Grammy-noted jazz composer and producer Roy Hargrove swung through the Foundation on Friday night, which turned out to be a pretty wild night in Kansas City with a lot of events going down. I first went to see Matty G at the Midland Theater downtown, and his minimal,...
Local singer-songwriter Kurt Viers (stage name, "Kurt Vee") comes from the old school of punk. He's studied at the school of hardscrabble living and has the rock and roll image down, now he just needs the fame. It might be hard to imagine anyone with just an acoustic guitar...
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As usual, the VS battle on Saturday night prompted a lot of "ooohs" and "aaahs". DRplus2, Barbaric Merits, Info Gates and Ghost competed in a beat battle royal with Ghost playing drums over his own pre-recorded tracks. Barbaric Merits left with the prize, while former Demencha...
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Kansas City has seen its fair share of youthfully exuberant bands. The obvious ones that come to mind are The Get-Up Kids and The Gadjits. While The Kids are now only young at heart (one would hope) and the Gadjits are now professional Architects, both groups once displayed the...
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne tour hit Kansas City Tuesday night at the Sprint Center downtown, much to the apparent, hinted dismay of this STL Today writer who didn’t exactly diss us, but left plenty of room for the imagination of his readers down I-70. While...
Thank you to all who came out and made it a fun...
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[pictured: Lucid + Sage & Sour] As Editor-in-Chief, I'd like to personally thank everyone who came out to the Demencha-presented Black Friday event at the Riot Room in Westport last night. Lucid and Sage & Sour ripped through some freestyled and rehearsed live band/hip hop...
I can say without any reservations that this was a moment I had thought about for nearly 15 years. HUM was a band that I worshiped from my mid teenage years until well into my twenties. Their two major label records, You'd Prefer An Astronaut and Downward is Heavenward, I...
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Stay tuned to Demencha for more images and words about the Kanrocksas Music Festival. We should have all of our own pictures and video up by Monday night at the latest hopefully. This was the first time I've covered an event and filled up my digital camera's memory...
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