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Photo Gallery: Bread and Butter / Alien Jones / Luv Craft

Friday night’s lineup at the Jackpot may have been a last minute addition to the calendar but you wouldn’t know from the crowd and the

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Photo Gallery: Cowboy Indian Bear / Cloud Dog / Soft Reeds / Paper Buffalo

This weekend saw the return of one musician’s annual birthday concert extravaganza. Cowboy Indian Bear’s Marty Hillard hosted a four-lineup show at the Bottleneck that

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SXSW Fest, Day 1, Photo Gallery

“We don’t care what chicks think of us, we sing about anime.” Isaiah Radke, one of the three brothers in Radkey, brushed off any notion

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How To Properly Rock the Bottleneck, with Stiff Middle Fingers / Scruffy and the Janitors / Black on Black

Sometimes the biggest mistake you can make is to start beef with a rock band. One rowdy KU fan learned that the hard way. I

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The Best Beards In The Biz: Lawrence musicians rock fantastic facial hair

If there’s one thing the Lawrence music scene doesn’t lack, it’s style. We’ve noticed that mere face fuzz will just not do for many of

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Carefree again: Sum 41 delivers healthy dose of nostalgia at the Granada

by Mitch Jones The year is 2002. I’m an 8th grader at Burlington Middle School. My life at this point basically consists of two things:

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Hardcore Heaven: Black On Black brutalizes the Replay

We’ve been looking for something to light a fire under everyone’s butt for a while now, and this is it. Black On Black wowed an

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Listen: New music from Sovereign States

This week, treat yourself to a couple of brand new tracks from Lawrence punk rockers Sovereign States. The band formerly known as My Brother The

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Nature Boys / U.S. Americans lead diverse lineup at the Replay

The night began with a mellow tone when folk act Jack Grelle took the stage. The St. Louis-based musician was added late to the bill,

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Femme Fatale: Female fronted bands rocked Friday

Women owned the night on Friday at the Replay. Two punk bands with a strong female presence rocked the cozy venue when they kicked off