Lawrence, Kansas
- September 13, 2025
Fally Afani
http://www.iheartlocalmusic.com
Fally Afani is an award-winning journalist with a career spanning more than 20 years in media. She has worked extensively in radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and more.
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Celebrate I Heart Local Music’s birthday with two new releases
Today is I Heart Local Music’s birthday, and we’re spreading the local music love. Whatever Forever is helping us celebrate by releasing two new tracks
SW/MM/NG is your Summer escape
The last of the SXSW bands are trickling through the area, and one of those bands finishing out their tours was SW/MM/NG, out of Arkansas.
Quiet Corral touts new album at SXSW
by Lillian Wright Smith / Fally Afani One of Lawrence’s finest had the opportunity to play an official showcase at the SXSW music festival this
‘Twas the Night Before South-by
by Mitch Jones My eyelids are heavy and my neck is sore as I lift my head off the car door. As I yawn and
The Mutations get up in your space
On Saturday night mother nature was playing yet another cruel joke on Kansas by dumping a snow storm across the state, but the Replay fought
Watch: I Heart Local Music interviews Andrew W.K., The Black Lips, and more at SXSW
by Fally Afani In addition to watching, photographing, and loving hundreds of acts at this year’s SXSW music festival, the I Heart Local Music staff
Automagik is the best band you’ve never heard of
If you’re a fan of flailing, rocking out, and squealing vocals, look no further than Automagik. The fairly young band out of Cincinnati made a
Marnie Stern taps her way into our hearts
If there’s one artist at SXSW that we went absolutely gaga over, it’s Marnie Stern. The experimental noise musician is a far cry from your
Cowboy Indian Bear leaves stunning impression at SXSW
If there’s ever a year for Cowboy Indian Bear to shine, this is it. They’re releasing their latest album, Live Old, Die Young, in April,
The Personality Within Surfer Blood
by Mitch Jones The music world is host to an endless number of intriguing characters. After my first full day at the South By Southwest