Lawrence, Kansas
- October 7, 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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Photo Gallery: La Guerre / The Melismatics / Shadow Paint
La Guerre began its Southern Projections tour at the Record Bar together with the Melismatics and Shadow Paint. La Guerre, French for the “the war,”
Listen: New music from Mouthbreathers
Mouthbreathers have been hard at work all winter writing new music and playing an endless amount of (incredible) live shows. Here are a couple of
Redneck Jest: Clyde and Clem’s Whiskey Business brings blazing bluegrass to Lawrence
Editor’s Note: Mitch Jones has been graciously taking photos for I Heart Local Music for a few months now. He spent the weekend tracking down
Mini-documentary profiles local musician Taylor Holenbeck
Feast your eyes on this new documentary. The video profiles local musician Taylor Holenbeck and his musical project Heartscape Landbreak. The video comes to
Nicos Gun / Morning Teleportation transform Replay into laser dodging dance party
by Nicholas Stahl Photo gallery at the bottom of the page As the temperature rises day by day, the town’s population continues to shrink
8bit Bad Boys: Powerlifter
I’m going to go ahead and call “National Doughnut Day” a success after what happened at the Jackpot on Friday night. Local garage rockers/comedians JabberJosh
Photo Gallery: The Blind Pets / Stiff Middle Fingers
Stiff Middle Fingers let their stiff middle fingers fly during their mostly punk covers set at the Replay on Thursday night. The lead singer jumped
Photo Gallery: Heartless Bastards / These United States
To use their own words, Heartless Bastards and These United States made Lawrence the center of the universe. It was the last show these bands
Photo Gallery: Xiu Xiu / Dirty Beaches / Father Murphy
Xiu Xiu attracted an impressive hip crowd to the Jackpot that wasn’t too hip to sing along to their favorite songs. Duo Dirty Beaches and
Photo Gallery: Hearts of Darkness / Ad Astra Arkestra / Cowboy Indian Bear
Ad Astra Arkestra brought a high-energy performance to Davey’s Uptown, but let us calm down our dancing at the end of the night with some