By Chris Mills | March 28, 2012 at 3:59 pm | No comments
Bam! So there will be hip hop acts at Middle of the Map Fest this year, after all. Spearheaded by Steddy P's Indyground Entertainment imprint and the Gusto Lounge in Westport, a hip hop stage at MOTM on Saturday, April 7 is bound to bring the ruckus. DJ Mahf, Farout,...
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By Chris Mills | February 10, 2012 at 5:00 pm | No comments
Z-Sonic's latest moombahton spice-up comes courtesy of the Henrick Schwarz remix of "Feeling You" by Omar. We can dig this, and Sonic's more funky, less acidic tracks as of late in general. With Westport hosting Gusto Lounge, The Union and Riot Room (all dance-friendly venues)...
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By Chris Mills | February 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm | No comments
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,...
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By Chris Mills | December 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm | No comments
GET DEEP w/ LC & Shaun Duval
Tuesday 12/13/11
The Gusto Lounge
10p - 3a 21+ NO COVER
Get in touch with the deeper side of house and techno with LC and Shaun Duval (pictured) on Tuesday night at Gusto Lounge in Westport KCMO. ...
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By Chris Mills | November 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm | One comment
The hip hop world's two-headed giant, Jay-Z and Kanye, are stopping through the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City, MO on November 29th. With countless hits under their respective belts, Jigga and Kanye are reported to be incorporating a healthy mix of older material in...
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By Chris Mills | October 27, 2011 at 5:19 pm | No comments
The Westport venue formerly known as Hell Bar, formerly known as Karma, formerly known as Johnny Dare's club, formerly known as Sanford's (feel free to add on), will be seeing an official re-opening under the Gusto Lounge guise, possibly this weekend. The old Gusto was...
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By Chris Mills | October 20, 2011 at 10:28 am | No comments
Brent Tactic and Bill Pile are bringing their super rad Risky Disco event to Indie on Main tonight for the official Chromeo afterparty. Indie is located right next to the Midland Theatre, where Chromeo is scheduled to rock tonight. You can get in easily from inside the...
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By Chris Mills | October 10, 2011 at 4:38 pm | One comment
A couple of months ago, I received an e-mail from someone at the Kansas City Public Library downtown. This is what it read:
"Hello! My name is Stephanie and I work at the KC public library. I was wondering if you had an extra copies of Demencha magazine that could be...
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By Chris Mills | September 16, 2011 at 12:48 pm | No comments
Be on the lookout for that, which will appear both here on Demencha.com and on the Demencha Mag soundcloud page, where we've been uploading audio-recorded interviews for a minute now. Of course, this interview next week will be a promo tool for their looming show at the...
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By Chris Mills | July 24, 2011 at 3:14 pm | One comment
See more from Smokeyman91 HERE. This one appears to be a work in progress.
See more from Icon Creations HERE. Notice the pot leaf inside the street light, and in the greater image as well.
See more from Jonnie Dee HERE.
See more from Charlie Raven HERE. I...
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