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A stormy soiree: Replay rocks rainy Spring Into Summer Fest

April showers brought a lot more than May flowers this year. As expected, it stormed Kansas-style at this year’s Spring Into Summer Fest at the

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Lawrence Field Day Fest explodes into action with diverse performances

Talk about a complete 180 from last year. This year’s Lawrence Field Day Fest is already one for the books, and we’re only halfway through.

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Spring Into Summer surprises with unpredictable performances

Much like the weather in Kansas, this year’s Spring Into Summer festival was pretty unpredictable. With temperatures unusually cold for this time of year, the

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I Heart Local Music / Whatever Forever bring Lawrence’s grittiest to Austin

I Heart Local Music and Whatever Forever had the intense pleasure of introducing the SXSW music festival to some of the best, grittiest, and weirdest

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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

Album Reviews Articles

Review: Beaded Hall – “Honey Feather” EP

by Nathan Cardiff Has your summer not been surreal enough for you? How about bizarre? Could you use a bit of the peculiar in your

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Review – OILS – “TOTAL OILS USA” EP

by Nathan Cardiff With a vicious guitar and a soothing “Yeah yeah,” Oils’ first EP begins with a tremendous track titled “The Town.” Forget trying

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Kansas City parties with local bands at the Crossroads Summer Block Party

Summers are hardly lazy in these parts. It seems you can’t throw a rock without hitting a local music festival; and lucky for us every

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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

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Photo Gallery: 2013 Middle of the Map Fest, Day 3

Saturday featured a spectacular display from a wide range of bands at Middle of the Map Fest. The music festival ended its third year strong,