Kansas City Music Events

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Mark Lowrey Sullivan's Steakhouse	Every week Monday, Sunday	Leawood	Music
Lowrey plays fluid, melodic jazz that initially adds to a venue's ambience, then makes diners forget their plates altogether. He has regular gigs all over K.C. with Shay Estes, Zach Albetta and his own steel quartet. He's also been known to spice up his sets with exotic Afro-Cuban numbers,... More >>

Dirty Projectors, Tune Yards The Granada	Mon., November 9	Lawrence	Music
Sure, Dirty Projectors may look like a pretentious NYC art-pop band but, well, it pretty much is. However, based on the band’s latest release, the enlarged ego that frontman Dave Longstreth displays in interviews is totally deserved. Bitte Orca is really fucking good. There’s an... More >>

Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia RecordBar	Every week Monday, 7:00pm-9:00pm	Westport	Music
If the names David Robert Jones and John Simon Richie mean anything to you, it's probably time to ditch your typical trivia night and head on over to Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia at the Record Bar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207). David Bowie and Sid Vicious would be pleased as punch that you... More >>

ArtSounds presents "Intermedia" Epperson Auditorium	Tue., November 10, 7:30pm	Westport	Art Music
When frog noises, a multi-perspective video about an eclipse and a famous cellist playing a 220-year-old instrument all converge in one place, the result is either a cacophonous disaster or a delight for the senses. Count on the latter at ArtSounds most recent inter-art mash-up, called... More >>

Trampled Under Foot B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ	Sun., November 8, 6:00pm more dates/times	South	Music
Brothers Nick and Kris Schnebelen and sister Danielle — better known as Trampled Under Foot — give new meaning to the term quality family time. Judging by Danielle’s sweet, smoky vocals, Nick’s award-winning guitar riffs and Kris’ impeccable timing on the skins,... More >>

Har Mar Superstar, Beautiful Bodies The Brick	Wed., November 11	Downtown	Music
For those who doubt that a receding hairline and a beer gut can be sexy, Har Mar Superstar has something to show you. The brief-baring, Los Angeles-based artist otherwise known as Sean Tillmann seems to further hone his outrageously delicious groove with each album, and his fourth full-length,... More >>

Red Fang, Lions, the Old Black Replay Lounge	Wed., November 11	Lawrence	Music
"I'm pretty fucking delusional," Lions frontman Matt Drenik once told ATX Magazine. Maybe he should've said ballsy. Drenik built a badass metal band in a month, climbed to the top of the Austin, Texas, music scene and booked a release party — all before setting foot in the studio to record... More >>

Lions, Black Gasoline, the Rich Boys, Rocker Lips Crosstown Station	Thu., November 12	Downtown	Music
"I'm pretty fucking delusional," Lions frontman Matt Drenik once told ATX Magazine. Maybe he should've said ballsy. Drenik built a badass metal band in a month, climbed to the top of the Austin, Texas, music scene and booked a release party — all before setting foot in the studio to record... More >>

Sons of Brasil Jardine's	Fri., November 20, 6:00pm more dates/times	Westport	Music
Not to knock a good thing, but when your town is known for its legendary jazz, a lot of those bands can start to sound awfully similar. That's not the case with Sons of Brasil. By incorporating the upbeat, samba-influenced styles of — you guessed it — Brazil into the Kansas City jazz... More >>

Alacartoona Presents "Bought and Souled" Off Center Theater	Fri., November 13, 8:00pm more dates/times	Downtown	Music Performing Arts Theater
Featuring all original musical performances by Alacartoona and the acting (and singing) talents of Andy Garrison, Vi Tran and Katie Gilchrist, Bought and Souled is a comedic exploration of the relationship between money and art. What would you do with a million dollars? What would you do for a... More >>

King Khan & BBQ Show, Those Darlins, the Spook Lights Jackpot Music Hall	Fri., November 13	Lawrence	Music
If record stores were still thriving, the King Khan & BBQ Show would be about the hottest thing since the White Stripes. But this duo’s primal, savage garage rock is stuff that emanates from two guys who collect Velvet Underground, Sonics, Zombies, Jon Spencer, and Flat Duo Jets records... More >>

Zechs Marquise, Free Moral Agents, Various Blonde The Brick	Fri., November 13	Downtown	Music
Those who thought the Mars Volta was complex and strange will probably feel even more challenged by Zechs Marquise. Formed in 2003 by two brothers of Mars Volta co-founder Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and rounded out by two childhood friends, Zechs Marquise walks a similarly impressionistic path —... More >>

CES Cru, Steddy P, Stik Figa, DJ G-Train RecordBar	Fri., November 13, 10:00pm	Westport	Music
Take the last novel you read and add 10 words, and you'll have some idea of the verbosity of CES Cru's latest. Don't ask — trust the math. Words are crammed into every corner and crevice of Playground, and the lyrics spin and wail like an overcrowded merry-go-round. But that's CES Cru... More >>

True North Jazzhaus	Sat., November 14	Lawrence	Music
Onstage, the beer-drinking, denim-wearing, straight-talking Gary McKnight, lead singer for Holton, Kansas’ True North, is pretty much a country-music poster boy — even if, in his day job, he’s a doctor. His band’s songs hover somewhere between traditional country and modern... More >>

John Nolan, Person L, Brian Bonz and the Hot Dongs, the Mulanix Street Orchestra RecordBar	Sat., November 14, 8:00pm	Westport	Music
When John Nolan’s band, Straylight Run, plays in Lawrence, you can pretty much count on an enthusiastic young crowd, and many will know the words to all of the songs. Probably not nearly as many know that he lives just down the street, having relocated from Long Island, New York, to... More >>

St. Elias, the Slowdown, Portamento Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club	Sat., November 14, 10:00pm	Westport	Music
In western Blue Springs, there is an ordinary home with an ordinary yard. And in that yard is a shed. With its rust-hued exterior, it seems no different from any other shed. But step inside and ye shall enter the Slowdown's studio. Thrust within walls spattered red, green and brown are all the... More >>

Bob Reeder O'Malley's 1842 Irish Pub	Every week Sunday, 3:00pm	Northwest	Music
Irish folk singer Bob Reeder says he "medicates" audiences with humor, toasts, limericks, audience sing-alongs and discussions of current affairs. If said audience members are simultaneously self-medicating, Reeder's show can't miss. Armed with a banjo, a 12-string guitar and whatever else he... More >>

Lee McBee & the Confessors B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ	Every week Sunday, 6:00pm	South	Music
Sure, harp hotshot Lee McBee has been around the block a few times, but that doesn't stop him from coming back to Kansas City — and that's certainly a good thing. On top of holding down a Sunday evening residency at B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ, McBee was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame... More >>

Evol Intent, FSTZ RecordBar	Mon., November 16	Westport	Music
Atlanta-based electronic trio Evol Intent traverses jagged, stuttering IDM (think Aphex Twin), trancey ambient pulses that waver between pretty and dark, and dance-floor breakbeats that race across an array of vocal samples and raps. It’s a surprisingly vital blend that fuels Intent’s... More >>

Mr. Gnome, Sleep Dreamer Replay Lounge	Mon., November 16	Lawrence	Music
The Cleveland duo of singer-guitarist Nicole Barille and drummer-pianist Sam Meister may call itself Mr. Gnome, but Mr. Goliath would've been a more apt name. As full-length debut Deliver This Creature demonstrates, the group specializes in a mighty breed of coliseum-sized, metal-rimmed art... More >>

Mason Jennings, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Wheel, Two Fresh The Bottleneck	Tue., November 17	Lawrence	Music
Folk used to mean what pop used to mean, but more so: It wasn't just what folks liked; it was what folks could make themselves. What's impressive about youngish old folkie Mason Jenningsis the way he and his kinda bluesy, kinda jazzy, kinda McCartney trio makes rich, relaxed folk sound like... More >>

Barclay Martin Ensemble Jardine's	Third Tuesday of every month, 6:00pm more dates/times	Westport	Music
Finding singer-songwriter Barclay Martin in a crowded bar is easy. As the doorman at Crosstown Station says, Martin is the guy who looks like Jesus. At a table chatting with friends, Martin bears an uncanny resemblance to the Christian savior. His dirty-blond hair dangles well past his ears, a... More >>

Buttwiser's Bash with DJ Chris Tootsies	Every week Wednesday	Midtown	Music
Today, the familial unit is flexible. Adopting friends as "relatives" is commonplace in 2008, and even more so for the folks who hang out at Tootsie's (1818 Main, 816-471-7704). Bringing everyone together is the first king of Kansas City gay pride, Buttwiser. Throw a curve in the midweek... More >>

Salsa Night Coda	Every week Wednesday, 9:00pm	Downtown	Music
Atención, salseros y salseras: The West Side has a new venue for you to show off your enchularia and your siete doble. Coda hosts Salsa Night every Wednesday with local dance instructor Howard Carney. Groove and undulate in the Los Angeles, Miami or casino style with all levels of adults... More >>

KC Symphony: Lost Souls by Avner Dorman The Lyric Theatre	Fri., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times	Downtown	Music
The Kansas City Symphony will present the world premiere of Lost Souls - A Piano Concerto by Israeli composer Avner Dorman on November 20-22. Lost Souls tell the haunting story of a séance summoning ghosts of concertos past, ending in an exorcism. More >>