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Ultimate Fakebook issuing new album after 7 year hiatus; stream & download free PodWreck featuring Kevin Devine; performs ‘Big Bad Man,’ ‘You’re a Mirror I Cannot Avoid’ Sasquatch! Festival: Monday with The Temper Trap, The Mountain Goats, MGMT Bamboozle featuring Something Corporate @ Charter One Pavilion, Chicago IL LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
 
Ultimate Fakebook issuing new album after 7 year hiatus; stream & download free

Ultimate Fakebook issuing new album after 7 year hiatus; stream & download free

After a seven-year hiatus, the power pop group, Ultimate Fakebook, is issuing a new full-length, Daydream Radio Is Smiling Static. The album is a collection of lost recordings from 2000-2003: 16 originals and a Guided By Voices cover.

PodWreck featuring Kevin Devine; performs ‘Big Bad Man,’ ‘You’re a Mirror I Cannot Avoid’

PodWreck featuring Kevin Devine; performs ‘Big Bad Man,’ ‘You’re a Mirror I Cannot Avoid’

Kevin Devine sits down with PodWreck at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City.

Sasquatch! Festival: Monday with The Temper Trap, The Mountain Goats, MGMT

Sasquatch! Festival: Monday with The Temper Trap, The Mountain Goats, MGMT

I woke up Monday morning to a thin layer of rainwater on top of my tent, hoping that the weather would still go our way that day. What do you know? It did. Determined to see more bands that day than I’d seen Saturday and Sunday, I went and stood in line at about 11:30, even before [...]

Bamboozle featuring Something Corporate @ Charter One Pavilion, Chicago IL

Bamboozle featuring Something Corporate @ Charter One Pavilion, Chicago IL

For many, braving the frigid temperatures that were only abetted by a breeze off of lake Michigan was worth reliving a band essential to so many musical palettes. Something Corporate was headlining the third Bamboozle festival, which not only marked the band’s third reunion show since their 2005 hiatus, but also the debut of the [...]

LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening

And so it comes to LCD Soundsystem’s third and purported final album. When you’re James Murphy and your previous musical work is the much adored Sound of Silver and you follow it up with your final piece of art, you better go out with a bang. And from the get go Mr. Murphy understands this [...]

Jenny Wilson – Hardships!

Jenny Wilson – Hardships!

30 July 2010

Jenny Wilson might just be the next big thing to come from the land of IKEA.

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Capitol Hill Block Party: Day 1 featuring Naomi Punk, Bear in Heaven, Francis and the Lights, Yeasayer, Holy Fuck, & MGMT (and an appearence from Titanium Sporkastra)!

Capitol Hill Block Party: Day 1 featuring Naomi Punk, Bear in Heaven, Francis and the Lights, Yeasayer, Holy Fuck, & MGMT (and an appearence from Titanium Sporkastra)!

29 July 2010

Capitol Hill Block Party is one of the Pacific Northwest’s biggest, most anticipated music festivals of the year. Located within one of the most culture-rich neighborhoods in the city, CHBP takes over the street level of the Pike Street corridor from Broadway to 12th Avenue, providing great music entertainment all weekend, and some of the best eateries, bars, coffee and venues in town.

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The New Pornographers with The Dodos & Imaad Wasif @ Liberty Hall, Lawrence KS

The New Pornographers with The Dodos & Imaad Wasif @ Liberty Hall, Lawrence KS

29 July 2010

Boston's "Foreplay" heralded the entrance of our Canadian superstars in the New Pornographers: Dan Bejar (Destroyer and Swan Lake), Kathryn Calder(Immaculate Machine), John Collins (The Evaporators), Kurt Dahle (Limblifter), Todd Fancey (Fancey), Carl Newman (A.C. Newman), Blaine Thurier, and finally perhaps the most recognizable member, Neko Case. It's almost unfair to the rest of the bands in the world that that much talent can be in one band together. Almost.

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Yeasayer turns all websites into songs; test their website player

Yeasayer turns all websites into songs; test their website player

28 July 2010

Yeasayer came up with an algorithm to capture the sound of any website using samples from their single "O.N.E."

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The Caves- Five Songs with the Caves EP, Volume 1

The Caves- Five Songs with the Caves EP, Volume 1

28 July 2010

The Caves' music can make a person feel light-hearted. Giddy, really.

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Chromeo with Telephoned and Holy Ghost! @ 9:30 Club, Washington DC

Chromeo with Telephoned and Holy Ghost! @ 9:30 Club, Washington DC

28 July 2010

Monday night the club played host to the first night of Montreal electro-funksters Chromeo's Business Casual Tour.

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Buzz Under the Stars 3 feat. Ben Folds, Silversun Pickups, Devo, Against Me & Crash Kings @ City Market, Kansas City MO

Buzz Under the Stars 3 feat. Ben Folds, Silversun Pickups, Devo, Against Me & Crash Kings @ City Market, Kansas City MO

28 July 2010

I walked into last Friday's Buzz Under the Stars event worried 96.5 had put together a repeat wreck of a lineup: Crash Kings, Against Me! (total fluke that they were involved in both shows), Devo (...), the Silversun Pickups and Ben Folds. Much to my relief, the diverse lineup resulted in a fast-paced show that managed to hold my attention (normally equivalent to that of a six-year old) for nearly five hours of music.

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Thrice with Kevin Devine, Bad Veins & The Dig @ the Midland, Kansas City MO

Thrice with Kevin Devine, Bad Veins & The Dig @ the Midland, Kansas City MO

27 July 2010

I hate to be cliche (ok, maybe I do), but you know how there's that Forrest Gump quote that says, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get"? I kind of feel that way about shows at Kansas City's Midland Theatre. Sometimes you get something that's a bit nutty such as comedian Conan O'Brien. Sometimes you get something that's sweet such as the State Ballet's The Nutcracker. And other times, you get something that's a box of mixed chocolates within itself. That's what the recent Thrice tour was like: a box of mixed chocolates; and with each act on the bill, 'you never knew what you were gonna get.'

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Rooney @ TLA, Philadelphia

Rooney @ TLA, Philadelphia

27 July 2010

Overall, Rooney has very upbeat music that encourages the audience to sing and dance along.

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The Record Machine sign Lazy, set to release 7″ in the fall

The Record Machine sign Lazy, set to release 7″ in the fall

26 July 2010

Lazy (sometimes called Lazy K) is an indie art rock act that draws from everything from punk to new wave. They're like a KC super group with members from Fortuning, The Church, Ssicon, Whoop Dee Doo, Biker Chick and the Riff Raffs, Cunt-Alope and Witch and Hare.

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Concert Calendar

July 31, 2010
Tokyo Police Club @ Record Bar, Kansas City MO

August 2, 2010
The Vans Warped Tour @ Sandstone at Cap Fed, Bonner Springs KS

August 3, 2010
Lady Gaga @ Sprint Center, Kansas City MO

August 3, 2010
Happy Birthday!! @ Replay, Lawrence KS

August 6-8, 2010
Lollapalooza @ Grant Park, Chicago

August 10, 2010
Gogol Bordello @ Uptown, Kansas City MO

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