Somehow, this video has something to do with the hipster-hopper clothing line Mishka. Actually, I like some of the stuff Mishka puts out because I like things being mauled by bears, but I'm fucking tired of CMYK palettes and they've bought into CMYK irretrievably. Anyway, I...
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If there’s anything that the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene is known for, it’s that bands don’t last. Some of the people may stay around to be involved with music through different bands and venues, but things change at a pace which most listeners cannot keep up...
Side projects are often a two way street; they can give under-appreciated band members the opportunity to showcase their own work without the backing of the rest of the group (think Robert Plant's collaborations with Alison Krauss) but they often end up being unjustly...
Leonard DStroy's newest, the Inner Exit EP released on Friday, is a collection of some of the most sparkling beats we've heard all year. Lenny is predominantly known as the producer behind local indie hip hop stalwarts, Deep Thinkers and Kutty Slitz (who we hear is coming...
New for June 2011 comes singer/guitar player, Clay Hughes, and producer JKR70's project The Whether Machine. The idea of melding Hughes' bluesy voice with JKR70's hip hop-rooted beats sounded like an intriguing combination, particularly after Hughes and JKR joined for a...
After embarrassing a few MCs nearly twice his age at rap battles around the city over the years, the young KC-based Abnorm seems to be on a distinguished road. I can't help but shake the similarity between this new record from him (available at a Bandcamp link below) and...
Lawrence, KS-based vocalist/producer/rapper, Nezbeat and KC-based, retired rap artist, Joe Good have been working on this floating, race-related record for a few years. It just now saw the light of internet sharing today on Bandcamp, after some tracks were leaked a couple...
From his work with the Soul Servers to his collaborations with Ces Cru and D/Will to now, Kansas City's PL has always shown to be a great storyteller through his music. This EP, The Session, which saw the light of day on bandcamp just recently, is no exception. "Mind Is...
KC-based, infO Gates, dropped his most recent Bandcamp release, The Life of The Mind, last week on 4/20. As a musician who wears many hats (just about all of the tracks here were self-produced via live instrumentation), the former Versus MC Battle victor doesn't strike us...
Album Review: The Floozies - Under Another Sun Dillon Gatewood Demencha.com The Floozies' new album, Under Another Sun, is the highly anticipated debut from the Lawrence-based space-dance duo. The Floozies spent the latter part of 2010 and some of the new year in...
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