Podcast #665 visits with some really good
new records from Thank You I'm Sorry, Ryan
Allen, Jeff Rosenstock, Petite League, Nick
Piunti, Seablite, Slowdive, & Gemini Parks.
Lemonade Social hit its stride during a marathon second day
that featured sets from Miki P and the Swallowtails, Paul
Jesse, Flora, Paris Williams, Mr. Golden Sun, Steddy P, &
Black Light Animals.
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The 2023 Lemonade Social kicked off with perfect weather
and a couldn’t miss-lineup featuring LYXE, Static
Phantoms, Dress Warm, & Surf Wax.
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Podcast #664 suggests you take it easy with The Vye,
The Dreaded Laramie, Cinema Hearts, The Skylarks, The
Natvral, Teenage Fanclub, & Aganthros.
Doubledrag, Blushing, and Emmaline Twist packed the Minibar
for a night of volume, textures, and distortion.
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Podcast #663 is a delightful sampler platter
featuring Worriers, The Chisel, The Uncouth,
RxGhost, Constant Insult, Chronics, The
Taxi Boys, & Cloak.
KC celebrated the legacy of David Bowie with its homegrown,
all-star tribute act The Band That Fell to Earth KC.
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Enrollment was sparse for Cloak’s introduction to the
dark arts class but those who showed up on a Tuesday were
rewarded by an awesome set with bonus instruction from The
Soiled Doves and Varlok.
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The Warwick opened its doors for a civilized affair that
featured Creepy Jingles, Killer City, Thick and the
Foolish, and The Fur and the Fang.
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The night got spookier and spookier when touring acts Raven
Black, Living Dead Girl, and Owls & Aliens met up with
locals Khaos Theory and What is Within.
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Podcast #662 might be the cheeriest podcast
ever thanks to Lisa Beat and the Liars,
Funeral Cake, Smile Too Much, The Five Year
Plan, Postal Blue, Soft Science, Sea Lemon,
& The Radio Field.
Podcast #661 returns with some road-tested
rock & roll thanks to Chris Farren, The
Connells, Dan Jones and The Squids, Queen,
Boogie Hammer, BBQT, & Ratboys.
Tim Kasher’s The Good Life took 2004’s devastating
Album of the Year out on the road to the anguished delight
of KC fans. This stop included local openers Dan Jones and
the Squids.
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Podcast #660 invites you to spend 30 minutes
w/ Oil Change, The Pooh Sticks, Tamar
Berk, Telethon, the 1981, Drop Nineteens,
& Heidi Lynne Gluck.
The Whiffs were joined by Field Daze in the old lounge for
a dimly-list, smoke-filled debaucherous night of rock &
roll.
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Youth Pool enveloped the entire Farewell audience and both
opening acts Get With This and Karmic Wheels with its
“Sunflower Groove” on a stormy Sunday night.
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It was all ages and all genres as Miles Luce & the
Cowtippers played Howdy with support from Telethon and
Screen Door Submarine.
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Podcast #659 gets the glow up thanks to
Cyanide Pills, Graham Parker & The Goldtops,
Dwight Twilley Band, The Whiffs, Big Dipper,
Landfill, Screen Door Submarine, Ferris
Wheel Regulars, & The Ape-ettes.
Music fans kicked off their weekend with mulligan stew
featuring Almost Enemies, Curious Things, and Phase
Distorter.
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Brilliant musicians shone bright in a welcoming room as
Heidi Gluck celebrated her album release with support from
Chase Horseman and Heidi Phillips.
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Friends from the East Village anti-folk scene reunited in
Kansas City when Jeffrey Lewis and Major Matt Mason played
a midweek set at Minibar.
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Podcast #658 may be a bridge too far with
tunes from The Drowns, Guided By Voices,
Big Dipper, Danny the K, Molly Tuttle, &
Agriculture.
Company Retreat ended its sabbatical with a night of fun
punk rock supported by The Blast Monkeys and Strange Relic.
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Music from the dusty DIYs invaded the posh confines of
Record Bar for a four-band all-ages gig featuring Junkyard
Royalty, These Few Weeks, Tidal.wav, & Parry.
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Podcast #657 requires you verbally consent
to rock because Bryan Bielanski, Big Dipper,
Crabber, Parry, Stay Lunar, Private Lives,
The Ape-Ettes, Honey Spider, & Rick White.
Sweeping Promises launched its new album in its new
hometown with some help from New Obsessions and Thimastr.
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I flashed my AARP card and joined the fun as fans of The
Embarrassment first saw a documentary film about the band,
and then saw the band perform a 18-song reunion set.
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Record Bar got hammered by screamo act Alesana and its
compatriots in Limbs, Vampires Everywhere, & Across the
White Water Tower.
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Podcast #656 is a power pop powerhouse
featuring Cyanide, The Barreracudas, The
Flashcubes, The Goods, The Barracudas, Ron
Emory, The Penske File, & The Oxys.
The show at Record Bar was as heavy and loud as a loud
heavy thing. If that loud heavy thing was Pallbearer, Low
Forest, or Drifter.
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Podcast #655 spins the tunes you need to
hear from Ian Hunter, The Particles, Jeanines,
Skating Polly, Taxi Girls, Don't Sleep,
Carissa Johnson, Militarie Gun, & Mountain
Goats.
Tricky fingers flitted fretboards on a hot summer night at
Farewell. Check out my photos, videos & recap of this Via
Luna, Temp Tats, and Internet Dating gig.
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Synthesizers are the future but live sets from Moon 17,
Child of Night, and Static Phantoms proved that they were
already hip to that fact.
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Podcast #654 suggests you spend your hot
summer nights with Gumbo, Slip-ons, The
Embarrassment, Fastbacks, Camp Cope, Sweeping
Promises, The Dead Milkmen, & Spine.
Friends from high and low places gathered at Record Bar to
pay tribute to Britt Adair. Seven acts took the stage
including some established bands Britt loved and some ad
hoc groups created in her honor.
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Midwestern rock & roll got a chance to shine at Replay
Lounge Saturday night as Lizard Brain Trust were joined by
Dreaded Laramie and Headlight Rivals.
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Podcast #653 takes you on a wild ride
featuring Snapped Ankles, The Budweisers,
Pretty Matty, The Photocopies, The Sensibles,
Internet Dating, The Mountain Goats, Nature
Boys, & Brennen Leigh.
Sprain headlined a challenging night of music supported by
Drowse, Agriculture, Nerver, & Flooding.
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KC’s High Dive Records kicked off its 10th anniversary
party featuring bands from its roster past and present
including Shy Boys, Arc Flash, The ACBs, Greg Wheeler & the
Poly Mall Cops, & Creepy Jingles.
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Ghosty returned to Kansas City for a special night
supported by 95 Sweetbird and Daniel Gum.
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Farewell hosted some punk bands -- specifically Arson
Class, Moon Mane, & Quadruple Bypass.
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Korine, CD Ghost, & Monta delivered mysterious synth pop
sets on a stormy Tuesday night.
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Podcast #652 will be blasting from every
boombox at the beach thanks to Bully Pulpit,
Corvair, Pony, Eggs on Mars, Fourth of July,
Lo Fives, Sex Mex, & Dream Wife.
Podcast #651 powers through with help from
Hard-Ons, Swimming Tapes, The Jack Cades,
Panic Pocket, The Sparks, Couch Serf, &
Nostalghia.
Podcast #650 is what a Too Much Rock podcast
sounds like w/ new tunes from Andrew Connor,
Fastbacks, Night Court, Rainy Day Cat Parade,
Rancid, Aggressive, Joust, & Nightosphere.
Night 3 of the Sk8barpalooza fest featured an eclectic
lineup that included Tragic Fate, Drifter, From This Day
Forward, Double Downer, Gutter Buds, and Scud.
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Goatwhore headlined a hot night at the packed MiniBar with
some help from Nephilim and Limb Dealer.
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Podcast #649 is the gumbo you need with
music from Ghost, Crass, Spider Babies, The
Aquadolls, Beach Fossils, & Iris DeMent.
Aquadolls brought West Coast vibes to KC for a show with
Daniel Gum.
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KC bid farewell to the weekend with an international oi
line up that featured Uncouth, Hardsell, and Aggressive.
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Three bands played quick sets to ease us back into the
working week. Check out my photos, videos, and thoughts on
the Remorsefully Numb, Thank You I’m Sorry, & Lake Love
gig.
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Podcast #648 makes life better with tracks
from Shit Present, Trash, Les Lullies, The
Jackets, B.A. Johnston, The Ballet, &
Dropkick Murphys.
A capacity crowd filled a neighborhood bar for sets from
The Whiffs and 95 Sweetbird.
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A late show at Farewell summoned evil sets from Dryad,
Traffic Death, Goat Coffin, & Sarin Reaper.
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Podcast #647 goes into overtime to catch
tracks from New Pornographers, Cindy,
Ashenden Papers, Pale Saints, Darkfield,
Perfume USA, & Interrupters.
Greg Ginn brought the latest incarnation of Black Flag to
KC for a jam-happy gig that featured all of 1984’s
punishing My War and a good portion of the band's hits.
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Green House kicked off its 2023 season with Dunes Day,
Social Cinema, Junkyard Royalty, and a basement full of
kids.
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Podcast #646 has what you need with tunes
from TV Party, The Naggs, Suzi Moon & Billy
Hopeless, Why Bother?, Poison Ruïn, Blowers,
The Ocean Blue, Dragon Inn 3, Dropkick.
Podcast #645 finds some pop in John Prine,
Curious Things, Steve Adamyk Band, Street
Sweeper, Breathless, The Hidden Cameras,
Boygenius, & Chime School.
Farewell welcomed Dreamist, Winterforever, Futureday, &
Pink Phase for a night that featured indie rock in all its
guises.
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The second annual John Prine Tribute show was a
star-studded celebration of the enigmatic troubadour.
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Podcast #644 packs in the tunes from The
Unknowns, Worriers, The City Lines, Sibling
Rivalry, The Dollyrots, The Ophelias, Cocteau
Twins, & Mork.
The Whiffs and musical compatriots Harrisonics and Jackoffs
packed fans into a dim boozy basement.
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KC welcomed punk rockers Voice of Addiction with support
sets from Uncouth, Sidewalk Celebrity, and Blood Daubers.
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Podcast #643 is, as always, just the records
I bought this week from Calvin Johnson,
Damien Jurado, Warren Zevon, Airiel, Clan
of Xymox, & The Hold Steady.
Podcast #642 is all fire with cuts from The
Reds Pinks & Purples, Dari Bay, The Speedways,
Paint Fumes, The Bings, Ramones, & Unwound.
Upcoming gigs I care about:
9/26 Avenged Sevenfold @ T-Mobile
9/27 Surfrajettes @ Record Bar
9/27 Frogpond @ Crossroads Hotel
9/27 MSSV @ Minibar
9/27 Off With Their Heads @ Farewell
9/28 Giovannie/Hired Guns @ Bottleneck
9/29 Ramona Clay @ Voodoo Lounge
9/30 Chat Pile @ Bottleneck
9/30 Used @ Uptown
9/30 Jack of Heart @ Hillsiders
10/1 The Mission @ Record Bar
10/1 Beyonce @ Arrowhead
10/1 Bob Dylan @ Midland
10/2 Bob Dylan @ Midland
10/2 Cut Worms @ Record Bar
10/3 Lothario @ Farewell
10/5 Stick to Your Guns @ Bottleneck
10/7 Boris @ Bottleneck
10/8 Wonder Years @ Truman
10/11 Darkness @ Truman
10/11 Snooper @ Emerald
10/13 Via Luna @ Rino
10/13 Sheer Mag @ Bottleneck
10/13 Haunted Creepies @ Brick
10/13 Bombino/OR @ Record Bar
10/14 Sweeping Promises/OR @ Record Bar
10/14 Mac Sabbath @ Granada
10/14 PorchFest KC @ Roanoke/Valentine
10/17 Goblin @ Liberty Hall
10/18 Class @ Farewell
10/20 Nation of Language @ Record Bar
10/21 Brent Windler @ Velo
10/21 Bullet/Valentine @ Uptown
10/24 Brian Jonestown @ Record Bar
10/25 Wilco @ Midland
10/25 Moon 17 @ Farewell
10/26 A Giant Dog @ Record Bar
10/27 Pink @ T-Mobile
10/28 Pink @ T-Mobile
11/1 Tiny Moving Parts @ RINO
11/3 Heilung @ Midland
11/3 Screaming Females @ Record Bar
11/3 Eggs on Mars @ Rino
11/4 Apocalypse Meow @ Record Bar
11/5 Hotelier @ Bottleneck
11/10 Utilitarians @ Brick
11/11 Thundergong @ Uptown
11/13 Head/Heart @ Liberty Hall
11/16 Aerosmith @ T-Mobile
11/18 Speedy Ortiz @ Bottleneck
11/19 Spine @ Howdy
11/24 Sabbath Tribute @ Brick
11/25 String & Return @ Brick
11/27 Alt-J @ Midland
11/30 Exodus @ Granada
12/14 Menzingers @ Liberty Hall
1/25 Elvis Costello @ Uptown
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