Eggs on Mars, Milkwave, & Arc Flash
brought flavors of indie and psych to a
Friday the 13th gig.
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Podcast #744 is just about right after help
from Creem Circus, The Bug Club, The Feelies,
Silkworm, Pale Lights, Ryli, & Health.
NYC indie poppers Petite League shared
the stage with MX Vs. The Railroad
Industry and Teri Quinn at their KC gig
last week.
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Three flavors of black metal joined
forces for a bloody gig in Kansas City.
Check out my coverage of Tomarum,
Saidan, & Aprilmist.
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Podcast #743 carries on bravely with Comet
Gain, Lulu, Civil Rats, Chelsea, Autos,
Whitney's Playland, Sea Lemon, & Sergio
Mendes & Brasil '66.
Hardcore acts Hoods, Honey, & Yeah Right
did hardcore things for the hardcore kids
at the hardcore show.
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Podcast #742 is gonna put a bop in your
step thanks to Erik Voeks, The Airport 77s,
Ty Segall, Lines of Drift, The States, Wayne
Pain & the Shit Stains, & Kate Bush.
It was old punks in the audience and old
punks on the stage when The Effigies,
Tanka Ray, & The D-Fibs played a midweek
gig at recordBar.
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Punks and skins crossed paths when Sheer
Terror, Murphy's Law, Total Chaos, The
Bad Ideas, & The Uncouth all played
RecordBar.
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Podcast #741 hits with tunes from Petite
League, The Speedways, Friends of Cesar
Romero, The Minus 5, Randells, Vista Blue,
Tanka Ray, 7 Seconds, & Alan Sparhawk.
Part salon, part house party, part
musical showcase, Folklore aims to bring
an analog community together. Check out
performances from Juliette Frost,
Futchdog, and Drew Black.
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Podcast #740 wets your whistle with The
Chelsea Curve, Outfit, SAVAK, Total Chaos,
Manitoba's Wild Kingdom, & Drifter.
Four bands, an all-ages bill, and velvet
curtains. Check out my coverage of Blast
Monkeys, Worlds Greatest Dad, Dreamist,
& Heccra.
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Podcast #739 savages one of these bands:
My Raining Stars, Foxy, Wyldlife, Les
Lullies, Turbulent Hearts, The Cult, & Roman
Numerals.
Was Slow Poke's backyard set at Columbus
Park Nights an olive branch or a middle
finger?
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Six rockin' bands from six Midwestern
states played Lost Weekend Fest at
Hillsiders.
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Podcast #738 is ready to rock with Charm
Wrestle, The Donnas, Taxi Girls, Unicorn
Dogs, Spacemaus, Ducks Deluxe, Eddie And
The Hot Rods, The Slow Death, & The High
Water Marks.
It was a sampling of the macabre when
Unto Others, Tribulation, Final Gasp, &
Unreqvited played RecordBar.
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Korine and Johnny Dynamite brought their
modern synth-pop to RecordBar.
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Podcast #737 empties the fridge eating
dishes from The Members, Off-Ox, Phase
Distorter, Ghost, Lordi, & Brian Bilston
and The Catenary Wires.
Short Circuits, Tidal.wav, Second Hand
King, & Heat Seger gathered at Blip to
help erase medical debt.
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Podcast #736 went on a road trip w/ New
Musik, Big Boys, Dead Pioneers, Conservative
Military Image, Giants Chair, Season to
Risk, & James.
Belphegor, Arkona, & Vale of Pnath
returned extreme metal to Broadway Blvd
last week.
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Podcast #735 is on the move with Shriekback,
Ravagers, Ryan Allen, Geoff Palmer, L.A.
Witch, Mekons, Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy,
& Miki Berenyi Trio.
Everything was right for four hours when
Esoteric, Casket Lottery, Conflicts, and
Hells celebrated at Warehouse on
Broadway last week.
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Fans donning rabbit ears pressed against
the stage for hours to see Birthday
Massacre & Essenger.
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Punk is punk is punk as proven by Oxys,
Madman, & Unfinished.
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Podcast #734 has it all: Headlight Rivals,
Nick Gilder, Lucy Dacus, Steve Earle, Buster
Shuffle, The Lone Stranger, & Deafheaven.
KC was visited by three metal ghosts
last week. Check out my photos, video, &
thoughts of the Bewitcher, Deathchant, &
Persekutor gig.
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It was an indie rock Friday night with all the
feels thanks to RxGhost and String and
Return.
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Podcast #733 looks for the helpers and finds
Private Lives, Craig Finn, Jeffrey Lewis,
Jason Isbell, MJ Lenderman, & Seashine.
Bad Ideas, Takes the Cake, and Basics
played a bar on a Tuesday night in the
Middle West.
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Podcast #732 is top choice grade a thanks
to Sharp Pins, Motorbike, Ministry, Jetstream
Pony, Pale Blue Eyes, She's Green, & Embrium.
And the award for the most energetic
Tuesday show goes to Gully Boys, Skating
Polly, & They're Theirs.
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Glixen, She's Green, & Nightosphere
packed Howdy for an all-ages shoegaze
bonanza.
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Podcast #731 finds the good ones from Shiv
and the Carvers, Log Flume, Guided By Voices,
Go Kart, Toledo Panic, Violenteer, Dented
Zeus, & Crybaby Jones.
Brant Bjork Trio and Violenteer left
ears ringing and heads spinning at
RecordBar.
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Tyr and Aether Realm brought the Battle
Bands tour to Kansas, recruiting locals
Hellevate for the melee.
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Podcast #730 is full of new songs, classic
songs, and some classic artists making new
songs featuring The Lords of the New Church,
The Vapors, Bob Mould, Flora from Kansas,
Soft Blue Shimmer, The Limiñanas, & David
Johansen.
Josey Records championed Quadruple
Bypass, Corners of the Sky, & Sour Apple
Surgery on a Friday night.
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Shy Boys and Whiffs soundtracked a
packed going away party at Hillsiders.
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Interesting gigs:
6/26 True Lions @ Electric Park
6/26 Religion of Heartbreak @ Minibar
6/27 Uncouth @ Minibar
6/27 Critterz @ Sk8bar
6/28 Touchdowns @ RecordBar
6/28 Ace Frehley @ Star Pavilion
6/28 Sara Bellum @ Rino
7/1 Elvis Costello @ Uptown
7/2 Squirrel Flower @ White Schoolhouse
7/3 Shutdown @ Howdy
7/4 Vibralux @ Bottleneck
7/5 Awakebutstillinbed @ Farewell
7/5 Virga @ Howdy
7/7 Stereosity @ Rino
7/11 Pegboy @ Bottleneck
7/11 Social Distortion @ Uptown
7/11 Haywire @ Encore
7/11 311 @ TVTSNBN
7/12 Hipshot Killer @ Sk8bar
7/12 Dreamist @ Howdy
7/12 Primus/Ty Segall @ TVTSNBN
7/12 Everclear @ Star Pavilion
7/18 Strung Out @ Sk8bar
7/19 LYXE @ Bottleneck
7/19 Blanky @ 8th Street
7/20 Quintron & Miss Pussycat @ Grand Ave Temple
7/20 Fluorescents @ Minibar
7/26 Company Retreat @ Lemonade Park
7/26 Teri Quinn @ Hillsiders
7/26 Moon 17 @ Union Library
7/27 Of Montreal @ RecordBar
7/27 Religion of Heartbreat @ Minibar
7/29 Drifter @ Bottleneck
7/30 Mspaint @ Ship
7/31 Fitz & the Tantrums @ Truman
8/1 Radkey @ Lemonade Park
8/2 Toad the Wet Sprocket @ TVTSNBN
8/4 Dropkick Murphys @ TVTSNBN
8/5 Boundaries @ recordBar
8/5 Ghost @ T-Mobile
8/6 Camgirl @ Sk8bar
8/6 Sweeping Promises/Horsegirl @ Bottleneck
8/6 Broncho @ recordBar
8/6 Ben Quad @ Rino
8/6 Wonderlick @ Minibar
8/9 Aquabats @ Madrid
8/13 Whiffs @ Hillsiders
8/15 Heat Seger @ Hillsiders
8/23 Rootbeer Richie @ Hillsiders
8/27 David Lee Roth @ TVTSNBN
8/29 TsuShiMaMiRe @ RecordBar
9/9 Kid Congo @ RecordBar
9/13 Here Come the Mummies @ Uptown
9/14 Religion of Heartbreak @ Minibar
9/16 UB40 @ Uptown
9/17 Deftones/Idles @ T-Mobile
9/18 Mdou Moctar @ Bottleneck
9/20 Glare @ RecordBar
9/24 Alestorm @ Granada
9/24 Brian Jonestown Massacre @ RecordBar
9/25 Alestorm @ Granada
9/22 Model/Actriz @ recordBar
9/24 Brian Jonestown @ recordBar
9/25 Callous Daoboys @ Rino
9/27 Blink-182/Alkaline Trio @ T-Mobile
9/27 RxGhost @ Hillsiders
9/29 Cannibal Corpse @ Truman
9/29 Slow Crush @ RecordBar
9/30 Nation of Language @ Truman
10/1 Bob Mould @ RecordBar
10/4 Ziggy Marley @ TVTSNBN
10/6 Garbage @ Midland
10/7 Shonen Knife @ recordBar
10/8 Elliott @ Bottleneck
10/9 Corrosion of Comformity @ Warehouse
10/12 X @ Uptown
10/13 Circle Jerks @ Madrid
10/16 Murder by Death @ Liberty Hall
10/17 Vader @ Warehouse
10/19 Destroyer @ Warehouse
10/25 GBH @ Bottleneck
11/1 Jerry Harrison @ Kauffman Center
11/11 King Princess @ Truman
11/14 Goblin @ RecordBar
11/17 Blondshell @ Truman
11/19 Minus the Bear @ Granada
11/21 Beths @ Truman
11/29 Whitechapel @ Truman