Scene & Heard, Pitch

What I Like: the Dead Girls on the ACB's, opening for Kiss, and Lemuria hoodies

Abbie Stutzer — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:03:00 -0500

This week: the Dead Girls

Local power-pop supergroup the Dead Girls are at the Jackpot this Friday, with Sons of Great Dane and the Sexy Accident on Friday. Doors open at 9 p.m.…

What I Like: DJ G Train on Tanner's, Tupac and A Tribe Called Quest

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:47:00 -0500

This week: DJ G Train

DJ G Train spins hip-hop, funk, soul, R&B, house, top 40 — whatever keeps the party movin’. On various nights of the week, you can see G Train at the Replay Lounge and Saints (Lawrence location).…

What I Like: the Floozies on Kazaam, vodka, and Olathe

Abbie Stutzer — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:09:55 -0500

This week: the Floozies

The Floozies are Matt and Mark Hill, a Lawrence duo that makes “funk for aliens.” Well, hell. We can get behind that.…

What I Like: Bobby Sauder of Karma Vision

Abbie Stutzer — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:47:52 -0500

This week: Bobby Sauder from Karma Vision

Psychedelic-pop six-piece Karma Vision just returned from a tour, and on Friday Lawrence will welcome the band home at the Replay. 10 p.m. 21-plus.…

What I Like: Stik Figa

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:03:00 -0500

Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things.

This week: Stik Figa

Topeka rapper Stik Figa's new album (with D/Will), Crown and Coke, is now available to download. He recently won The Pitch’s 2011 award for Best Hip-Hop Artist.…

What I Like: Michael Tipton from Molly Picture Club

Abbie Stutzer — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:23:24 -0500

Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things.

Locals Molly Picture Club make crisp, post-punk dance rock. You can buy the band's EP four on the floor on the band's website.…

What I Like: the Blackbird Revue

Abbie Stutzer — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:28:00 -0500

Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things.

This week: the Blackbird Revue

The Blackbird Revue plays country-inspired ballads and adrenaline-ridden, soaring anthems fueled by ear-catching harmonies. The band is currently writing new material but won't start recording for a while.…

More Record Store Day shots: the Lawrence scene

Abbie Stutzer — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:41:44 -0500

I arrived at Love Garden Sounds a smidgen before the long-loved Lawrence record store opened its doors to record-hungry music lovers. The RSD line went back about four storefronts, and people filed into the store at 10 a.m. on the dot.…

Katlyn Conroy and Jordan Geiger cover Daniel Johnston's "Walking the Cow" in honor of Middle of the Map Fest

Elke Mermis — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:13:52 -0500

We've caught wind of a new local music blog that has cropped up in Lawrence recently, called I Heart Local Music. It has just put up a collaboration between Cowboy Indian Bear's Katlyn Conroy and Hospital Ships' Jordan Geiger, who are both covering a Daniel Johnston song in honor of the artist's appearance at the Middle of the Map Fest this weekend.…

Help make Baby Teardrops the next NYC artist of the month

Jenny Kratz — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:46:32 -0500

Matt Dunehoo may have moved on from his former Kansas City project, Doris Henson, a while ago; but we here at Wayward like to keep tabs on what our favorite formerly local musicians are up to these days. Dunehoo's new band, Baby Teardrops, is nominated in an online poll to be the next New York City artist of the month by indie-music mag The Deli.…

Michael Jackson mural at 18th and Troost is gone

Elke Mermis — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:48:39 -0600

The king of pop no longer graces the corner of 18th and Troost. Alexander Austin, also known as "Mural Man," painted a tribute to Michael Jackson after his death in 2009.…

Where were you on New Year's Eve?

Elke Mermis — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:59:44 -0600

By now, you should have beaten your throbbing hangover into submission, cringed over your drunken text messages and remembered (well, sort of) where you were in those first few precious moments of 2011. I was judging the Donkey Gong Show over at RecordBar, wearing David Wayne Reed's fake clip-on tie and making Labyrinth references behind a podium.…

Del Hedgepath sells Club NRG, soon to become another misspelled nightclub

Mandy Oaklander — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:17:23 -0600

RIP, Club NRG. Del Hedgepath has officially sold the nightspot and all of the memories tied to it -- the pissing contests off the roof, the alleged rape of a clubber, the bloodying of a patron at the hands of a bouncer, the reported cocaine after parties, and the booty shootings, to name a few memorable moments from the club's past.

Hedgepath, who in September was accused of slapping a patron, was required to sell the club and cut all ties with new management because of the club's naughtiness.…

Laugh at Bill Belzer -- for a good cause

Elke Mermis — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:31:00 -0600

There's nothing like a good old ball-busting roast to get a party started. Billy Belzer -- who's been a member of Mongol Beach Party, New Amsterdams, The Ssion and Uncle Tupelo member -- is hosting a multi-media show at the RecordBar on December 17.…

Stream the new Beautiful Bodies track, 'You're A Risk'

Elke Mermis — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:35:26 -0500

We haven't heard anything from the Beautiful Bodies for a while -- since about 2008, actually. Today, Alicia Solo and co. are streaming its newest track on Myspace.…

Spence makes time to make us a mix

Nick Spacek — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:00:00 -0500

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

Danny Spence, aka Spence, recently released his Planet Pluto album. In addition, Spence also recently graduated from the University of Kansas.…

DJ Proof lists dance floor killers

Nick Spacek — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:46:46 -0500

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

Ian Sotomayor is the best beer-slinger in Lawrence, providing Free State Brewery customers with perfectly pulled pints. In addition, he can be found rocking area clubs as DJ Proof.…

The Architects' Brandon Phillips rocks us twice

Nick Spacek — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:30:00 -0500

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

The Architects' frontman Brandon Phillips is a man who knows his rock and roll. In his time with that band, and its forerunner, the Gadjits, he's been all over the country dozens of times, seeing more bands in one summer than most of you will see in your entire life.…

Sonic Spectrum's Robert Moore makes us a playlist all our own

Nick Spacek — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:30:00 -0500

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

Robert Moore is the quintessential man about town. He hosts Sonic Spectrum on 96.5 the Buzz from 6:00-8:00 p.m. each and every Saturday night.…

Love Garden's Kelly Corcoran makes an epic playlist

Nick Spacek — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:00 -0500

Along with his wife, KPR's Laura Lorson, Kelly Corcoran is the owner of Love Garden. The store -- a downtown Lawrence staple for over 15 years -- is frequently mentioned as one of the country's best record stores, or so I hear each and every time I'm talking records with folks around the country.…

Jeriney makes some difficult local music picks

Nick Spacek — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:00 -0500

Jeriney is the host of 96.5FM's "Homegrown Buzz," which is the last man standing in terms of your chance to regularly hear local music featured on the radio (yes, yes -- KJHK has it in rotation, but Plow the Fields died a slow death several years ago, and the station no longer has a showcase). The program features tons of in-studio guests, and spotlights all kinds of local artists every Sunday evening from 7:00-9:00 p.m.…

Scene & Heard: Nick Ray

Nick Spacek — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0500

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

Nick Ray is a man for all seasons. When not holding down the bar at Lawrence's brand new high-end taqueria, Esquina (try the fish tacos, as well as the pork ones -- you'll die of happiness), Ray DJs as the Jet Set Bachelor.…

Scene & Heard: Sean Hunt

Nick Spacek — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:44:32 -0600

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

While his mom might've named him Sean Hunt, the rest of you probably know the man better as Approach. In addition to being a hip hop badass in every possible way, he's CEO of Datura Records.…

Scene & Heard: Leslie Kay

Nick Spacek — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0600

Scene & Heard -- wherein local music scene makers give you the lowdown on the soundtrack to their lives.

In addition to being the booker for Lawrence's Replay Lounge, Leslie Kay is a fantastic artist whose work we've featured here on Wayward Blog. You can get her arts and goods at her MySpace page (including the amazing "Lawrence fucking Kansas" t-shirts, buttons, and baby onesies).…