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Coming Soon: Robbie Fulks and Sarah Shook & The Disarmers in Kansas City 5/10/18
WHO’S PLAYING? Robbie Fulks (Chicago, IL) Sarah Shook & The Disarmers (Chapel Hill, NC) WHAT TO EXPECT? Country storytelling about broken hearts and empty bottles… Robbie Fulks is a professional and accomplished musician. At 54 years old his latest record “Upland Stories” … Continue reading
250 word album review: Whiskey For The Lady – Passing Times
“Passing Times” is Whiskey For The Lady’s second album and it is distinctly different than their debut. The bluegrass band is four long years removed from their debut album “Too Many F Holes” and sometimes life comes at you hard … Continue reading
Concert Review: Hurray For The Riff Raff / Waxahatchee at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO 4/25/18
When two heavyweights tour together they hope to pull from eachother’s fan bases. Hurray For The Riff Raff and Waxahatchee also had a strong theme to tie them together, it’s only natural their fans would cling to the other band … Continue reading
250 word album review: Here’s To The Life! – Surviving Is My Best Revenge
Here’s To The Life! is now fully amped up and doesn’t spare on the energy. This group of 8 songs is among their strongest, the songs are fun and fiery as they continue to be one of the Midwest’s most … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Waxahatchee & Hurray For The Riff Raff live at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO
WHO’S PLAYING? Waxahatchee (Birmingham, AL) Hurray For The Riff Raff (New Orleans, LA) and Bedouine (Los Angeles, CA) WHAT TO EXPECT? Strong female voices singing loud and singing proud. Katie Crutchfield is essentially Waxahatchee. Crutchfield has now released 4 albums under the moniker and has … Continue reading
250 word album review: The Allovers -Yer Guises
“Yer Guises” is nothing but simple fun. If you’re looking for deep content you probably won’t find it unless you dig really deep. At the surface level The Allovers just take a crunchy guitar lick, play is for two minutes … Continue reading
250 word album review: The Center State – Wilderness
The Center State’s second full-length album “Wilderness” is a sentimental affair that shows the band’s abilities. The group compiles a focused group of songs here where they test their comfort zones and take another step forward. The opening track … Continue reading
250 word album review: The Breeders – All Nerve
The Breeders are a jagged band. They love broken things, they always have. Their songs are unique because of this, it is both what makes them great and what makes them troubling to listen to at times. On their latest … Continue reading
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250 word album review: The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl
If you’re reading this you probably know what The Decemberists are all about, they have a well established catalog defining the band which makes an album like this challenging. Once you define yourselves as a band you spend the rest … Continue reading
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250 word album review: Middle Western – When Your Demons Are Under Ground and You’ve Got To Dig Them Up
Middle Western is a lesser known band from the Iowa area featuring banjo wielding badass William Elliott Whitmore and key tickler David Zollo as the two headed monster singing songs. The two established singer/songwriters split the duty here with 4 … Continue reading
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