There was little fanfare when Chris Meck and the Guilty Birds released their debut recording, a self-titled four-song EP, in March. Meck, who has been writing for the band for nearly two years, didn’t see much point in celebrating. “We didn’t really have a release show at all,” he says. “The goal was to get it done before we went…
Good luck trying to get Jackson County’s reassessment team to talk in much detail about how it misfired in determining the value of properties all across the county. “I can only look forward to 2015,” says John Ebert. “I truthfully did not look backward.” Such lines are often spoken by government officials who want to move on from past embarrassments….
In December, reports surfaced that Overland Park-based wireless carrier Sprint was facing a fine from the Federal Communications Commission for “cramming,” a practice of charging mobile customers for unauthorized add-on services, such as premium text messaging (PSMS) for celebrity news, horoscopes, trivia, and sports scores. AT&T and T-Mobile have previously agreed to settlements for the practice. Today, the FCC, the…
Leave it to the folks at Numero to unearth another gem of local music history. Today, the Chicago label releases the self-titled album from Kansas City’s White Eyes, a psych-rock band with a rather unmistakable “summer of love” sound. From Numero: Hailing from Show-Me State, White Eyes lugged their heavy psych and harmony-clad ballads across the Midwest, honing their live…
Those heartwarming military tributes you sometimes see at NFL games? Taxpayers are footing the bill for those, according to a recent report from the Star-Ledger in New Jersey. Between 2011 and 2014, the Department of Defense paid more than $5 million to NFL teams for promotions and advertising, including on-field military salutes during games. Fourteen teams charged the DOD to promote…
All y’all who talk a big game about bridging the racial and socioeconomic divide of Troost Avenue: You’ve got an opportunity to put your money (or, at least, your time) where your mouth is this Saturday, May 16. The 11th Annual Troost Festival will be held on Troost between 31st Street and Linwood Boulevard. The festivities begin at noon and…
It’s been more than two and a half decades since Chris Isaak’s hit “Wicked Games” skyrocketed his career, but his voice is pristine as ever – as evidenced on 2011’s Beyond the Sun, the singer’s most recent full-length. That was an album of cover songs; we haven’t heard new material from Isaak since 2009’s Mr. Lucky. This 2014 interview with…
Country sensation Dierks Bentley is on tour this summer in support of his latest full-length, Riser. The singer-songwriter stops at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater on Saturday, September 12, with special guests Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae and Canaan Smith. Tickets on sale Friday, May 15, at 10 a.m. via LiveNation. Categories: News Tags: cricket wireless amphitheater, dierks bentley, just announced, Music,…
Hat tip to Reddit for pointing us toward this gem posted today in the “Free Stuff” section of Kansas City Craigslist. The above photo is accompanied by the following description: “Cleaning out the house. Have a trunk full of old Playboys, Penthouse, etc. There is some mildew, but lots of magazines still in ok condition. I’m looking for someone who will…
It’s happening again: The bi-annual pop-up record sale at RecordBar takes place on Saturday, May 9, from noon to 5 p.m. Curated by Tom Sorrells (formerly of Titan Records, who we last spoke to about Numero’s Cavern Sounds release), this one-day-only sale will feature something like 10,000 records for you eager audiophiles to dive into. Get there early. Details here. …
Aaron Young, who performs as AY Musik, might be familiar to plaza-goers as the keyboard playing, singing, rapping street performer with the giant smile. Yet there’s a lot more than busking to his young performer, who has opened up for the wildly disparate likes of Aaron Carter and T-Pain, and has nurtured a relationship with the Midwest Music Foundation that…
Kate and Scott Meinke are tired. Really tired. For the past few weeks, the young couple — Kate is 29; Scott turns the same age in a few weeks — have been working nearly day and night putting the finishing touches on their sleek new bakery operation at 401 East 63rd Street, the former gas station and used-car lot that…
Two big concerts will be put on in the Missouri area this weekend. One will be for for of country music’s biggest stars, while the other will be for one of music’s biggest stars ever. On Friday night Eric Church will take over Mizzou Arena, while Bob Dylan will play the Music Hall on Sunday night. Ticket prices on the…
Since its opening in November 2013, the Broadway Jazz Club – located at 3601 Broadway – has been plagued by one trouble or another. It always seemed that the space – which held so much promise when the concept was introduced – was never quite settled. John Scott, owner and operator of the Green Lady Lounge, is well aware of…
Starving the government beast, it turns out, isn’t so easy — now Kansas lawmakers are bellying up to a sumptuous buffet of tax hikes to fix a mess they’ve made. Under consideration this week at the Kansas Statehouse is a measure to nix the homestead exemption for the state school mill levy on the first $20,000 of assessed valuation for…
Kansas City’s Boys Life broke up in 1997, about a year after releasing its second album, Departures & Landfalls. Frontman Brandon Butler would go on to front both the Farewell Bend and Canyon. In their brief tenure, Boys Life managed to put out a series of recordings — including a genre-defining split with Christie Front Drive — that would solidify…
Thursday, May 7Twister screening, with Free State’s Stormchaser IPA and Cloud Hopper Imperial IPA, at Alamo Drafthouse (1400 Main), 8 p.m. Torn Label meet the brewer, at Grain to Glass (1611 Swift, NKC), 6:30–8 p.m. Friday, May 8Boulevard canned-beer tasting, at Mike’s Wine & Spirits (8447 Wornall), 4–7 p.m. Bier de Garde tapping, at Big Rip Brewing (216 E. Ninth…
Ronda Rousey is the first female to fight in the UFC, and one of the mixed-martial-arts league’s biggest stars. In addition to being an Olympic medalist and, more recently, an actress, Rousey is also, as of this month, a published author. Her memoir, My Fight / Your Fight, will be published May 12. Rousey is doing a tour to promote…
