Too Much Rock celebrates the tenth release in its vinyl single series alongside exciting new Kansas City duo No Germ Candy. For this project teens Zsofia Nemeth (vocals) and Harper Knecht (guitar) ignore genres entirely, building a sparkly world that tastes like cotton candy, and plays like Animal Crossing. It's twee. It's queer. It's indie pop. It's a musical that hasn't yet been staged.
Leading off the band's debut is "Straight Talk." This A-side is a fresh declaration of romantic intent from Zsofia who is so crushed out she can't even think straight. Cloying pop? Maybe. Adorable? Certainly. A bop? If that's what the kids say. The B-side is a cover of Beat Happening's seminal "Indian Summer" turned inside out by replacing the original weary baritone vocals with new saccharine sincerity.
Left with no responsible choices for live launch parties, the band will be promoting the single on KKFI's Wednesday Midday Medley on October 21st, features in local print press, and through a series of comics commissioned by The Pitch Magazine running from October 19th through the 23rd.
The limited-edition single will be available October 30th at area record stores and online retailers. The record will be available in both standard edition black vinyl (414 copies) and in collectible germy-green swirl (108 copies). It will NOT be available on any streaming platform.
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Podcast #530 is a mad dash for pop with The Medicine Dolls,
Nite Sobs, Gallows Birds, Attic Salt, Olivia's World, Kid
Gulliver, Kitty Kat Fan Club, & Death Valley Girls.
The miniBar was packed with us olds for an early two-band
affair celebrating the Pedaljets new album and the rare
performance from Dan Jones and the Squids.
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KC's tried and true showed up on a chilly October night for
Cher UK, Drop A Grand, and Schwervon.
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Podcast #529 is E ticket radio with music from The William
Loveday Intention, The Lurkers, Bob Mould, Militarie Gun,
Ducks Unlimited, The Buoys, & In the Airport.
The String & Return, Knife Crime, & Wonderful Moments
shared the stage on a cool autumn night, transporting the
Lemonade Park audience back two decades.
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Podcast #528 is all comfort food with tracks from Ryan
Allen, The Bookends, The Persian Leaps, Nick Frater,
Shy Boys, Bartees Strange, & Amiensus.
Podcast #527 suggests you hang on tightly and don't let go.
Music from Sunliner, Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis, Muck
and the Mires, Nothin', Fenne Lily, Owen, & I Like Trains.
Podcast #526 holds steady with help from Daniel Romano, Rudy De
Anda, The Crystal Furs, Emma Kupa, The Empty Hearts, The Saints,
& Hop Along Queen Ansleis.
Podcast #525 carries that load with help from Graduate,
Bully, Vial, Rabies Babies, Bill Callahan, Lomelda, &
Cold Years.
Headliner Rex Hobart and support act Forrest McCurren
combined to create a delightful night of classic country
under the stars at Lemonade Park.
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Emmaline Twist, Other Americans, & Dan Jones and the Squids
soundtracked a reunion for (masked) friends who hadn't seen
each other since the clubs closed.
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Podcast #524 welcomes the return to normalcy with The Ophelias,
Other Half, French Mouth, Jenny, Mom, The Uncouth, & Logan
Farmer.
Podcast #523 manages these extraordinary times w/ Thank You I'm
Sorry, Keys, Guided By Voices, Cindy, Hazel English, Susanne
Sundfor, & Ages.
Podcast #522 repairs those bonds with music from Dog Day, The Rabies,
Era Bleak, City Windows, Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men, Librarians
With Hickeys, & Sebastian Maschat and Erlend Oye.
Podcast #521 tells a crazy story featuring Easy Love, The
Speedways, Shehehe, Eyedress, Monograms, The Ire, & Kalmhain.
Lemonade Park continued its summer concert series with a
trio of synthy bands that included Various Blonde, Yum, &
Redder Moon.
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Podcast #520 gives you permission to have fun w/ music from
Illuminati Hotties, The Rabies, Harrisonics, Tommy and the Commies,
Skewbald, Phoebe Bridgers, Finish Flag, & Inter Arma.
Podcast #519 has gotten a little surly with help from The Beths,
Cocktails, Yum Yums, The Budweisers, Margo Price, The Bobby
Lees, & Ensiferum.
Temporary outdoor venue Lemonade Park opened this weekend
with live music from Men of Men, The Whiffs, & Wick & the
Tricks.
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Podcast #518 is alright alright alright with tunes from The Putz, High
On Stress, Nick Piunti, Jerry Lehane, Neutrals, Dream Wife, & Bad
Cop/Bad Cop.
Podcast #517 is running scared with tunes from The
Cleaners From Venus, The Spitfires, Mash, Tanka Ray,
Jordana, Bad Moves, & Gordon Lightfoot.
Podcast #516 pushes on with new music from Melenas, Savak,
Giants Chair, Red Forty, Coriky, Kiss Disease, The Fallout,
& Darren Hayman.
Podcast #515 is applied like a balm featuring Archers
of Loaf, Jeff Rosenstock, The Cudas, Darren Hayman,
High Waisted, Best Ex, & Oxford Remedy.
Podcast #514 covers the bases with Magnetic Fields,
Jetstream Pony, Diet Cig, Damien Jurado, Spiral Stairs,
Daniel Romano, & Shiner.
Podcast #513 is made mighty with music from Duncan Reid
and the Big Heads, Fake Names, Ramonas, Daniel Romano,
Spiral Stairs, & Winterfylleth.
Podcast #512 catches up with Shaun Crowley to talk about
Keep the Change, a new complition of KC artists to benefit
workers at business impacted by Covid-19.
Podcast #511 is a well-stocked smorgasbord of City Steps,
The Rubinoos, David Werner, Goldie Dawn, The Movement,
Daniel Romano, X, & Days N Daze.
Podcast #510 flames on with music from Dave Smalley &
The Bandoleros, Wyldlife, Rookie, John Prine, the snogs,
The Mountain Goats, & Semihelix.
Podcast #509 is as turbulent as the times w/ music from
Milk Teeth, Ultimate Fakebook, The Merinuks, Teenage
Bottlerocket, Twinkle, Lynn Anderson, & The Lovely Eggs.
Podcast #508 feels about right thanks to Waxahatchee, Neutrals,
The Chats, Vista Blue, Rat Fancy, Stiv Bators, Man Bear, &
John Vanderslice.
Red Kate headlined a lovely survey of the scene's disparate
punk bands including Mad City Cruisers, Arson Class, &
Chernobyl Dogs.
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Podcast #507 is demands action with help from Bacchae,
The Exbats, Mammoth Penguins, Worriers, The Bombpops,
Best Coast, & The Ratboys.
Podcast #506 returns to soothe the hurt with music
from Ratboys, The Prissteens, Shadow Show, Jim Basnight,
Isobel Campbell, Heart Bones, & Guided by Voices.
Podcast #505 keeps its word with music from The Flys,
Anti-Flag, Dropkick Murphys, Out, Church Girls, Cheerbleederz,
Sløtface & Paul Kelly.
The Anniversary celebrated the 20th anniversary of its
debut album with a packed show and support from old friends
Matt Pryor and Other Americans.
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Podcast #504 appreciates the art of Frances Quinlan,
The Flys, that dog, Destroyer, Torres, & Paul Kelly.
The LYXE, Moose, and Knife Crime show featured old friends,
new bands, and some old friends in new bands.
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Boundaries were pushed as HXXS, New Obsession and R.I.Peter
played Stray Cat Film Center on Saturday night.
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Touring bands Sarchasm and Benadriil braved an ice storm to
play a Friday night show at Revolution Records.
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Podcast #503 is pure Too Much Rock with music from
Racetrain, Beach Slang, Big Eyes, Big Baby, Speedways,
Rubinoos, Marshall Crenshaw, & Sarchasm.
I threw myself into the deep end of the KC death scene at a
Riot Room show w/ Existem, Sedlec Ossuary, Migrator, &
Kohnerah.
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Upcoming gigs I care about:
10/23 Dream Girl @ Lemonade Park
10/24 Republic Tigers @ Lemonade Park
10/31 Bad Ideas @ Lemonade Park
11/7 Apocalypse Meow @ ONLINE
3/26 Waxahatchee @ Knuckleheads
3/31 Nick Lowe @ Knuckleheads
4/15 Robyn Hitchcock @ Knuckleheads
6/24 Neko Case @ Liberty Hall
8/6 Tanya Tucker @ Knuckleheads
9/18 Torres @ recordBar
