Courtesy Ultimate Fakebook On April 10, Manhattan, Kansas, power pop trio Ultimate Fakebook return with The Preserving Machine, their first album of all-new material in over 16 years (read our review here). Last Friday, they also released their first music video in nearly two decades for the album track, “After Hours At Melin’s.” It’s an ode to the afterparty, something…
States reporting COVID-19 // Screengrab from the Centers for Disease Control 4/3 Update: we went from 1,581 cases yesterday to more than 2,100 today. At 5pm, Parson finally issued a stay-at-home order. While Kansas City and St. Louis have citywide stay-at-home orders, our governor refuses to enact a statewide order, deferring to the Trump administration. Who also refuses to request…
You’re stuck at home, because . You’ve burned through at least two seasons of some trashy show on Netflix, revisited all your favorite movies, and switched to podcasts when you feel the need to wall off with some headphones. However, lord knows you could use some new tunes, and maybe a trip outside. If you’re afraid of running into folks…
The Truman // Photo by Calvin Hoeun Live concert venues have had to shutter due to The Thing We Will Not Name. These places have been home to some of our favorite live concert/show moments. We’re hurting just like everyone is hurting, but we’re extra hurting for the staff that are being displaced by this situation. Especially at The Truman….
Illustration by Martinez Hillard. We’ve been asking members of the KC community to submit stories about life under house arrest. If you’ve got a story you’d like to share, please send it to brock@thepitchkc.com for consideration. Today, Martinez Hillard talks about the difference between physical and emotional distancing in their life. One summer, as my family and I were traveling home…
Fullbloods Soft and Virtual Touch (High Dive Records) Spring has sprung, and Kansas City’s Fullbloods return with their follow-up to 2016’s Mild West, the timely entitled Soft and Virtual Touch. The instant you look at artist Nika Winn’s bubble lettering on the album jacket, you know that you’re in for one hell of a sunny pop record, and Fullbloods don’t…
A shuttered theater. // Courtesy of Lyric Opera of Kansas City Lyric Opera of Kansas City is set to have The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess on their stage in November. Considered the first truly American opera, it’s a performance we’re looking forward to seeing. But how do you start prepping for a show that far out. Well. You do it…
Illustration by Jack Raybuck Dear Dan: My husband and I got married in August of 2019, and we were together for over five years before getting married. I’m very happy and love him with all my heart. I want to have his kids and support his entrepreneurial efforts as he supports mine. We don’t fight, we just have some tiffs…
Katlyn Conroy, the woman behind Lawrence indie project La Guerre, dropped a surprise EP in the middle March. Entitled Rage, etc., the new collection of five songs was recorded nearly five years ago with the help of bandmates and collaborators Orion Dollar, Brian Roberts, Quinlan Carttar, Charles Calhoun, Calvin Scott, and Anna Cook. It’s quietly contemplative, but with Conroy’s soaring…
The Plaza // via Creative Commons As the rest of us also fight for our opportunity to defer rents/mortgages, the same holds true of the dozens of businesses on the Plaza here in KC. Nationally, The Cheesecake Factory was the first major chain to announce that they won’t be paying rent on any of their locations. That sort of rebellion…
Courtesy Twenty Thousand Hertz Twenty Thousand Hertz is a lovingly crafted podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. In each episode, host Dallas Taylor dives deep into topics like the NBC Chimes, Muzak, Sounds on other planets, Siri, Movie Sounds, and tons – tons more. Every show stands alone and reveals something about the…
The Dumpster Lads Singles 1966-1968 (Quilt Records) One might ask why we’re reviewing this collection of singles from a long-forgotten instrumental garage five-piece from Sparta, Minnesota, given that they’re so far from our environs. It’s yet another fantastic release from the vault of Quilt Records, those fine folks who have brought us the likes of epic tympanist Mrs. Helen Marf,…
Our issue cover. // Art by CHURCH. To read the issue just click here. We’re old school. We like the feel of paper. We like putting out a magazine that you can touch and carry with you into your life. It feels real. It feels real in a way that online never does. We also happen to think our publication…
Brock uses a double thumbs-up system to indicate when he is dying and in Hell. // Photo by Vivian Kane My nurse backed away from me in abject horror. Seemingly out of viable options, we’d reached a point where there were no solutions to the long list of needs my doctor had demanded. There was blood everywhere, yet not the…
