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Be/Non reunites with original lineup at the Replay

The Replay was all abuzz on Wednesday night thanks to a maneuver of one Kansas City band. In the spirit of the holidays and reuniting

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Photo Gallery: The Strive / Grenadina / The Perfect Pursuit / The Blos

The Strive, out of KCMO, hosted an all local lineup at the Jackpot Thursday including rockers Grenadina, The Perfect Pursuit, and hip hop duo The

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Czar Bar hosts night of salty rockers with Broncho / The Empty Spaces / Interstate Astronauts

On Friday night, the Czar Bar boasted a lineup worthy of any local music lover’s attention. The evening was filled with music from hard-as-nails rockers

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Listen: The Casket Lottery covers Beach House

Kansas City-based rockers The Casket Lottery posted this little gem to their Facebook page Friday morning. The cover tackles Beach House’s “Myth” off of Bloom,

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Album Review: Mat Shoare – Domestic Partnership

by Nathan Cardiff About a month ago, I was lucky enough to attend a house show featuring three Lawrence musicians and one from KC who

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Monster delivers intricate one man show

On Saturday we were introduced to a captivating performance from a new experimental musician in the scene. Monster is a one-man act that comes to

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Album Review: Sam Billen – Places

Last week, The Casbah hosted the CD release party for Lawrence’s beloved singer-songwriter Sam Billen’s new album Places. Sam has been making music in the

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A man of many talents: Only Son’s Jack Dishel to bring music and comedy to Kansas City

You could call Only Son’s Jack Dishel a jack of all trades. He started his career as an artist, switched over to music in his

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Music to make your heart ache: The Helio Sequence plays Kansas City

On Thursday night, we found ourselves in Kansas City taking in one of the more beautiful poignant shows of the season. A sulking crowd slowly

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Makeup, masks, and music, oh my! The Jackpot hosts colorful costumed concert

The Jackpot played host to a colorful commotion on Saturday night when four area bands played electrifying sets for an equally excited crowd. Most of