By Sam | May 23, 2012 at 2:12 pm | No comments
The FOKL Center is really a wonderful little thing. Art space, community center, old building, cool kid gathering place, call it what you want - but last weekend, it was the focal point for the psychedelic/chill/weird genre defying bands that take up residence in the Kansas City...
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By A:42 | April 16, 2012 at 4:21 pm | No comments
Coachella's "performance" by a holographic Tupac has been blowing up across social media.
From a technology standpoint, it's pretty cool. This is the kind of thing that makes me wish the World's Fair was still going on. I also watched this Asimo video yesterday and was...
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By Sean Malone | April 12, 2012 at 4:05 pm | 2 comments
The second annual Middle of the Map Fest (organized by Ink and The Record Machine) kicked off last week with its first shows on the inaugural Thursday night of the lineup. All of us at Demencha had a great time celebrating the local scene and the national artists that joined us...
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By Chris Mills | April 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm | One comment
As Editor here at Demencha, there’s a lot to say about this right now, so bear with me. Demencha is now requiring that artists we write about retweet, reshare and link out posts to the stories we’re writing about them. For example, if you have a show coming up this weekend...
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By Chris Mills | March 30, 2012 at 3:33 pm | No comments
[pictured: Reggie B & Diplo]
Even though I recently expressed some concern over the lack of promotion for music concerts and shows in Lawrence, the Diplo/Chiddy Bang/Lunice show last night at Granada drew anything but a sparse crowd. KC funkateer, Reggie B, and I cruised...
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By Sam | March 3, 2012 at 2:09 pm | No comments
1. A little genuine enjoyment goes a long way.
When I heard that A$AP Rocky would be part of the Club Paradise tour I was overcome with giddy schoolgirl joy. After I had calmed down a bit, I began to wonder what an A$AP set would look like at the Sprint Center. The A$AP...
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By Sam | February 21, 2012 at 10:11 pm | No comments
First the bad news - there will be no Kanrocksas 2012. You may have assumed that already, but today there was an official confirmation of the absence of the successful first year festival from this summer's list of cannot miss events in KC. Kansas Speedway is set to have the...
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By Chris Mills | January 16, 2012 at 3:57 pm | One comment
[pictured: Marty from Ebony Tusks]
//EVERYBODY RUN MUSIC VIDEO// EBONY TUSKS from Micki Hadley on Vimeo.
Produced by Morri$. Be on the lookout for Morri$' Artist of the Month feature here on Demencha.com this week. Digging the dancing in this video. Shout out to Vibe...
Posted in: Videos
By Chris Mills | November 2, 2011 at 10:15 pm | No comments
"Only time you on the net is when you google my ass" - Nicki Minaj
If you DJ a bit on the side (like I do), you'll need this track in your Serato like now. You can google search the track file pretty easily. If you just want to see Nicki Minaj rap her ass off (and shake...
Posted in: Downloads, Videos
By Chris Mills | October 14, 2011 at 10:36 am | No comments
P-Thugg, from the iconic electro-funk band, Chromeo, spoke with us on the phone for about fifteen minutes a couple of weeks ago. In anticipation for Chromeo's performance at the Midland Theatre on October 20th (next week), we thought it would be right to unleash our latest...
Posted in: Events, Interviews