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Still Hardcore After All These Years
Coalesce’s Sean Ingram is a father of four — but that doesn’t mean he won’t jump in a raging circle pit
Bazan on Bazan
David Bazan addresses personal and religious struggles on new album “Curse Your Branches”
Bazan isn’t one for keeping his skeletons in the closet. He’d much rather let them duke it out in his fabulously hummable songs, which are the reason we all give a damn anyways. Bazan’s new solo album “Curse Your Branches” is a well-rounded collection that sounds as assured and powerful as his best Pedro the Lion songs...
Headphone Trip
Sam Billen indulges his appetite for all things pop on second solo album “Headphones and Cellphones”
Clear and Present Danger Bob
Irreverent pop rock “has-beens” reunite for first shows in six years
The group’s long and heckled history dates back to about 1992, when bands like Paw and Stick were all the rage. Danger Bob were the kids who snuck in the backdoor of the Bottleneck with a six-pack of silly. Once they learned to play their instruments, all bets were off, and the foursome went on to make five highly regarded albums and make a lot of locals very, very happy (or at least very, very drunk).
Continental Drift
Kansas City songwriter Jim Button floats into uncharted waters with new project Continents
Life in the Fast Lane
Tommy Ferrari’s radtastic biker pop is futuristically motorlicious
Some say Tommy Ferrari is a traveler from the future sent back in time to teach a group of young men the prophecies of tomorrow. Others say he’s a dude with long hair and lots of tats who frequents local watering holes. Even more people say: “Who cares? Chug! Chug! Chug! Whoooo!”
Company Men
Adam Lee and the Dead Horse Sound Co. bring their big-buckin' roots music to Lawrence
Like many country music aficionados, Adam Lee came to the genre after a youth in punk rock.
MAW knows best
Local bluegrass ladies dispense old-time wisdom on debut album "Advice for the Young and Foolish"
Judging by their song content, you wouldn’t want to let the women of MAW anywhere near your kids, husbands, or liquor cabinet. The local old-timey quintet sings about drug abuse, adultery, murder, sticking their fingers in babies’ eyes, and other unsavory things on their long-in-the-works debut album “Advice for the Young and Foolish” ...
The Inside of Love
Katlyn Conroy explores the idea of home on her solo album "I Think I'll Stay Inside"
Next time you see Katlyn Conroy out and about and having fun, tell her to go home. That’s where she makes her best music, and it’s the reason she came up with a lovely new solo album called “I Think I’ll Stay Inside” ...
District N9ne
Kansas City's alpha rapper rethinks his drive for fame and fortune in the face of family turmoil
Hundreds of thousands of records sold. A $2.1 million office suite housing his massive merchandising operation. Adoring crowds from Amsterdam to L.A. Collaborations with Ice Cube and Three 6 Mafia. And yet Tech N9ne still doesn’t feel like he’s “arrived” ...
