By Madame E | March 9, 2012 at 10:43 am | 2 comments
It's that time again… spring break, which also means that it's time for WMC, MMW, and Ultra among the few music conferences taking place in sunny Miami starting next week. SpinSpinNYC / Shakedown Events reached out to us recently to peep us to the jazzy, house, funk,...
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By Sam | March 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm | One comment
One of the coolest things coming to KCK in the near future is the KC Psychfest. What's that? You haven't heard about it yet? Well that's why you're here at Demencha.com, to learn about unbelievably cool things happening in your area.
Dedric Moore, of Monta At Odds, graciously...
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By Chris Mills | March 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm | No comments
Major apologies for the late notice on this one. As a key member of one of the West Coast underground's more reputable hip hop groups, Chali 2Na and the Jurassic 5 clan carved their names into the golden era of hip hop with catchy tracks like "Quality Control" and more...
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By Sean Malone | March 5, 2012 at 9:20 pm | One comment
Unlike some other local festivals, Middle of the Map Fest will return to KC in full form this year. In less than a month, the newly expanded three day/night festival will feature a wide array of artists ranging from indie to slightly less indie. (I'm kidding of course...or am...
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By Chris Mills | March 5, 2012 at 1:04 pm | No comments
Steddy P's latest tour in promo for his upcoming album, "Better Make Room", is coming to a city near you soon enough.
04.05.2012 - Lawrence, KS @ The Jackpot
04.06.2012 - Omaha, NE @ The Hideout
04.12.2012 - Fayetteville, AR @ Smoke & Barrel
04.13.2012 - Springfield, MO...
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By A:42 | March 4, 2012 at 4:59 pm | No comments
The first time I saw Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) was in some videos from his comedy troupe, Derrick. The Bro Rape and Spelling Bee videos are the standouts in my mind. Then I started seeing him on TV in various brief comedy spots, and then in Community. I was...
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By Chris Mills | March 3, 2012 at 6:09 pm | One comment
I thought it was pretty wild the last time I saw Joc Max spin with Pat Nice at the Hangout on Broadway back in maybe 2006. A pair of KC legends in their respective genre fields under one building had me wondering if Joc was into house, and if Pat was into hip hop. It became...
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By Chris Mills | February 29, 2012 at 5:55 pm | No comments
If you somehow weren't satiated after the killer performance that Masta Ace put on last night at Riot Room, get your hump day hip hop fix tonight at Record Bar in Westport. ...
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By Chris Mills | February 28, 2012 at 3:41 pm | No comments
...Daniel Flynn, Duncan Martin and Sarah Romero. Yes, I really did write everyone's names on a piece of paper, shake them up in a KC fitted and pick three names randomly. I was hoping a sombrero would be needed, but maybe next time. Thanks to everyone for playing. But we...
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By Kalie Mashaney | February 23, 2012 at 9:09 am | No comments
In January of this year Now Now Sleepyhead’s bassist, Brian McCourt, set sails to Chicago to attend Columbia College studying music. The band has made it blatantly clear that Brian will permanently be a member of Now Now Sleepyhead, and considers that currently, he is simply...
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