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Lawrence lusts for Angel Olsen

"Y'all put something in your gravy," Angel Olsen quipped at the Granada audience Thursday night. To her credit, this was one starry-eyed crowd, constantly screaming
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Photo Gallery: Screaming Females / Street Eaters / Leggy / The Whiffs

Outhouse North White Schoolhouse returned for a second showing of raucous inducing rock when Screaming Females roared through with a thundering set. They were joined
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The xx, Perfume Genius woo Kansas City

The xx / Photo by Fally Afani Under the most amazing Autumn moon, an intimate crowd basked in a breezy event that brought them ever-so-close
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Junior Brown was the very definition of cool this weekend

Junior Brown / Photo by Fally Afani Friday night was all about chill-- chill for the weather, but even more chill for Junior Brown. The
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Princess Nokia proves the future of hip hop belongs to women

Princess Nokia / Photo by Fally Afani Fellas, you're going to want to take a step back. Actually, make it about 30 steps back. This
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Sky Smeed protests Confederate flags in new song

One day— Inauguration Day, specifically— local musician Sky Smeed (cool name, btw) woke up, looked outside, and discovered something horrifying. To his disgust, Smeed’s neighbor

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Toy Town: How one musician’s obsession turned into a business

We’ve run into our fair share of musicians who share a love of collecting toys, but Terry Taylor takes the cake. You may recognize him

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Switching Scenes: Frankie Cosmos goes from DIY darling to Sub Pop

Greta Kline is a never-ending source of new songs. The New York City-based musician started feverishly writing songs, and uploading them to Bandcamp, at the

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The Puscie Jones Revue just gave the Replay the most magical night

The Puscie Jones Revue / Photo by Fally Afani Puscie Jones is, without a doubt, the raddest and baddest performer around. This was clear on
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Photo Gallery: Heartscape Landbreak / Tire Fire

Lawrence used to have this really cool indie post-rock sound in the local scene, but nobody really does that anymore. Luckily, Heartscape Landbreak brought it