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Upcoming shows I'm likely to be at:
6/29 Jonathan Richman @ Record Bar
7/7 Sunn o))) @ Riot Room
7/8 Low @ Record Bar
7/9 So Many Dynamos @ Record Bar
8/28 Peter Bjorn & John @ Granada
9/30 Tortoise @ Beaumont
10/24 Moonspell @ Beaumont
Recently added to my iPod:
Cursive-Mama, I'm Swollen
Halloween, Alaska-Champagne Downtown
Handsome Family-Honey Moon
Loney dear-Dear John
Malajube-Labyrinthes
Morrissey-Years Of Refusal
Neko Case-Middle Cyclone
Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Polly Scattergood-Polly Scattergood
Pretty & Nice-Get Young
Shout Out Out Out Out-Reintegration ...
Various-Dark Was the Night
Various-If You Like Everything There...
Various-Sides 1-4: AC/DC Tribute
Various-War Child Presents Heroes
Summer didn't officially begin until the smooth 6/26 performance of
Summer Breeze, KC's indie rock all-star tribute to Yacht Rock. Check
out my photos of the evening.
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A reunited Creature Comforts played to an enthusiastic Record Bar
audience on 6/20. Check out my photos and video of the night including
openers Dead Girls and Sons of Great Dane.
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Podcast #109 bring you the cream of the crop from Softee,
Bishop Allen, Dead Girls, Bob Mould, Peter Bjorn and John,
Via Audio, St. Vincent, & Decemberists.
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Podcast #108 is full of underdogs. Listen to winners from
The Builders and The Butchers, Chris Garneau, Jeremy Enigk,
Gentleman Reg, Haymarket Riot, Man At Arms, & Sleepy Sun.
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The Kansas City Indie Pop Alliance held its inaugural event on 6/5.
Check out my account, photos, and video of Dead Girls,
Softee, Sexy Accident, Audiovox, & Tambourine Club.
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On 5/11 Richard Buckner silently took the stage and played an hour set
to a quieted crowd. Check out my photos and video of the show.
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Podcast #107 is as sunny and bright as May. Listen to new music
from Phoenix, Asobi Seksu, Soldout, Art Brut, Hunters, Run!,
Cheap Trick, & Koop featuring Ane Brun.
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On 5/8 Asobi Seksu turned its wall of noise up to 11 blasting out
local Kansas City openers The Sons of Great Dane, & Don't Tell
Pope. Check out my photos and video of the show.
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KC enjoyed a mellow night out with locals In The Pines, The Caves,
& Far Beyond Frail. Check out my photos and video of the night.
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Podcast #106 comes with a heaping helping of Pretty & Nice, Up
Set, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Hold Steady, New Pornographers,
Handsome Family, & Halloween, Alaska.
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy delivered a heartfelt, full band, indie rock
experience on 4/7. Check out my photos and video of the band along with
openers White Magic.
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When the tribute record was all the rage, Skingraft drafted
4 Chicago bands to honour AC/DC. Read more, listen to Big'n's
"T.N.T.," and download both 7"s here.
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Podcast #105 is a little late in coming but makes up with it
in crazy variety featuring The Bird And The Bee, Neko Case,
Morrissey, Malajube, Cursive, Fucked Up, & Goblin Cock.
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The crazy train stopped in Lawrence on 3/15 for a wonderfully ramshackle show featuring
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Shellshag, and more. Check out of my photos and video of the
night.
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Podcast #104 is an international affair that might just
get you dancing with new music from Franz Ferdinand, Shout
Out Out Out Out, Polly Scattergood, Bell Orchestre, Matt
& Kim, & Loney Dear.
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Podcast #103 is an all midwestern affair with new music from
Peasant, The Republic Tigers, The Bitter Tears, Pravada,
Speck Mountain, & Bon Iver.
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Goblin Cock can be found at the intersection of Metal Misfit St. and
Hipster Boulevard. Check out my photos and video of the band's 2/19
show with openers Warship & New Franklin Panthers.
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On 2/12 a small Kansas City audience of the third-wave survivors
gathered to see one of its own. Check out my photos and video of
The Toasters with openers Action Figure and The Magnificents!
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Podcast #102 explores some music that you're supposed to like
featuring Glasvegas, Antony & the Johnsons, The Week That Was,
Fleet Foxes, Pronto, & Earth.
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Ultimate Fakebook reunited on 2/5 to play a special benefit for JayDoc.
Check out my photos and video of UFB, The Republic Tigers, and Harry
Trumen.
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The 7 members of Los Campesinos! brought their pummelling pop perfection
to Lawrence on 2/3. Check out my photos of the band and its openers,
Titus Andronicus.
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On 1/29 SSLYBY headlined a solid night of indie pop that also featured
Hawley Shoffner, & The Daemons. Check out my photos of the show.
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Podcast #101 starts things new in KC with music new and
old from The Cars, FM Belfast, Justice, She & Him, Emily
Wells, Bug Lung Baby, Vivian Girls, & The Upsetters.
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Noise reigned supreme on 1/9 when Gay Beast and This Is My
Condition rocked a late night crowd in Lawrence, KS.
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Podcast #100 proves that TMR is still alive. Listen for music
from Runt, Crystal Castles, Quatre Tete, Leopold and his Fiction,
Dan Wallace, Human Highway, & Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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