Hot off the release of his explosive new album Lazaretto, there is fresh news today from the Third Man Records camp that Jack White has added another string of North American tour dates. The Midland Theatre welcomes White on Monday, August 18. Lazaretto is an untamed rock experiment that sees White pushing his artistic weirdness to a fearsome edge – something…
Recall a few weeks back when The Pitch reported that the Missouri General Assembly passed a resolution directing state officials to look into what it would take to get a Super Bowl at Arrowhead Stadium. Thanks to someone leaking documents, we now know a little about what such an effort would entail. Much of it is not pretty. The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis (which…
It’s that time of year again. Oh, yes. That time when we look back at all the wonderful things that have happened in our local music community and recognize some movers and shakers. The time, friends, for The Pitch Music Awards. Things are a little different this time around. The ballot has gotten a bit of a revamp. We’ve cut…
In support of her new album, I Never Learn, Swedish chanteuse Lykke Li has just announced a fall North American tour. Kansas City fans, mark your calendars: Li graces the stage at the Uptown Theater on Saturday, September 27. It’s one of 14 dates the artist has planned in September and October. More so than her previous two albums, I Never…
Nonprofits have to disclose their financial information, which makes for fun reading whenever they complain about losing money. Kansas Athletics Inc., which is the entity that runs varsity sports for the University of Kansas, has $91 million in total assets, which includes $3.4 million in cash in 2013. It seems like the type of organization that could absorb a $350,000…
Wolf continues to flank Roberts from the right. How powerful is the tea party in Kansas? Judging by the state’s tax policies, it would appear to wield quite a bit of influence. But can a tea-party upstart pose a legitimate threat to a well-liked establishment Republican in the state? That’s the basic narrative of Milton Wolf’s candidacy for U.S. Senate….
I’m not sure where one buys matching cat singlets, but these Kansas City Royals fans definitely made an impression during this past weekend’s home series against the New York Yankees. Deadspin says they also paid tribute to Derek Jeter, who is wrapping up his playing career and who now owes these people an autographed gift basket. Oh, and there was also…
As the music world is all abuzz with chatter about Jack White’s latest album, Lazaretto, you can get in on the action locally at Mills Record Co. Tonight, the Westport shop opens up at 11 p.m. for a special listening party. Mills will spin the whole of Lazaretto, and at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, you can fork over some…
Crossroads Summer Block Party Kansas City Friday, June 6 The Crossroads Summer Block Party transformed the intersection of 19th and Wyandotte into a mecca for craft beer, aerial silks and a lineup of local bands that traded off between being the perfect background music to an enjoyable evening and the main attraction. Jorge Arana Trio was first on the bill,…
Black Joe Lewis was last in the KC area in February for what was most likely a wall-shaking show at Knuckleheads Saloon. If you didn’t get to experience Lewis and his band’s skin-crawling, unholy blues then, you best get yourself to the Bottleneck Sunday. Lewis mercilessly rips through the songs on his latest album, Electric Slave, like a bloodthirsty pirate….
