Music Reviews

homepage-section-music-reviewsThese posts are from writers who have reviewed bands and music, mostly from local performers, but also regional and national acts.

BOOM! The Sonics Invade Knucklehead’s

Back on June 20, garage rock pioneers the Sonics from Tacoma, Washington played a blistering hour and ten minute set to a moderate crowd at Knucklehead's in Kansas City.  Local support was provided by the Latenight Callers and the Quivers. The weather was steamy during the day but cooled off just...

KKFI Spring Dance at the Tank Room

Well we've been on a bit of a hiatus the last month or so.  Weddings, vacations, new jobs, projects and more have been keeping us busy with life so we haven't had any time to work on the blog recently.  We've sort of been keeping the calendar updated but that's...

Middle of the Map Festival Day 4

Well after way too long of a delay, here is the last installment of this year's Middle of the Map Festival.  We've been incredibly busy with home projects, wedding planning and family.  It's been an incredibly busy couple of months so the blog has been neglected.  We thought you should...

Middle of the Map Festival 2015, Night Two at the Uptown Theater

The theme for night two of Middle of the Map was folk.  Sean Rowe opened up the evening with a great set of baritone vocals and guitar.  You could hear a pin drop during his set as his voice boomed through the Uptown Theater for the early crowd. Following Rowe was...

The Quivers at Harling’s Upstairs

Caught the Quivers set a couple weeks back at Harling's Upstairs. They debuted several new tunes at the show and as soon as I get song titles I'll have those up for your listening pleasure. In the meantime check out "Keep Your Socks On" and the images below! Listen to -...

Archie Powell, The Noise FM and Me Like Bees at Record Bar

Recently at Record Bar, Me Like Bees returned from an unplugged East Coast stint before heading down to SXSW with the Noise FM and Archie Powell and the Exports.  Each band provided a set of blistering rock tunes. We got all kinds of stuff for your eyes and earholes so let's...