Lawrence, Kansas
- September 20, 2025
Album Review: Bad Kids To The Front – “I Don’t Want To Go Insane”
by Nathan Cardiff A short seven months have passed when I feared for the future of Bad Kids to the Front, Drew Smith’s avant-garde experimental
Album Review: Vehicles – “This Bluebird Wants Me Dead”
by Nathan Cardiff Vehicles waste no time in getting straight to the rock; the chugging opening track “Projections” is an instant headbanger with dark, crisp
Album Review: The Phantastics – “Closer”
by Nathan Cardiff On the final track of Closer, The Phantastics invite the audience to “go bananas,” but I assure you they (band and listener
Album Review: Danny Pound – “Hobby Howl”
by Nathan Cardiff “Connecticut Raindrop” may be the most beautiful track of the year. There, I said it. I realize this is a bold statement
Album Review: Destroy Nate Allen – “Glow In The Dark”
by Nathan Cardiff With Glow In The Dark, Destroy Nate Allen gives us twelve tracks of greatest hits. The anti-folk punks spend the first half
Album Review: The Sluts – “Virile”
Editor’s introduction: A little over two years ago, we walked into the Jackpot expecting to cover An Horse on their tour. But when a brand
Review: Black On Black – “Get On With It”
by Nathan Cardiff In what I would’ve wagered to be an almost impossible move, Black On Black have released an EP that manages to be
Album Review: Approach – “Make-Out With Violence”
by Nathan Cardiff Sixteen massive tracks and over an hour in length, the sprawling landscape that Make-Out With Violence inhabits is a stunning one. There
Midwest Music Foundation Releases “Midwestern Audio Vol. 2: Electric Hullabaloo”
by Nathan Cardiff The Midwest Music Foundation has just released the second compilation of singles from fantastic local acts, new and old. The mix features
Album Review: Approach – “Vanilla Brass”
by Nathan Cardiff Vanilla Brass plays almost exactly like a live performance from Approach; it’s entertaining, provoking, and most of all engaging. Approach manages to
