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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Come celebrate the creation of BluntRap's new album, "Thunderalbum9million", this Saturday at Riot Room in Westport. Accompanying the smoked-out live rap band are Phantom (KC), Les Paul (KC) and J Boozer (STL). Hit up THIS GUY for $5 presales. They might want to bring a...
[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...
KC guys, Hermon Mehari, Brad Williams and Ben Leifer do an instrumental acoustic take on Jay-Z & Kanye West's mega-hit in Paris, France...er, the "Paris of the Plains", perhaps. ...
Philly-based DJ and producer, Cosmo Baker, is a real student of music and a true master when it comes to rocking parties. Having collaborated with the likes of King Britt, ?uestlove of The Roots and tons more, Baker’s buzz stretches beyond his origin of Philadelphia to...
Tonight at Record Bar, Record Machine and Golden Sound are presenting a holiday party featuring acts, The Empty Spaces, Spirit Is The Spirit, Motoboater and Believers. Come celebrate and cap off what was a big year for Record Machine specifically, and a couple handfuls of their...
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With more artists in KC doing experimental, beat music derivatives this year, I thought this separate chart would only be right. I don’t think I had near as many favorite local beats to refer to when the Demencha writers put together their 2010 music picks last year. But in...
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The Kansas City-based, Be/Non, are badass and you should go to this show. Admittedly, I don't know a whole lot about Electric Light Orchestra aside from the time someone told me that all the early-20's hipsters who write for Pitchfork adore them. However accurate that is, I'm...
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Artist, Luke Rocha (aka beat-maker, Topp Boom) is DIY to the teeth. Having started the blasphemously slept-on SymbolHeavy.com in 2005 to now working with a certain Brooklyn indie-rock icon, (who we cannot name), Luke is constantly learning in addition to holding a distinctly...
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pictured: Dessa, of Doomtree @ Kanrocksas 2011 I caught Doomtree at Kanrocksas earlier this summer and they rocked it. The Minneapolis-based live hip hop collective have a new record out titled No Kings (cop it HERE). Dessa, one of the group's core MCs, just released...
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