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Review: Scruffy & The Janitors – “Modeling Is Hard”

Well, hot DAMN. When I typically sit down to write a review, there isn’t much information for research other than a press release from the

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Review: Shoebox Money – “Riverside” Single

How much longer till Summer? The bouncy, uplifting tune of “Riverside” puts you around the bonfire with a cold drink in your hand while the

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Review: Red Kate – “Iraqi Girl”/“American Zone” Singles

The guttural howl of Red Kate has never sounded better than matched with a bass-y thump and a grimy guitar strum on their new single

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Album Review: Jim Button & The Beholders – “Paradise” EP

Paradise, the second EP from Jim Button & The Beholders in a matter of months, kicks off with the rollicking title track; full of grit

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Album Review: CS Luxem – “Symptoms”

It was a shock to my system discovering the last review I wrote for CS Luxem was four and a half years ago. Our paths

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Review: La Guerre – “Discord: recordings from the House of Leaves” EP

Discord, Katlyn Conroy’s latest EP under her La Guerre moniker, begins with “new safe,” a sparse opener strummed softly with just hints of percussion as

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Review: Momma’s Boy – “Want Me Back” Single

I’ve been granted a lot of goodwill from artists and readers alike for writing some downright cheesy things on this website. Words or phrases I

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Album Review: JC & The Nuns – “Jeez”

I have been truly blessed to write reviews for I Heart Local Music for the past five years, but this may be the first case

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Album Review: Kat King – “Falling Up” EP

Kat King’s fantastic EP Falling Up starts with a curveball; a glitchy, gorgeous opener where she delivers the lyrics rapid fire before a chorus of

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The Lawrence Kansas Punk Rock Vol. 3 has arrived

Face-melting, teeth-shattering, ear drum-bursting, raw-throated mayhem from 18 of Lawrence’s rowdiest appear on Lawrence, Kansas Punk Rock Vol. 3, a compilation featuring two tracks each