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Photo Gallery: Into It. Over It. / A Great Big Pile of Leaves / Maps for Travelers

Friday night the Jackpot hosted a national touring show with a local feel. Kansas City guys Maps for Travelers opened the night with their signature

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Watch: The Bad Ideas at the Replay

It’s no secret that Kansas City has such a rich punk scene, and on Saturday night some of that presence once again infiltrated the Replay.

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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

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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.