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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

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Folk Alliance kicks off in Kansas City

“Would you like a song where someone’s mean to someone else, or where someone’s dying?” That question, smirkingly posed by Curtis McMurty, is sometimes the

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Photo Gallery: TECH N9NE / Krizz Kaliko / Stevie Stone / CES CRU / P. Win

If you want to see a rapper, you go to a hip hop show. If you want to see a rapper with wildly entertaining personality,

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Photo Gallery: Babes In Toyland / Fea at the Riot Room

Kansas City got to indulge in some punk rock legends with an impeccably executed set at the Riot Room on Friday from Babes In Toyland.

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Tears For Fears bring impeccable performance to Kansas City

It started with that unmistakeable riff, the opening notes to “Everybody Wants To Rule The World.” That handful of notes signaled the beginning of a

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Sleater-Kinney packs a punch at the Uptown

Middle of the Map Fest left a lot of the scene a little weary after an intense week of live music in Kansas City, but

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Watch: The String & Return reunite at Middle of the Map Fest

The String & Return may tell you that they play miserable songs, but those tunes fill us with joy. To a lot of fans’ delight,

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Photo Gallery: Me Like Bees / The Noise / Archie Powell and the Exports

‘Tis the SXSW season and bands throughout the Midwest are gearing up to haul their gear to the great land of Tejas, where they will

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Folk Alliance International delivers overwhelmingly impressive music fair

Imagine if SXSW or The Wakarusa Music Festival weren’t hosted by myriad venues spread over whole city blocks or didn’t encompass a large swath of

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No one is safe from Peelander-Z

On Monday night the weather changed so harshly and dramatically, it would take only the best show to bring folks out of their cozy homes