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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

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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

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Pale Hearts are full of flamboyant flair

On Friday night Mother Nature dumped a surprise snow storm on Lawrence, filling the air with a sort of magic and excitement for all the

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Seven years on the stage: Muddy Udders throw down hard

We heard February is a great time of year to visit Wisconsin, so I Heart Local Music took a little road trip up there over

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The Darkness gives KC the business

“We are The Darkness from the UK, and we are here on fucking BUSINESS!” Justin Hawkins, the frontman for the ruckus-inducing epic rock band couldn’t

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Hardcore Heaven: Black On Black brutalizes the Replay

We’ve been looking for something to light a fire under everyone’s butt for a while now, and this is it. Black On Black wowed an

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Photo Gallery: Trampled By Turtles / Carl Broemel

The Granada was packed with an eclectic crowd Wednesday night to hear some fine bluegrass. Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket fame opened the show