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Album Review: Merlin – “Electric Children”

by Nathan Cardiff An ominous ringing to start Merlin’s Electric Children is about the last calm moment for what will turn into fifty minutes of

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Monday Funday: Shannon and the Clams bring joyous dance party to Kansas City

“Did you guys know it’s Monday night?” That’s the question Shannon Shaw asked a sea of smiling faces at the Riot Room in Kansas City.

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Post festival tours bring female fronted forces to the Replay

It’s that time of year when so many bands are in the midst of their tours revolving around SXSW. This week, in particular, saw a

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Watch: Sunday Heroine at the Replay

Judging by SXSW’s strong showing of female-fronted garage rock acts, we anticipate a banner year for Sunday Heroine. This is the band where you can

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Watch: Joel Bonner and the Boot Stompers at the Jazzhaus

Joel Bonner may have some of the fastest fingers in town. The singer songwriter has been staying busy in Lawrence over the last year, playing

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Get rowdy: Shannon and the Clams to bring forever nostalgic tunes to Kansas City

The last time Shannon and the Clams came out this way, it was one of the hottest (if not the hottest) days of the summer.

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The best things we saw at SXSW 2016

Another SXSW is in the books, and it has given us a taste of what’s to come in the music scene. We saw a comebacks,

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“Always Speak Out.” Wise words from the women of rock and roll

As if it weren’t already hard enough to work as a musician, women have added prejudices working against them. Kesha, Bjork, and Best Coast’s Bethany

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Photo Gallery: SXSW 2016

Photos by Fally Afani and Leroy Pristach

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LFK gets weird at SXSW with I Heart Local Music

Well, shit got weird at SXSW. This was expected, considering the Lawrence bands that descended upon the festival. Some of those bands congregated at the