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Brownbackistan explodes onto the scene with politically-charged performance

“Good evening, we’re Brownbackistan. Who the fuck are you?” There’s a new Dead Kennedys cover band in town, and on Saturday night they absolutely rocked

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Celebrate I Heart Local Music’s birthday with two new releases

Today is I Heart Local Music’s birthday, and we’re spreading the local music love. Whatever Forever is helping us celebrate by releasing two new tracks

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SW/MM/NG is your Summer escape

The last of the SXSW bands are trickling through the area, and one of those bands finishing out their tours was SW/MM/NG, out of Arkansas.

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‘Twas the Night Before South-by

by Mitch Jones My eyelids are heavy and my neck is sore as I lift my head off the car door. As I yawn and

Articles Interviews

Watch: I Heart Local Music interviews Andrew W.K., The Black Lips, and more at SXSW

by Fally Afani In addition to watching, photographing, and loving hundreds of acts at this year’s SXSW music festival, the I Heart Local Music staff

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Photo Gallery: Bread and Butter / Alien Jones / Luv Craft

Friday night’s lineup at the Jackpot may have been a last minute addition to the calendar but you wouldn’t know from the crowd and the

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SXSW Fest, Day 2, Photo Gallery

Night two of SXSW fest, a benefit to raise money to send local musicians and media to cover SXSW in Austin, TX, was a raging,

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SXSW Fest, Day 1, Photo Gallery

“We don’t care what chicks think of us, we sing about anime.” Isaiah Radke, one of the three brothers in Radkey, brushed off any notion

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I Heart Local Music showcase announced at Middle of the Map Fest

I Heart Local Music is pleased to announce a showcase at Kansas City’s Middle of the Map Music Festival.   You’re invited to come out

Album Reviews Articles

Album Review: The Lucky – “The Lucky” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Kansas City band The Lucky have released a fun, fast, and frantic little four-track EP to combat the wintertime blues. The trio