Legendary indie and alternative songwriter Morrissey will bring his long-awaited live show to Liberty Hall in Lawrence tomorrow night. After a cancelled tour last year, the formers frontman of the Smiths will debut new material from his forthcoming “World Peace Is None Of Your Business” album along with many of his singles along with select cuts from The Smiths, including…
Cinder Block Brewery is releasing the first experimental IPA in its new Hop Maven series today. The North Kansas City brewery is tapping Hop Maven #1 in its taproom at 110 East 18th Avenue (816-298-6555). The Hop Maven series of IPAs will highlight different hop varieties. The first features Bravo, Falconers Flight, Mandarina Bavaria and is calculated at 90 IBUs. Earlier this…
Perfect Pussy lead singer Meredith Graves provided me with a most surprising and memorable phone conversation when, in December, we spent nearly an hour discussing the politicizing of her band’s music, her views as a feminist and her love of Roland Barthes. Graves is a sharp observer, full of opinions – opinions that spill out on the violent and heady debut recording (really…
The inaugural Westport Roots Fest, centered around the Westport Saloon and taking place on Saturday, May 24, is approaching fast. To prepare for the pending roots romp presented by the good folks at Little Class Records, The Pitch will be highlighting a “song of the day” from one of the featured artists in the weeks leading up to fest. Since forming a few years…
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart with Fear of Men and Ablebody RecordBar, Kansas City Thursday, May 15, 2015 “I’m going to dance so fucking hard.” That’s what the girl in front of me said as the Pains of Being Pure at Heart took the stage, and she wasn’t the only one with dancing on the mind. There was…
Ever get the feeling when you’re buying a six-pack of longnecks and a bag of potato chips that the final bill is more expensive than it used to be? Then take another look at the receipt and consider the sales tax you’re paying in different parts of town. Kansas City’s base sales-tax rate is supposed to be 8.35 percent, which…
Only a half a game separates the Baltimore Orioles from the Kansas City Royals. In the AL East that half game is good for first place in the division, while the Royals are 5.5 games back of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Now the two face off in a four game weekend series with the Orioles next up…
It’s a charming enough tale: A band with a twee name worthy of an extra-long Liz Lemon eye roll manages to climb above its assumed limitations, thanks to a mighty hero and a bit of luck. In the case of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the protagonist is Kip Berman, a frontman with all the right ideas. Somehow,…
When restaurateur Beth Barden moved her tiny breakfast-and-lunch business, Succotash, from the City Market to much larger quarters in the former Dutch Hill Bar & Grill at 2601 Holmes in 2009, she thought she had ended the problem of having hungry customers endure long waits for a table. But even in the newer, larger venue, Barden was having long wait issues. “It’s…
Boulevard Brewing Co. is celebrating Sporting Kansas City’s MLS Cup victory with a special beer – Sporting Kansas City Championship Ale. The limited-release Saison-style ale will come out in mid-June as part of Boulevard’s Smokestack Series. Boulevard is putting out 2,000 cases of 750 ml bottles of Championship Ale throughout the greater KC area, with a few bottles making it…
Restaurateur Teeshia Madge wanted to get her namesake restaurant, Teeshia’s Taste Cafe, more established at 3360 Troost before kicking off her first “Soul Food Sunday.” Now that the 8-table sandwich-and-wings shop has been open for three weeks, Madge decided that this Sunday – May 18 – was the right day for serving a menu of baked chicken, sweet potatoes, macaroni…
Kansas City finally boasts the reigning world champion of competitive air guitar, Eric “Mean” Melin. Before Melin assaulted Finland with his “airness,” he worked his way up the ranks at U.S. Air Guitar competitions like Friday night’s regional qualifier at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207). Melin won’t be competing – that’s a perk of being the champ – but upstarts…
As much as Lawrence depends on the University of Kansas’ student population to bolster the local economy, there’s nothing quite as nice for Larryville’s townies as when those students take off for the summer, freeing up space downtown in restaurants and bars and reducing the aggravation of young, new-to-town drivers and their tendencies to do things like drive the wrong…
