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I like the centralized location of KC to everywhere else in America. Also, there is so much talent in so many genres of music in KC that I never even feel close to knowing all that is out there.
GARAGE/PUNK
The Conquerors
What's new?
We're recording right now for a tape that's coming out called African Culture Wear.
In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?
I always like the idea of a kind of psychotropic music, like binaural beats or something. You get high from the music. So, yeah, psychotropic.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
Expo '70 has been bringing it. Also, Ad Astra Arkestra and Hearts of Darkness.
What's your favorite KC venue?
FOKL is the last bastion of an underground scene in KC. Psychfest was just killer.
What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?
We can't afford to move to a bigger music city. And where anyways? We all have the Internet.
Hipshot Killer
What's new?
We're finishing up a four-song EP that will be available online in August and hopefully as a 10-inch record by the end of the year, depending on whether I decide to start selling drugs again. We've got a show with the Architects in August at RecordBar. We want to play in Chicago before next year, too.
In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?
These guys
clearly take equal influence from Aesop Rock, Leonard Cohen and Geto Boys.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
U.S.Americans. Great punk-rock band.
What's your favorite KC venue?
The Mustache Room.
What do you like about KC as a music town?
We're from here. It's centrally located. Cost of living is cheap. Most bars are open until 3 a.m.
Pizza Party Massacre
What's new?
We have a six-song 7-inch record that will be arriving either tomorrow or Monday!
In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?
Perfect for skateboarding and partying down with pizzas and a refreshing beer.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
Nature Boys! We are voting for them! They deserve the award. Please give it to them.
What's your favorite KC venue?
Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club and lots of basements.
What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?
We are too poor to move all of us someplace else. Lots of great bands have been coming through over the past year.
U.S.Americans
What's new?
Combo Meal EP released at the beginning of the year. Hoping to record an LP sometime before the apocalypse comes later.
In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?
Shit sandwich.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
We share members with the Grisly Hand and Ad Astra Arkestra. We also love New Riddim, Sucked Dry and Nature Boys.
What's your favorite KC venue, and why?
Scion Lab was the most legit DIY venue in town, and I don't think anyone can deny it. Ever since its demise, we think the scene in general has taken a severe downturn. Most kids we know who were in bands have turned to hard narcotics and abandoned their self-expression altogether in the Lab's wake.
What do you like about KC as a music town?
KC is amazing, and barely anyone knows about it. There is incredible, passionate music being played in this city by genuinely smart and cool people all the time. There is a lot of creativity being harvested, and I think it's starting to regain its good reputation despite certain authorities who don't see music as a valid form of expression. That being said, we're really just waiting for all of this Bieber mania to die down so we can finally book it to Los Angeles and take our piece of the fame pie.
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