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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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Watch: Approach rules Midcoast Takeover in Austin

Approach is, without a doubt, the boss. There’s a reason we’ve seen people race to a venue to catch his set. The Lawrence rapper is

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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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Watch: Wild Eye at Midcoast Takeover

Ross WIlliams seems to be a jack of all trades. We never quite know where he’s going to pop up, even at the SXSW music

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Ryn Weaver steals the show at Spotify House

Words and photos by Leroy Pristach Tuesday was the first real day of SXSW showcases and we kicked it off at the Spotify house. The

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Watch: Viet Cong’s drummer plays with broken hand

There really isn’t anything that can hold a band like Viet Cong back. On Wednesday we set out to see them perform at the Pitchfork

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I Heart Local Music throwing day party at SXSW 2015

I Heart Local Music is once again proud to bring you a day party at the 2015 SXSW music festival! We’ve teamed up with Mass

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Folk Alliance International delivers overwhelmingly impressive music fair

Imagine if SXSW or The Wakarusa Music Festival weren’t hosted by myriad venues spread over whole city blocks or didn’t encompass a large swath of

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The Sluts are Lawrence’s surliest band

The Sluts are a little disgruntled. With lyrics like “I Want You To Die,” it’s not surprising. Their grumpy persona onstage matches their grouchiness offstage.