Lawrence, Kansas

  • October 5, 2025
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Lincoln Marshall release dizzying new music video

There are a million and one reasons to love local hip hop. It’s a scene you can connect with, feel hometown pride with, and it’s
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Psychic Heat premieres new single

It seems that Replay Records is up and running again. There have been recent rumblings of the locally-based record label, and we’re finally starting to
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Vivid Zebra collective raising strong crop of local electronic, hip hop acts

alccalh / Photo by Fally Afani Electronic music and independent hip hop have been making small rumblings in Lawrence, and they're likely to start making
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Glue Chords

Genre: Punk, rock Members: Aeron Lewis, Dorryen Wilson-Lewis, Billygoat Website: https://www.facebook.com/gluechordsband The band embodies everything scenesters tend to (sometimes) look for in a band. They’re
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Chess Club

Genre: Punk, Rock Members: Griffin Nelson, Cooper Avery, David Krejci Website: https://www.facebook.com/ChessClubKs “Chess Club is another one of those up-and-coming punk acts in the scene,
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UltraVivid

Genre: Dark Synth Pop Members: Mike Quillin, Jason Ramadan Khomsi, Elliot Pees, Alex Kimball-Williams Website: https://www.facebook.com/UltraVivid-448851395263108 UltraVivid is a dark pop synth band that formed
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Alferd Packer Memorial String Band

Genre: Old Time String Band with Augmentations Members: Lauralyn Bodle, Noah Musser, Matt Kirby, Steve Mason, Mike Yoder Website: http://www.alferdpackerband.com/ Formed in 1979 in Lawrence,
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Joel Bonner and the Bootstompers

Genre: Rock, Rockabilly Members: Joel T. Bonner, Nathan Nickel, Alex Thiessen Website: https://www.facebook.com/jbatbs Joel Bonner and the Boot Stompers are a rock n roll band
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Something and the Whatevers

Genre: Theater Punk Members: Ben Kraus, Quinton Cheney, Tiny G Website: https://www.facebook.com/SomethingAndTheWhatevers “Something and the Whatevers are built for a good time and their killer
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Macemouth

Genre: Rock, PARTYDEATHROCK Members: Josh Hartranft, Mitch Hewlett Website: https://www.facebook.com/macemouth/

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