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Middle of the Map Fest announces 2016 lineup

Kansas City will once again be roaring with live music this Spring thanks to Middle of the Map Fest. The yearly event brings big bands

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Lawrence muggles party with Harry and the Potters

Sunday was hardly lazy, as Muggles and wizards of all ages packed the Library for a rare performance from everybody’s favorite literary-themed band. Many attendees

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Replay launches Three-Headed Thursdays, immediately kicks ass

The Replay has fired up something new to get a jump start on their wild weekends. Three-Headed Thursdays pairs up local bands to a theme

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Folk Alliance kicks off in Kansas City

“Would you like a song where someone’s mean to someone else, or where someone’s dying?” That question, smirkingly posed by Curtis McMurty, is sometimes the

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Terribly Intentional: Nicholas St. James to celebrate his true form at album release show

In October of 2014, Nicholas St. James performed in front of a large crowd in the theatre of the Lawrence Arts Center. The folk artist

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Photo Gallery: SXSW Bound, Night 2

The final night of “SXSW Bound” somehow manifested into a bigger event than the night before. Five bands from five genres in the scene played

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Watch Stiff Middle Fingers’ crazy GoPro footage

We love a band full of antics– and no band in this area is overflowing with antics quite like Stiff Middle Fingers. If you will

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Organized Crimes detonates at the Taproom

If you really miss good industrial dance bands, then boy do I have some news for you. Organized Crimes is the electronic band this scene

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Photo Gallery: Yo La Tengo

“It’s been a while since we’ve been back to Lawrence,” Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan told a Bottleneck audience within the first few minutes of