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Something really beautiful: Hundred Waters to bring heartwarming friendship to the stage

You won’t find a band closer than Hundred Waters. That trait was noticed immediately when we sat down with the five musicians at SXSW in

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Muscle Worship proves indestructible at Replay

Friday night was a lesson in toughness and resiliency at the Replay. The night began with an intense and delightfully abrasive set from Monsoon Lazer.

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Photo Gallery: Spring Into Summer, 2013

Spring Into Summer is a little festival that packs a punch, and in its third year at the Replay, the event was louder than ever.

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Watch: Bloodbirds / Nature Boys at Love Garden

Love Garden was the noisiest place on the block on Saturday evening. The beloved record store hosted two of Kansas City’s loudest bands early in

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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