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Photo Gallery: The Noise FM at Midcoast Takeover

The Noise FM brought down the house at the Friday night Midcoast Takeover Showcase. While the rain brought all of the day’s festivities indoors, the

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Shamir is America’s Sweetheart

Let me tell you what an absolute joy it is to be in the presence of America’s sweetheart, Shamir. We caught Shamir at the SXSW

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Rock and Roll Badlands: All Them Witches

by Leroy Pristach Progressive, Black Sabbath, Quentin Tarantino screaming down a desert highway with a gun in your hand style southern rock. That’s the best

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Photo Gallery: Screaming Females / Shellshag / The Bad Ideas / Nature Boys

We heard someone refer to Tuesday night’s show at the Riot Room as a “dream lineup,” and they weren’t really far off. Screaming Females blew

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I Heart Local Music showcase brings LFK rock to Austin

There’s no place like home, and on Saturday, home for Kansans was a little venue in Austin, Texas, called Shangri-La. Love Garden jackets, LFK shirts,

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Bands we adored at SXSW that are coming here

At this year’s SXSW, we found ourselves wandering into a lot of random events and discovering brand new bands. To our delight, we also realized

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Happy Hooks: Sweet Spirit’s live show is out of sight

Here’s the best thing we’ve seen at SXSW so far. Sweet Spirit took Cheer Up Charlie’s by storm Tuesday night with a set loud and

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God bless you, Gnarly Davidson

“Can I get a hot shit?!” Gnarly Davidson’s exuberant bassist Sam Gunnerson starts nearly every set by screaming this into the mic. The audience always

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Photo Gallery: Psychic Heat / The Sluts / Gnarly Davidson

Here are some scenes from Psychic Heat’s tape release show at the Bottleneck on Friday. Gnarly Davidson and the Sluts joined them on (and off)

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Photo Gallery: Viet Cong / Muscle Worship at recordBar

Viet Cong may boast some rich, emotional, and highly artistic music. But when they hit Kansas City on Wednesday, they were all about fun. When