Jon Spencer turned recordBar into a roadhouse for some rip-roaring rock & roll. Click for my photos and video of the Spencer and openers Quasi.

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Podcast #602 is a vacation to the isles of The Feelies, Jim Basnight, Night Court, Ravagers, Say Sue Me, My Idea, & Neurosis.

KC got a whole lot of rock when touring acts Suzi Moon and Ravagers played miniBar with some help from Deco Auto.

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Podcast #601 wonders if we're winning with tracks from The Rubinoos, Guided By Voices, Cold Years, Hoorsees, Kurt Vile, Tim Kasher, & The Linda Lindas.

KC reveled in a delightful dream pop bill on 4/19 that featured Emmaline Twist, Blushing, & Letting Up Despite Great Faults.

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Podcast #600 searches for the sounds of summer with help from Romero, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, No Suits in Miami, Jeanines, Courettes, Tamar Berk, Wet Leg, & Orville Peck.

The jagged edges of metal came together when They Watch Us From The Moon, Existem, and Drifter met up at miniBar on 4/15.

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Nordista Freeze headlined a night of disparate pop flavors with some help from locals Various Blonde and Drugs & Attics.

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Podcast #599 invites you to rock with Love Tractor, Dany Laj and The Looks, Suzi Moon, Night Court, The Outlets, Wyld Gooms, Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, & Silicone Prairie.

Noise enthusiasts gathered on a Sunday afternoon and I stumbled into their party. Click for my photos and thoughts of Bastard Funeral, Brandon Wald, Viator, Excusable Negligence, & Pile of Dead Horses.

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A big bill at the Green House DIY gave everyone something to hang on to. Click for my photos, video, & thoughts of Koney, Dummy, Ducks Ltd., HXXS, & Collidescope.

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A midweek all-ages matinee came in two parts thanks to a Midwestern Spring thunderstorm. Click for my photos and video of Grocer, Dodging, Daniel Gum, and Flora.

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Podcast #598 is the best possible way to spend a half hour all because of Simon Love, Cheap Cassettes, The Del Fuegos, Love Tractor, The Outlets, Fracture, & Even as We Speak.

Who knows what made them do it but The Anniversary played a locals-only gig with some help from the recently reconstituted Hyperspherian.

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Creepy Jingles, Sisterbot, and Stephonne packed Rino for an album release that was truly a party.

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Podcast #597 is meant to be listened to with open windows thanks to The Lyrics, Chubby and the Gang, Suzi Moon, Ex-Vöid, Beachheads, April March, Even As We Speak, & The Creepy Jingles.

Daniel Gum warmed up The Mockingbird Lounge on a cold Spring night making his impressive fourth appearance as part of the Songbird Sessions.

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Everything was everything all at once when Deafheaven, Holy Fawn, and Midwife played Lawrence on 3/16.

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The award for the Best Monday ever goes to The Cauldron Collective for making fantastic vegan food and booking The Gully Boys and Rosé Perez.

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Three bands tackled the loud/soft dynamics of shoegaze at an all-ages Sunday night gig. Click for my photos and video of Dearly Somber, Waveform, & Flooding.

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Podcast #596 digs deep for gems from Intimidation, Mystery Girl, Here's to the Life!, Gal Gun, Funeral Candies, Midwife, & Milt.

The punks showed up for a packed mid-week bill featuring Pears, Red Kate, Sidewalk Celebrity, & Arson Class.

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Zorn, Doldrums, & Piss Kinks performed at a dance in an Eastside basement and someone got trapped in a coffin.

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Podcast #595 is full of smart choices. Listen to tunes from The Hannah Barberas, Superchunk, Gentleman Jesse, Beechwood, The Spitfires, The Chords UK, Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

There was pushing, puking, and punk rock when Foil, Silicone Prairie, Piss Kinks and Untitled Artist played the Pussy Palace basement.

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Abandoncy celebrated its album release with a blistering show at miniBar that also featured Dug and Canyons.

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Podcast #594 is show and tell with my new records from Subterfuge, The Kinks, Cyanide Pills, Ramones, Massage, The Psychedelic Furs, & Lou Reed.

Other Americans and Mensa Deathsquad made an appearance at the hip MOD Gallery delivering dance-or-die tunes under swirling club lights.

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Podcast #593 does a bit of traveling to visit with Spoon, Friends of Cesar Romero, Mad Mojo Jett, Mud City Manglers, The Suede Crocodiles, Love Burns, Annika Norlin, & Boy with Apple.

Grown men with beards and guitars took over the Replay on a Saturday night. Check out my photos and video of The Harrisonics, Kool 100s, & Lonnie Fisher and the Funeral.

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Podcast #592 takes you from A to Z with tracks from The Meffs, The Gymslips, The Courettes, The Neuras, Pohgoh, Flooding, & Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

Those in the know found their way to Union Library for a Monday night bacchanalia featuring The Whiffs and Fast Eddy.

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Podcast #591 starts pretty then works its way to ugly. Follow the crumbs with The Reds Pinks & Purples, Scars, Gustaf, Cable Ties, Vial, Ravagers, & Abhoria.

Podcast #590 is a bop thanks to Jonathan Richman, The Pinkees, Fast Eddy, The Cryptics, Kiwi Jr., Yard Act, & Pedro the Lion.

On 1/27 The Rino hosted a low-key, all-locals affair with Major Matt Mason USA, Death by Science Fiction, & Hero Incredible.

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COVID concerns kept both fans and bands at home on a Monday night. Luckily Arson Class and The Cryptics were there with some solid punk to entertain the few patrons that made it out.

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The Record Bar was bathed in serotonin as all-stars The Band The Fell To Earth KC held its annual celebration of David Bowie.

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Podcast #589 urges you to enjoy the ride with Death Valley Girls, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Snotty Cheekbones, Screeching Weasel, Revenge Wife, Mod Con, Datura, & Cat Power.

Nostalgia and the circle of life were on display as Flooding, Abandoncy, Midwestern, and The String & Return shared the Bottleneck stage.

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Podcast #588 is friendly AF thanks to cuts from Kids On A Crime Spree, Artsick, The Pulsebeats, Nah..., Jetstream Pony, Seablite, Nobody's Flowers, & Suneaters.

Podcast #587 returns to form with a bit of everything thanks to fanclubwallet, The Anydays, The Shebangs, Steve Conte, Ramones, Kursaal Flyers, The Roseline, & Frogpond.

Podcast #586 plays only the best from Too Much Rock's Top 40 Songs of 2021. Enjoy tracks from The Exbats, Dry Cleaning, Du Blonde, Har Mar Superstar, Death By Unga Bunga, Arab Strap, & Quivers.

Abandoncy, Better Friend, Good Morning Midnight, and Dreamist hit KC with all the colors of the DIY rainbow.

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Podcast #585 is the 2021 Christmas Spectacular featuring 24 festive delights from Grandaddy, Four Eyes, All Ashore!, Corvair, The Cleaners From Venus, Petrol Girls, Charley Bliss, Beach Bunny, Fox Teeth, Cloaker, David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, the Popguns, The Photocopies, Boyracer, Alice Bag Band, Lisa Mychols & SUPER 8, Geoff Palmer, Kurt Baker, Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, Lisa Mychols, Cute Lepers, Ryan Allen, Crocodiles, & My Teenage Stride.

Punks and skins showed up in a big way for a Tuesday night gig at Minibar featuring Anti-Feds, The Uncouth, and Doldrums.

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Podcast #584 isn't quite convinced with the tracks from Palomino Blond, Pip Blom, Marissa Paternoster, Courtney Barnett, Stella Donnelly, Chime School, The Reds Pinks & Purples, & Lars Frederiksen.

Podcast #583 is thankful for Makthaverskan, Mink DeVille, The Jim Carroll Band, Stop Calling Me Frank, A Bunch Of Jerks, Lawmaker, & Mr. Golden Sun.

Punk rock smashed KC as Teenage Bottlerocket, The Last Gang and Tightwire took over Record Bar.

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A four-flavored bill brought Koyo, Anxious, Oxford Remedy, and Perfume to the Record Bar stage for a Sunday night of hardcore and more.

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Dulcet tones and intimate lyrics rang out as Mr. Golden Sun, The Hollows, and Daniel Gum performed at The Brick.

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Headliners Cloud Nothings and support act Mourning [A] BLKstar gave KC two tastes of Cleveland whether we felt like dancing or breaking things.

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Rock & roll statesmen Nick Lowe gave a rousing and lively performance backed by Los Straitjackets and supported by Paul Cebar.

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Podcast #582 digs for the gems finding paydirt with Aimee Mann, The Tubs, Nick Frater, Fur, Swansea Sound, L.A. Exes, Dan Vapid And The Cheats, & Arab Strap.

Four scrappy bands played a disjointed show where no band or its fans crossed paths. Check out my photos and video of The Cavves, The Cracks, Major Matt Mason USA, and Oxford Remedy.

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Podcast #581 loses itself in long cuts from Arab Strap, The Acharis, Motrik, & Havukruunu.

Namlessnumberheadman celebrated the release of its newest album in a late-night affair with a few fans and some help from Black Light Animals and Heidi Lynne Gluck.

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Podcast #580 looks in the Halloween bag and pulls out treats from Dave Hause, Witch Jail, The Exbats, Jass, Julia Othmer, Katy Guillen & The Drive, & Shoestrings.

7th Heaven served metal appetizers from Enforced and Inner Altar for the KC scene.

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Podcast #579 hangs out in garages and basements w/ The Airport 77s, Fortitude Valley, The Seams, The Shadracks, The Courettes, Teenage Cavegirl, Nature Boys, Bummer, & Brian Eno.

On a busy KC night a few dozen fans braved the chill for The Bad Ideas, Polymer Mercies, North by North, and True Lions.

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Scout Gillett, Other Americans, and Belle & the Vertigo Waves played a diverse show proving

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Late night debauchery has its home at Easy Inn and its fuel from Drugs & Attics, Colfax Speed Queen, & Wayne Pain & the Shit Stains.

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KC experienced an NYC-created time warp when the synth pop of Nation of Language and the post-punk of The Wants came to town.

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Podcast #578 plays Jekyll & Hyde w/ cuts from The Connells, TV Crime, Killer Hearts, Teenage Joans, Boy Scouts, Nightjacket, & Elevator Division.

Rain pushed the weekly Songbird Sessions indoors, approximating a cozy coffee shop that allowed Makayla Scott's tender songs and affable charm to thrive.

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The clock turned back 20 years bringing Elevator Division and Namelessnumberheadman back to the stage.

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Podcast #577 scratches that itch w/ Motorists, The Peppermint Kicks, Dirty Fences, The Jolt, Chubby and the Gang, Mess, Oil Change, Daughn Gibson.

There was nothing but sincerity as far as the eye could see as Blue False Indigo and Major Matt Mason USA played Velo Garage on 9/25.

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It was girls to the front when Fea and Bad Ideas played a midweek show at Minibar.

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KC was wonderfully KC when a diverse bill of Creepy Jingles, Berwanger, and Violent Bear played the Rino on 9/17.

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Podcast #576 thinks everything is spooky and beautiful. And so do The Cramps, Spearmint, Star Collector, Life Model, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions, Ducks Ltd., & The Ophelias.

Punk rock for a cause when Arson Class, a reunited Shotgun Jenny, and Here's to the Life played The Rino.

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Podcast #575 suggests you relax and leave everything to namelessnumberheadman, Dori Freeman, Daniel Romano's Outfit, The Fluorescents, Bad Bad Hats, Sorrows, Mom, & The Coathangers.

Dan Jones & his squids were joined by Of Tree for a low-stakes Friday night gig at The Ship.

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Lawrence got lucky when The Whiffs brought in friends Dirty Fences, Mel Machete, & Criminal Kids for a night of topnotch rock & roll.

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Podcast #574 keeps it steady w/ help from Sleepers, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Bronx, Amyl and The Sniffers, Brent Windler, The Wannadies, & Violent Femmes.

KC got a slice of normalcy when Le Grand, Via Luna, and New Obsessions played The RINO on 9/4.

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Podcast #573 wants to ensure you get enough vitamin punk w/ music from The Ashenden Papers, Kurt Baker, Control Freaks, The Bambies, Chubby and The Gang, The Jorge Arana Trio, Low, & Danko Jones.

Podcast #572 battles the summer heat w/ Sharp Class, Hurry, Lemonheads, Swansea Sound, UV-TV, Telethon, Turnstile, & Redder Moon.

A piecemeal bill consisting of Mike McCoy & Friends, Schwervon, and Mad Kings raced against oncoming storms and honored a lost member of the KC music scene.

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Podcast #571 plays bingo and records by Yum Yums, Boyracer, The Laughing Chimes, Guadalcanal Diary, Quicksand, Militarie Gun, Nonagon, & John Vanderslice.

Jorge Arana Trio, Abandoncy, & Via Luna delivered the goods to the KC DIY set at Lemonade Park.

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Black Mariah Theater and Chase the Horseman soundtracked a perfect patio night on 8/13.

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Podcast #570 fires both barrels delivering hits from The Motorcycle Boy, Dany Laj and the Looks, The Sorels, The Dents, The Orange Peels, La Battue, The Umbrellas, & Monta at Odds.

Podcast #569 returns with help from Transvolta, Kursaal Flyers, Geoff Palmer, Guadalcanal Diary, Sloan, Descendents, The Jacklights, & Torres.

A local bill of Heels, The Whiffs, and The Sluts rocked The Replay on 7/31.

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Podcast #568 is a stream of power pop w/ Tallies, Linda Ronstadt, The Seven and Six, The Finkers, Star Collector, Love Burns, The Connells, & Hipshot Killer.

Podcast #567 runs wild w/ Snapped Ankles, Quivers, Pale Lights, Kursaal Flyers, The Shang Hi Los, & Dry Cleaning.

Lacy Hopkins of Dreamgirl brought her solo project Vanity Plates to the Songbird Sessions.

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The reconstituted Idaho came through KC with some help from The String and Return and Slights.

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Podcast #566 is a box of chocolates from The Go! Team, Spoilers, Divinyls, Kid Gulliver, The Mountain Goats, Pom Pom Squad, Lucy Dacus, & Toledo.

The 7/7 Songbird Session featured the excellent songcraft of Jocelyn Nixon from Creepy Jingles.

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Chess Club prompted a return to dirty rock bars for Red Kate, Matthew Mulnix, Too Much Rock, and so many of their fans.

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The Black Mariah Theater settled into a cozy corner of Afterword for two sets of bluesy, jazzy, and witchy mood music.

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Podcast #565 suggests you work on your tan w/ Cub Scout Bowling Pins, Tommy Ray!, The Cudas, The Plimsouls, Radio Days, Los Campesinos!, Kings Of Convenience, & Kursaal Flyers.

Songbird sessions welcomed Daniel Gum on 6/30 for two sets -- one featuring standout tracks from his debut album, and one of unreleased songs he plans to bring into the studio next month.

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