Podcast #721 is the bonus 2024 Too Much Rock Christmas Spectacular After Dark Edition featuring John Waters, Sugar World, Punchline, Dropkick, The Happy Somethings, California Snow Story, The Fur and the Fang, Jethro Tull and 12 more tunes to make your holidays bright.

Local hardcore acts Coalesce, Spine, & Conflicts sold out RecordBar.

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Turnsol’s annual Hope House benefit brought together a disparate crew of regulars featuring AKAMFDM, Black Market Translation, Major Matt Mason USA, Deco Auto, & Brenda.

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Podcast #720 is the 2024 Too Much Rock Christmas Spectacular featuring 18 festive and not-so-festive tunes from Holiday Crowd, Sunturns, Simon Chesterfield, Swansea Sound, Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom, Ben Folds and more!

Punk rockers braved the first snow for a five-band bill featuring Neurotic Lovers, Arson Class, Small Victories, Slow Poke, & The Unfinished.

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Boys Life kicked off its next chapter with help from Sweeping Promises and Flooding.

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System Exclusive, Various Blonde, & Redder Moon played a midweek show for the real ones.

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Podcast #719 embraces the strays with tunes from Bubblegum Lemonade, Visual Learner, Fan Club, Falling Forward, Karate, Tracey Thorn, Trust Fund, & Red Sleeping Beauty.

Seattle’s Fan Club and locals Dented Zeus provided a needed Tuesday night diversion.

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Podcast #718 spins the good ones from Pinhead Gunpowder, The Peawees, Paul Kelly, The Chameleons, The Innocence Mission, Ivy, & Amyl and the Sniffers.

An all-local bill w/ Big Fat Cow, Eradicats, & Jocelyn Nixon capped my Friday night.

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They’re Theirs, Grady Philip Drugg, & Lyxe started the weekend early with a rager at Hillsiders.

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Good bands made for a good show at Hillsiders. My photos, video, & thoughts of Whiffs, Dusk, & Visual Learner are on Too Much Rock.

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Podcast #717 is all scratchy 45s from The Frisbees, The Boxboys, Heavy Manners, Jerry Pierce, Tommy Boyles, Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers, Segarini, & The City.

LFK shook it off at a late night show with Creepy Jingles, Eradicats, & Sluts.

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KC showed up in a big way for post-punk pioneers Chameleons with support from Wingtips.

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An early November show proved that for March Violets, Rosegarden Funeral Party, & Reviser, Halloween is a year-round celebration.

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Kansas City came together to celebrate its local music scene, raise some money for MMF, and see Flare tha Rebel, Nathan Corsi and My Atomic Daydream, Creepy Jingles, and Julia Haile perform.

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Podcast #716 puts on a brave face with help from Pizzicato Five, Night Court, Cast of Thousands, Squint, Alvilda, Lola Lola, The Jackets, & The Cure.

KC was buried under waves of effects and volume with Airiel and Still Ill played Minibar.

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A two-band bill featuring City Mouse and Angie Fights Crime offered a low-risk and high-reward night.

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Podcast #715 shares its treats from Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men, The Cheap Cassettes, Gene Champagne, The Touchdowns, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness, & Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

The punks looked extra scary at this Halloween show featuring Uncouth, Mike Vallely and the Complete Disaster, D-Fibs, & Bad Ideas.

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Fans filled the Uptown to see pioneering acts The Psychedelic Furs, The Jesus and Mary Chain, & Frankie Rose.

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KC delighted in some old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll from Mark Sultan, The Whiffs, & Wayne Pain.

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Podcast #714 sets things right thanks to Ben Lee, Wut, The Creepy Jingles, Hayley and the Crushers, Bootkrieg, The Dictators, The Wrong Society, Shadow Show, & Redder Moon.

Essenger joined Redder Moon & Wrker for a synth-heavy midweek bill.

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Podcast #713 goes big with tunes from Junior Varsity, 2nd Grade, Paint Fumes, Scared of Chaka, The Okmoniks, Soulside, Onsloow, & Ensiferum.

Podcast #712 has a lot to say thanks to Fred Thomas, Wifey, Early Riser, Bambies, Class, & Winterfylleth.

Chicago music fans got a visit from old friends in Material Reissue, Starball, & Tamar Berk.

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Podcast #711 sounds a little different but is still stuffed with good stuff from The Last Gang, Artificial Go, Loose Articles, Pylon Reenactment Society, Best Bets, Sharp Class, & Cold Gawd.

Outer Reaches Fest featured Pylon Reenactment Society and Negativland on a single adventurous bill.

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DC Hardcore legends Scream and Soulside joined forces with the youth of Skuffed for a magical night.

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Podcast #710 just wants your love and to play songs from Robyn Hitchcock, The Armoires, Eggs on Mars, Bad Moves, Public Opinion, Mission Impossible, & Nostalghia.

Ten Times Fast celebrated its new EP with friends in Still Ill, Pact of Violence, & Honey.

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Hillsiders stacked ‘em deep on a Thursday night blow-out featuring Wayne Pain & the Sh*t Stains, Timmy’s Organism, The Creepy Jingles, & Blue Horses of Madness.

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Daniel Gum braved the heat and a busy rail yard for a low-key set in a beer garden.

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Podcast #709 wonders if you feel it like Louse, Hasty, Golden Shitters, Love Collector, The Ladybug Transistor, Wut, La Comitiva, & Dreamist.

Dreamist, The Names of our Friends, Thong Gag, & Puddle Noir did it their own way at an all-ages, all-inclusive gig.

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First Friday festivities wrapped up at Turnsol with sets from Phase Distorter, Major Matt Mason USA, & From Me.

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The Record Bar was packed with fans wanting to be assaulted by High on Fire and Negative Approach.

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Podcast #708 feels the change in the air with new tunes from The Softies, Dot Dash, Desoto Reds, Desire Path, Rixe, Guidon Bear, Good Saint Nathanael, & The Soundcarriers.

Disparate fans sold-out Farewell to see disparate bands Rixe, Stakes is High, Desire Path, & Uncouth.

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Podcast #707 spends time with new tunes from old friends in New York Dolls, The Eradicats, Dog Day, Young Scum, Los Campesinos!, Quivers, Gimp Fist, Zero Boys, & Shampoo.

Clattering skateboards, a pool-less pool party, and punk rock from Anti-Feds, Foil, & Jackoffs made for a good night in Kansas.

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A packed patio watched the breezy pop of Tidal.wav and Eggs on Mars.

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Spectral Decay, Aprilmist, & Nephilim made the case that we need to make black metal Wednesdays a thing.

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Podcast #706 has something for everyone, including hits from The Soundcarriers, New Starts, Duskwhales, Shehehe, New York Dolls, Chime School, Greg Kihn, & Jorge Arana Trio.

Street Fever, MRCH, & Moon 17 surprised with cold electronic beats and intense passion.

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Podcast #705 rides the thermals with tunes from The Rebel Set, Tamar Berk, Assistant, Fast Execution, Vicious Dreams, Jr. Juggernaut, & Uprising.

Decisions were made on Monday night when Crown Cassette, Guidon Bear, & Pool Boy Party played Replay Lounge.

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KC was dancing in dark to spooky tunes from Nox Novacula, Reviser, & New Obsessions.

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Podcast #704 is the full meal deal w/ tunes from Shampoo, Keddies Resort, Wyldlife, Zatopeks, Class, Lambrini Girls, Lightheaded, Personal Trainer, & The Mountain Goats.

A sold-out RecordBar showed up to bask in the glow of Shiner, RxGhost, & Lafayette.

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It was constant motion when Amyl and the Sniffers and Lambrini Girls hit Kansas.

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The Brick hosted a night of veteran punks including D-Fibs, River City Rejects, & Second Chance.

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Mates of State returned home for a show at RecordBar supported by Great Grandpa’s Al Menne.

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A glitter bomb of guitar pop exploded when Diva Bleach and Deco Auto played RecordBar.

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Podcast #703 takes you to the edge with Arson Class, The Hollywood Stars, The Baseball Project, Sylvain Sylvain, February, Still Ill, Forgotten Tomb, & Shampoo.

Metal moved in complex and confounding ways when Tomb Mold, Horrendous, & Aprilmist played Kansas City.

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Teri Quinn and Mr. Golden Sun captured the crowd on a hot summer night.

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Alt rock supergroup The Baseball Project brought KC good tunes about the great American pastime.

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KC danced in the shadows to sets from Raudiver, Temptrix, & Juliette Frost.

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Podcast #702 piles it on w/ hits from Heavenly Sweetheart, Hoverborg, The Putz, Angry Adults, Friends of Cesar Romero, Loose Lips, Smokers, Redd Kross, Guided by Voices, & Bad Religion.

Podcast #701 shares the good stuff from The Clash, The Hollywood Stars, Bobby Mahoney, The Dahlmanns, John Vanderslice, The Mountain Goats, Marcel Wave, & Tim Barry.