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Photo Gallery: Cowboy Indian Bear / Cloud Dog / Soft Reeds / Paper Buffalo

This weekend saw the return of one musician’s annual birthday concert extravaganza. Cowboy Indian Bear’s Marty Hillard hosted a four-lineup show at the Bottleneck that

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How To Properly Rock the Bottleneck, with Stiff Middle Fingers / Scruffy and the Janitors / Black on Black

Sometimes the biggest mistake you can make is to start beef with a rock band. One rowdy KU fan learned that the hard way. I

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“Hot damn! Holy Christ! Good God!” Father John Misty will sex you now

On Monday night the Bottleneck hosted a show that was so sexual, playful, and easy-going all at the same time, it almost felt like a

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“Hot damn! Holy Christ! Good God!” Father John Misty will sex you now

On Monday night the Bottleneck hosted a show that was so sexual, playful, and easy-going all at the same time, it almost felt like a

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I Heart Local Music’s Top Ten Shows of 2012

Our music cup truly runneth over this year. It seems like promoters, venues, and enthusiastic locals worked harder than ever to make this a memorable

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The Rundown: New Year’s Eve shows in Lawrence

Congratulations! You’ve survived “the end of the world.” Now it’s time to get back to business, and plan your New Year’s Eve party route. Here

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Rock Solid: Blackfoot Gypsies remind you what rock and roll is all about

by Mitch Jones I know in most situations it is wrong to judge a book by it’s cover, but in the case of Blackfoot Gypsies

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Super Nerd Night with Ebony Tusks / Dropjaw / Strider / New Suede

Nerds united the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for Super Nerd Night at the Bottleneck. The gamers were treated to an all local hip hop show featuring

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Approach / Radkey / My Brother the Vulture / American Youth rock the Bottleneck

by Mitch Jones It was one exciting mixed genre line-up at the Bottleneck on Saturday night. Up first was Minneapolis based solid pop-rock quartet American

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Watch: The Late Night Callers at the Bottleneck

If modern times bother you and you often find yourself yearning for the days of noire, look no further than Kansas City’s The Late Night