![PREVIEW: Les Izmore, Soft Reeds, Diverse & More @ Record Bar (18+) [05.19.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/les-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
This Saturday at Record Bar in Westport, MC Les Izmore and D/Will, The Record Machine's Soft Reeds, Diverse Jazz Trio and Greg Enemy should pack the house with their all-local lineup. Each of these acts have their own built-in fanbases ranging from indie rock to hip hop and...
![PREVIEW: Big K.R.I.T. @ The Granada in LK [07.16.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/big-krit.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Mississippi's favorite (perhaps after David Banner), Big K.R.I.T., pretty much destroyed Crossroads KC at the Section 8 Concert last summer. His new album, "4 Eva N A Day", is chalk-full of the country-tinged floaters and Southern-fried bangers that we've become accustomed to....
![Vunda Vada @ The Gusto [4.21.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dez-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Just another event to add to the list for this Saturday evening's festivities...Vunda Vada. A few of our local favorite DJs including Dez Jones, El Nomada, and Johnny Hammerstix will be slapping down "drumoombahbasstep & whatever else we (they) wanna play" according to the...
![DStroy vs. Draper @ KC Academy, 7:00 p.m. [4.21.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kc-academy.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Producer/DJ stud, Leonard DStroy, and heralded drummmer, Brandon Draper, are set to make some noise on Saturday night at the KC Academy in the Waldo area of Kansas City, MO. The Grassroots Concert Series at Kansas City Academy has become a real treat. A far cry from the...
![The Return of Basement Khemists LIVE @ Record Bar [04.12.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Basement-Khemist-EDIT-21.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
If you're just another person in KC trying to make a "documentary" on local music/hip hop and you're not at this show, you might want to reconsider your mission statement, or just quit entirely. I believe the picture above was shot by one Jeremy McConnell (Editor of Flavor...
According to Lunice's website, he and Diplo will be crashing the Sunflower State's party capitol soon. ...According to Axe deodorant's facebook event page, the Diplo/Lunice/Chiddy Bang show is happening this Thursday in Lawrence, KS. Here are some fucked up details: 11...
KC-based hip hop artist, radio show host and label owner (among other things), Mac Lethal, is penciled in for a show tonight at the Riot Room in Westport KCMO with Astronautalis and Busdriver. It looks like tickets are going for about $15 at the door if you don't have your...
JMF3 - Strider from Quinn Brabender on Vimeo. Lawrence's oh!mr., in conjunction with Quinn Brabender, Team Bear Club and KJHK are putting together a documentary of their Jockin My Fresh event series. This is the first Vimeo teaser highlighting a past performance by LK...
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...
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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