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Watch: Max Fields at Love Garden

On Saturday night, local label (and talent goldmine) Whatever Forever celebrated the release of their compilation cassette with a show at Love Garden. The event

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Watch: Narkalark at the Bottleneck

Narkalark caught our eye a few months ago when they uploaded their first single online. The thought of a new electronic act in town was

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Album Review: The Sluts – “Virile”

Editor’s introduction: A little over two years ago, we walked into the Jackpot expecting to cover An Horse on their tour. But when a brand

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The Republic Tigers return with surprise show at the Jackpot

On Tuesday night, the music scene was treated to one of the biggest surprises of the year. The Republic Tigers, a Kansas City band that

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She’s electric! Janelle Monáe is Kansas City’s most radiant star

The Janelle Monáe show at the Uptown may have been concert of the year. The Kansas City native was radiant, a shining star casting an

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“Hit It Again, Jim.” Alferd Packer Memorial String Band pays tribute to fallen member

The Alferd Packer Memorial String Band may be the most resilient band in Lawrence right now. The eccentric and wildly entertaining folk act, known for

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Photo Gallery: Trivium / DevilDriver at the Granada

The temperatures dropped into the teens on Monday night, but that hardly kept metal heads from strolling through the doors of the Granada wearing nothing

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Watch: The Regrets at the Replay

There’s just something so jovial about The Regrets. When they played to an impressive matinee Sunday turnout at the Replay, it hardly felt like we

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Photo Gallery: Black On Black / The Sluts / Muddy Udders / CS Luxem

I Heart Local Music sponsored a raucous show full of various avenues for disorderly noise at the Replay Friday night. The lineup started off with

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Review: Black On Black – “Get On With It”

by Nathan Cardiff In what I would’ve wagered to be an almost impossible move, Black On Black have released an EP that manages to be