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Album Review: The Dead Girls – “Noisemaker”

by Nathan Cardiff There have been many well-written write-ups lately celebrating the life and times of Lawrence’s The Dead Girls. And the band deserves many

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Review: The Conquerors – “I’m Alright/Get Real!”

by Nathan Cardiff “It’s been awhile now, since you let me go/I wear a smile now, but I still feel so low” The Conquerors open

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Album Review: Kangaroo Knife Fight – “Kangaroo Knife Fight” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Kansas City quartet Kangaroo Knife Fight are ready for the stadiums. Ready for the arenas. Bring them your festival stages, this band

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Album Review: Monzie Leo and The Big Sky – “Sunflowers, Sunsets, and Sons of Bitches”

by Nathan Cardiff The booming voice of Monzie Leo carries a message of Midwest dreams and fading romances on the impressive record Sunflowers, Sunsets, and

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Album Review: Gnarly Davidson – “Gnarly Davidson”

by Nathan Cardiff At just shy of 24 minutes, Gnarly Davidson’s debut release is either a full length, an EP, or a single. It is

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Album Review: Empty Moon – “The Shark”

by Nathan Cardiff “She said ‘you’ll be fine,’ I said ‘I hope you’re right’/And under an empty moon we kiss goodnight…” – Fourth of July,

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Album review: Stiff Middle Fingers – “Songs About Sucking”

by Nathan Cardiff Sticking to their punk roots with a play on Big Black’s Songs About Fucking record, Stiff Middle Fingers have dropped their first

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Album Review: Danny Pound – “New Explorations!”

by Nathan Cardiff Danny Pound gets experimental on his new record New Explorations! furthering his already impressive songwriting abilities. With what has to be in

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Album Review: Tyler Gregory – “Roots Below”

On any given evening in Lawrence, when the weather is warm, you’ll hear what we’ve all come to know as a comforting sound howling from

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Review: Vigil and Thieves – “[defective] book one”

by Nathan Cardiff Vigil and Thieves’ record [defective] book one, begins with crystal clear stunner “Melt” where the vocals are an intense force blasting throughout