Subject: Jonas Brothers

• Concert Review: Rooney

  February 28, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  By Randall RobertsYou don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'

  December 18, 2008

• David Cook's "Happy Xmas" -- minus "(War Is Over)"

  American Idol winner and Blue Springs native David Cook sang the John Lennon classic "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" at Rockefeller Center early this month. It was a gorgeous rendition -- except for one thing:Fans of the Christmas classic might have noticed something kind of important missing. As Roger Catlin, a vigilant TV writer for the Hartford Courant, noted: The most shocking thing about "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," an event that's usually benign holiday fun, wasn't the amount of people in

  December 23, 2008

• McCaskill drinks coffee, thinks about Faith Hill and Obama

  About five hours ago, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill thought about introducing Barack Obama and Faith Hill later tonight. She also drank coffee. And she's happy to be with her family. She's also got an excited little girl who can't wait to see the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus tonight. It's all coming in 140-character oversharing doses from McCaskill's Twitter. She'll be giving updates on the next couple day's events. The latest: Fancy lunch with power players after MoDem lunch. Nice visit with

  January 19, 2009

• The Download: New Mick Boogie Mixtape

  The 51st annual Grammy Awards is set to kick off on Sunday, so the duo who brought us Viva La Hova is providing us with an audio crib sheet. From the Mick Boogie website. "Ironically, looking back at our projects the past 12 months, it seems we were definitely barking up the right tree... since Coldplay, Jay-Z and Adele all were nominated for multiple Grammys. We decided to go through the list of nominees and work with our favorite producers to come up with some really cool takes on your favo

  February 3, 2009

• Black Tie Dynasty

  November 13, 2008

• The Rocker

  August 21, 2008

• Surprisingly Good

  February 21, 2008

• Wild, young indie-rock band the Cherry Tree Parade blossoms with a digitally enhanced sound

  April 23, 2009

• Report: KC's elite hot for some NHL action

  As the Sprint Center gradually loses its new arena smell, the odds of Kansas City landing an NHL or NBA team seem more remote. But one booster is making sure that KC at least looks poised to snatch up the next hockey team willing to relocate.A weekly newspaper in Columbus, Ohio, The Other Paper, ran a story earlier this month suggesting that Kansas City was "the dame at the end of the bar ... making eyes at" the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL. Delighted with the metaphor, the writer of the sto

  June 16, 2009

• New releases: Tuesday, June 16

  If there's anything we've missed with this brief highlight reel of today's new releases, hit us up in the comments. Incubus' greatest hits collection Moments And Melodies is a two-disc affair. Disc one is the hits, disc two is b-sides and rarities. It contains nothing of their rap-rock roots on Fungus Amongus or S.C.I.E.N.C.E., so don't expect them to even acknowledge that they've been working anything other than the same hard-soft-soaring vocals pallet they've been using since Make Yourself.

  June 16, 2009

• Free Sampler Downloads From Epitaph and Fearless

  We're all about hooking you up with free tunes this week, huh? Once summer hits, all the record labels want you pumping their jams through the car stereo, the front porch, and the beach, so they offer up a slew of sampler downloads. For the most part, these sampler comps take the place of the CDs you used to grab off the counter of your local record store. They're cheaper for the labels, better for the environment, and and you the listener can just delete what you don't like. Take heed that mos

  July 1, 2009

• Tonight, downtown belongs to the Jonas fan.

  In case you haven't been downtown yet today, swarms of adolescent girls are already taking over the the Power & Light District and the sidewalks around the Sprint Center in the desperate hope they'll come across an elusive Jonas Brother before tonight's concert. Not to be a dick to any downtown businesses, but this is one night we'd do our drinking in Westport if we were you. Here's the best explanation of the Jonas Brothers' appeal and marketing scheme we've seen yet. Once the cartoon'

  July 29, 2009

• Concert Review: Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie and the Hemorrhoids at the Jackpot

  Why oh why hasn't anyone been showing up to punk shows in Lawrence? I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, here, but it's getting ridiculous. When you have Kevin Seconds and Kepi Ghoulie -- frontmen for one of the best hardcore bands and one of the best pop-punk bands, respectively -- only draw 20 people, either the economy or the fans are totally jacked. ​Kevin Seconds is best known as the frontman for 7 Seconds, a band known for its straight-edge anthems like "Young 'Til I D

  July 30, 2009

• Official Guide: 2009 Pitch Music Showcase and Awards

  August 6, 2009

• Pitch Music Showcase Roundup: All Freakin' Over

  I'm not sure whether it was Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler arriving in their limo to a gaggle of paparazzi outside of the Riot Room or if it was seeing Kurt Loder interviewing T-Pain on the roof of McCoy's, but somewhere between those two sightings -- but two incidents within a major-media-filled, celebrity-packed evening -- I realized, Man, the Pitch Music Showcase has gotten sorta big. Then I realized someone had slipped peyote into Hefeweizen. Forester MichaelClick on piano cat for sli

  August 10, 2009

• Acoustica

  September 10, 2009