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Bruiser Queen spreads rock, good will across the nation

Garage rock duos are gaining more momentum than ever across the U.S., and one of the more underrated acts doesn’t live too far from Lawrence.

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Lawrence’s future rockers are looking alright

The local music community sent off one of its favorite members in style on Wednesday. Drew Smith, a young teen wise beyond his years, is

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A Reason To Be Proud: Fourth of July celebrates record release with The ACBs

“Would you guys mind if we played our album all the way through?” Fourth of July frontman Brendan Hangauer asked a packed room at the

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Photo Gallery: Akron Family / Karma Vision

Akron/Family graced The Jackpot Thursday night and brought in a crowd that hung on their every note. The expectation and anticipation was palpable as Dana

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Life’s a beach with Beach Day / Chains of Love / The Basement

The Jackpot gave us a nice reprieve from the horrible weather that was dumped on Kansas Wednesday night. Three bands took to the stage and

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The New Cosmopolitans bring indie noise pop to the Jackpot

Lewis Guillen and Summer Bradshaw are relatively new to the local music scene in Lawrence, having played their first show the last day of January

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Photo Gallery: Bread and Butter / Alien Jones / Luv Craft

Friday night’s lineup at the Jackpot may have been a last minute addition to the calendar but you wouldn’t know from the crowd and the

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SXSW Fest, Day 2, Photo Gallery

Night two of SXSW fest, a benefit to raise money to send local musicians and media to cover SXSW in Austin, TX, was a raging,

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SXSW Fest, Day 1, Photo Gallery

“We don’t care what chicks think of us, we sing about anime.” Isaiah Radke, one of the three brothers in Radkey, brushed off any notion

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Jackpot to host SXSW benefit

The SXSW music festival is a big deal for up and coming musicians. The week-long Austin-based extravaganza has become sort of a rite of passage