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...
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...
![REVIEW: Middle of the Map Fest [Sean Malone's Take]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cast1.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
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...
[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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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...
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$AP...
First the bad news - there will be no Kanrocksas 2012. You may have assumed that already, but today there was an official confirmation of the absence of the successful first year festival from this summer's list of cannot miss events in KC. Kansas Speedway is set to have the...
![Connectorville Presents: Caspa, Matty G, Antiserum, Ill-Esha, Spankalicious, WickIt – LIVE @ The Midland [02.03.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Caspa-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
[pictured: Caspa] Some of the first tunes I heard out of this dubstep phenomenon came from one original dubstep don, Caspa (London) and West Coast bass delegate, Matty G, back in the summer of 2007 where the Bassline Pressure night was going down at Jilly's on Broadway here...
![Drake, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky LIVE @ Sprint Center KCMO [03.01.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drake-EDIT-1024x532.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
All three of these dudes put out fantastic new records this year. Drake's Take Care, Kendrick Lamar's Section 80 and ASAP's LiveLoveA$AP have all been in heavy rotation for me over the past few months. Just when I thought it would be quite a while before another...
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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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