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Listen: Sam Billen releases more Christmas music

If there’s any local musician who loves making Christmas music, it’s Sam Billen. The singer/songwriter releases holiday tunes every year, but it’s a little different

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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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Watch: Quiet Corral releases music videos, covers

The boys in Quiet Corral have been hard at work on a new album, but it’ll be some time before the release. Because the talented

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Rock Solid: Blackfoot Gypsies remind you what rock and roll is all about

by Mitch Jones I know in most situations it is wrong to judge a book by it’s cover, but in the case of Blackfoot Gypsies

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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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Photo Gallery: The 2nd Annual Hemi Jam

On Saturday, three bands hit the Granada stage to rock The Hemi Jam, a benefit to support the Hemi-Foundation. The organization helps children and families

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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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Czar Bar hosts night of salty rockers with Broncho / The Empty Spaces / Interstate Astronauts

On Friday night, the Czar Bar boasted a lineup worthy of any local music lover’s attention. The evening was filled with music from hard-as-nails rockers

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Listen: The Casket Lottery covers Beach House

Kansas City-based rockers The Casket Lottery posted this little gem to their Facebook page Friday morning. The cover tackles Beach House’s “Myth” off of Bloom,