When The Pitch last spoke with restaurateur Mike Bechtel last October, he was planning to open his new dining venue, Kansas Town, before the end of 2013. The new restaurant, located in part of the space formerly occupied by the beloved Macaluso’s restaurant for many years, at 1403 West 39th Street, opens to the public tomorrow at 11 a.m. Bechtel…
Panic at the Disco with X Ambassadors, the Colourists Uptown Theater, Kansas City Sunday, January 19, 2014 It didn’t take long for the Uptown Theater to get worked into a frenzy at last night’s Panic at the Disco show. The capacity crowd roared at a stage crew member testing the fog machine before the band hit the stage, and turned…
Surveying the facilities at Knuckleheads. Pee Party is an irregular column in which we investigate local bar restrooms. We stopped in at Knuckleheads about a week ago to take in a tribute to the music of George Jones, Ray Price, and other old-school country musicians who died in 2013. It was a fantastic show. The guy on pedal steel was…
It may be defrosting a little bit lately, but folk-pop band In Rooms is prepared to go tropical on your January. On the group’s August-released EP, The Night Has Come, husband-wife team Heather and Nick Leo blend a variety of musical influences with a decidedly Latin flair. There are some delightful flavors of cumbia on the horn-heavy refrain of “Dove.”…
The Night Has Come by In Rooms
It’s a big deal – and a good deal – when some of Kansas City’s priciest restaurants (the Capital Grille, 801 Chophouse, Rosso, Bluestem) offer $15 lunches and $33 dinners. It not only gives diners a chance to experience a wide range of dining rooms in the metro – from Affare to Zocalo Mexican Cuisine & Tequileria – but also…
Phoenix is brilliant in Her. Her, Spike Jonze’s deeply affecting new movie, failed to crack the box-office top 10 last weekend, its first in wide release. Now it has some Oscar nominations behind it, including in the Best Picture category, so it’s not hard to find on a local screen (the Alamo Drafthouse and Screenland Armour are both playing it)…
The lease is up, and it’s time to go. The 403 Club, Strawberry Hill’s most comfortable bar, is moving south to 614 Reynolds and will take over the spot of the former 610 Club. (Locationwise, we’re talking a block and a half west of Seventh Street on Reynolds, essentially behind Go Chicken Go.) “The new location is bigger and has a…
Lawyers in Kansas City representing death-row inmate Herbert Smulls say the Missouri Department of Corrections not only obtains its lethal injection drug illegally but also handles the drug improperly. What’s more, according to a complaint that Smulls’ attorneys filed on Friday with the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy, the Missouri Department of Corrections plans to use a lethal dose of pentobarbital…
%{}% Sir Sly with Wolf, the Rabbit The Riot Room, Kansas City Thursday, January 16, 2014 See also: Sir Sly’s dark pop haunts the Internet – and beyond Slideshow: Sir Sly at Riot Room, 1/16/14 With the identities of Sir Sly finally revealed to the world (and the pipe dreams of those who thought the L.A. synth-rock outfit was a spinoff…
Kansas’ senior senator, Pat Roberts, was for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility before he was against it. Roberts yesterday voted against a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that included $404 million for the NBAF project under way near Kansas State University. NBAF is an under-construction research lab to study dangerous animal diseases. The idea to build NBAF, which Roberts…
Sir Sly gave the ravenous crowd at Riot Room a fast-paced, high-octane show. Wolf, the Rabbit opened. All photos by Zach Bauman.
Seeing of Mice & Men at the Uptown wouldn’t be the worst option for you and your significant other on that most despised of all American holidays. In fact, if you are without a significant other, and you would rather not spend Valentine’s evening binging on raw cookie dough and cheap wine, then taking out a little of your aggression…
As the date for the gargantuan 26th Annual Folk Alliance Conference and Winter Music Camp looms nearer, music enthusiasts who are more of the spectator sorts have the opportunity to get in on the action. The FAI has announced the schedule for the showcase performances taking place February 18-22, and the conference organizers have set aside a few tickets from…
Do you know Robert Paulson? Do you like beer? Then tonight you’ll want to be at the kickoff for Screenland Armour’s Firkin Fest. Screenland (408 Armour Road, North Kansas City) is partnering with KC Beer Blog to throw the festival of beers and classic movies. I’ll let Screenland’s site explain what exactly a Firkin is: “A firkin is a cask of…
Do it like we used ta, says Brattin. The state of Missouri has been having a bit of trouble lately with regard to capital punishment. Procuring the drug used to kill people sentenced to death in Missouri has become problematic, and there are strong indications that Missouri may have violated some state and federal laws in attempting to acquire it….
Listening to Kansas City’s Red Kate is like getting knocked out and waking up at a grimy rock festival in 1975. In August, the band released its most recent full-length, When the Troubles Come, a beastly collection of 11 songs that have lead singer L. Ron Drunkard charging through heavy guitar riffs and propulsive drum work. Though Red Kate may…
Kansas City’s Bummer might be composed of three dudes barely out of high school, but that doesn’t mean the band isn’t able to inspire thrashing mosh pits and wall-shaking noise. Bummer’s October-released four-song EP, Milk, isn’t just aggressive – it’s a sludgy, fuming battle cry, one that incites listeners to join the cause and charge with them. If Milk is…
Since releasing her album Prism in 2013, pop superstar Katy Perry has topped the charts, selling more copies than any other singer to become the new Queen of Pop. And now, Perry will be going on her first tour since her 2011 California Dreams Tour as she is set to embark on her Prismatic World Tour this summer traveling all…
Milk by BUMMER
