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Concert Memories with the Larryville Hipster: The Bottleneck

Editor’s Note: We like to think of ourselves as your source for all things local music. But when we want to learn about local culture,

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8bit Bad Boys: Powerlifter

I’m going to go ahead and call “National Doughnut Day” a success after what happened at the Jackpot on Friday night. Local garage rockers/comedians JabberJosh

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Photo Gallery: Xiu Xiu / Dirty Beaches / Father Murphy

Xiu Xiu attracted an impressive hip crowd to the Jackpot that wasn’t too hip to sing along to their favorite songs. Duo Dirty Beaches and

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Photo Gallery: Hearts of Darkness / Ad Astra Arkestra / Cowboy Indian Bear

Ad Astra Arkestra brought a high-energy performance to Davey’s Uptown, but let us calm down our dancing at the end of the night with some

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The nature of the beast: Approach puts passion into performing

by Nicholas Stahl   During my high school years, every local show was an event. Growing up in the suburbs is not conducive to being

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Photo Gallery: Truett and the Traitors / My Rotten Self / Katy and Go-Go

by Morgan Bleigh Truett and the Traitors might seem like an unflappably cool rock band, but they exposed their nerd colors at the Record Bar

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M83, I Break Horses dazzle fans at the Granada

I’ve never seen so many people go nuts on a Tuesday night. Only a show of this magnitude was enough to entice the older crowd

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Real Estate, Ghosty deliver chill night of music at the Bottleneck

On Saturday night, a good old-fashioned Kansas storm was brewing outside; but inside the Bottleneck was a chill crowd and one heck of a show.

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Watch: Interview with YACHT in Lawrence

YACHT has played at the Jackpot a few times by now — in 2007, when the band was just Jona Bechtolt; in 2009, after Claire

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Middle of the Map Fest: The Interviews

We have just one more video to pass along to you from Middle of the Map Fest. The music festival was so fantastic, it warrants