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UltraVivid has more synths than you

UltraVivid has more synths than you, and apparently that’s all you need for a badass electronic act. With that many synths, the term “electro” doesn’t

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Wandering Lake explores the unorthodox side of live performances

Inside Brian Kupillas is a swirling storm of extremes. On one end of his musical spectrum in Wandering Lake, he is a gentle guitar-plucking folk

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Photo Gallery: Spoon / Sweet Spirit at the Midland

Just a few months after their Lawrence appearance, Spoon made a stop in Kansas City on Tuesday. They played to a fairly full Midland theatre

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A stormy soiree: Replay rocks rainy Spring Into Summer Fest

April showers brought a lot more than May flowers this year. As expected, it stormed Kansas-style at this year’s Spring Into Summer Fest at the

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Downtown buskers signal springtime in Lawrence

You really couldn’t have painted a prettier sky than what popped up on Friday evening. The drizzle rain clouds moved out and just hung in

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Review: Heidi Lynne Gluck – “The Only Girl In The Room” EP

by Nathan Cardiff On her fantastic new EP, The Only Girl In The Room, Heidi Lynne Gluck simultaneously gives us melancholy and ecstasy with her

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Toughies are your smooth summer sound makers

If they play their cards right, Toughies could be the source of your lazy summer tunes in LFK this year. After several non-stop days saturated

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Photo Gallery: The Urge / Six Percent

The energy at the Granada on Saturday night went through the roof thanks to lively performances from The Urge and Six Percent. Both bands brought

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Local rappers bring deeply personal rhymes to the stage

Lawrence tends to have a problem with recognizing the local hip hop community. It’s there, but not getting the same recognition it did a decade

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The Replay dances in the rain on Mother’s Day

Only in Kansas can it be pouring rain and sunny at the same time. In typical Kansas fashion, The Replay was very wet on Mother’s