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Photo Gallery: James Blake at Liberty Hall

Brit James Blake brightened everyone’s Monday by playing at Liberty Hall. The crowd was mesmerized with his pretty and haunting electronic melodies. Even the stage

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Many Moods of Dad astonishes audience with bombshell performance

When your local music-loving self needs a solid ass kicking, the Replay is the place to be. On Friday, Many Moods of Dad delivered that

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Watch: Country Mice at the Replay

Country Mice are from New York, but they’re well-loved in Lawrence. The familiar faces returned to the Replay on Thursday for a night of solid

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Many Moods of Dad – “The Consequence of Trying”

by Nathan Cardiff The Consequence of Trying has this sort of psychotic pop; it’s catchy, it’s fun, but it’s a little insane. The opening track

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Album Review: Black on Black – “Let’s Get Cynical”

by Nathan Cardiff After the brief feedback subsides at the beginning of the record, we plunge into Black on Black’s newest EP Let’s Get Cynical.

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Album Review: Cowboy Indian Bear – “Live Old, Die Young”

Editor’s note: Album review by Nathan Cardiff, introduction by Editor Fally Afani In April of 2011, I got the first glimpse of what was to

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Photo Gallery: Radkey Release Show with Stiff Middle Fingers / Ponyboy.

In what felt like a preview for Record Store Day (don’t forget to check out your local record store Saturday!) Radkey had a release party

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Bad Religion’s message popular with all generations

by Mitch Jones There are times when I feel like I was born way too late. Every time I hear a punk band from the

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Oils, Y[our] Fri[end] leave lasting impression at Middle of the Map Fest

by Nathan Cardiff I feel like I’ve been swooning over the Whatever Forever line-up non-stop for the past few months. I’m sure people are sick

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A Reason To Be Proud: Fourth of July celebrates record release with The ACBs

“Would you guys mind if we played our album all the way through?” Fourth of July frontman Brendan Hangauer asked a packed room at the