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Photo Gallery: SXSW 2016

Photos by Fally Afani and Leroy Pristach

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LFK gets weird at SXSW with I Heart Local Music

Well, shit got weird at SXSW. This was expected, considering the Lawrence bands that descended upon the festival. Some of those bands congregated at the

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Album Review: Fullbloods – “Mild West”

by Nathan Cardiff Ross Brown is at it again. After years of solid solo work (full disclosure, I went to high school with the guy;

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Watch: Hearts of Darkness bring the funk to the Jazzhaus

There’s nothing quite like starting the weekend in Spring. The flowers are finally blooming big bursts of color on the ground and in the trees,

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Watch: Be/Non’s captivating performance from their album release show

Over the past few days, we’ve heard nothing but buzz about Be/Non’s album release show. The event, held at the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple

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Photo Gallery: Dressy Bessy / Whoa Thunder / Schwervon!

When half the lineup sounds like a sort of exclamation or hearty declaration, you know what you’re in for. In perhaps one of the more

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Photo Gallery: Radkey / Wet Ones / The Bad Ideas

Sometimes the middle of the week needs a good kick in the pants from good old punk rock. Radkey delivered that ass-whoopin’ when they returned

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Middle of the Map Fest announces 2016 lineup

Kansas City will once again be roaring with live music this Spring thanks to Middle of the Map Fest. The yearly event brings big bands

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Replay launches Three-Headed Thursdays, immediately kicks ass

The Replay has fired up something new to get a jump start on their wild weekends. Three-Headed Thursdays pairs up local bands to a theme

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Review: Organized Crimes – ‘Bel Ray Flats’ 7”

by Nathan Cardiff Organized Crimes’ new seven-inch single begins with a New Wave-y dream; “Bel Ray Flats” gives us a floating synth groove and sinks