Kansas City Music - Kansas City Concerts and Clubs

Music

Subscribe to this blog

Music Blog

Wayward Blog

Klausner and Cass concert canceled for this Sunday

Fri Nov 20, 3:13 PM

This just in, courtesy Ruth Bigus, publicist for the Jewish Community Center's CenterSeason: Due to an illness of one of the performers, the concert at the Jewish Community Center featuring Richa... More >>

Friday Freebies

Fri Nov 20, 3:08 PM

If you want to see some holiday lights kick on, and want to avoid the hell of the traffic, crowds, and general insanity that is the Plaza lighting ceremony on Thanksgiving, hit up the Zona Rosa Sh... More >>

Rock of Pages: All You Need to Know About the Music Business

Fri Nov 20, 2:41 PM

Given that it's now in its seventh edition Donald S. Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business looks like a pretty safe investment, . The music landscape has certainly changed since... More >>

Tomorrow: Demencha Party feat. Murderbot @ Balanca's

Fri Nov 20, 2:06 PM

Two things we love that are all too rare in this world: local zines and Murderbots. Get both tomorrow night at Balanca's (1809 Grand) when Chrissy Murderbot returns home from Chicago to beatslap... More >>

More Wayward Blog>>

The Pitch presents a personalized recommendation engine

Where Do People LikeMe Go In Kansas City?

Top Recommendations

A short list of Kansas City's most popular hot spots.

Barley's Brewhaus Overland Park, KS
Jardine's Kansas City, MO

Top Recommenders

People who share the things they like! More often than most.

AmyH Kansas City, MO
mokuyoubi Kansas City, MO
PaulL Kansas City, MO

Features

Exene Cervenka's new solo record, Somewhere Gone, has strong roots in Missouri

By Annie Zaleski

Thursday, November 19

Exene Cervenka is a tireless artist, in every sense of the word. She publishes books of her poetry and exhibits her collages and journals in art... More >>
Promoter and DJ Bill Pile has it all figured out – almost

By Jason Harper

Thursday, November 19

The DJ orders a salmon-and-bacon sandwich with fries. "You know how people use their birthdays to promote events? Not concert promoters but... More >>
The Beatbox: Ron Ron
Skitzo-Frinik
(Brainiak Muzik)

By Kyle Koch

Thursday, November 19

Ron White, better known to the city's East Side rap fans as Ron Ron, may be the best rapper in the local underground. Though that title... More >>
Capybara
Try Brother
(Record Machine)

By Elke Mermis

Thursday, November 19

Full of delightful idiosyncracies, Kansas City indie-rock band Capybara infuses its debut album Try Brother with a sparkling aura of childlike... More >>
The Runaway Sons
¡Soy España!
(self-released)

By Nick Spacek

Thursday, November 19

Over the past half decade, the Runaway Sons have weathered changes in name and lineup that would have decimated most bands. Yet, here they are.... More >>
LMFAO

By Annie Zaleski

Thursday, November 19

Rather than run the usual Critic's Choice for Party Rock Tour headliner LMFAO, we decided to reprint a text conversation, between two Plaza-based... More >>
Max Tundra

By Ian Hrabe

Thursday, November 19

There's a pure, unbridled joy to the music that Londoner Ben Jacobs creates as Max Tundra. Using a variety of synthesizers and gadgets, he crafts... More >>
Electric Six

By Ernest Barteldes

Thursday, November 19

This Detroit-based band's reputation as a comedy act was forever cemented with its video for a cover of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga," but that's not how... More >>
The Get Up Kids

By Richard Gintowt

Thursday, November 19

Jim Suptic of the Get Up Kids inadvertently caused a media firestorm back in July when he jokingly apologized for his band's role in creating emo... More >>
Brand-new KC band the Grisly Hand wants to lead you onto the dance floor

By Emily Farris

Thursday, November 12

On a recent Thursday night in midtown, a bearded and bespectacled Jimmy Fitzner sits down in a creaky wooden chair with his guitar. The... More >>
We give Pandora Radio's Nolan Gasser a sample of Kansas City's musical genes

By Jason Harper

Thursday, November 12

A couple of weeks ago, Jeremy Lillig, director of marketing and public relations for the local Friends of Chamber Music, contacted me to see if I... More >>
Kick Kick
Powerplay
(Bossibility Music)

By Jason Harper

Thursday, November 12

The debut album from Kansas City band Kick Kick has much the same appeal as a vending-machine novelty purchased for a quarter outside a... More >>
Angela Hagenbach
The Way They Make Me Feel
(Resonance Records)

By Alonzo Weston

Thursday, November 12

On The Way They Make Me Feel, Kansas City singer Angela Hagenbach puts her vocal burnish on the songs of legendary composers Michel Legrand,... More >>
Tech N9ne
K.O.D.
(Strange Music)

By Kyle Koch

Thursday, November 12

It's not often that a hip-hop album begins with a tortured plea to a higher power. Yet such is the anomalous case on "Show Me a God," the first... More >>
Zechs Marquise

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Thursday, November 12

Those who thought the Mars Volta was complex and strange will probably feel even more challenged by Zechs Marquise. Formed in 2003 by two... More >>
The King Khan & BBQ Show

By Richard Gintowt

Thursday, November 12

If record stores were still thriving, the King Khan & BBQ Show would be about the hottest thing since the White Stripes. But this duo's primal,... More >>
John Nolan

By Richard Gintowt

Thursday, November 12

When John Nolan's band, Straylight Run, plays in Lawrence, you can pretty much count on an enthusiastic young crowd, and many will know the words... More >>
Evol Intent

By Chris Parker

Thursday, November 12

Atlanta-based electronic trio Evol Intent traverses jagged, stuttering IDM (think Aphex Twin), trancey ambient pulses that waver between pretty... More >>
KC's Sons of Great Dane represents a new breed of alt-country rock

By Richard Gintowt

Thursday, November 05

The story of Sons of Great Dane began about four years ago, when guitarist Brent Windler got off a tour with the Kansas City band Scratch Track... More >>
Gallery of rock: There's music on the walls and in the air at 1819 Gallery

By Crystal K. Wiebe

Thursday, November 05

Though it began as an afterthought, the gallery at 1819 Central has attracted some impressive artists in just four months of existence. Displayed... More >>