The Pitch Music Showcase 2010: Soft Reeds, Dutch Newman, Hidden Pictures, Federation of Horsepower and more [updated]

After The Pitch‘s music editor, Elke Mermis, handed me my wristband and basically said, “Have at it,” I was hit with a wondrous and terrifying feeling as I walked into the nucleus of Westport. It was the feeling of too many options: too many places to go, people to see, beers to drink, and bands to watch.

This overload, of course, is the beauty of something like the Pitch Music Showcase, which offers a choose-your-adventure style portrait of the Kansas City and Lawrence music scene. I had an itinerary, but even as early as my arrival at 8:10 PM, I could tell my plan was going to be subject to some last minute impulses. I would, as they say, go with the flow, and flowed I did.