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Franz Ferdinand / Frankie Rose woo the Granada

The mood at the Granada on Tuesday night was infectious. Franz Ferdinand’s legendary live shows tend to slap smiles on everyone they perform for, and

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Photo Gallery: Title Fight / Balance and Composure / Cruel Hand / Slingshot Dakota

Sometimes shows are homogenous and play to a particular crowd. Wednesday was certainly an exception with a lineup that includes a hardcore circle-pit band, a

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Whatever Forever delivers powerhouse show with Oils / SW/MM/NG / Psychic Heat

On Thursday evening, zombies roamed the Replay thanks to leftovers and stragglers from the Downtown Zombie Walk. But the venue was, in fact, full of

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Album Review: Approach – “Vanilla Brass”

by Nathan Cardiff Vanilla Brass plays almost exactly like a live performance from Approach; it’s entertaining, provoking, and most of all engaging. Approach manages to

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Mumford and Sons say goodbye (for now) in Kansas

On a chilly Friday night, it was beards, fishtail braids, caps and suspenders as far as the eye could see when Mumford and Sons played

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Photo Gallery: Rancid / Tim Timebomb and Friends at the Granada

We’re pretty sure that the people who were at the Rancid show on Saturday night were the same fans who we watched Rancid with ten

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Weekend brings emotion-rich sound to the Replay

Weekend put out one of the best albums of the year, and on Thursday night they brought their rich and lustrous sound to Lawrence when

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Photo Gallery: Best Coast / Bleached at the Granada

Wednesday night must have been ladies’ night when two female-powered acts blew through the Granada. Best Coast and Bleached ignited an excitement in Lawrence women

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Lawrence parties hard with Andrew W.K.

After a six year absence, the king of partying made a triumphant return to Lawrence. It was hardly an ordinary Tuesday night when Andrew W.K.

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Review: Ponyboy. – “Hookups” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Those Ponyboy. men are back it, releasing a brief three track EP featuring covers of Peaches, The Cure, and Joan Jett. Hookups