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Dance Magic, Dance: Soft Reeds ignites the Replay with dance party

“When pretty girls dance, you dance,” proclaimed Ben Grimes, frontman for Soft Reeds. The band had ignited a high-energy dance party at the Replay during

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Photo Gallery: Har Mar Superstar / BaioWolf

Har Mar Superstar defeated Lawrence’s frigid-night blues on Thursday night with a scantily-clad set. The evening was heavy on dancing and bare skin. But the

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Raw Rockers Skating Polly Coming to the Replay

Music surrounds the lives of the girls behind the righteous rock group Skating Polly. When we talked to stepsisters Kelli Mayo, 13, and Peyton Bighorse,

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Photo Gallery: Radkey Release Show with Stiff Middle Fingers / Ponyboy.

In what felt like a preview for Record Store Day (don’t forget to check out your local record store Saturday!) Radkey had a release party

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Album Review: Dean Monkey & The Dropouts – “Dean’s Steak House”

by Nathan Cardiff The only Lawrence doo-wop rockers (or at least the youngest) that I’ve ever heard, Dean Monkey & The Dropouts, have put their

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Oils, Y[our] Fri[end] leave lasting impression at Middle of the Map Fest

by Nathan Cardiff I feel like I’ve been swooning over the Whatever Forever line-up non-stop for the past few months. I’m sure people are sick

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Album Review: Fourth of July – “Empty Moon”

by Nathan Cardiff It’s a cliche and an obvious statement to say that a band matures with their latest release, but cliche or not, it

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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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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

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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