By Chris Mills | January 31, 2012 at 11:57 pm | No comments
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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By Sean Malone | December 3, 2011 at 6:01 pm | No comments
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...
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By Chris Mills | December 2, 2011 at 5:14 pm | One comment
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...
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By Chris Mills | November 28, 2011 at 4:31 pm | No comments
Thank you to all who came out and made it a fun...
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By Chris Mills | November 26, 2011 at 7:30 pm | One comment
[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...
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By Sean Malone | November 6, 2011 at 4:55 pm | No comments
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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By Chris Mills | August 8, 2011 at 1:54 pm | No comments
Leaving Beltonia
Dessa, of Doomtree
Doomtree
Kid Cudi
Festival goers
Festival goers
Festival goers
Hands up...
Major Lazer
Major Lazer dancer
Festival goers
Festival goers
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Festival...
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By Chris Mills | August 6, 2011 at 2:15 pm | No comments
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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By Sean Malone | August 3, 2011 at 2:19 pm | No comments
It was another hot KC weekend and an intimate crowd of fans gathered at the Record Bar to chill out to the sounds of up and coming Wisconsin post-rockers Canyons of Static and local stalwarts Actors & Actresses.
Canyons of Static
Actors &...
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By Sean Malone | July 7, 2011 at 6:16 pm | No comments
I'm calling this one a quick review because I didn't take any pics (those above and below are courtesy of Marnie's blog), nor could I aptly distill the insanity of a Marnie Stern set down into something most people would want to read. For the uninitiated, Marnie is an indie...
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