1. B-Sides

B-Sides is in a Party Dream, chillin' with José González

By Kristyn Pomranz and Roy Kasten

Published: March 12, 2008

Freeze up the shot luge: Gil Mantera's Party Dream is about to blitzkrieg St. Louis! Due to "conflicting schedules" (read: totally partying), B-Sides interviewed the antics-prone synth-popping...

2. Cafe

Grand Old Patty: Ian goes on a beefy binge at Burger Bar and Sub Zero New American Burger Restaurant

By Ian Froeb

Published: March 12, 2008

If you order the "Rossini" burger at Burger Bar in Lumière Place, expect a little extra attention. The runner who brought the burger to my seat gave me a look equivalent to...

3. Critics' Picks

Matt Pond PA

9 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

By Christian Schaeffer

Published: March 12, 2008

Consider Matt Pond PA to be the Honda Accord of the rock & roll superhighway: not flashy or sexy, but consistently dependable. The New York City quintet's latest record, Last Light,...

4. Critics' Picks

Cloud Cult

9 p.m. Monday, March 17. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

By Shae Moseley

Published: March 12, 2008

Cloud Cult's recorded output over the past few years feels like a naturally progressing spiritual journey, a search for the meaning of life and the significance of death. Singer/songwriter...

5. Critics' Picks

An Albatross

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

By Ryan Wasoba

Published: March 12, 2008

Given that the average An Albatross track clocks in at a minute or less, "progressive" may seem like an odd tag for the band. But these short songs and vocal shrieks (reference points...

6. Critics' Picks

Tally Hall

6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

By Kristyn Pomranz

Published: March 12, 2008

Tally Hall — a Michigan quintet often identifiable by its rainbow of ties — weaves glistening pop with crisp, classical touches in the manner of a modern-day Queen. Its...

7. Critics' Picks

Clutch

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published: March 12, 2008

Not every band gets a cake specially made for them during the Food Network show Ace of Cakes, but Clutch recently did. (Of course, it probably helps that frontman Neil Fallon's sister,...

8. Critics' Picks

Islands

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 . Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

By Keegan Hamilton

Published: March 12, 2008

Although Montreal's turn-of-the-century indie-rock renaissance produced a host of now-iconic bands (The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, etc.), the short-lived, ill-fated trio the Unicorns...

9. Critics' Picks

Delta Spirit

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive

By Roy Kasten

Published: March 12, 2008

Out of indie rock's trends, the stylized reemergence of the sounds one's parents and grandparents once owned is the most perplexing — and inevitable. Southern California's Delta...

10. Critics' Picks

Cancer Bats

7 p.m. Monday, March 17. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

By Julie Seabaugh

Published: March 12, 2008

Cancer Bats may have one of the dumbest band names of all time, but judging by the Toronto quintet's monstrous metal riffs and aggressive lyrics, it's not the smartest move to tell...

11. Drink of the Week

Pacifico

Sol
4241 Lindell Boulevard
314-534-1300

By Kristie McClanahan

Published: March 12, 2008

As we were leaving the grocery store, an older gentleman scowled at us and said, "Put a jacket on," in a tone usually reserved for conversations about unpopular dictators. And just...

12. DVDish

Three the Hard Way

No Country released on DVD

By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

Published: March 12, 2008

No Country for Old Men (Paramount) "A horror comedy chase" is how a grinning Tommy Lee Jones describes No Country for Old Men in the making-of — meanwhile, his fellow actors...

13. Feature

E-Mix: André Anjos and the Remix Artist Collective leverage initiative, ingenuity and the Internet into an online music force

By Annie Zaleski

Published: March 12, 2008

Downtown Greenville, Illinois, is 50 miles northeast of St. Louis, set back from Interstate 70 by several long, winding roads. On a bone-chilling January day with the imminent threat...

14. Film

Michael Haneke and his brutal home invaders return to implicate you in Funny Games

By Jim Ridley

Published: March 12, 2008

For the crime of obliterating high culture, for the crime of getting off on vicarious degradation — and, above all, for the crime of sitting through any movie that resembles...

15. Film

After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation

By Ed Gonzalez

Published: March 12, 2008

Was Dr. Seuss, né Theodor Seuss Geisel, oblivious to his own genius? The allegory of his charming Horton Hears a Who! remains fluid today, and like its crafty rhymes, it ebbs...

16. Game On

Patapon marches to the same damned drummer, over and over again

By Gary Hodges

Published: March 12, 2008

You'll know in the first few minutes exactly what Patapon has going for it. There's the goofy premise, which casts you as the tribal god Patapon, lord of a band of creatures called,...

17. Gut Check

Say Goodbye, Say Hello

Farewell to Dooley's — and Hi, Pi!

By Ian Froeb

Published: March 12, 2008

Did this week's review put you in the mood for a burger? If your favorite is served at Dooley's Ltd., you'd better head to 308 North Eighth Street this weekend for one last fix. The...

18. Keep It Down

Malcolm mixes up a fraudulent batch of black-eyed peas and pork neck bones in honor of literary liar Peggy Seltzer. Read all about it!

By Malcolm Gay

Published: March 12, 2008

I'm all out of whack. I usually reserve Tuesdays for opening some canned bit of nastiness, ingesting it and then writing about it for the world (or at least you, dear reader) to see. But...

19. Letters

Readers sound off about today's traffic-light cameras and yesterday's red-hot hip-hop nights.

Published: March 12, 2008

Feature, March 6, 2008 Stop, Thief! riverfronttimes.com readers comment on Chad Garrison's "Red Alert" feature story about traffic-light cameras: St. Louis gets everything last!...

20. Music

LA punks X celebrate turning 31 in style

By Jason Toon

Published: March 12, 2008

There was a period where I wouldn't tell people I was a musician," Billy Zoom says of the time right after he left X. "I'd say I was an electrical engineer. I'd say I was a plumber...