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Photo Gallery: Assjamz featuring Approach / The Sluts / Spencer Brown / Paper Buffalo

It’s not every day you get to see a 100% local lineup at Liberty Hall. The iconic Lawrence venue hosted a wide array of musicians

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Organized chaos breeds civic pride at “SXSW Bound”

The first night of I Heart Local Music’s SXSW Fundraiser felt like a party. The second night, however, felt like family. Fridays are normally filled

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Album Review: Approach – “Make-Out With Violence”

by Nathan Cardiff Sixteen massive tracks and over an hour in length, the sprawling landscape that Make-Out With Violence inhabits is a stunning one. There

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Album Review: Approach – “Vanilla Brass”

by Nathan Cardiff Vanilla Brass plays almost exactly like a live performance from Approach; it’s entertaining, provoking, and most of all engaging. Approach manages to

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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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Oddball extreme: Dan Deacon delivers epic dance party

Nothing Dan Deacon has done this year is ordinary. He takes everything, from his music to the live shows, to the oddball extreme. For example,

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Hip Hop Heaven: Atmosphere / Approach entertain at Liberty Hall

By the time I arrived at Liberty Hall on Monday night, local rapper Approach’s set was ringing loud and clear from outside. The crowd was