Last night I trekked out to two different hip hop shows in Kansas City. I knew they would be very different from one another, but I don't think the differences really struck me with such authority until I just recently sat down to write this. The Kansas City Academy at 79th...
![Miles Bonny, Reggie B, Joc Max, Brandon Draper @ Kansas City Academy [03.30.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/miles-bonny-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
A tight-knit association of KC-based music icons, singer/producer Miles Bonny, singer/producer Reggie B, DJ/producer Joc Max and drummer/producer Brandon Draper will be putting on what we fully expect to be an outright clinic at the Kansas City Academy on Friday, March 30. ...
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...
[pictured: The Good Foot] The Good Foot, known best for their live covers of Motown records, and the explosive afrobeat band, Hearts of Darkness (both based in KC), are set to drop a joint 7-inch vinyl on Saturday, February 18 at the Carnivàle du Soul show at The Uptown on...
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People who've never seen Mark Farina spin live before seem to always ask the same question prior to. "Will he play Mushroom Jazz or house?" From personal experience, I can say that the last time he played at Czar Bar, Farina got busy with a mixture of both styles making for a...
There's a gang of 'em up at http://www.kcdjmaxx.com/blog/. Your Friday just got Funkdafied. ...
Joc Max is rapping here (and singing too). We think that Miles Bonny and Joc are both doing beats, but could be wrong. Features include Taha (Basement Khemists/Heet Mob), Joe Good and Reggie B. I don't think you could get this bunch of individuals together on a hip...
Mr. Zach Lovely himself just wrote on facebook that there will be some graffiti heavyweights in the building doing art...AND...Joc Max will be...
Come rain, sleet, hail, snow or rapture, Joc Max and DJ Maxx will be at Riot Room tonight providing the backdrop for your apocalyptic debauchery on the outdoor patio. The end of the world still can't fuck with this: OR THESE... circa April 2006: circa...
$7 at the door ($5 in advance) for a couple helpings of some of the dopest artists in Kansas City is a...
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