Never one to sit still (except, uh, in the above photo), Lawrence’s Approach – a Pitch Music Awards nominee in the hip-hop/rap category – has just come out with a new mixtape. It’s an instrumental hip-hop record, and it flows as smoothly as a river of butter under a hot summer sun. For real. In his press release, Approach says…
Ryan Wise and Kris Dover know exactly what comes up first in your Google search when you type in their band’s name. This delightful disregard for good manners (and shared computers) spills over into the Sluts’ music, which is basically a mess of greasy-haired, potty-mouthed grunge rock. Saturday, the Lawrence band releases a brand-new EP called The Loser, the follow-up…
Approach Presents: SweetKnuckleJunction Season 2 (The Aikido Bray Suite) by Approach
Chris Mullins It was just about a year ago that we wrote about design studio/retail co-op Utilitarian Workshop opening a retail storefront on the West Side, at 1659 Summit. A very cool operation — but unfortunately not one built to last at that location. Earlier this week, UW announced on its website that it will be closing down the shop:…
Saturday, the Phoenix celebrates local music with its fifth Phoenix Fest, featuring two stages and a lineup that gathers eight of the area’s most laid-back blues acts. For those who prefer air conditioning, the inside stage features Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats, the Stone Cutters Union and more; outside, the whole family is welcome to enjoy FEO, the Brody…
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The Loser EP by The Sluts
This year, the 2014 Pitch Music Awards Showcase is split over two nights, with the final taking place tonight at Knuckleheads Saloon (lineup details and tickets here.) The PMA Awards Show is at the Uptown Theater, held this year on Sunday, August 3, and hosted by World Air Guitar Champion Eric “Mean” Melin and Mills Record Co.’s Judy Mills (tickets here). To count down to the awards…
Join us tonight at Knuckleheads Saloon (2715 Rochester) for night No. 2 of The Pitch Music Showcase. Get there early for sets from A.J. Gaither, the Pedaljets, Katy Guillen and the Girls, the Grisly Hand and Not a Planet. Doors open at 6 p.m. Click here for tickets. Categories: News Tags: Kansas City, kansas city, Knuckleheads Saloon, pitch music showcase, the…
This year, the 2014 Pitch Music Awards Showcase is split over two nights: This Saturday, July 19, at the Riot Room and Friday, July 25, at Knuckleheads Saloon (lineup details and tickets here.) The PMA Awards Show is at the Uptown Theater, held this year on Sunday, August 3, and hosted by World Air Guitar Champion Eric “Mean” Melin and Mills Record Co.’s Judy…
I was reunited with an old friend last night: a hard plastic Gessner ashtray — the 4-inch diameter “Deep Area Ashtray,” not to be confused with the smaller “Fast Food” model or the larger “Executive” version — which was once a standard table accessory in the restaurants and bars where I used to work. Even the macrobiotic restaurant in Indianapolis had…
For local musician and rapper Grant Wish, tonight’s Hope for Haiti benefit at the Bauer Building is one of many steps in a larger goal – that of getting a new school built in Haiti. Wish says the idea originally came to him in March, when he released his second album, Journey of the Soul. “When I released my second album,…
Perhaps policymakers in states that still execute prisoners hope that the public becomes so desensitized to botched executions, like it sometimes does with other forms of violence, that people will no longer care when the government kills one of its own. How else to explain the actions of the Arizona Department of Corrections’ killing of Joseph Wood on Wednesday? Arizona…
Jurassic 5 Crossroads KC, Kansas City Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Jurassic 5, 20-year veteran group of the hip-hop world, brought its signature rhymes and beats to Crossroads KC last night, much to the delight of a packed venue. Audience members had surely been anticipating this show; the last time J5 performed together was in 2007. J5’s set kicked off in…
In the AL Central the Detroit Tigers have taken a sizeable lead, with the Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals their only challengers. The two teams are separated by half a game, and now they have a four-game series in Kansas City. Royals tickets are averaging $58.16 for all home games on the Royals schedule. But Royals vs Indians tickets are…
