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Local Label Anodyne Signs the Vox Jaguars

Fri Sep 5, 3:43 PM

Anodyne Records, home to the Architects, the Valley Arena, the Meat Puppets, the Hearers, Sirhan Sirhan, Roman Numerals, and, most recently, the Bellrays, have just added a new band to their roster: the Vox Jaguars, and they are, like, 15... More >>

Musicians Respond to Palin, RNC

Fri Sep 5, 1:39 PM

By FLANNERY CASHILL John Gourley of the Alaskan indie rock group Portugal the Man responded to the VP nomation of Sarah Palin with an impassioned essay about America, Alaska, and a certain no-good neighbor of his. Meanwhile, Nancy Wilson of... More >>

The Download Extra: New Mike Waxx MP3s

Fri Sep 5, 9:31 AM

By ANDY VIHSTADT Still in high school, Connecticut DJ Mike Waxx uses his Illroots blog to launch his mashups. Earlier this week, the youngster posted up Doomed, a 30-track mixtape that pays homage to the ever-elusive MF Doom. Get more... More >>

New Trend: Cell Phone Videos

Thu Sep 4, 2:45 PM

It's been a quiet week at Lake Waywardblog. We are all very hungover and unsure what day it is. Our only recourse has been to watch YouTube videos. Today's installment: Videos Shot Entirely On a Cell Phone Pimp. First, a... More >>

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Features

  • D-Locc da Chop remembers coming up on the East side and envisions taking over the KC hip-hop crown
    By Nadia Pflaum
    Thursday, September 04
    "Text Message," by D-Locc da Chop, from King Me (Van Brunt Entertainment): The core acts from local R&B and rap label and promotions company... More >>
  • From the Crossroads, local sounds go in all directions
    By Jason Harper
    Thursday, September 04
    Bill Sundahl isn't quite sure where he was or what he was doing in that one moment this past May when he decided to revive his Crossroads Music... More >>
  • San Francisco’s Tussle offers up the cream of the beat
    By Ron Nachmann
    Thursday, September 04
    "Night of the Hunter," by Tussle, from Cream Cuts (Smalltown Supersound): Tussle's willingness to break rules isn't the only thing that makes... More >>
  • The Download
    Blitzen Trapper
    By Andy Vihstadt
    Thursday, September 04
    While some musicians go for a more entrepreneurial approach, Blitzen Trapper is happy to ditch its DIY ways and sign on the dotted line. The... More >>
  • Motorhead
    By Chris Gray
    Thursday, September 04
    There's no longevity award in metal, but Motorhead doesn't need one. Warts and all, the London-born trio has been cranking out blistering... More >>
  • Ice Cube
    By Chris Parker
    Thursday, September 04
    "The Nigga You Love To Hate," by Ice Cube, from AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (Priority Records): O'Shea Jackson, known to most as Ice Cube,... More >>
  • Sarah Buxton
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, September 04
    By most appearances, Sarah Buxton is living the dream she set out to fulfill when she graduated from Lawrence High School and moved to Nashville.... More >>
  • Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby
    By Chris Parker
    Thursday, September 04
    "Here Comes My Ship," by Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, from Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby (Stiff Records):More >>
  • Sera Cahoone
    By Sara Brickner
    Thursday, September 04
    "Only As The Day Is Long," by Sera Cahoone, from Only As The Day Is Long (Sub Pop Records):It took awhile for folk songstress and ex-Band of... More >>
  • How Fred Wickham’s quest for a Waylon Jennings T-shirt led him to ownership of the country legend’s mid-’70s tour bus
    By C.J. Janovy
    Thursday, August 28
    Fred Wickham has two types of friends: the ones who thought he was crazy around this time last year — and the ones who thought what he did... More >>
  • Calling All Comrades
    Two rock-scene czars open a new bar on Grand.
    By Crystal K. Wiebe
    Thursday, August 28
    If you've been around 16th Street and Grand lately, you've probably noticed a new sign on the building that used to be Late Night... More >>
  • Making Movies
    Tierra Firme Vol.1: Lobos.Wolves EP (self-released)
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, August 28
    When was the last time you heard a band that said it liked the Police actually sound like it? Kansas City's Making Movies isn't exactly tearing... More >>
  • Aaron Hale & the Boy Detectives
    Lightning Strike/Phantom Forest (Hi-Fi Motel Records)
    By Aaron Ladage
    Thursday, August 28
    The slash in the title of Lightning Strike/Phantom Forest, the latest EP from Kansas City singer-songwriter Aaron Hale and his Boy Detectives,... More >>
  • The Download
    Peter, Bjorn and John
    By Andy Vihstadt
    Thursday, August 28
    You've got to hand it to Peter, Bjorn and John. After gaining a global audience with their commercial-friendly whistler, "Young Folks," the... More >>
  • Bob Dylan
    By David Martin
    Thursday, August 28
    Bob Dylan is an asshole. That's the impression left by Don't Look Back, the 1967 film that showed the troubadour humiliating a student journalist... More >>
  • Tech N9ne
    By Aaron Ladage
    Thursday, August 28
    Now that he's reached the ripe old age of 37, you'd think that Tech N9ne would be ready to hang up the mic. But judging by how he's spent his... More >>
  • Totimoshi
    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
    Thursday, August 28
    "Ladron," by Totimoshi, from Ladron (Volcom Entertainment):Totimoshi. It sounds Japanese, right? It's actually a word that bandleader... More >>
  • T.K. Webb and the Visions
    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
    Thursday, August 28
    "Hope You All Are Gone," by T.K. Webb and the Visions, from Ancestor (Kemado Records): Kansas City expat T.K. (Thomas Kelly) Webb comes to town... More >>
  • System & Station
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, August 28
    "The Magnetic North," by System & Station, from A Nation of Actors (Latest Flame Records):The decade mark is a meaningful one for a band like... More >>
  • Ratatat
    By Richard Gintowt
    Thursday, August 28
    "Mi Viejo," by Ratatat, from LP3 (XL):Maybe it's just the shrieking-panther samples, but listening to Ratatat can make you feel like you're... More >>

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National

Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

The Gentleman Classicist

Chris Isaak keeps his croon intact
By John Hood
It's been almost 25 years since Chris Isaak slipped his debut album, Silvertone, on to the pop... More >>

Dallas

Dirty Talk

Twenty years later, the godfathers of grunge in Mudhoney still remember their roots
By Darryl Smyers
You'd think that, after 20 years of hearing his band described as the quintessential grunge... More >>

Denver

Next to Ryan Adams or Jason Molina, Centro-Matic frontman Will Johnson is as prolific a songwriter as they come.

By Jon Solomon
Texas in June is great. There's a certain romance to it. By August, though, the romance is... More >>

Houston

Houston's Nigerian-Born Battle-Rapper Godwon

Balls and His Word
By Shea Serrano
Competition drives hip-hop culture. Whether it be reputation, jewelry, cars or whatever, it... More >>

Miami

Luther Campbell Talks 2 Live Crew, Rick Ross, and His New VH1 Reality Series

He wants to set the record straight.
By Jason Handelsman
Luther Campbell is a serious businessman. "Everyone in Miami who does rap music has worked for... More >>

Phoenix

Where Counting Crows’ August and Everything After was a touchstone, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is only another tear in the bucket

By Martina Kominiarek
I spent the winter of 1994 through the summer of 1995 soaking myself in the Counting Crows... More >>

San Francisco

Mexican bribes and high gas prices: The May Fire's tour diary

By The May Fire
After hearing repeated newscasts about the ways high gas prices are affecting four-wheeled... More >>

St. Louis

Two writers debate the pros and cons of indie-rock/Afropop sensations Vampire Weekend, who are making their St. Louis debut on September 10

By Ryan Wasoba
The pace of the blog-driven indie-rock world has reached a point where sometimes a backlash... More >>

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