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SW/MM/NG is your Summer escape

The last of the SXSW bands are trickling through the area, and one of those bands finishing out their tours was SW/MM/NG, out of Arkansas.

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The Mutations get up in your space

On Saturday night mother nature was playing yet another cruel joke on Kansas by dumping a snow storm across the state, but the Replay fought

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Watch: I Heart Local Music interviews Andrew W.K., The Black Lips, and more at SXSW

by Fally Afani In addition to watching, photographing, and loving hundreds of acts at this year’s SXSW music festival, the I Heart Local Music staff

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Matt Pryor gives major Lawrence shout-out at SXSW

Saturday ended on a very special note for this local gal: I had the privilege of seeing my favorite local musician, Matt Pryor, when I

Album Reviews Articles

Album Review: Spirit Is The Spirit – “Baktun Baby” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Spirit Is The Spirit has released the ambitious and dreamy four track EP Baktun Baby, just in time for the beginning of

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Cowboy Indian Bear leaves stunning impression at SXSW

If there’s ever a year for Cowboy Indian Bear to shine, this is it. They’re releasing their latest album, Live Old, Die Young, in April,

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Getting down and dirty with Mr. and the Mrs.

If you ever want to really get down and dirty at the Replay, snuggle in for a night with Mr. and the Mrs. The duo

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Photo Gallery: Quiet Corral / The Envy Corps / The Noise FM

Three bands consisting of some boisterous boys came together at the Bottleneck on Friday night and delivered a delightfully engaging show to a large and

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Listen: New music from Oils

by Nathan Cardiff Always entertaining, sometimes strange, mostly surreal, and incredibly talented, Oils just released their single “Duck” on Whatever Forever. A foot race from

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The New Cosmopolitans bring indie noise pop to the Jackpot

Lewis Guillen and Summer Bradshaw are relatively new to the local music scene in Lawrence, having played their first show the last day of January