Lynott gets saluted tonight at the Record Bar.Happy St. Patrick's Day, Kansas City. Please watch for merging drunks. Pick up our St. Patrick's Day guide in this week's Pitch for a comprehensive list of bands 'n bars. Here are just a few select events:
The Power & Light District:
Starting at 6 a.m., the Buzz is hosting a big fuckin' party that's set to climax in the middle of the day, when Dead Confederate, the Von Bondies and Silversun Pickups go on at 2, 3 and 4 :30 p.m., respectively. Bookend
In the beginning was the Cruz.
And the Cruz was with Satan, and the Cruz was Satan.
Photos by Nicole Reinertson
This perversion of the first verse of the Gospel of John pretty well sums up my experience of day one of American Waste this past Saturday upon the newly refurbished, hallowed grounds of the Beaumont Club.
The festival ran Saturday and Sunday, dividing around 40 hardcore and metal bands between two stages, one inside and one set up outside in the "Back Yard," a clean, sunny lot
Two-man band Audiovox celebrated the release of its debut EP with a concert at the Riot Room last Friday night. Band members Brad Chancellor and Martin Bush set up on stage side by side. Chancellor drums; Bush sings, strums guitar and plays the laptop computer.Sarah Okun
Both musicians have backgrounds in much heavier bands, which has made the Audiovox indie-pop experiment all the more fascinating to observe. At times, the duo sounds a lot like the Postal Service, from the programming to Bush's
It's safe to say that the night of the Showcase is one of the best nights of the year to go out... even better than New Year's Eve, Irish Fest, Rock Fest, the first First Friday of the summer or your cousin from Blue Springs' bachelor or bachelorette party at Toby Keith's. It's awesome. You don't even have to be a hipster to have fun.
It'll be hard to ever again find the energy I felt back in 2006 at the Showcase when onemilliontinytinyjesuses had a packed house at the Dark Horse standing in wi
For most folks, the Pitch Music Showcase is kinda like a baby South by Southwest. You bounce around from bar to bar all night, trying to cram in as many musical acts as possible, and maybe taking advantage of the bit of free booze offered at the sponsor tent. The night is heady and frenetic. But that's never been my experience. As a show of support to the cause and my employer, I always volunteer to be the emcee at one venue all night. This year, I spent virtually my entire evening at McCoy
