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Tears For Fears bring impeccable performance to Kansas City

It started with that unmistakeable riff, the opening notes to “Everybody Wants To Rule The World.” That handful of notes signaled the beginning of a

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The Helio Sequence win fan favor in Kansas City

It’s been nearly three years, but The Helio Sequence made it back to Kansas City. The Portland-based duo brought their luscious sounds to recordBar in

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Photo Gallery: Spoon / Sweet Spirit at the Midland

Just a few months after their Lawrence appearance, Spoon made a stop in Kansas City on Tuesday. They played to a fairly full Midland theatre

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Photo Gallery: The Urge / Six Percent

The energy at the Granada on Saturday night went through the roof thanks to lively performances from The Urge and Six Percent. Both bands brought

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Bummer serves up an ass-whoopin at the Replay

Bummer is, without a doubt, one of those bands that you never skip out on. Not even on a Tuesday. If they come to your

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Watch: Bloodbirds return to Love Garden with new album

If you missed Bloodbirds, take comfort in knowing that they missed you, too. Life happens. Babies are born. Bassists move away. But for one night,

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Album Review: Mat Shoare – “Right As Rain”

by Nathan Cardiff I’m gonna do a little self-referencing here, so please forgive me. The first review I wrote for this site was Mat Shoare’s

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Sleater-Kinney packs a punch at the Uptown

Middle of the Map Fest left a lot of the scene a little weary after an intense week of live music in Kansas City, but

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Photo Gallery: 2015 Middle of the Map Fest, Day 4

Saturday was the busiest, liveliest day of Middle of the Map Fest. Even some spats of weather didn’t do much to keep the four-day music

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Watch: The String & Return reunite at Middle of the Map Fest

The String & Return may tell you that they play miserable songs, but those tunes fill us with joy. To a lot of fans’ delight,