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Taproom hosts powerful lineup with Shy Boys / Hush Machine / The Conquerors

Saturday night was a sight for sore eyes at the Taproom. A local lineup of impressive proportions drew an eclectic crowd in from both Lawrence

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Photo Gallery: The Dead Girls / Rooms Without Windows / Grenadina

The Dead Girls headlined Friday night at the Jackpot, drawing a thriving crowd of music-goers. Grenadina opened with their signature dark and moody rock, and

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Bummer is your latest unruly group of hellions

Kansas City’s been spitting up quite a few hooligans in the music scene lately, and every now and then they tumble their way down I-70

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Love Garden plans massive anniversary celebration with Woods, Blood on the Wall

If you didn’t have plans on May 4th, you do now. It appears Love Garden is throwing a big party at SeedCo, and some big

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I Heart Local Music and Whatever Forever team up for SXSW

You may notice a little more Lawrence presence at this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. That’s because I Heart Local Music and Whatever

Album Reviews Articles

Album Review: Shy Boys – “Shy Boys”

by Nathan Cardiff On their debut LP, Shy Boys have crafted a record that somehow captures falling in love and being brokenhearted (sometimes simultaneously in

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I Heart Local Music’s Bands To Watch In 2014

2013 was really the year where every musician got it together. It felt like everybody either put out an album, went on tour, or got

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Alluring and Sinister: Dated brings welcome mischief to the Replay

“Everybody’s better when they’re drinking and smoking. Happy Holidays!” That was the toast the guitarist from Dated gave when they played the Replay Saturday night.

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Photo Gallery: Stiff Middle Fingers / All Blood / Kind Horse

On a cold and blustery night, one Lawrence business was alive with ear-piercing activity. Local punk rockers Stiff Middle Fingers were celebrating the tape release

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Badkey: Radkey breaks all the rules in the school of rock

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Radkey, it’s that they’re quite good at causing a stir. Since introducing our readers to the band in