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The four proud Kings of Leon strutted onto the Uptown's stage at 9:15 p.m. Friday night to the sounds of operatic intro music and excited cheers. The theater was beyond sold-out -- scalped tickets were going on the street outside for upwards of $200 and the line for a piss or a beer was at least 10 minutes long throughout the night.
The last time I saw this band was at a free show in 2006, and the Madrid Theater was barely half-full. That night, singer and guitaris
We might have to wait a while for the next release from the Walkmen, but who can blame them? You & Me was the NYC act's most commercially successful album, and deservedly so. The band announced last Friday that it will be touring the east coast with Kings of Leon starting in April, but if a road trip isn't in your future, check out their in-studio appearance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Here's the set list:
1. On the Water
2. Canadian Girl
3. In the New Year
4. Red Moon
5. Donde Esta L
By BRIAN BARR
Raphael Saadiq just wasn't made for these times. Then again, maybe he was. Like Erykah Badu, the former Tony! Toni! Tone! frontman, who is playing tonight at the VooDoo Lounge, is an analog guy in a digital world. But his old-school way of thinking has lead him to successful collaborations with Q-Tip, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Bilal, and countless others who have needed a producer to give their music a little more "retro" feeling. Last year, he released The Way I See It, a set of
This past Saturday, April 18, at Crosstown Station, the Center for Justice and Sustainability at William Jewell College hosted a local benefit rock show that could serve as a model for all benefit rock shows to come. These folks did a lot of things right. First and foremost, they booked bands people want to see at a good venue. They also came up with a clever way of getting people to not only give to the charities that participated but also to pay attention to them (more on this in a minute). An
With Spring has come renewal on the Kansas City music scene. I started out this past Friday with a hearty, bolstering meal at Stroud's, followed by a quick drink at Jazz on 39th (where the full moon had its best company of the evening, I swear), and then on to Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club for the first installment of the Midwest Music Foundation's Stay Tuned series.
I missed the earlier acts, Mr. Marco's V7 and the Afterparty, arriving as new-band-of-old-scenesters Hipshot Killer was bashing o
It was a cold, misty night in Kansas City. A mass of people descended on the glowing orb of the Sprint Center to see a Rock Band with a capital "R" play spacious rock epics inside said arena. The Rock Band in question gave a high-quality, by-the-book performance with no surprises that surely satisfied fans but might not have won over many new ones. Scott Spychalski
Now a short background: Kings of Leon is made up of three evangelical preacher's sons and their cousin. They go by their mid
I listen to the radio when I drive around town, and I flip between Hot 103.3 Jamz and 95.7 The Vibe because they both play "urban" music (though The Vibe has always been more on the lighter side of things -- Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas -- than, say, KPRS's Lil Wayne and Drake). But yesterday, The Vibe played a Rob Thomas song. And then, "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon. Obviously, something's up. Now on 95.7 FM...I called a radio insider who forwarded me a press release sent out today, Oc
