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Watch: Your Friend at SXSW

The rain really couldn’t have had better timing. Generally, at SXSW, festival-goers are treated to sunshine and heat for the week-long music event in Austin.

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Album Review: John Benda – “None Of The Color”

by Nathan Cardiff John Benda starts his sophomore solo release with the moody “Passive Voice vs. Active Voice” and you can instantly feel the change

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Album Review: Fullbloods – “Mild West”

by Nathan Cardiff Ross Brown is at it again. After years of solid solo work (full disclosure, I went to high school with the guy;

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Watch: Hearts of Darkness bring the funk to the Jazzhaus

There’s nothing quite like starting the weekend in Spring. The flowers are finally blooming big bursts of color on the ground and in the trees,

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Brazen Bodies: Automagik are (still) a wicked rush

The last time we saw Automagik, they were wild, unruly, and wonderfully barbaric. Not much has changed since then. It was three years ago when

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Photo Gallery: Carly Rae Jepsen / Cardiknox at the Granada

If you’d like to know what type of fans show up to a Carly Rae Jepsen concert, it’s dozens of adorable children and well-dressed gay

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Watch: Be/Non’s captivating performance from their album release show

Over the past few days, we’ve heard nothing but buzz about Be/Non’s album release show. The event, held at the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple

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Photo Gallery: Dressy Bessy / Whoa Thunder / Schwervon!

When half the lineup sounds like a sort of exclamation or hearty declaration, you know what you’re in for. In perhaps one of the more

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Photo Gallery: Radkey / Wet Ones / The Bad Ideas

Sometimes the middle of the week needs a good kick in the pants from good old punk rock. Radkey delivered that ass-whoopin’ when they returned

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Middle of the Map Fest announces 2016 lineup

Kansas City will once again be roaring with live music this Spring thanks to Middle of the Map Fest. The yearly event brings big bands