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,...
[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...
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...
![TONIGHT: Be/Non & Olelo @ Record Bar [Electric Light Orchestra Tribute]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/be-non-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
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...
![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...
![Doomtree LIVE @ Granada in Lawrence [01.19.11]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dessa-of-doomtree-EDIT-1024x582.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
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...
After being displaced from their hometown of New Orleans after Katrina, live hip hop duo, The Knux, soon saw good exposure by landing an opening gig on Common's tour back in 2007. In turn, they landed a deal with Interscope. Check the video above for their performance on...
Be sure to swing through Riot Room on Friday night for what should be the most fun Black Friday music event in Westport, presented kindly by Demencha Magazine. Depending on how early you arrive, you'll be able to snag one of these shirts. There weren't many of them printed...
The KC-based and Lawrence-loved funk duo, The Floozies, have a new promo video out for a track off their forthcoming "At Dusk We Launch" album (awesome title, by the way), out January 11, 2012. In former Demencha-cover band fashion, they're still gritting away with their...
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