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Hidden Pictures
What's new?
Just released our third album, Rainbow Records.
In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?
Couplecore.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
The ACBs because they try really hard. Ghosty because they put out a great record this year. Fullbloods because they run our record label, and we won't get paid if we say anything bad about them. The Caves because they're our kin. And all the other ones because they'll secretly hate us if we leave them off this list.
What's your favorite KC venue?
Tie between the Brick and RecordBar. Sorta like trying to pick your favorite daughter.
What do you like about KC as a music town?
Mostly the fountains. We just love looking at the fountains. I wish we had more fountains.
The Caves
What's new?
Finishing up details on our first full-length album to be released soon through Golden Sound Records.
Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?
We made our own video for the track "Liars," which was included on a joint compilation of local bands from the Record Machine and Golden Sound called
Secret Handshakes.
In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?
We're an indie-bred Midwestern pop group.
Who are some other nominated acts you're a fan of?
We're biased toward Thee Water MoccaSins because our standby bassist [John Bersuch] is the drummer; Hidden Pictures because Michelle is [Caves member] David's sister; and Conquerors because Jake recently joined them onstage as percussionist.
What do you like about KC as a music town?
We simply have deep roots in Kansas City as friends and musicians. It's all borne out of the fact that we're geographically isolated, and we've always had to come up with ways to keep ourselves entertained and culturally satisfied. For us, it's making up songs and setting up shows and issuing recordings as often as possible.
The ACBs
What's new?
We've been on the road a lot. Not playing a ton of shows necessarily, but instead using travel as a team-building exercise. That's been our focus for the last year.
Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?
We've just finished mixing our third record. What we're going to do with it now is a mystery to all of us.
In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?
We'd like it to be heard as music stripped of testosterone.
What's your favorite KC venue?
The Brick, Davey's and RecordBar are great, but it's nice to get off the grid sometimes and set up somewhere different. We had a blast playing at Harling's awhile ago.
What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?
Fear, and maybe sloth, have kept us around. It's very easy to live in Kansas City, and no one really gives you a hard time about being poor.
Also nominated: Capybara
ROCK
Soft Reeds
What's new?
Had some nice TV placements this year. Been working on some interesting projects outside of the strictly musical side of the band. Writing a lot, trying to remove the music and lyrics from My Fair Lady in hopes of turning it back into Pygmalion. We've almost finished the follow-up to Soft Reeds Are Bastards. It's turning out more manic than the last one was, with a touch of Nigerian influence in a weird way. I'm very proud of it.
In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?
They wouldn't. But it isn't a perfect world, so I hope they say things about arrogant and nervy world-influenced post-punk. I also hope they say things like, "The greatest and most wonderful thing that ever happened to me was hearing this, and that includes the birth of my children." They could also say things like, "I thought I knew what happiness was. No. Only Soft Reeds can give happiness. What a fool I've been. My life has been for naught."
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