Most Popular
- Cougar Heaven!: Unreal goes on the prowl for (and with) honky-tonk older women
- Kevin Slaten's Head Is About to Explode: The exiled sports-talk radio ranter needs to get some things off his chest
- Out-of-control shoplifting at the St. Louis Galleria. Violent attacks in the Delmar Loop. Is MetroLink a vehicle for crime?
- Demons Among Us: The RFT paid a visit to America's foremost demonologist in Chesterfield and came home with our head spinning
- Fried Rice: Lucas Park residents are fed up with the Rev. Larry Rice and the homeless shelter he runs
Blogs
Live (Almost) from Beijing: Paralympian Kerri Morgan
Thu Sep 4, 10:37 AM
Barack Obama: Politcal Icon and Now a Home Adornment
Wed Sep 3, 3:16 PM
An Under Cover Weekend '80s: The Monads as Devo
Thu Sep 4, 10:26 PM
The Sheldon Presents Jazz, Rock, and Soul: 40 Years of Music in St. Louis, 1968-2008
Thu Sep 4, 4:59 PM
Poll: How Many Chances Do You Give a New Restaurant?
Thu Sep 4, 2:00 PM
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 9.4
Thu Sep 4, 9:24 AM
Anthony Reyes Update
Thu Sep 4, 1:38 PM
Jason Motte Makes Powerful Debut on Mound for Cardinals
Thu Sep 4, 11:02 AM
National Features >
SF Weekly
Identity Plagiarism
A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.
By Ashley Harrell
Westword
Fuel's Gold
How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.
By Alan Prendergast
Miami New Times
Mold Over Miami
The family of a dead judge blames a creeping fungus in the federal courthouse.
By Tim Elfrink
The Pitch
McCain Girl
I worked at Kmart with John McCain's director of strategy.
By Alan Scherstuhl
The Golden Republic
Friday, November 4; Ursa's Café (on the ground floor of Lien Hall on the campus of Washington University, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards)
By Nathan Dinsdale
Published on November 02, 2005
What you think you hear when you listen to The Golden Republic is bastard strains of the Killers, Interpol and Nada Surf. What the band hears is an amalgam of Blur, Talking Heads and T. Rex. But wherever the dial actually lands in the name-the-influences game, it works. So well, in fact, that the Kansas City quartet inked a deal with Astralwerks -- home to indie icons like Air, Basement Jaxx and the Beta Band -- to bring its hyphen-heavy sound (glam-new wave-disco-punk-garage-classic rock) to the masses. The group's minty-fresh self-titled debut (produced by Interpol maestro Peter Katis) boasts tracks like "She's So Cold" and "You Almost Had It" that are familiar enough to be accessible but resonate clearly enough to be memorable a week later.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the public, free for Wash. U. students with an ID; call 314-935-5917 for more information.
Riverfront Times Insiders
- Local food, music and news blasts
- Free Stuff
Now Click This