DEMENCHA - LOCALS BEFORE LEGENDS

TONIGHT: Diverse plays a night of music inspired by Africa @ Kansas City Academy

By Chris Mills | January 28, 2012 at 5:57 pm | No comments

7933 Main Street Kansas City, MO. 7:00 pm. All Ages. GA is $10, with preferred seats going for $15. For more information on the Grassroots Concert Series CLICK HERE. …

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Pat Nice & Jason Kidd @ The Riot Room [01.28.12]

By Chris Mills | January 27, 2012 at 6:29 pm | No comments

[pictured: Pat Nice] I don't have a jpeg flyer for this, but Pat and Kidd always throw it down proper. 4048 Broadway. Westport KCMO. No…

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Jay Rel, “Highly Underrated” Mixtape Coming Soon to Datpiff + Free D/L

By Chris Mills | January 26, 2012 at 5:42 pm | No comments

Jay Rel's "Highly Underrated" mixtape will be arriving to mixtape hosting site, datpiff.com on Sunday. I was encouraged to finally throw up a freebie today from the forthcoming release, "Oh No", over a Lil Wayne beat of the same title from The Carter II. On this one, Jay…

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VS Mini Battles @ Riot Room [01.28.12]

By Chris Mills | January 25, 2012 at 5:53 pm | No comments

Since the Pitch went ahead and dropped a previous VS battle line from Abnorm directed at Dutch Newman, I'll go ahead and drop my favorite battle line aimed at Dutchie. Though I can't remember if it was a VS or Sudden Death battle (it was the one at Czar Bar a year or two ago),…

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Check out Michael Byars’ Blog/Podcast “The Mailbox” @ the Midwest Music Foundation website

By Sean Malone | January 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm | 3 comments

Michael Byars is a cool guy; I say this in complete confidence although I've never actually met him. On top of having one of those comforting and informative voices you can hear regularly on KCUR (89.3, the local NPR affiliate for those of you not in college) he has really…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Archetype – “Red Wedding” [Out Today on iTunes]

By A:42 | January 24, 2012 at 2:15 pm | No comments

I'm not sure how many readers are already familiar with Archetype, the Lawrence duo of Jeremy Nesbitt and Isaac Diehl, or Nezbeat and iD. I'm not gonna get into much of a biography about these chaps, because I did some of that when I reviewed their first single from Red…

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VIDEO: Better Make Room TV #2 by Steddy P

By Chris Mills | January 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm | No comments

Steddy P's latest promo video for his upcoming "Better Make Room" album depicts performances across the state (MO), studio sessions with the likes of Royce Diamond, Smoov Confusion, producer Matthew Sawicki, and extracurricular shenanigans. Sawicki, who we believe is…

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D/L: New Mix From MiMOSA – “FUTURE TRILL MIXXX”

By Chris Mills | January 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm | No comments

Catch MiMOSA with Kastle at The Granada in Lawrence, KS on Sunday, January 29th. RSVP HERE. His latest mix was just sent to us in e-mail, and you can download that below. DOWNLOAD HERE. TRACKLIST: 1. NiNA SiM0NE – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 2. THE T0UCH –…

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