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Title Fight leads vicious show at the Jackpot

by Lillian Wright Smith I don’t know if the Jackpot was ready for the show they put on Wednesday night. The kids traveled far and

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Photo Gallery: Heidi and the Kicking Heels / Hidden Pictures / Electro Foam

by Lillian Wright Smith On the last weekend before the students come back in town and take things to the next level, Heidi and The

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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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Photo Gallery: The Strive / Grenadina / The Perfect Pursuit / The Blos

The Strive, out of KCMO, hosted an all local lineup at the Jackpot Thursday including rockers Grenadina, The Perfect Pursuit, and hip hop duo The

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The Jackpot does Halloween with Moon King / Anamanaguchi / Fang Island

LFK knows how to do Halloween proper, and Wednesday night’s show at The Jackpot was ripe with curated costumes and incredible music. Moon King from

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Photo Gallery: Clairaudients (The Atlantic) / The Kickbacks / Bears and Company

The Jackpot hosted a trio of authentic rock bands this Halloween Eve. Bears and Company, of Kansas City, warmed up the crowd with melodic rock

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Makeup, masks, and music, oh my! The Jackpot hosts colorful costumed concert

The Jackpot played host to a colorful commotion on Saturday night when four area bands played electrifying sets for an equally excited crowd. Most of

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Photo Gallery: Ringo Deathstarr / Brainstorm / JabberJosh

JabberJosh started off a night of rock at the Jackpot with their usual comedic antics with song titles like “Diets Don’t Work, Chocolate Cake Works”

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Retro Rockers: The Empty Spaces

Never have we seen a new band just charm the heck out of everyone as The Empty Spaces. We caught their set a couple of