human consciousness. Essentially a series of alternating dialogues, with Caleb toggling between intimate sessions with Ava and fraught conversations with Nathan, Ex Machina

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— and 70,000 Turks — who were killed there years ago. How does Connor propose to accomplish such an impossible task? Ah, and herein lies the major fault with The Water Diviner, the title of which offers a clue. See, Connor farms parched, dusty land Down Under, and it seems he survives by dowsing for water: you know, that “trick” by which someone who is allegedly sensitive to the hidden presence of water uses a couple of twigs to point to it. The opening scene of the film has Connor determining a good spot for a new well, and, after some rigorous digging, being vindicated. And hence we are assured that Connor is a veritable water wizard. So are we meant to infer that Connor will use this skill to uncover the bodies of his sons? We are indeed. And while dowsing for water has no actual scientiﬁc basis, this could work as fantasy...except Russell Crowe, making his debut as a feature-ﬁlm director, offers us

no hints that anything less than the solidly rational is meant to be afoot here. Even in the realm of fantasy, however, dowsing for water is a far cry from dowsing for dead bodies, and not even a few other hints of the vaguely supernatural — visions of Connor’s that prove accurate; some “peasant nonsense” about foretelling the future in coffee grounds that turns out not to be nonsense — help alleviate the impression, crafted in concrete cinematic pragmatism, that we should take this all as phlegmatic fact. Which makes the central conceit of The Water Diviner completely ridiculous. Crowe has previously directed a couple of shorts and a documentary about his band, but nothing with the scope and ambition of The Water Diviner. And where he sticks to historical adventure, he’s on more steady footing. The ﬂashback to the battle that killed his sons is brutal and stark, and the sequence in which Connor himself gets caught in the middle of

a fight between the Turks and the invading Greeks is tense and unexpectedly suspenseful; a dust-storm sequence in Australia is amazing and exciting. Additionally, there are some intriguing sociological aspects of military forensics and war-time memorializing in Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios’ script that Crowe treats with a smart combination of sensitivity and academic nerdery...such as how (the film tells us) the Australian operation to find their dead at Gallipoli and treat them to a proper burial is “the first [time] anyone has given a damn” about rank-and-file casualties. Other aspects of the film — Connor’s friendship with an Istanbul hotelier (Olga Kurylenko) and her young son (Dylan Georgiades) — are pretty standard, though that’s made up for by a nice sense of place, and in a place that hasn’t been seen so often onscreen that it has become cliché. I just wish I could actually believe in the story it wants to tell. —MARYANN JOHANSON

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authority and cutting intellect, slyly communicating menace behind an insincere smile. As Ava, Vikander moves with a dancer’s gravity-defying ease, and even when her visible-woman electronic innards and metallic skin are hidden beneath a wig and dress, she seems eerily beyond human. Apart from her physical beauty, Ava’s avid, intense gaze exerts an irresistible attraction, and Caleb yields without struggle to her eyes’ tractor-beam pull. Gleeson played a similar part in last year’s Frank, in thrall equally to an eccentric, charismatic genius and a hyperconfident, unattainable woman, and he’s adept at retaining our rooting interest while displaying behavior that invites a measure of amused contempt. Despite Caleb’s eager puppy-dog demeanor, however, Gleeson makes his character’s willfulness and vanity subtly apparent: He’s pursuing — at least in his blinkered, self-deluded view — an agenda of his own. Praising the actors’ work in Ex Machina in no way diminishes writer-director Garland’s contributions. Originally a novelist — his first book, The Beach, has achieved iconic status in Great Britain — Garland has written primarily for film since 2002, beginning with 28 Days Later... and Sunshine, a pair of collaborations with Danny Boyle, who directed the film adaptation of The Beach. Ex Machina serves as his directorial debut, and it’s remarkably assured on all levels — deftly establishing a claustrophobic atmosphere, incrementally building suspense, displaying a sophisticated design sense and fine compositional eye. But Garland most impresses with his ability to explore compelling philosophical and sociopolitical ideas within an accessible genre framework. Discussions of what makes us human necessarily factor into any story of artificial intelligence, but Garland adds fascinating layers atop this solid base, particularly probing the ways in which the Internet is acting on us, not only robbing us of privacy but also altering us in fundamental ways. Nathan, for example, builds Ava to spec, incorporating aspects guaranteed to appeal to Caleb based on his search profile, such as his porn preferences; his thoughts and feelings have essentially been prospected. Even more frightening, because Ava’s “mind” is based on the architecture of the Blue Book search engine, she reflects contemporary trends so scarily evident in social media: She proves a narcissist, intensely curious but lacking in empathy, and blithely unconcerned with her actions’ consequences. However, let’s not give the false impression that Ex Machina is a furrowed-brow exercise in deep thinking: Although it offers plenty to mull, the film satisfies on both visceral and intellectual levels. Ex Machina also provides a gratifying share of mordant laughs — e.g., the sudden outbreak of dance fever in Nathan and Kyoko (Sonoya Mizuno), a silent Japanese servant who addresses an expansive array of her master’s needs. Like Ava, Ex Machina isn’t quite machine-tooled perfection, but it qualifies as a surprising — and satisfying — approximation. Q 24

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Kevin James reprises his role as a fat, hapless security guard in Paul Blart 2: Mall Cop. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to follow the plot even if you didn’t see Blart the First: This time we trade Jersey for Vegas, and a suburban mall for a Wynn hotel, where Blart ass-backwardly foils an art heist. Film critics haven’t been kind to this sequel, but we submit that “Blart” almost rhymes with “fart,” so at least there’s that. O There’s lots to be frightened of on Facebook: Atrocious grammar, your aunt whose politics come down just to the right of Genghis Khan’s, and the mortification that is every Throwback Thursday — what best-left-in-the-past pic will be unearthed this week? But Unfriended is scarier still: User billie227 has taken over a teenager’s account, spilling the beans on all sorts of secrets via texts, Skype and Facebook. Only that teenager — wait for it — committed suicide last year! O Furious 7 continues its tear through the box office, grossing nearly $300 million in three weeks. Let’s get the NSA on the blower: Couterterrorism efforts led by Vin Diesel and crew seem like they could almost work in real life. Come to see Paul Walker’s final turn on the big screen; stay for tribute song “See You Again” at the film’s end, which is setting records of its own: The Wiz Khalifa/ Charlie Puth tear-jerker racked up more than 4 million plays on Spotify in a single day. O At some point during your thirties or forties, you realize — you tortured artistic genius — that even if you ever do get that masterwork off the ground, the word “only” won’t appear before your age. “He wrote his first book at only 47,” just doesn’t have the same cachet that 27 does. Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young juxtaposes the slightly fraying forties with the impossibly fresh twenties in ways that are at once horrifying, hilarious and utterly recognizable. Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller star. — KRISTIE MCCLANAHAN

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In Art, John Pierson and Drew Battles survey a costly whiteon-white acquisition.

Everyone’s a Critic IN ST. LOUIS ACTORS’ STUDIO’S SHARP NEW PRODUCTION, A MAN’S PURCHASE ENRAGES HIS FRIEND Art Through May 3 at Gaslight Theater, 358 North Boyle Avenue. Call 314-458-2978 or visit www.stlas.org. Tickets are $30 to $35.

othing much happens in Yasmina Reza’s Art, a 21-year-old classic that opened its run at the St. Louis Actors Studio last Friday. Serge, a dermatologist, has bought a very expensive piece of modern art. Marc, his friend of ﬁfteen years, loathes it. Their more conciliatory sidekick, Yvan, is caught in the middle. That’s really about it. And yet the play, and this production, manages to be riveting. The slight premise proves a jumping-off point from which the supremely talented cast explores the merits of modern art, the BY way money divides us, and SARAH ultimately, the demands we make of friendship. The three FENSKE actors are utterly believable and surprisingly compelling — never more so than when they’re behaving ridiculously. As for ridiculous, you could start with Serge’s purchase. The art he’s bought is a white square, for which he’s paid the princely sum of 200,000 francs. Hey, it’s an Antrios — an

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Antrios from the ‘70s! And Antrios is “wellknown.” Reza stacks the deck a bit against this purchase: The square’s only feature beyond its whiteness is that it supposedly has very subtle diagonal lines across it … in white. Ridiculed by his old friend, Serge protests, “Huntingdon would take it off my hands for 220,000.” Huntingdon, we learn, works for the gallery that sold Serge the white whale, setting us up for the idea that Serge is very likely a chump. And through the eyes of his old friend Marc, we begin to realize something else. Serge is also a social climber. This painting represents who he wants to be, and the crowd he hopes to get in with. All of which leaves Marc feeling left behind, and behaving badly. It’s not enough to insult the dermatologist to his face — he also enlists Yvan in his campaign. But Yvan is too wishywashy (“an amoeba,” sneers Marc) to play the role Marc has chosen for him. Soon all three friendships are in jeopardy. “Why do we see each other if we hate each other?” Yvan cries at one point. And while in the moment it’s a valid question, it ultimately betrays the character’s naivete. These three don’t hate each other; they’ve hurt each other, and that’s far worse. As Yvan, Larry Dell has a wonderfully expressive face — he seems ready to burst into tears even when he’s smiling — and a gentler manner than his alpha male friends. But in a play with three remarkable roles, it’s he who’s given the greatest gift, a marvelous monologue right in the middle of the action that goes on for what must be a good five minutes. Dell nails it; in his hands, the scene is a hilarious tour de force.

As Serge, Drew Battles is given subtler moments, but does more with a raised eyebrow than many actors do with a soliloquy. He’s terriﬁc, as is John Pierson as the angry, selfcertain Marc. Both theater veterans in full command of the material, Battles and Pierson are at their best when their characters turn on Yvan. The friendship between Serge and Marc suddenly makes sense when we see them ganging up on their hapless companion. They are both rapacious, too clever and too opinionated for their own good, and we understand that they’ve wounded each other so deeply mostly because they admire each other so much. And yet, Reza’s play asks sensibly, why do we insist on validation from our friends? Why does Serge care if Marc likes his purchase? And why does Marc persist in judging Serge so harshly for making it? By seeing our friends as an extension of ourselves, by insisting they share not only our lives but our values, we can’t help but set ourselves up for disappointment. Directed by Wayne Salomon, who as chair of the theater department at John Burroughs School taught both Jon Hamm and Ellie Kemper, the play is tautly structured: a brisk 90 minutes, without intermission. Between scenes, the actors break the fourth wall and address the audience, à la Richard III (or Frank Underwood), an old device that somehow still feels modern. And so, too, does Reza’s play. Written in French, ﬁrst performed in the ‘90s, it holds up admirably in this new staging. Watching these three actors, we might imagine the words were written for them and that the action takes place in 2015 St. Louis. Time may march on, but the complications of friendship never seem to get lost in translation. Q riverfronttimes.com

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Base Hit JIM EDMONDS AND MARK WINFIELD ARE BACK WITH A WINNING CONCEPT IN KIRKWOOD Winﬁeld’s Gathering Place 10312 Manchester Road, Kirkwood; 314-3942200. Mon.-Sat. 11-1 a.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

fter a good first inning with their successful 15 Steakhouse, the team of Jim Edmonds and Mark Winﬁeld got into a jam. First came the city’s temporary closure of the sleek midtown steak house following assaults and other criminal incidents both on its premises and in the surBY rounding neighborhood, then the botched rebranding of the C H E RY L space in 2013 as the Precinct. From the delayed relocation BAEHR of the neighboring St. Louis

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Though not billed as part of the smokehouse fare, the wined and brined chicken benefits from Winfield’s barbecue prowess. The half-chicken marinates overnight in a red wine and herb brine. It’s then rubbed with barbecue spices and smoked for four hours. The result is juicy, flavorful meat and crisp skin that slides off the bone with barely any coaxing. Red wine demi-glace drizzled over the top mingles with the cooking jus to form a rich, slightly sweet sauce. Side dishes at Winfield’s include savory baked beans flavored with chunks of rib meat and garlic; creamy whipped potatoes, heavy with black pepper; and green beans sautéed with bacon and onions. The signature accompaniment, the jalapeño cheddar au gratin potatoes, is a meal unto itself. Layers of cheese,

peppers and thinly sliced potatoes are stacked, covered with sour cream and served in a searing hot cast-iron skillet. There’s enough grease pooled at the bottom to make BP blush — I still can’t decide if this is a decadent plus or an overkill minus. It depends if I listen to the angel or the devil on the shoulder. A short dessert menu proves adequate, but not impressive enough to save room for. After blindly eating the housemade chocolate brownie, served á la mode and smothered with whipped cream, I wish I would have ordered the full rather than the half slab of ribs. Team Edmonds-Winﬁeld has changed its fortunes with Winﬁeld’s Gathering Place. It’s more of a game-winning single than a basesclearing grand slam, but it gives them a win nonetheless. Q

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Winfield’s. The restaurant leads off strongly with its lobster wontons. Layers of paper-thin wonton wrappers are stuffed with a generous portion of lobster meat and cream cheese for an upscale take on crab Rangoon. The accompanying sriracha-lemon-aioli dipping sauce had a slight bright heat, though I would have preferred something less creamy to counteract the deep-fried cheese. The Cajun barbecue shrimp won’t win over NOLA transplants for its authenticity, but is tasty nevertheless. Creamy cheddar grits act like a sponge, soaking up the buttery, Cajunspiced shrimp jus. Unfortunately, the dish was smothered in a tomato-y Creole sauce that masked the other flavors. I was less impressed with the duo of housemade guacamole and charred tomato salsa. The former was pleasantly chunky but had little flavor, while lemongrass overwhelmed the latter. I should have skipped it and gone straight for the chicken wings. The plump drummies and wings are fried and tossed in a tangy glaze that tastes like a honey-mustard-buffalo hybrid. A few minutes on the grill caramelizes the wing sauce and imbues the dish with subtle smokiness. Winfield’s is at its best when it sticks to its ribs — or, more precisely, the entire barbecue side of the menu. Baby-back ribs, treated with a dry rub, have the ideal balance of tenderness and chew. Pulled pork is gently smoked so that the meat’s natural sweetness shines through. My favorite, the brisket, is as good as any in town: fork tender, appropriately fatty and deliciously charred on the outer edges. Winfield’s offers traditional tomato-based and a zesty white sauces, but the meat was so good on its own, I wasn’t tempted. The smokehouse success carries over to the sandwich offerings with the “BBQ Burnt Ends Sourdough Melt.” Fork-tender hunks of the deliciously charred brisket end are heaped between slices of Texas toast-thick sourdough. Roasted jalapeño slices cut through the richness of the beef, melted Havarti cheese and caramelized onions. I could have skipped the guacamole in favor of some of Winfield’s white barbecue sauce, but that’s a minor point — this sandwich is outstanding. Many non-barbecue items, however, proved lackluster. I was intrigued by the cauliflower grilled cheese, having just watched a viral video about substituting the vegetable for sandwich riverfronttimes.com

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culinary program. During that time he met brothers Adam and Jason Tilford, who took him under their wing and exposed him to a host of different roles in their kitchens (including Milagro Modern Mexican, Mission Taco Joint and Barrister’s). When the Tilfords decided to open a commissary to service their restaurants, they asked Schweiss to run it for them. By 6 a.m. (until as late as 11 p.m.), he and his team are doing prep work for the restaurant group’s various locations — juicing ﬁfteen gallons of limes, say, or making sauces and slow roasting pork. One of his biggest responsibilities is known as the “daily grind”: manning the masa machine for the tortillas. “I’d never made tortillas in my life,” Schweiss laughs. “Neither had Jason or Adam. When we got the [masa] machine, we were all ﬁguring it out together. They encouraged me to make mistakes as long as I learned from them.” Schweiss is now a professional tortillamaker, though he still gets a hankering for his first specialty. “I keep a cast-iron skillet on the stove at all times so I can make a grilled cheese whenever I’m in the mood for it,” he says. “It’s something I always come back to, but it’s definitely elevated now — no more American cheese and continued on page 32

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Ain’t That Something? POKEY LAFARGE WILL PERFORM FIVE ST. LOUIS SHOWS IN THREE DAYS TO CELEBRATE HIS ROUNDER RECORDS DEBUT, SOMETHING IN THE WATER

he last time RFT Music caught up with Pokey LaFarge, the year was 2010 and the St. Louis songwriter was fresh off the release of his third album, Riverboat Soul, released by Free Dirt Records. “I’m pretty happy with it,” LaFarge said of the record at that time. But, he confided, “It will probably be a couple more years before I get the sound that I want, and that will be with a bigger ensemble.” Fast-forward to now: A half-decade, three studio albums and as many record labels later, and it seems that he may have finally realized that vision. His Rounder Records debut, Something in the Water, was released April 7, and sees LaFarge and his long-time companions the South City BY Three joined by some recent NICK additions to the band — clarinetist Chloe Feoranzo, trumHORN peter/trombonist TJ Muller, and drummer Matt Meyer — as well as a handful of members from fellow Midwestern roots acts the Fat Babies, the Western Elstons, the Modern Sounds and NRBQ. LaFarge will be returning to St. Louis later this month for a three-night stint at Off Broadway — April 24 with the Loot Rock Gang, April 25 with Jack Grelle and April 26 with Margo and the Pricetags, as well as a pair of in-store appearances at Euclid Records and Vintage Vinyl. In anticipation of the homecoming, we caught up with a groggy LaFarge after a late night in Melbourne, Australia, to discuss the expanded lineup, his feelings about the new album and his misgivings about the lack of Ferguson-related material on Something in the Water. “It’s definitely been a natural progression,” LaFarge says of the group’s growth. His move from performing solo to playing with the South City Three to touring with his now seven-piece band may have been natural, but that doesn’t mean it was effortless. “Some of that was finding the right people,” LaFarge says. “That can be a challenge, unfortunately — finding the right people to play for you. Especially drummers. Finding good drummers that can play my style of music — people that I want to evolve with — was very difficult.”

Pokey LaFarge: “This is an album I think I’m ﬁnally proud of.”

He pauses. “But also it’s a ﬁnancial thing, you know? Being able to afford a seven-piece band — it’s not cheap, man.” Despite the practical concerns that arise when touring and recording with a larger band, LaFarge makes clear that it is the music itself that ultimately guides his personnel choices. “I’ve got to the point where you kind of have to let the records tell you what to do with the instrumentation and stuff like that,” he says. “Basically, I wanted to have a lot more drums, I wanted to have a lot more harmonies for this record. Having a good groove, having good harmonies on top to accentuate my singing style, we thought would be a nice way to go forward with the record.” The resulting album is LaFarge’s most contemporary-sounding one to date, both in terms of its slick, eminently digestible production (thanks to renowned producer Jimmy Sutton) and LaFarge’s uniquely postmodern

eclecticism. Something in the Water blends a carefully curated handful of nostalgiainducing early- and mid-twentieth-century American styles to create an album that comes across as simultaneously familiar and fresh. “Underground” juxtaposes swinging jungle beats a la Cab Calloway and the Missourians against Bo Diddley-esque distorted electric guitar and ragtime-y rhythm banjo. In the wistful waltz “Goodbye, Barcelona,” snappy castanets contrast a twangy country guitar, doubling the bass line. On “Bad Girl,” archtop guitar and pedal-steel harmonies hearken to the Western swing of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, while LaFarge’s vaudevillian vocals sound something akin to a younger, rowdier Al Jolson, both in their boisterous volume and fast, wide vibrato. Looking back on his discography, LaFarge concludes, “This is an album I think I’m ﬁnally proud of.” Despite the pride LaFarge takes in Someriverfronttimes.com

thing in the Water, he does express some ambivalence about the lyrical material that didn’t make it onto the album. “Most of this last record was done and recorded right around the time of the events in Ferguson. I wasn’t able to include anything on that. I felt pretty irresponsible for not doing that. I felt like I needed to speak up and say something, to just let people know that I was there for them, for the city,” he says heavily. “It still has to be a good song. I’m not a preacher, I’m a songwriter. I have had issues in the past with making a very serious subject come across in a groovy tune.” Casting an eye to the future, LaFarge says, “I think that I’ve broken through in some respects. I look forward to the next record. I wouldn’t be surprised if you started seeing things from more of a social commentary aspect, things that might be…” He pauses and exhales heavily. “Um…more controversial.” Q

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reg Stinson and his fiancée, Nichole Torpea, were both at work on Monday (he at Ralston-Purina, she at a St. Charles garden center) when they began receiving frantic messages from a neighbor they barely knew. “Your house is on fire. You need to come home now!” They rushed back to St. John, the north St. Louis County municipality where Stinson has owned a home since 2003. But it was already too late. “At that point, everything that had been done was done,” Stinson says. The house was a burnt shell. Virtually all of their possessions had been destroyed. And their dog, a beloved lab-mix rescue named Murphy, was dead. Investigators on the scene quickly zeroed in on the idea that the fire had been set intentionally. They wanted to know how many gas cans had been in the garage, Stinson says. As it turns out, one newly filled can was missing. Fire officials told Stinson and Torpea that they believe someone poured the fuel liberally throughout the house before it was set ablaze, Stinson says, making for a quick, and deadly, inferno. Geoff Fish, assistant fire marshal for the Community Fire Protection District, could confirm only that the fire was suspicious in

Greg Stinson and Nichole Torpea with their lab-mix rescue dog, Murphy, in happier times.

nature, and that it’s under investigation. He also confirmed that Murphy had been killed. The fire was shocking for a number of reasons: The fact that it was set in broad daylight in a quiet neighborhood. The fact that neither Stinson nor Torpea could think of anyone who wished them harm. The utter pointlessness of it. They now believe either a thief or a kid intent on vandalism swiped their coin jar and rifled through their drawers, taking a few

credit cards and some camera equipment before pouring the gas and lighting the ﬁre. Far more valuable possessions were left to burn. But what happened next, Stinson says, has been perhaps an even bigger shock than the suspected arson. A coworker at Purina, Rick Swensen, put up a GoFundMe page, seeking donations to help the couple. Almost immediately, and with zero publicity beyond word of mouth,

HOMESPUN BEAR HIVE All in Real Time

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he St. Louis music ecosystem is a curious thing, with its own cycles of hype and buzz, and its own rewards for productivity and lethargy. The fact is, whether a band releases an album every nine months or every ﬁve years, its members will likely be no closer to quitting their day jobs. So the long leadup to Bear Hive’s ofﬁcial full-length follows a well-liked EP and a few years’ worth of groundlevel indie buzz, but the kinetic, assured All in Real Time is moody, evocative and danceable in almost equal measure. The trio of Joel Burton, Nate Heininger and Chris Phillips can operate as a guitar/ bass/drums unit with shades of post-punk gray and Afro-pop red, though every track on this album is further colored by some form of electronic synthesis, either through scattershot drum programming or squiggly sine waves. A few of Bear Hive’s songs owe no small debt to local trailblazers So Many Dynamos — one listen to the fetching “Lunar Lucent” and its plucky, snaking guitar lines and Moog-y synth laid over pulsing drums makes that clear — so it is fitting that the band recorded with original Dynabro Ryan Wasoba at his Bird Cloud Recording.

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Wasoba’s production is as clear and precise as ever, and the band’s arrangement shows little fat. At its best, Bear Hive delights in weaving an ethereal, gauzy scrim around its songs and then punching holes through it. Much of the album is polite (of note: Bear Hive covered LCD Soundsystem for 2014’s An Under Cover Weekend, but hems closer to the restrained politesse of the Postal Service), though some moments on the record display sufficient rock-band fervor. “Wigwam” swarms with benevolent keyboard sirens behind plaintive vocals until a loose, papery snare drum and clanging cymbals fight for space. That energy transfers over to the following track, “Daze for Days,” which trades its light shoegaze beginnings for a Wurlitzer-pounding, standand-shout finale that’s as arena-worthy as the first half of the album is coffee-shop-comfortable. That type of bait-and-switch makes very few of these ten tracks truly representational of a Bear Hive sound, whatever that might be, but it does reward a close listen to an album that uncovers nuances within (and between) its songs. —CHRISTIAN SCHAEFFER Want your CD to be considered for a review in this space? Send music c/o Riverfront Times, Attn: Homespun, 6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 200, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130. Email music@riverfronttimes.com for more information.

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it blew up — generating more than $27,000 in just 24 hours. Colleagues and friends dropped everything to bring by supplies and household essentials. “You see the level of generosity...” Stinson says. “It just kind of blew my mind.” The last two days have been a roller coaster, he says. And yet, “We cried more over the love we felt from our friends than over all the crappy stuff that happened.” Swensen was shocked by how quickly the crowd-funding campaign took off. “My heart was just broken for him — that dog was like family to them,” he says. He initially thought the GoFundMe page could raise just a few thousand to help cover the basics before insurance kicked in. He put it live on Tuesday morning. “Within an hour, we had $1,000. Before lunch, it was close to $10,000. I had to keep upping the goal because I didn’t want people not to donate!” The crowd-funding campaign gained popularity thanks to his Purina colleagues, a close group. But another reason it found such massive success was the goodwill Stinson has generated within St. Louis’ tight-knit music community. He’s a member of the pop-punk band the Humanoids, as well as ’90s cover band the VCRs, and his house has long been a haven for members of the scene. (Stinson also played with two bands along with RFT’s music editor, Daniel Hill, Step On It! and Kill Me Kate.) So Many Dynamos practiced in Stinson’s basement, and recorded When I Explode there. Out-of-town bands frequently crashed there as well. Murphy was a part of the ambiance. Adopted at three months old after he turned up at Stinsons’ parents’ house, “I took him home, where he proceeded to destroy most of our things and terrorize the touring bands who would stay after shows,” Stinson recalls. Yet after a year, the pup became a docile, loving part of the family. “His chill, couch-loving, bed-crashing demeanor brought so much love every single day,” Stinson recalls. “Without a doubt he was our best pal.” Stinson and Torpea have been planning an October wedding, which might make the events of the last week just about the worst thing that could possibly happen, at the worst possible time. But for now, Stinson is focused on the support they’ve received — not all they’ve lost. He says, “The only thing that’s on my mind right now is the positive stuff. You wish that everyone in the world could experience how many people love them, and how many people care. “If everyone knew this love was all around them — even the guy who broke into our house — even he wouldn’t be like that anymore.” — SARAH FENSKE

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8 p.m. Friday, April 24. The Pageant. 6161 Delmar Boulevard. $25 to $30. 314-726-6161. In its later ’90s/early ’00s heyday, Sleater-Kinney was simultaneously a world-eater and a universe-creator; the trio of Corin Tucker, Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein made sure to build up as much as they burned down. Rock prowess, righteous fury and soul-deep lyricism rarely melded so well, and the band’s widespread inﬂuence — as well its multiple offshoots — ensured that the band’s signature sound was never truly dormant. And yet the near-rapture that accompanied the band’s reemergence this winter, with a taut new album and generous tour, suggests that S-K fans were ever-ready for the band to reclaim its benevolent reign. Satisﬁed Minds: Seattle hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction, made up of Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White, will open the show. — CHRISTIAN SCHAEFFER

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8 p.m. Friday, April 24. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Avenue. $35 to $40. 314-533-9900. If you turned on country radio in the early ’90s, you just might have heard songs written by the likes of Nanci Grifﬁth, Tom Russell and John Hiatt. And one of the singers who best delivered the work of those leftof-center songwriters was Suzy Bogguss, a Northwest Illinois native who emerged as one of the freshest and savviest voices in the neo-traditionalist movement. Her smooth contralto rang out with just enough grit on hits like “Outbound Plane” and “Aces,” and her mix of country and folk set the stage for the arrival of Americana a decade later. Her voice and sensibility was, and still is, timeless. Getting Lucky with the Hag: Bogguss’ latest album, Lucky, is a tribute to the music of Merle Haggard. Aside from the songwriter himself, there’s no one who does those classics more justice. — ROY KASTEN

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8 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Melt, 2712 Cherokee Street. $10. 314-771-6358. Six years, three EPs, one LP and countless DIY shows later, and St. Louis’ premier purveyors of distortion-soaked adrenaline are calling it quits. Shaved Women, the quartet of STL hardcore stalwarts Ben Salyers, Chris Eck, John Birkner and Tom Valli, will perform one last time before this beast is placed in the ground for good, bringing the friendly Wisconsinites of Tenement and Mellow Harsher down to help with the burial. Minneapolis’ Solid Attitude will perform as well, in addition to St. Louis’ own Trauma Harness, with whom Shaved Women is presently closing out its ﬁnal tour. Dead Again, Forever: Be sure to pick up Shaved Women’s latest LP, the excellent Just Death, released in August through Ektro Records. Then go outside and bury it in the earth to show respect. — DANIEL HILL

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7 pm Sunday, April 26. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois. $35 to $ 40. 618-274-6720. Since moving away from his musical foundations in the Three 6 Mafia to pursue a solo career, Memphis rapper Juicy J has found considerable success. From joining Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang crew to signing a solo deal with Columbia Records to his feature on Katy Perry’s huge “Dark Horse” single in 2013, J has been consistently proving that his Hustle Till I Die mentality is one that pays off. And his upcoming album, Pure THC: The Hustle Continues, is said to include the likes of Mike Will Made It, Dr. Dre and Timbaland as producers, meaning it can reasonably be expected to make a big splash when it drops. In this case, album titles are not just clever names. Let’s All Get Our Hopes Up: Da Mafia 6ix — DJ Paul’s new name for what remains of the Three 6 Mafia — will be performing in St. Louis at the Mad Magician the night prior to this show. J does not have a show booked on his tour for that night, and Da Mafia 6ix does not have a show on the night of J’s performance, either. Let’s all start getting our hopes unreasonably high now. — DANIEL HILL

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concerts THIS JUST IN Alex Cunningham: W/ Ghost Ice, Lobster, Sat., May 16, 8 p.m., $5. The Luminary, 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis. alt-J: W/ Walk the Moon, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Fri., Sept. 18, 5 p.m., $57. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944. American Aquarium: W/ Radio Birds, Thu., July 30, 8 p.m., $12-$15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314773-3363. Awolnation: W/ Panic! At the Disco, Cold War Kids, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Vinyl Theatre, Sat., July 18, 5 p.m., $57. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944. The Bel Airs: Fri., May 22, 10 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Big Rich & the Rhythm Renegades: Wed., May 6, 9:30 p.m.; Wed., May 13, 7 p.m.; Wed., May 20, 7 p.m.; Wed., May 27, 9:30 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Billy Barnett Band: Wed., May 6, 7 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Blind Willie & the Broadway Collective: Mon., May 18, 8 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Bob "Bumblebee" Kamoske: Sat., May 30, 7 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Bob "Bumblebee" Kamoske & Mighty Mike Graham: Sun., May 17, 8 p.m.; Sun., May 24, 8 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Brian Curran: Sat., May 23, 7 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Bunnygrunt Record Release #1: W/ Eureka California, Sat., July 18, 9 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363. Bunnygrunt Record Release #2: Sun., July 19, 4 p.m., Free. Vintage Vinyl, 6610 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-721-4096. Cody Johnson: Thu., June 25, 7 p.m., $10-$15. The Bootleg, 4140 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis. Dawes: W/ Langhorne Slim, Sun., June 21, 8 p.m., $25$27.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. Death and Taxes Album Release: W/ Mathias and The Pirates, Seymour Awesome, Sat., May 9, 9 p.m., $10. The Bootleg, 4140 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis. Def_Jef: W/ K_I_T, Refluxuation, Cryptonix, Fri., May 1, 9 p.m., Free. The Crack Fox, 1114 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-6216900. Doug MacLeod: Sun., May 3, 8 p.m., $10. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Good for the Soul: Sun., May 3, 6 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Graham Nash: Sun., July 26, 8 p.m., $41-$51. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. Grand Inquisitor: W/ Thanatos Eternal, Truculent Void, I Actually, Spirit Of Chaos, Sat., May 9, 6 p.m., $8-$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. Gula Gila: W/ Pigeon, Skin Tags, Hess/Cunningham Duo, Sat., June 6, 9 p.m., Free. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337. Hozier: Sat., Sept. 12, noon, TBA. Forest Park, Highway 40 (I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis. Igor Prado: W/ R.J. Mischo, Bob "Bumblebee" Kamoske & The Stingers, Sat., May 2, 10 p.m., $10. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. In Flames: W/ All That Remains, Periphery, Fri., May 1, 7 p.m., $25-$28. Pop's Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720. Incubus: W/ Deftones, Death from Above 1979, the Bots, Fri., Aug. 21, 5 p.m., $57. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944. Joe Metzka Blues Band: Thu., May 21, 7 p.m.; Thu., May 28, 7 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Josh Groban: Sun., Oct. 9, 7 p.m., $43-$147. Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St, St. Louis, 314-241-1888. J.P. Soars & the Red Hots: Fri., May 1, 10 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222. jusTed: Sat., May 23, 8 p.m., $8-$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. The Kingdom Brothers: Fri., May 8, 7 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. Ladies of the St. Louis Blues Mother's Day Show: W/ Melissa Neels, Miz Rennee Smith, Uvee Hayes, Patti Thomas, Miss Hy-C, Kim Massie, Miss Clarine Wagner, Race Simmons

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“Clubs” is a free listing open to all bars and bands in the St. Louis and Metro East areas. However, we reserve the right to refuse any entry. Listings are to be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail. Deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, ten days before Thursday publication. Please include bar’s name, address with ZIP code, phone number and geographic location; nights and dates of entertainment; and act name. Mail: Riverfront Times, attn: “Clubs,” 6358 Delmar Blvd., Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63130-4719; fax: 314-754-6416; e-mail: clubs@riverfronttimes.com. Schedules are not accepted over the phone. Because of last-minute cancellations and changes, please call ahead to verify listings.

The Firebird: 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. Mickey Avalon, Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., $18-$20. Pop's Nightclub: 401 Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618274-6720. Juicy J, Sun., April 26, 7 p.m., $35-$40. The Ready Room: 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis. Aer, Tue., April 28, 8:30 p.m., $16-$18. Vintage Vinyl: 6610 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-7214096. THEESatisfaction, Fri., April 24, 4 p.m., free.

FOLK The Firebird: 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. Von Strantz, w/ Town Cars, Cassie Morgan And The Lonely Pine, Ryan M Brewer, Wed., April 29, 8 p.m., $8. The Sheldon: 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-5339900. Suzy Bogguss, Fri., April 24, 8 p.m., $35-$40.

A CAPPELLA The 560 Music Center: 560 Trinity Ave., University City, 314-421-3600. The Whiffenpoofs of Yale, Mon., April 27, 7:30 p.m., $10-$20. The Sheldon: 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-5339900. Home Free, Wed., April 29, 8 p.m., $30-$32.50.

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Off Broadway: 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363. Bobby Bare Jr., w/ Bop English, Thu., April 23, 9 p.m., $12/$15. Pokey LaFarge Album Release Celebration, Fri., April 24, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 25, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 26, 8 p.m., $20-$30. Amy LaVere, Tue., April 28, 8 p.m., $10-$12. Schlafly Tap Room: 2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-2412337. Charﬂies, w/ Tumpt, Stereo Disarm, Fri., April 24, 9 p.m., free. Venice Café: 1903 Pestalozzi St., St. Louis, 314-772-5994. One Take Band, Fri., April 24, 10 p.m., $5. Vintage Vinyl: 6610 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-7214096. Pokey LaFarge, Sat., April 25, 3 p.m., free.

JAZZ Blumenhof Vineyards: Highway 94, P.O. Box 30, Dutzow, 800-419-2245. Stuart Johnson, Sun., April 26, 2 p.m., free. Foam Coffee & Beer: 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314772-2100. Animal Children, Mon., April 27, 8 p.m., free. Jazz at the Bistro: 3536 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-2894030. Robert Glasper Experiment, w/ Keyon Harrold, Thu., April 23, 7:30 p.m., $35. Mangia Italiano: 3145 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-6648585. Dave Stone Jazz Trio, Fri., April 24, 11 p.m., free. The Stage at KDHX: 3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis. New Music Circle presents: Black Host, w/ Gerald Cleaver, Cooper-Moore, Darius Jones, Pascal Niggenkemper, Brandon Seabrook, Sat., April 25, 7 p.m., $20. Thurman Grill & Provisions: 4069 Shenandoah Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-8484. Joe Mancuso, w/ Dave Black, Thu., April 23, 8 p.m., free. Jim Manley, Fri., April 24, 9 p.m., free.

BLUES BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups: 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222. Backpack Blues, w/ NGK Band, Smokin’ Section, CEEJazzSoul, Church on Wheels, Sun., April 26, 1 p.m., $10. Beale on Broadway: 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-6217880. Matt Stansberry and the Romance, Fri., April 24, 10:30 p.m., $10. Jeremiah Johnson, Sat., April 25, 10:30 p.m., $7. Bob "Bumble Bee" Kamoske, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Blues City Deli: 2438 McNair Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-8225. Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Thu., April 23, 6 p.m., free. Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Sat., April 25, 1 p.m., free. Broadway Oyster Bar: 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-

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BLUEGRASS Schlafly Tap Room: 2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-2412337. The Ol' One, Two, w/ Jason & the Punknecks, The Hobosexuals, Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., free. Schmitty's Bar & Grill: 102 N. Main Street, Smithton, 618-416-8145. Hudson & the Hoo Doo Cats, Thu., April 23, 7 p.m., free.

COVERS Cicero's: 6691 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-862-0009. Pettycash Junction: Johnny Cash/Tom Petty Tribute, Fri., April 24, 8:30 p.m., $10. Nightshift Bar & Grill: 3979 Mexico Road, St. Peters, 636441-8300. Flannel, Sat., April 25, 9 p.m., free.

INDIE ROCK The Demo: 4191 Manchester Ave, St. Louis. Runaway Brother, w/ Tiny Wings, Thu., April 23, 7 p.m., $8-$10. Native Lights, Sun., April 26, 7:30 p.m., $10. The Firebird: 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. Murder By Death, Fri., April 24, 8 p.m., $16-$18. The Pageant: 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Sat., April 25, 8:30 p.m., $27.50$32.

PUNK The Firebird: 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. Defeater, w/ Counterparts, Capsize, Better Off, Hotel Books, Thu., April 23, 7 p.m., $15. Foam Coffee & Beer: 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314772-2100. Dystroyr, w/ King Worm, Fatbrick, Mon., April 27, 10 p.m., $5. Fubar: 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. Gatherer, Thu., April 23, 7 p.m., $12; Break Away, w/ Out Of Time, Freak Out, Reduced To Extinction, Thu., April 23, 9:30 p.m., $6. Strung Out, w/ Red City Radio, La Armada, Fri., April 24, 8 p.m., $18-$20. Hospital Job, w/ Horror Section, Guy Morgan, Better Off Damned, Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., $10. Melt: 2712 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, 314-771-6358. Shaved Women Final Show, w/ Tenement, Mellow Harsher, Solid Attitude, Trauma Harness, Sat., April 25, 8 p.m., $10. No Coast Skateboards: 4427 Morganford, St. Louis. On The Cinder, w/ Antithought, Thu., April 23, 8 p.m., $5.

SINGER- SONGWRITER Blueberry Hill: 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-7274444. Nicholas David, Sun., April 26, 8 p.m., $15. The Demo: 4191 Manchester Ave, St. Louis. Matt Hires, w/ Modoc, Fri., April 24, 8 p.m., $10-$12. The Focal Point: 2720 Sutton Blvd, St. Louis, 314-560-2778. Charlie King, Thu., April 23, 8 p.m., $15/$20.

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