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Merlin – “Execution” Single

by Nathan Cardiff The western tinged opening to “Execution” sounds like the sun beating down on a desert where two gunmen have met to duel.

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Skating Polly Loves Lawrence

Skating Polly returns to the Replay this Friday, and we caught up with the young rockers down in Austin at this year’s SXSW music festival.

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Watch: Mat Shoare at the Replay

It’s good to know that Mat Shoare is still as active as ever. The Empty Spaces frontman is now developing his music and transitioning to

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Introducing: Westerners

We’ve had a hunch for a while about Westerners, and it turns out we were right. This is a fairly new band to Lawrence, and

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Iron Reagan Fuels Frenzy at Thrasher Death Match 2014

Words and photos by Mitch Jones Holy hell, Iron Reagan. Have you heard these guys? I walked up to the front of the indoor stage

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Photo Gallery: Record Store Day 2014

Love Garden was alive with busy shoppers on Saturday, as some of music’s biggest fans in the community descended upon the downtown building for Record

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JabberJosh PowerPoints you in the right direction

As if their sets weren’t already over the top in terms of humor, JabberJosh has now started adding more elements to their shtick. The brotherly

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Photo Gallery: John Cale / Drakkar Sauna

On Tuesday night, Lawrencians donned their finest sweater vests, grabbed a beer, and plopped down into the auditorium seats at the Lawrence Arts Center for

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Photo Gallery: Mates of State / La Guerre

Tuesday night was a local affair on a national scale at The Granada. The show opened with Katlyn Conroy’s La Guerre. The group has grown

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Review: Westerners – “Westerners” EP

by Nathan Cardiff “And if you said the devil was after me/I’d say it’s nice to be wanted by somebody.” Whoa. Great lyrics like these