Us olds returned to KC for the holiday, left the kids with
grandma, and then headed straight for The Brick to see
Giants Chair, The String and Return, and Wonderful Moments.
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A criminally small crowd came out to Minibar to see
Seattle's Lisa Prank with support from Stary and The Creepy
Jingles -- shame on KC.
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Podcast #498 pairs herbal tea w/ Jeffrey Lewis, Jeff &
Laura, Juliana Hatfield, Macseal, Mess, Snail Mail, & Moana.
Touring bands coalesced at the Rino on Saturday for a night
of guitar driven indie rock. Click for my thoughts, pics,
and video of Mess, Hand Out, Salt Creek, & Kill Vargas.
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The Rino's Saturday night bill featured music for and by a
particularly emo subset of Kansas City's music scene. Via
Luna capped off a night that also featured Jorge Arana Trio
and Tall Boys.
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The second night of 2019's Apocalypse Meow featured a
cavalcade of bands raising money for musician's healthcare.
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Apocalypse Meow 12 kicked off at Mills Records with the
DGAF primal rock of The Sluts and the bending blues rock of
Chris Meck & the Second Sons.
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Podcast #497 is leather jacket music with tunes from
Happy Mondays, Baby Shakes, Wyldlife, White Reaper,
Headlight Rivals, Bambies, & Tall Boys.
It was nothing short of a rock 'n' roll blow out when The
Cowboys, The Whiffs, Fast Eddy, & Drugs & Attics packed
Colonial Club on 10/5.
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Podcast #496 is dialed in with tunes from Night Flowers,
Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, Refused, Screaming Females,
United Blood, & Mikal Cronin.
Sister Anne's celebrated its one year anniversary with
cake, Hipshot Killer and Nervous Fit.
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Records with Merritt expanded its practice of supporting
young local talent with this international bill featuring
Formalities, The Burning Hell, & Major Matt Mason USA.
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Podcast #495 was bewitched by Silver Jews, Phil Seymour,
Fast Eddy, Alvvays, No Sugar, Bad Ideas, & Angel Olsen.
Podcast #494 is a bad influence thanks to Slant 6,
The Muffs, Airstream Futures, The Prowlers, Chris Farren,
Suggested Friends, Lisa Prank, & Stary.
Kansas City's Middle of the Map Fest kicked off at Josey
Records with locals Mild Cat, The Bad Ideas, JC & the Nuns,
& Berwanger.
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Podcast #493 refuses to give up with new music from Ex
Hex, The New Pornographers, Belle and Sebastian, Chastity
Belt, Vivian Girls, A Giant Dog, & Gino and the Goons.
A jubilant crowd filled Davey's to celebrate diversity,
inclusivity, representation and to dance with Lovergurl one
last time. The trio chose Wick & the Tricks and Black
Creatures for this farewell party.
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Podcast #492 senses the end is near w/ Pixies, Mick Trouble,
Baby Shakes, The Control Freaks, Tommy and the Commies, The
Radio Dept, Other Americans, & Darren Hayman.
Podcast #491 might have been drawn out of a hat. Listen to
Sheer Mag, Esther Rose, Caitlin Rose, Thelma and the Sleaze,
Psychotic Turnbuckles, Surfer Blood, & Groundzero.
RINO invited The Lillingtons back to town for a midweek,
punk rock wingding bolstered by locals Hipshot Killer and
The Uncouth.
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Podcast #490 is covers and controversy w/ Sleater-Kinney,
The Hold Steady, Frank Turner, Upset, The Reflectors, Shock
Troops, Panic, & Type O Negative.
Podcast #489 wants to know if you're doing okay. Let's listen to
Purple Mountains, Empty Moon, Shotgun Jimmie, Gimp Fist, The Coolies,
The Regrettes, & Jawbox.
Podcast #488 sounds best in a convertible thanks to Bleached,
that dog, Craig Finn, Tigercats, Guided By Voices, Suneaters,
& The Appleseed Cast.
A down and dirty dance party is just what KC needed to end
a hot hot week. Thankfully Kid Congo, The Whiffs, and Drop
a Grand were there to deliver the goods.
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Podcast #487 demands a fist pumping singalong with Amyl and
The Sniffers, Ramona, Bad Sleep, Berwanger, The Producers,
Mono In Stereo, Cheap Gunslingers, & The Speedways.
The townies enjoyed a wonderful summer night with Bill
Callahan and Heidi Gluck on the green lawn of of the
Lawrence Public Library.
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Podcast #486 hits you with everything TMR has got
including The Chats, The Exploding Hearts, Local
Drags, Jeanines, Dressy Bessy, Bill Callahan,
Bruce Springsteen, & The Producers.
Podcast #485 looks for connection with music from The
Mountain Goats, The Umbrellas, No Suits In Miami, Gentleman
Jesse, Stag Marks Gang, Clive Kennedy, & Pelican.
Seattle's Tacocat ended its tour with a girls-up-front,
queer-friendly, pogo party aided by the righteous riffs of
touring partner Sammi Lanzetta, and glammed-out locals
Wick and the Tricks.
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Podcast #484 is pop with a vicious streak featuring tunes from
Tacocat, Brad Marino, Geoff Palmer, CJ Ramone, Romantics, Baby
Grande, & Le Grand.
Le Grand launched its new EP to a packed house and
alongside friends Via Luna, Oxford Remedy, & Aage Birch.
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KC celebrated First Fridays with three local tastes that
taste great together. Check out my photo and video of
Brandon Phillips & the Condition, The Sluts, & Dead Voices
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Upcoming shows I care about:
12/07 Hooligan's Holiday @ recordBar
12/10 Messthetics @ recordBar
12/20 Radkey @ recordBar
12/20 New Riddim @ Brick
12/28 Schwervon @ Brick
1/9 William Elliot Whitmore @ Bottleneck
2/1 Anniversary @ Bottleneck
2/28 Destroyer @ Granada
2/29 Durand Jones @ Bottleneck
3/15 Ratboys @ Riot Room
3/19 Hot Water Music @ recordBar
3/20 Hot Water Music @ recordBar
4/1 Sturgill Simpson @ Silverstein
5/3 Adam Ant @ Uptown