Green Day. // photo by Kylee Gregg Green Day with Rancid and the Linda Linda’s Azura Amphitheater Tuesday, August 20 To be honest, it’s a decent confrontation of one’s own mortality when you attend a concert of a band playing two albums in their entirety, back-to-back. Reckoning with whether you enjoy both albums enough to stay out until nearly 11…
Photo by Chris Ortiz. // Art by Cassondra Jones ONGOING Sept 2-8 Dancefestopia, Wildwood Outdoor Education Center Sept 3-22 Once, KCRep Spencer Theatre Sept 6-8 Art Westport, Westport Neighborhood Sept 13 & 14 Sommore, Funny Bone Comedy Club Sept 13-15 Fiesta Hispana, 1701 American Royal Ct. Sept 17-22 Peter Pan, Starlight Theatre Sept 20-22 Plaza Art Fair, Country Club Plaza…
Art by Cassondra Jones Looking for delicious plans? Whether you want to impress a date, show your fam the best of KC, or just get out of the house, we’ve got you covered… all while supporting (mostly) local. Here is your weekly roundup of the best food and drink offerings around Kansas City. Cheers! Something New F35BBQ: North KC’s F325…
Hawthorne Heights // Photo by Emily Jacobs Is For Lovers & Hawthorne Heights Present 20 Years of Tears w/ Thursday, Anberlin, Armour for Sleep, Emery, and This Wild Life The Uptown Theater Friday, August 16 Almost exactly a year ago, I was melting in 105-degree weather with zero shade in Iowa for Hawthorne Heights’ Is For Lovers festival. The heat was…
Kansas City Royals versus L.A. Angels on Aug. 21, 2024. // Photo by Tarik Sykes The Kansas City Royals picked up a 3-0 victory on Wednesday against the L.A. Angels to close out the three-game series with two wins and a loss. Michael Lorenzen, who the Royals acquired via trade from the Texas Rangers at the deadline got the start,…
Welcome to Analog Adventures, where we run down the latest stacks of wax to hit our mailbox. Reissues, new releases, and more are all on the turntable as we spin these records. BALTHVS Harvest (Mixto) On their fourth full-length album, Harvest, Columbian trio Balthvs leans heavily into their mix of “Middle Eastern music, disco, house, Funk, psychedelia, indie, dub reggae,…
Glass Animals // Photo by Drewby PerezBritish pop-rockers Glass Animals just released their fourth studio album, I Love You So F***ing Much, last month via Republic Records. It’s the band’s first album in nearly four years, following up on their smash success of 2020’s Dreamland. Glass Animals’ global Tour of Earth hits Azura Amphitheater on Saturday, August 31, and we…
Big Fat Cow // Photo by Fawn Lies As one might expect from its name, Kansas City’s Big Fat Cow play indie rock with a country tinge. Originally started as a solo project from guitarist and vocalist Noah Cassity, with assistance from producer Kole Waters, Big Fat Cow is now a four-piece, featuring Cassity on vocals and guitar, Waters on…
Illustration by Cassondra Jones Update: On Aug. 21, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft refused to sign off on the emergency rulemaking process of Parson’s Executive Order 24-10, according to a press release from the Missouri Governor’s website. If Ashcroft does not choose to reverse his decision, the executive order could be delayed up to six to eight months. On Aug. 1,…
Illustrated by Katelyn Betz In this latest Cine Local roundup of the latest in local music videos, we have songs of love—both complicated and pure—and protest music. That pretty much sums up where we are as summer begins to fade and transition into red and yellow falling leaves. Whether you’re a rocker, boogie aficionado, folkie, or indie fan, we’ve got…
Kansas City Royals versus L.A. Angels on Aug. 20, 2024. // Photo by Tarik Sykes On Tuesday, Aug. 21, the Kansas City Royals fell short to the L.A. Angels in a 9-5 loss. After the Angels took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth, the Royals answered back in the bottom, scoring two of their own. L.A. would…
Southside Mafia Pizzeria // Photo by Tiffany Watts Southside Mafia Pizzeria If you’re hunting for bold flavors and a bit of heat, Southside Mafia Pizzeria in South Kansas City, Missouri, should be on your radar. Known for their delicious pizzas, the real star of the show might just be their wings and cheesy breadsticks. I decided to test my spice…
Photo by Haley Mullenix As we finally arrived at The Midland Theatre after defeating the grueling downtown traffic and parking situations, we walked into the first opener for The Greeting Committee’s 10 Years of Blooming homecoming show. The band pieced together one hell of a night for its longtime fans with three openers, comedy, clothes, a special cameo, and an…
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft joined the Midwest March for Life on May 1 at the Missouri State Capitol. “I think regardless of what the legislature does, the people of this state – with hard work – can protect all life in this state,” Ashcroft said (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent) Organizers behind an abortion-rights amendment that will appear on Missouri’s…
Blink Twice. // Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice, co-written with her High Fidelity collaborator E.T. Feigenbaum, owes much of its existence to Jordan Peele’s Get Out, and a slight debt of gratitude to Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman. As those reference points might imply, Kravitz’s twisty social commentary thriller isn’t the bolt-of-lightning vision its…
KCPD in the rain. // August 13, 2024 social media post by KCPD Amendment 4 requires Kansas City to shovel millions of more tax dollars into the KC Police Department—a police force that is only accountable to the Missouri governor. Barring the clear violation of local control Kansas City lacks over the KCPD, increasing police funding seldom results in lower…
Split Lip Rayfield. // photo by Allison Scavo Split Lip Rayfield Live On Mass Saturday, August 17 Live On Mass was a free event Saturday night on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, hosted by The Granada Theater and Kaw River Roots Festival, which Split Lip Rayfield also headlined. After nearly five years’ hiatus from live shows, Split Lip’s third show this…
Photo Courtesy of Dan Doty Dan Doty is a fixture in Kansas City’s service industry—16 and a half years and counting, he tells us. The consummate foodie also likes to travel to bigger cities to check out the scene and report back. “I have a love of cities like New Orleans, Austin, LA, and Chicago for seeing what’s coming next…
Twilbar // Photo by Kelcie McKenney Brat summer, Twilight fall. Girlhood nostalgia is alive and well. For those who didn’t succumb to the Twilight vampire craze of 2008 and beyond—or the resurgence that sprung in 2020 after author Stephenie Meyer published Edward’s perspective book Midnight Sun—Twilight has aged gracefully into a cult classic. Even 16 years after the movie premiered,…
Kansas City Royals versus Los Angeles Angels on August 19, 2024. // Photo by Tarik Sykes The Kansas City Royals faced the L.A. Angels on Monday, Aug. 19, in game one of a three-game series. After a 4-2 away stint against the Minnesota Twins and the Cincinnati Reds, the Royals stay hot with this 5-3 win against L.A.’s second favorite…
Good Saint Nathaneal // Photo by Tessa Allen Kansas City singer-songwriter Nate Allen has many musical faces. There’s his joyous celebration of crowd participation Destroy Nate Allen with his wife Tessa, the rock ‘n’ roll of the Pac-Away Dots, and the emotionally-hefty reflections of Good Saint Nathanael. It’s the latter project under which Allen has released his latest album, I…
Students hold up anti-abortion signs at the Midwest March for Life on May 1 at the Missouri State Capitol (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent) This story was originally published by ProPublica. On a recent Saturday outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a woman wearing a reflective orange vest and body camera flagged down a car pulling into the facility….
Photo Courtesy of Etheria Film Festival “Our goal is to be obsolete,” Stacy Hammon told the group of assembled filmmakers at Wolfepack BBQ on Friday night. That’s not typically the kind of statement you expect to hear from a film festival organizer, but Hammon means it. She’s the Director and Co-Founder—alongside Director of Programming Heidi Honeycutt—of Etheria Film Festival—a one-night…
Taylor Roesch And Eli Berggren Of KC Wine Co // Photo By Sarah Sipple From starting as KC Pumpkin Patch in Gardner to moving to Olathe, then expanding with KC Wine Co, the Berggren family has created a destination for all ages, in all seasons. The rural oasis is known for wine slushies, outdoor events, and, of course, Kansas wine….
