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Watch: The ACBs play new music

After seeing what the ACBs pulled out during their set on Friday night, it’s reasonable to suspect they’ve got something up their sleeves. The band

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Review: Red Kate & The Bad Ideas – “Red Kate/The Bad Ideas Split 7-Inch”

by Nathan Cardiff I’m always a fan of collaborations and split albums between excellent artists. Here we get the socially conscious punks of Red Kate

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Introducing: No Magic

Words by Nathan Cardiff, photos and video by Fally Afani Ben Sauder branches out from the catchy doo-wop sounds of Dean Monkey & the Dropouts

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Photo Gallery: Lacuna Coil at the Granada

Lacuna Coil brought their vivid stage show and gothic metal to the Granada stage on Wednesday. Photographer Josh Efron was on hand to capture the

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Watch: Justin Klaas at the Replay

It’s always fascinating to see how time takes its toll on local musicians. Justin Klaas is arguably one of the better singer-songwriters to come out

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Lawrence pizza joint hosts weekly folk jam

Mondays are in no way mundane if you live in Lawrence. Over the last year, Papa Keno’s has been opening the back seating area up

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Spring Into Summer surprises with unpredictable performances

Much like the weather in Kansas, this year’s Spring Into Summer festival was pretty unpredictable. With temperatures unusually cold for this time of year, the

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Album Review: Brooke Tuley – “First Midnight”

by Nathan Cardiff The industrial hum that opens on Brooke Tuley’s First Midnight sets the tone for the first half of the record. Through the

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Spencer Brown debuts at I Heart Local Music showcase

Apparently the Lawrence music scene has been holding onto a great little secret. Spencer Brown is no stranger to music, having years of experience playing

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Review: The Clementines – “Someday/Over” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Self described as an “Americana” outfit, The Clementines keep their folky heart pounding on all five tracks of Someday/Over, their wonderful new