The Get Up Kids Return Home to Kansas City (SHOW REVIEW)
Upon entering The Record Bar on Monday night, one may believe it was the late ‘90s. Event posters of punk and indie bands during that time period plastered the walls. The band members wore dirty white Converse, jeans, simple t-shirts or button-ups, and even a Royals’ hat was in the mix. Matt Pryor’s voice echoed […]
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors/Humming House- The Blue Note, Columbia, MO 4/11/15
Columbia filled The Blue Note on Saturday night to see Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors for their first visit to mid-Missouri. Holcomb and company are currently on tour in support of their latest album Medicine which released on January 27. A blend of folk, bluegrass, and soul known as Humming House began the night. This […]
Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors- Medicine (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors release of Medicine may mark their biggest success yet. Holcomb’s ninth album is from Magnolia Records, and it is a slight change-up from the 2013 release Good Light, slowing the tempo on a majority of the tracks. Not to mention, wife Ellie Holcomb has begun a solo career as […]
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] Twelve years since his first full-length album, Andrew McMahon still does not disappoint. He is now under a new moniker, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, and the self-titled release dropped on October 14. The annoyance from fans and critics alike about yet another name change can be justified, but at the same time it […]
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors/Neal Carpenter- The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS 11/21/14 (SHOW REVIEW)
Lawrence packed The Bottleneck on Friday night for the last stop on Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors’ headlining tour. While backup vocalist Ellie Holcomb was not present on this tour, Holcomb and company put on an energetic show in typical fashion. The night began with Nashville singer/songwriter Neal Carpenter, whose debut album Good Guys was […]
New Politics/Bad Suns/SomeKindaWonderful – Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS 11/11/14 (SHOW REVIEW)
The blistering drop in temperature in the Midwest on Tuesday night could not keep the Granada Theatre from filling in order to see New Politics, Bad Suns, and SomeKindaWonderful. The diverse crowd of University of Kansas hipsters to 14-year-old screaming teens (and subsequently, their mothers) all had one goal in mind: to see the three-man […]
Wakey! Wakey!/Ben Fields/Luke Wesley – The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS 9/28/14 (SHOW REVIEW)
Anyone who falls in love with Wakey!Wakey! on the remaining dates of the Salvation Stripped tour owes that lure to frontman Michael Grubbs. Most famous for his cameo role on The WB’s young-adult drama One Tree Hill, Grubbs “stripped” down his latest album Salvation from its electronic and pop-filled catalog to a show with only […]
Into It. Over It./Mineral – Record Bar, Kansas City, MO 9/17/14 (SHOW REVIEW)
The crowd was certainly into it at Kansas City’s recordBar on Thursday night. Singer/songwriter and Into It. Over It. front-man Evan Weiss has a full band on the tour in which they are supporting Mineral on their 25+ show reunion tour. St. Louis natives Foxing opened the evening with a shorter set. The alternative group […]