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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

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Watch: The Late Night Callers at the Bottleneck

If modern times bother you and you often find yourself yearning for the days of noire, look no further than Kansas City’s The Late Night

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Watch: New video for The ACB’s

Indie power pop studs The ACBs have been working on some new music, and now there’s a video to match. “Ocean,” off the upcoming album