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Kansas City’s Hotdog Skeletons at the Riot Riom this evening

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:39:29 -0600

Hotdog Skeletons have been hitting the local venue circuit pretty hard lately.The band — Chad Matheson (drums), Dan Buffkin (guitar), Darren Matheson (guitar, vocals) and Matt Cook (bass, vocals) — released Rooted to the Spot last year, and the band is already planning to record another album this winter. Hot dog!…

Major Games on Burrito King and tonight's Taproom show

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:42:01 -0500

Last night, relatively new Lawrence act Major Games opened for guitar wonder Marnie Stern at RecordBar in Kansas City. Tonight the band plays with local band the Generals at the Eighth Street Taproom (10 p.m.). We recently typed with members Doug, Jeremy and Steve.…

YouTube DigiTour talks about the next wave of touring artists

Abbie Stutzer — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:23:20 -0500

So, what do you guys think about YouTube performers? Yeah.…

On the road with the Architects: notes from the My Chemical Romance tour

Jenny Kratz — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:04:04 -0500

It's been over a month since Kansas City's the Architects set out on tour with Jersey's rock darlings My Chemical Romance. So far, they've gone from coast to coast, and crossed international borders, leaving a trail of cigarette ash and whiskey film behind them. We caught up with guitarist Keenan Nichols for some quick updates about life on the road, sold-out venues, and getting searched by the border police.

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Cody Wyoming on the local production of The Wall, opening this weekend at the Living Room

Elke Mermis — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:53:02 -0500

Anybody who attended Roger Waters' live rendition of The Wall at the Sprint Center last year knows that a live production of the album has cinematic qualities all its own. Now, a collective of local artists -- spearheaded by David Wayne Reed and Ron Megee -- will unveil a production of the Pink Floyd film and album this weekend.…

Subhumans bring punk fury back to Kansas City

Nick Spacek — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:24:49 -0500

Subhumans surfaced as part of Britain's post-'77 punk scene. The band's fast, political records helped define the early days of hardcore and created the subgenre known as anarcho-punk (which owes more to lyrical content than to a particular sonic aesthetic).…

The creator of I Heart Local Music speaks up about Lawrence's house-show past and KC's festival future

Josh Hafner — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:10:22 -0500

A site garnering buzz on the interwebs is nothing new, but when it's a local site about local bands for local fans, the buzz effect compounds -- fast. I Heart Local Music, a blog aiming to cover all things burgeoning in the Kansas City and Lawrence scene, went live last Monday.…

Pterodactyl Squad's Joe Allen on 8-bit, Internet labels, and worldwide collaboration

Nick Spacek — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:00:00 -0500

Net-based label Pterodactyl Squad is devoted to video game-inspired music, be it imaginary soundtracks or original 8-bit compositions. Late last month, the label released an 8-bit tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.…

Patrick Brown on the KCRUF's new website and this summer's reggae happenings

Nick Spacek — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30:00 -0500

Yesterday, the official Kansas City Reggae Uprising Festival website launched. Run by the organizers of the festival, it will be a clearinghouse for all things about the festival and bands who play it, as well "as a simple blog forum for Kansas City reggae fans to share their own pictures, videos and comments," according to Patrick Brown.…

Country singer Lydia Loveless on women in music and her recent signing to Bloodshot

Nick Spacek — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:30:00 -0500

Country singer Lydia Loveless has come through Kansas City and Lawrence on a very regular basis, hitting the area four or five times in the past couple of years. Her voice, which is strong and powerful yet also quite plaintive, has garnered her a following with each successive performance.…

Yellowcard's Sean Mackin on the history of the band and his violin

Nick Spacek — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:30:00 -0500

Long-running pop-punk act Yellowcard recently returned from a hiatus with a new album, When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes. It's the band's first since 2007's Paper Walls.…

High Diving Ponies on its new 7-inch, CVLTS and how less practice is a good thing

Brad Krohe — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:51:12 -0500

On Saturday, March 26, Kansas City's High Diving Ponies will play its first show since December. The live ensemble should fill out the stage and swell the Brick with its chaotic, noisy jams.…

Jon Cohen -- formerly of the Dears, and now of Jon Cohen Experimental -- is but a poor, wayfaring stranger

Nick Spacek — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:45:34 -0500

While Jon Cohen is probably best-known as a former member of Montreal's the Dears, it's his new band, the Jon Cohen Experimental, that will probably allow him to best make his mark. The Experimental is a mix of indie-rock and trance-inducing loops that make a hypnotic, accessible combination.…

The Sexy Accident wants you to make a record with them -- and here's why

Elke Mermis — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:07:26 -0500

Why let fans name their own price for your record when you can auction off the experience of actually making the recording? Maybe Radiohead should take note: Local band the Sexy Accident will let you -- yes, you!…

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The Pitch chats with Neko Case, who wants you to have her 1967 Mercury Cougar

Jenny Kratz — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:41:23 -0500

On the cover of Middle Cyclone, Neko Case's Grammy-nominated 2009 release, she kneels atop her burgundy 1967 Mercury Cougar. It's one of her favorite possessions, but next week she's giving it away, and you can be the lucky new owner.…
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Locals InLike hit RecordBar with Parlotones on Sunday night

Elke Mermis — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:38:43 -0600

For a young band -- none of InLike's members have cracked 23 yet -- InLike has played some pretty impressive places: the Uptown, the Beaumont Club, and Kansas City's Warped Tour. (They also opened for Chaka Khan last summer.)…
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Fishbone bassist Norwood Fisher talks success and life on the silver screen

Nick Spacek — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:07:33 -0600

Long-running ska-funk-metal-punk act Fishbone hasn't been to this neck of the woods in over a decade, but it's finally making a triumphant return on Tuesday, March 15. The band is playing an early, all-ages show at Aftershock, in Merriam, on the way down to Austin's South By Southwest music festival, where Fishbone headlines a showcase at the Austin Music Hall on Thursday, March 17, with Wu-Tang Clan and Das Racist, and a DJ set from Erykah Badu.…
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The Atlantic talks ambition, new music and how age can be deceiving

Elke Mermis — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:14:15 -0600

The Atlantic is a fresh-faced band out of Overland Park, but you wouldn't suspect it from the way they rock. We caught up with the young band about the Atlantic's ambitions, its forthcoming EP, and how they think underage kids can still slay the bar scene.…
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Sugar & Gold's Philipp Minnig talks about flying your freak flag

Nick Spacek — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:30:00 -0600

Synthy disco freaks Sugar & Gold play this Friday, March 11, at Crosstown Station. The San Francisco act features members from Of Montreal's touring band, as does their tourmates Yip Deciever, with whom Sugar & Gold also shares members.…
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No Class talks about hardcore, dilapidated house shows, and equal-opportunity hate

Brad Krohe — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:54:14 -0600

Building off My War-era Black Flag, Kansas City's No Class plays excellent testo-aggressive throwback hardcore. The band released their debut, Keine Klasse, in November on Deranged Records.…
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Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen on getting cinematic in Blue Valentine

Nick Spacek — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:00:00 -0600

The film Blue Valentine, which stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a couple whose marriage is disintegrating, is soundtracked completely by the music of Grizzly Bear. The Brooklyn quartet's lush sounds are the orchestration behind the dissolution of a once-happy couple.…
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The Electric Needle Room tackles the presidency -- in song

Luke X Martin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:35:37 -0600

Chances are, you're not quite who you set out to be when you were in high school. Making it as a professional athlete takes more dedication and genetic predisposition than most people have, and those dreams of touring the country with your band are long gone.…
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Less Than Jake's JR on 19 years of touring, failure, and why bands need to 'pick up their fucking sneakers'

Nick Spacek — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:15:00 -0600

Less Than Jake has been playing its high-energy, ridiculously tongue-in-cheek form of ska-punk for nearly two decades now. While many bands went under when third wave's heyday ended in the late '90s, Less Than Jake has thrived.…
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Love Garden brings Reigning Sound to celebrate its 21st anniversary

Mike Krings — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:52:07 -0600

Love Garden Sounds, the legendary Lawrence record store, is doing what many people do when they turn 21: gathering a bunch of friends for a couple of nights at a bar, with plenty of loud music to mark the occasion.

Love Garden is throwing a 21st birthday bash Friday, February 4, through Saturday, February 5.…
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Crazy T, rising Japanese hip-hop star, uses his Midwestern roots to remix cultures

Chance Dibben — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:59:32 -0600

The story of Travis Tewes is an improbable one. For the last couple of years, the University of Kansas graduate has been making the ultimate hip-hop move: mixing and remixing cultures.…
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