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Photo Gallery: Stiff Middle Fingers / All Blood / Kind Horse

On a cold and blustery night, one Lawrence business was alive with ear-piercing activity. Local punk rockers Stiff Middle Fingers were celebrating the tape release

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Album Review: Stiff Middle Fingers – “At The Scene of The Crime”

by Nathan Cardiff “You can just get up in my face and scream anyway, it doesn’t even matter. Let’s just do this shit.” These are

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Momma’s Gotta Rock: 40 Watt Dreams indulges Katie West’s angsty side

You could say over the last couple of years, Katie West has been bursting with ideas. At some point in her thriving musical career, the

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Watch: Max Fields at Love Garden

On Saturday night, local label (and talent goldmine) Whatever Forever celebrated the release of their compilation cassette with a show at Love Garden. The event

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Your Friend delivers captivating performance for CD release show

What a difference a year makes. Not too long ago, we were introducing you to Lawrence’s latest indie darling and her fantastic songwriting. Now, she’s

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Album Review: Your Friend – “Jekyll/Hyde”

by Nathan Cardiff I first came across Your Friend’s music back in October of 2012. She was the headliner at a house show with three

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Watch: Hissy Fit at Love Garden

We’ve eagerly been awaiting the return of Hissy Fit, and on Friday the Kansas City rockers indulged Lawrence with a gritty set at Love Garden.

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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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Photo Gallery: Dean Monkey and the Dropouts / Bloodbirds at Love Garden

On Friday evening, patrons at Lawrence’s favorite record store were treated to the unique stylings of local doo-wop group Dean Monkey and the Dropouts and

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Wayne Coyne makes surprise visit to Love Garden

-by Fally Afani   It was one of those magical moments that could only happen in Lawrence, Kansas. At about 4:30 on Saturday afternoon, Kelly