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Review – OILS – “TOTAL OILS USA” EP

by Nathan Cardiff With a vicious guitar and a soothing “Yeah yeah,” Oils’ first EP begins with a tremendous track titled “The Town.” Forget trying

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A night of rambunctious rock with Shannon and the Clams / Nude Beach / Dean Monkey and the Dropouts

Saturday night was probably the one of the busiest nights of the summer for the Replay, and with good reason. The hype that had been

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Yeasayer lights up the Granada

Friday was a magnificent evening for music lovers in Lawrence. Between the street performers that dotted every corner of downtown (which was lively thanks to

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Evangelicals / The Caves / Companion bewitch the Replay

While the super moon drew Lawrencians to the outside dance floor at the Replay, an equally bewitching show appealed to music lovers inside. Three acts

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Lawrence’s future rockers are looking alright

The local music community sent off one of its favorite members in style on Wednesday. Drew Smith, a young teen wise beyond his years, is

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Barbarians of the stage: Hammerlord throws down hard for CD Release Party

If you want to know more about metal in this part of Kansas, Friday night’s show at the Replay was a great crash course (a

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Richard’s Rock Camp creates future stars

by Pete Romano Richard’s Rock Band Camp is one of the things that makes Lawrence such a great community to be part of. It gives

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“Happy Father’s Day, bastards,” an evening with Father John Misty

“Happy Father’s Day, bastards,” was Joshua Tillman’s greeting to the crowd Sunday night at the Granada. Father John Misty was energetic and witty as ever.

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The allure of Bloodbirds and Black on Black

Lawrence is really just the best kind of music town because not even a storm keeps folks away from seeing good music. Such was the

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Kansas City parties with local bands at the Crossroads Summer Block Party

Summers are hardly lazy in these parts. It seems you can’t throw a rock without hitting a local music festival; and lucky for us every