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.
Interesting gigs:
12/13 Drifter @ Bottleneck
12/13 Ebony Tusks @ Howdy
12/13 Teri Quinn @ Minibar
12/14 Religion of Heartbreak @ Minibar
12/14 Swallowtails @ Greenwood Social Hall
12/14 Cat Fight @ Bloodbank
12/20 Brent Windler @ Brick
12/20 Various Blonde @ Sk8bar
12/21 Radkey @ RecordBar
12/21 Uncouth @ Goofball
12/22 Cher UK @ RecordBar
12/26 Magf*cknificent @ RecordBar
12/27 New Obsessions @ Ship
12/28 Roseline @ Replay
12/28 Siilk @ Square Pizza
12/28 Hipshot Killer @ Sk8bar
12/28 Hooded Grave @ Farewell
12/31 Whiffs @ Replay
12/31 Gemini Parks @ RecordBar
1/4 Redder Moon @ Ship
1/5 Cat Fight @ Replay
1/10 Flooding @ Replay (matinee)
1/10 Oasis Tribute @ Bottleneck
1/10 Orphans of Doom @ Minibar
1/12 Cataphract @ Farewell
1/23-1/25 Band/Fell to Earth @ RecordBar
1/24 Advance Base @ Farewell
1/25 Aerosmith @ T-Mobile
2/11 Koffin Kats @ RecordBar
2/23 Get Up Kids/Anniversary @ Truman
3/3 Tyr @ Granada
3/8 Nightosphere @ Howdy
3/9 Helmet @ Bottleneck
3/15 Alcest @ Granada
3/18 Agnostic Front @ Bottleneck
3/21 Bright Eyes @ Uptown
4/2 Amyl/Sniffers @ Uptown
4/3 Franz Ferdinand @ Midland
4/3 Birthday Massacre @ RecordBar
4/25 Ocean Blue @ Bottleneck
5/5 Nick Cave @ KC Music Hall
5/6 EXTC @ RecordBar
5/10 Menzingers @ Granada
5/13 Gang of Four @ Knuckleheads
5/14 Hovvdy @ RecordBar
5/24 Napalm Death/Melvins @ Madrid
7/1 Elvis Costello @ Uptown
8/5 Ghost @ T-Mobile