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David Byrne and St. Vincent coming to Kansas City

David Hudnall — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:13:35 -0600

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and impossibly cute indie songstress St. Vincent teamed up last year for an album, Love This Giant. They're touring together, and stopping at Crossroads KC at Grinders this summer, on Friday, July 12.…

Making Movies' new mixtape, Conciencia Colectiva, features a bunch of other rad KC musicians

David Hudnall — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:57:00 -0600

Making Movies has a new LP, the Steve Berlin-produced A La Deriva. It won't be released to the rest of the world until March, but we Kansas Citians can grab it already - just head to La Fonda El Taquito, Vinyl Renaissance, It's a Beautiful Day, or Kief's, and get yourself a physical copy.…

OFF is set to scare the fuck out of you tonight

David Hudnall — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:36:33 -0500

Hammy comedian-actor Jack Black tears an organ of some kind (a heart? balls?)…

What do Gwar and the Wayward Blog have in common?

David Hudnall — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:45:00 -0500

I'm pretty impressed with the quality control on the AV Club's Undercover series. Hospitality covering Steely Dan?…

Scenes from the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival, this past weekend in Winfield, KS (Photos)

April Fleming — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:03:00 -0500

This year's Winfield bluegrass festival was as dirty, boozy and joyful as ever. Over 10,000 attendees show up every year to partake in the competitions, camping, festival food-ing and pervasive sense of musical community.…

Lil Wayne was apparently hanging out and skateboarding in Kansas City this weekend

David Hudnall — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:47:00 -0500

According to some Hot 103 chatter and the above photo (posted on the Street League Facebook page), Lil Wayne was in Kansas City this weekend for the Street League DC Pro Tour competition at Sprint Center. He also shouted out KC skateboarder Sean Malto on Twitter on Sunday: "Props 2all da sk8rs in SLS!!…

The Flaming Lips to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Liberty Hall with two shows in Lawrence this summer

David Hudnall — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:29:00 -0500

Liberty Hall turns 100 years old this June, which is pretty incredible. To celebrate the past century, the Lawrence venue has invited the Flaming Lips to come perform for two nights: Thursday, June 21, and Friday, June 22.…

My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses are playing Starlight in August

David Hudnall — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:33:00 -0500

Big fat Monday-morning tour announcement: My Morning Jacket rolls into Starlight on Monday, August 6. But wait, there's more: Band of Horses is opening.…

A solution for SXSW social-media envy

Nick Spacek — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:04:35 -0500

For those of us stuck here in the Midwest, watching our friends post about South By Southwest this week is something akin to torture. Facebook and Twitter are about to become a daily slog of seething jealousy toward people for whom we normally have nothing but love and affection.…

Three new Ghosty tracks streaming; new LP out digitally and on vinyl in April

David Hudnall — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:54:00 -0600

A few months back, I wormed my way into a Ghosty recording session at Westend and got to hear some tracks from the band's upcoming album. They were rough cuts but they already sounded immaculate — those dudes are pros in the studio.…

Madonna is coming! To Kansas City!

David Hudnall — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:13:39 -0600

In like eight months. The date is Tuesday, October 30.…

Real Estate is coming to Lawrence in April

David Hudnall — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:39:00 -0600

Probably my favorite record of 2011 was Days, by Real Estate. Super excited to see that they're stopping by the Bottleneck as part of their just-announced spring tour.…

Watch Hermon Mehari and friends do an acoustic rendition of 'Niggas in Paris'

David Hudnall — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:54:42 -0600

The 'Ye/Jay show in November really challenged my listening threshold for the Watch the Throne jam "Niggas in Paris." But here's a fresh local take on the song, courtesy of trumpeter Hermon Mehari, Brad Williams and Ben Leifer.…

The ACBs' Daytrotter session is up

David Hudnall — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:56:00 -0600

On a recent tour, the ACBs stopped in at the Horseshack, the studio in Rockford, Illinois, run by the folks at Daytrotter, and recorded four songs. Last Friday, the website posted the songs (two from the band's most recent release, Stona Rosa, and two new ones) along with a meditative write-up that's sort of about the band and sort of about memories and stuff?…

Cody Critcheloe of SSION in The New York Times

David Hudnall — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:12:00 -0600

SSION was at RecordBar last night, as we noted in last week's paper. Also yesterday: main dude Cody Critcheloe was interviewed in The New York Times' T Magazine.…

Shirtify monetizes streaming audio (and sells you bands tees)

Nick Spacek — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:23:19 -0600

For the music fan who has heard everything (and the attendant demo bootlegs, as well) Shirtify ought to be the hot new thing. It also appears to be the best way for you to connect financially with the artists you listen to from streaming providers, like Spotify or Last.fm.…

Cowboy Indian Bear makes it to Daytrotter

Abbie Stutzer — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:48:26 -0600

Well, hot damn. Cowboy Indian Bear's Daytrotter session is finally out.…

Folk Alliance International relocating to Kansas City

David Hudnall — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:42:00 -0500

Folk Alliance International, an organization and annual conference celebrating and promoting folk music, will officially make Kansas City its home base in 2014.

The three-day conference attracts 2,000 registrants every year.…

NPR's All Songs Considered features Kansas City's Coalesce

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:34:35 -0500

Massively sweet shout-out from NPR for Kansas City hardcore act Coalesce.

NPR's Lars Gotrich interviewed Sean Ingram (vocals) and asked him about both versions of Coalesce's 1997/2004 album, Give Them Rope, and the current status of the band.…

A new Tambourine Club video from Danny Gibson

David Hudnall — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0500

We've written a bit these past few months about Danny Gibson. There was his retrospective at 1819 Central.…

Foo Fighters counter-protest the Westboro Baptist Church outside Sprint Center

David Hudnall — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:25:51 -0500

The fame-seeking trolls of the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Foo Fighters' show at Sprint Center last night. Ordinarily this would not be news.…

F'd up Fashion returns to the Replay next month

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:57:58 -0500

How many of you have your Halloween costumes already figured out? Don't scoff, and be honest; at least half totally have thought about it.…

The Embarrassment to reissue debut 7-inch 'Sex Drive'

Kent Szlauderbach — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:45:49 -0500

Taking another small step out of its unmarked grave, the Embarrassment will reissue a 7-inch of its 1980 single, Sex Drive, within the next month. The American punk reissue label Last Laugh Records will do the pressing.…

Lil Wayne shouts out Todd Haley, Brandon Flowers, Jack Stack, and Tech N9ne

David Hudnall — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:04:10 -0500

You read that right. More here.…

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is bringing Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, Philip Glass and more to town

David Hudnall — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:32:29 -0500

Construction on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts seems to be proceeding nicely. It's almost time for that sucker to open.…