Everyone showed up at Big Mood for hip
sets from Fullbloods and The Roseline.
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A First Fridays party at Josey brought
together a wonderful three-band bill
featuring Still Ill, Mopsy, & Ospree.
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Podcast #727 gives you power pop and things
that aren't power pop from The Hellflowers,
The Jellybricks, The Lockdowns, Tony Marsico
and the Ugly Thingz, Fastbacks, Daniel Gum,
2w33dy, & Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
D. Pound and CS Luxem came up big on a
quiet night at Minibar.
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The Ship stayed up late dancing to the
synth-pop and post-punk of 90 Minute
Cassette and Redder Moon.
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Podcast #726 is a
smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord w/
Lambrini Girls, Dwight Twilley, Daryl,
Mogwai, Buddy Lush Phenomenon, Matt Pond
PA, The Gentle Spring, & N3philim.
Farewell was held rapt by Advance Base,
Little Mazarn, and 2w33dy.
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Podcast #725 asks if everything is all right
with w/ Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral
Circus, The Postmarks, Alpaca Sports, Cassie
Ramone, Girl Scout, The Laughing Chimes,
Why Bother?, & Advance Base.
Metal acts Aprilmist, Fauns, and
Momovudu kept the midwinter fires
burning at Farewell.
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Lucas Oswald's matinee set was full of
breezy and sentimental indie rock.
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Locals Corey Dies in the End, Blast
Monkeys, & Professor Shyguy packed Rino
on a wintry night.
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Podcast #724 lays it on you with tunes from
Foil, Couch Serf, A Flock of Seagulls,
Vazum, Rick White, The Fun & Games, & Our
Throne.
It was a chilly night for rock & roll
but Killer City, Foreign Suns, & Kool
100s gave it their all to warm up
Sk8bar.
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Podcast #723 offers plenty w/ The
Blast Monkeys, St. Jimi Sebastian
Cricket Club, Tiikeri, Ryli, Wussy,
Ten Times Fast, I'd Rather,
About:blank, & Ohio Express.
It was a great year for local live music in KC. Every
night of the week there was a great gig somewhere. Bands
kept me busy! But what they didn't do, however, is release
many albums – especially on vinyl. So not only do I rundown
the releases here, but list some 2025 ones we should all
look forward to.
Favorite Local Albums of 2024:
10. Nephilim - Daemonaltry
9. Foil - Foiled (Dirtbag Distro)
see the full list
Here is the Too Much Rock Top 35 Songs of 2024. Compiling
this is both a fun and stressful exercise for me each
December. As always, my list is augmented by three bonus
2023 tracks that I didn't pick up until after last year's
list was complete.
35. "Rattle the Pipes" by Karate (Numero Group)
The wiry guitar and bold bass line make this post-punk tune feel
slinky and smart. Welcome back Karate.
see the full list
Podcast #722 wraps up 2024 by playing the
year's best from 2nd Grade, The Chisel, The
BV's, Trust Fund, The Cure, & The Soundcarriers.
Here is a list of my favorite albums of 2024 presented in order
but without supporting evidence. I compiled the list differently this
year so read the bit at the bottom if you're curious.
50. Waxahatchee Tigers Blood (ANTI-)
49. 2nd Grade Scheduled Explosions (Double Double Whammy)
see the full list
Lawrence celebrated the Driftmist III with heavy sets from
Drifter, Aprilmist, Gurney, & Hollowed
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Interesting gigs:
2/21 AM Merker @ Ship (matinee)
2/21 Daniel Gum @ Ship
2/21 Headlight Rivals @ Replay
2/21 Wayne Pain @ Hillsiders
2/22 Killith Faire @ RecordBar Minibar
2/23 Get Up Kids/Anniversary @ Truman
2/28 Drifter @ Bottleneck
3/1 Deco Auto @ Sk8bar
3/3 Tyr @ Granada
3/3 MJ Lenderman @ Bottleneck
3/6 This is My Condition @ Farewell
3/7 Violenteer @ RecordBar
3/8 Nightosphere @ Howdy
3/8 Ten Times Fast @ Farewell
3/8 Various Blond @ Minibar
3/8 Arc Flash @ Replay
3/8 Reviser @ Minibar
3/8 Cat Fight @ Sk8bar
3/9 Helmet @ Bottleneck
3/11 Gully Boys @ RecordBar
3/11 Cosmic Kitten @ Replay (matinee)
3/12 Soccer Mommy @ Truman
3/15 Alcest @ Granada
3/18 Agnostic Front @ Bottleneck
3/19 Dreamist @ Howdy
3/21 String and Return @ Hillsiders
3/21 Bright Eyes @ Uptown
3/22 Robyn Hitchcock @ Knuckleheads
3/25 Bewitcher @ RecordBar
3/26 Jeffrey Lewis @ Ship
3/26 Nephilim @ Sk8bar
3/25 Oxys @ Minibar
3/29 Spine @ Warehouse on B'way
3/31 Kraftwerk @ Midland
4/2 Amyl/Sniffers @ Uptown
4/2 Haunt @ Bottleneck
4/2 Shred Flintstone @ Farewell
4/3 Franz Ferdinand @ Midland
4/3 Birthday Massacre @ RecordBar
4/5 Time X Heist @ Howdy
4/6 Jack White @ Uptown
4/6 Moon 17 @ Minibar
4/7 Belphegor @ Warehouse on B'way
4/7 Fullbloods @ Hillsiders
4/8 Subhumans @ RecordBar
4/11 Elska @ Minibar
4/11 RxGhost @ Replay
4/11 Norma Jean @ Warehouse on B'way
4/16 Pact of Violence @ Ship
4/18 Har Mar @ Warehouse on B'way
4/18 Eradicats @ Replay
4/19 Iron & Wine @ TVTSNBN
4/22 Militarie Gun @ Bottleneck
4/24 Esoterics @ Warehouse on B'way
4/25 Ocean Blue @ Bottleneck
4/25 Vision Video @ Warehouse on B'way
4/26 Bongzilla @ The Ship
4/26 Smithereens @ Knuckleheads
4/26 Paul Simon @ Midland
5/3 Sturgill Simpson @ Cable Dahmer
5/5 Nick Cave @ KC Music Hall
5/5 Save Ferris @ Bottleneck
5/6 EXTC @ RecordBar
5/7 Lucy Dacus @ Midland
5/117 Eradicats @ Minibar
5/10 Menzingers @ Granada
5/10 Orphans of Doom @ Bottleneck
5/13 Gang of Four @ Knuckleheads
5/14 Hovvdy @ RecordBar
5/24 Napalm Death/Melvins @ Madrid
5/21 One Step Closer @ Bottleneck
5/28 Effigies @ RecordBar
7/1 Elvis Costello @ Uptown
7/27 Of Montreal @ RecordBar
8/4 Dropkick Murphys @ TVTSNBN
8/5 Ghost @ T-Mobile
10/16 Murder by Death @ Liberty Hall