Best of KC 2023: Out of the basement, into the Manor

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This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2023. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November. 

In February, thanks to a little help from Manor Records, Nightosphere, Abandoncy, and Flooding—“a trio of trios”—released a three-way split cassette. In the year since, all three bands have gone on tour across the country and released further new music, with Nightosphere and Flooding releasing the respective full-length Katabasis and Silhouette Machine to great acclaim. Nightosphere tour mates Chat Pile even said of Katabasis, “They released the best album of the year, and we’re getting to see people realize it in real-time.” 

All three bands have gone from playing opening matinee slots to being legit draws on their own. They’re not just Farewell KCMO/Toilet Bowl draws anymore, but instead, the newest purveyors of Midwest rock ‘n’ roll spreading the gospel to masses far and wide.

Manor Records is located at 1501 W 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64101.