Wild Rivers. // photo by Tommy Vean Wild Rivers w/ Lily Meola The Truman Saturday, Sept. 28 Saturday night, Sept. 28, Canadian indie folkers Wild Rivers played The Truman ahead of the release of their new album, Better Now, due out Oct. 18. That record serves as a companion to their latest, Never Better, released this past July, and songs from…
Rainbow Kitten Surprise // Photo by Zoe Strohm Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Ethan Regan Starlight Theatre Friday, Sept. 27 Rainbow Kitten Surprise sold out Starlight Theatre on last Friday’s stop of the Love Hate Music Box tour, bringing new songs and friends since their last Kansas City stop in 2022. The alt rock band hailing out of Boone, North Carolina,…
Courtesy Fantastic Fest This is part of our coverage from Fantastic Fest 2024 in Austin, TX where genre films are debuting before they get wider release. Check out all of our coverage here. Imagine if Kaboom-era Gregg Araki made Velvet Goldmine, but set in the early aughts and focused on pop divas. If that sounds like your jam, the brazenly queer…
Photo Courtesy of Main Street Saints In the ‘90s, few genres of music were as omnipresent in Kansas City as punk rock. Thanks to places like Fred P. Ott’s, The Pub (now The Brick), and Davey’s Uptown, along with all-ages venues like The FuseBox, The Daily Grind, El Torreon, and Gee Coffee, you could step out to hear loud, fast,…
Matties Food // Photo By Tiffany Watts Mattie’s Foods for Black Feast Week As Kansas City celebrates its first-ever inaugural KC Black Feast Week, hosted by The Kansas City Defender, there’s no better time to spotlight the city’s extraordinary Black culinary talent. From October 1st to October 14th, Black Feast Week highlights nearly every major Black-owned restaurant in Kansas City….
Recs With Merritt. // Art by Cassondra Jones Records with Merritt is Marion Merritt’s vinyl store in Westport with partner Ann Stewart. As a staple in our community for nearly a decade, we’ve partnered with Merritt for a monthly column, where the tastemaker shares her picks for the best wax releases to look forward to grabbing, divided by release date. Here’s Marion Merritt’s…
The cat is outta the bag on this year’s most slept-on indie horror flick. I’d apologize for the terrible pun, but I’m fairly certain its right in line with what the filmmakers set out to achieve here. Booger follows Anna (Grace Glowicki) from NYC, whose best friend and roommate Izzy unexpectedly shakes off this mortal coil. Anna’s attempts to regain…
Photo Courtesy of Kon Tiki and Conchita Tacos When it comes to nailing a Tiki concept, having positive energy is every bit as important as having good rum behind the bar. That’s what brought about the unofficial slogan for Kon Tiki, which recently opened its doors next to Up-Down in the Crossroads Arts District. For Chad Troutwine and Chris Seferyn—the…
Odie Leigh // Photo by Nick Spacek Odie Leigh w/ Valley James The Bottleneck Monday, Sept. 30 Sometimes, you get an email about a show you’d forgotten you expressed interest in, so you take a shower, grab your camera, and head out. I wasn’t that familiar with either artist performing Monday night at the Bottleneck. Odie Leigh was one of those…
Private Scott and Laddie. // photo from the collection of Paul Koudounaris Out this week from Thames & Hudson, author Paul Koudounaris’ new book, Faithful Unto Death, tells the history of “Pet cemeteries, animal graves, and eternal devotion” with emotional heft and an eye for detail. From Mr. Winbridge’s burial of a dog named Cherry at London’s Hyde Park to…
Steven Sanchez & The Moon Crests. // photo by Haley Mullenix Friday night, the fine folks of Kansas City pulled out their best dresses, slacks, and hairdos and made their way to The Midland Theatre where Steven Sanchez & The Moon Crests, along with support from The Brook & The Bluff, set the stage for a night of revelry. The…
Art by Cassondra Jones Welcome, dearest readers, into the fold of the October 2024 issue of The Pitch—a product homegrown right here in KC. As you can tell from our cover story, homegrown is certainly a theme for this month’s issue. The narratives you’ll find us tackling in these pages all share a common thread of who in the metro…
M. Ward. // photo by Whitney Young M. Ward with Leslie Stevens The Madrid Tuesday, September 24 Last Tuesday, indie rocker M. Ward came to Madrid in support of last year’s Anti Records release, Supernatural Thing, with fellow singer-songwriter Leslie Stevens in tow. Our photographer, Whitney Young, was there to capture it all. M. Ward M. Ward setlist Never Had…
The Wasp. // Courtesy Shout Factory The Wasp, out on VOD today, stars Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) in a twisty, turny thriller that plays out better (and meaner) than an audience could expect. Director Guillem Morales takes a tale of crisscrossed plans for malice and delivers on a tight, tumultuous turnabout without fair play. The Wasp….
