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I Heart Local Music and Whatever Forever team up for SXSW

You may notice a little more Lawrence presence at this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. That’s because I Heart Local Music and Whatever

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Album Review: Shy Boys – “Shy Boys”

by Nathan Cardiff On their debut LP, Shy Boys have crafted a record that somehow captures falling in love and being brokenhearted (sometimes simultaneously in

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Watch: Mars Lights at the Replay

Mars Lights is a really fucking great rock band. We’ve been told the trio from Kansas City has been under a few different incarnations (Howie

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The Capsules are back in the studio

The Capsules are back in the studio recording a new album. We caught up with Julie and Jason Shields at Blacklodge Recording in Eudora over

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I Heart Local Music’s Bands To Watch In 2014

2013 was really the year where every musician got it together. It felt like everybody either put out an album, went on tour, or got

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Watch: The Belles at miniBar

If you haven’t stopped by miniBar in Kansas City, it’s worth checking out. The venue serves as an offshoot of Record Bar, and uses a

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Wayne Coyne delights, mingles with fans at Love Garden

Christmas came early for some Flaming Lips fans in Lawrence on Sunday. That’s when Wayne Coyne stopped by the local music mecca to mingle with

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Watch: Forrester at the Granada

On Thursday, many Lawrencians (especially students) escaped the frosty night with a highly attended and popular Granada show. Cowboy Indian Bear, Middle Twin, and Psychic

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Radkey Rocks Sold Out Record Bar with Stiff Middle Fingers and Drop A Grand

“We’re Radkey, it’s cold as fuck outside.” Radkey’s bassist was laying on the charm good and early at their sold out Kansas City show on

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Badkey: Radkey breaks all the rules in the school of rock

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Radkey, it’s that they’re quite good at causing a stir. Since introducing our readers to the band in