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The best acts we saw at Middle of the Map Fest 2017

by Fally Afani, Leroy Pristach, and Khitam Jabr With Middle of the Map Fest now a familiar event in Kansas City, we saw some slight

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De La Soul bring the classics out to Middle of the Map Fest

Hip hop royals De La Soul brought a set full of classics to mark the crux of this year's Middle of The Map fest celebrations
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Photo Gallery: 2017 Middle of the Map Fest, Saturday

Photos by Fally Afani, Leroy Pristach, Lillian Wright, and Khitam Jabr.
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Watch: Drakkar Sauna reunite at the Replay

Do bands ever really call it quits in Lawrence? No. No they don’t. Because Wallace Cochran and Jeff Stolz can’t seem to quit each other

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Photo Gallery: 2017 Middle of the Map Fest, Friday

Photos by Leroy Pristach, Lillian Wright, and Khitam Jabr.
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Whitney brought cheer and joy to the Bottleneck

“You guys are very fun to play for,” Whitney’s drummer and vocalist Julien Ehrlich announced to a very full Bottleneck crowd on Monday night. Normally,
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Watch: Jasper at Love Garden

Jasper is a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and all attitude. The Lawrence band celebrated a new cassette release over the
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Toughies gearing up for Replay Records release

Toughies have had a pretty busy week. In addition to a handful of shows, they’ve been getting airplay all over KJHK in anticipation of a

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Embracing Silliness: How the U.S. Air Guitar Competition flourished in Lawrence

This weekend in Lawrence, you may hear a lot of fancy guitar tricks but not necessarily see any. That’s because the Air Guitar Competition is

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Hush Machine releases nostalgic indie pop album

We haven’t been very impressed with the indie pop scene as of late— at least, not as much as we were when it was ragingly