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I Heart Local Music’s Top Ten Shows of 2012

Our music cup truly runneth over this year. It seems like promoters, venues, and enthusiastic locals worked harder than ever to make this a memorable

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Be/Non reunites with original lineup at the Replay

The Replay was all abuzz on Wednesday night thanks to a maneuver of one Kansas City band. In the spirit of the holidays and reuniting

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Photo Gallery: The Hips / Monsoon Lazer

Halfway through their set, Monsoon Lazer’s Sam Gunnerson held his arms out wide, leaned into the mic and exclaimed “You really know it’s the end

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The Rundown: New Year’s Eve shows in Lawrence

Congratulations! You’ve survived “the end of the world.” Now it’s time to get back to business, and plan your New Year’s Eve party route. Here

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Photo Gallery: Palace / La Guerre / Hospital Ships

With Christmas fast approaching, Downtown Lawrence was overflowing with activity over the weekend. This meant that venues were especially alive with Lawrencians enjoying all the

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Sundiver brings spacey garage rock to the stage

Words and photos by Lillian Wright Smith A quick read through of Sundiver’s bio on Facebook might lead the curious to wonder what “celestial soundscapes,

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Everyday/Everynight brings lively performance to the Replay stage

Everyday/Everynight is a very lively group of rockers out of Kansas City, and on Saturday night they showed off their moves (and some new tunes

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Not Giving Up: The Noise FM continue to host annual Christmas fundraiser in Lawrence

It’s time to dust off your ugliest Christmas sweater and put on your dancing shoes. Noise For Toys is coming. The annual musical fundraiser for

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Let’s get weird: Oils delivers unpredictable, chaos-filled set

A couple of years ago, Oils was a favorite garage rock duo of ours. They were loud, aggressive, and laid back. Today, they’re a completely

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Monster delivers intricate one man show

On Saturday we were introduced to a captivating performance from a new experimental musician in the scene. Monster is a one-man act that comes to