We rang in the New Year at Record Bar with an excellent selection of hard rockin, punk infused, thrash tunes by the bands Radkey, Drop A Grand, Bummer and Mace Batons. It was a loud night with ice cold beer, good vibes and a new year. Check it out: Click for...
Back around Christmas, we caught a great show full of blues, rock and soul from a couple of great local bands at Coda. Miry Wild opened the show, but we didn't make it down until the Clementines set. The evening finished with Katy Guillen and the Girls. It was a...
Back at the end of November, (Sorry, we're that far behind) we caught a show at the Brick featuring an 'eclectic lineup' to be put it lightly. The show featured: Faultfinder, Lazy, Vertigone, and Jorge Arana Trio. See more Faultfinder Faultfinder's sound is that of a really heavy thrash metal, sludge vibe....
It was a hot and sweaty affair at the East Bottoms roadhouse Knuckleheads on Nov 21. Found a Job, the local Talking Heads tribute outfit featuring members of a half-dozen different bands around town put on a great performance of the Heads' classic flick "Stop Making Sense". The multi-set performance...
Last weekend at the Alamo Drafthouse, the first annual Noir City KC film festival took place. The event featured a set of classic film noir flicks, entertainers, musicians and cinema noir stars like Peggy Cummins. She is most well known for her performance in Gun Crazy. The musical entertainment for...
We headed out to the Record Bar for the first night of the seventh annual Apocalypse Meow. Meow is a fundraiser for the Midwest Music Foundation to provide assistance to local musicians in need of healthcare. Besides being a great organization with a noble cause, they also put on great...
On Halloween, we headed out to the Hellfire Hoedown at Westport Saloon. The acts featured ranged from rockabilly and hard rock to bluegrass and blues. We caught the sets from Stay Sick: A Tribute to the Cramps, Electric Lungs, Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and Them Damned Young Livers. There was an...
Saturday, Oct 18th marked the official celebration of the birthday of musician and activist Fela Kuti across the country known as "Felabration". The Kansas City edition at Record Bar, featured local afro-beat group Hearts of Darkness and Cincinnati, Ohio's Baoku and the Image Afrobeat Band. Hearts of Darkness opened the show with a set of...
