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How To Properly Rock the Bottleneck, with Stiff Middle Fingers / Scruffy and the Janitors / Black on Black

Sometimes the biggest mistake you can make is to start beef with a rock band. One rowdy KU fan learned that the hard way. I

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I Heart Local Music showcase announced at Middle of the Map Fest

I Heart Local Music is pleased to announce a showcase at Kansas City’s Middle of the Map Music Festival.   You’re invited to come out

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Album Review: The Lucky – “The Lucky” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Kansas City band The Lucky have released a fun, fast, and frantic little four-track EP to combat the wintertime blues. The trio

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Pale Hearts are full of flamboyant flair

On Friday night Mother Nature dumped a surprise snow storm on Lawrence, filling the air with a sort of magic and excitement for all the

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Photo Gallery: Emilie Autumn

by Joshua Efron Walking the line between concert, burlesque, and black-box theatre, Emilie Autumn and her cohorts entertained an appropriately Victorian-clad crowd at the Granada

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Photo Gallery: 2013 Mardi Gras Parade in Lawrence

This Fat Tuesday was marked by the annual Mardi Gras Parade led by the Krewe de Kaw banner, and put on by band leader (and

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Photo Gallery: Every Time I Die

By Lillian Wright Smith Don’t let the fact that Saturday’s show at the Granada was an early one lead you to think it was tame.

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The Best Beards In The Biz: Lawrence musicians rock fantastic facial hair

If there’s one thing the Lawrence music scene doesn’t lack, it’s style. We’ve noticed that mere face fuzz will just not do for many of

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Jackpot to host SXSW benefit

The SXSW music festival is a big deal for up and coming musicians. The week-long Austin-based extravaganza has become sort of a rite of passage

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Carefree again: Sum 41 delivers healthy dose of nostalgia at the Granada

by Mitch Jones The year is 2002. I’m an 8th grader at Burlington Middle School. My life at this point basically consists of two things: