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by David Hudnall
on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:25 PM
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Chris Tolle.
I'm not going to say the Christmas song Chris Tolle just put up on his Bandcamp is a classic, nor would I burden it with a comparison to that untouchable Wham! song, but it is jangly and catchy as shit, with hella pop harmonies. And it's free! Get some!
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by David Hudnall
on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:01 PM
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Newsmakers.
Forgive us if the Wayward of late has turned into a kind of Get Up Kids reunion feed. We already posted once about the band today, but are we really not supposed to notify our readers when the most famous band from Kansas City is on Stereogum with a free download of a song from their upcoming album?
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by David Hudnall
on Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:01 PM
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Greg Gillis, the brains behind Girl Talk, passed through town back in September, treating us all to an evening of pop-music mashups at the Crossroads at Grinders. He just announced a 40-city tour that unfortunately does not include Kansas City. But if you need a quick fix you can hike to St. Louis on January 18.
He's touring in support of his new album, All Day, which he released unto the internet today FOR FREE.
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by David Hudnall
on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:19 AM
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Monta, Saturday at RecordBar.
Last week, Dedric Moore of Monta sent over an advance of Fuoco Infernale, the band's latest album of downtempo dream-rock. It's good stuff -- look for a review here soon -- and it's out November 9 on Upstairs Recordings, a boutique label based in Vancouver.
In the meantime, Moore and Jeremiah James (who plays in local acts Mannequin Skywalker and Be/Non) have started up a monthly mini-EP release series that they're calling "Vortex of Sound."
Today, the band released a free download of a new song. It's called "Spangled," and between the harpsichord and the melody it sounds like something the Beatles might have done circa 1967. (Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, which is the name of the evolving album "Spangled" will eventually appear on, also has a certain hippie-phase Beatles ring to it.)
Pick it up at Sweet Relief, a fund that raises money for musicians.
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by David Hudnall
on Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:24 AM
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White Flight. Photo by Neil Krug.
Lawrence-ish solo act White Flight, will be putting out his sophomore album, White Ark, sometime in the near future via Range Life.
Back in May, White Flight released "Panther," the first single on the album, and today we bring you the second single, "Children of the Light," which you can stream right here. It's a big, fat, happy psych-folk jam, with a beat courtesy of Ratatat. It's experimental music in that he's piecing together a lot of disparate sounds and influences. But it's also got groove and melody. A hard trick to pull off.
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by Elke Mermis
on Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:09 AM
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Belle and Sebastian
Beloved indie mainstays Belle and Sebastian are as warm, comfortable and classic as your favorite worn-in pair of sneakers. (That is, if your sneakers comforted you through breakups, depression and most of your young adulthood angst. Ahem.)
The band's new album, Belle And Sebastian Write About Love, the follow-up to 2006's The Life Pursuit, is due out later this year. (You can watch a live video of the band playing new tracks "I Want the World to Stop" and "I Didn't See It Coming" after the jump.)
Today, you can download a song from Belle and Sebastian's new album: the simply-titled "Write About Love." The song will be available from the band's website for a limited time -- it'll be released officially on October 25. Click here to download "Write About Love."
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by Elke Mermis
on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:45 AM
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Kinetic Brooklyn girl-and-guy duo Matt and Kim rock the Granada in Lawrence on September 23. You won't be able to hear a full recording of the band's third record, Sidewalks, until it comes out on November 2, but here's the first single, "Cameras." Listen to it here. It's rich with instrumentation, including horns and synths! (Thank the album's producer, Animal Collective's Ben Allen.)
But let's talk about what everyone really thinks of when we mention Matt and Kim: Remember when the band got naked in Times Square, for its "Lessons Learned" video in 2009?
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by Elke Mermis
on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:31 AM
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Ha Ha Tonka practices what they preach.
We like these guys -- they're from Missouri! Hoo-aaa. Ha Ha Tonka has recently been on the road with fellow alt-country movers and shakers Murder By Death and Langhorne Slim. They're swinging back through these parts on August 28, when they're headlining a date at the Replay Lounge. And, as a random non-sequitur, bassist, Luke Long, divulged this time-worn nugget of wisdom in the band's newsletter:
Life is always better with your shirt off. When backed into the corner, remove the cloth from thine back. It makes the good great, and the bad better. P.S.: This is not gender specific.
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