“See The World” Gomez Day to day Where do you want to be? ‘Cause now you’re trying to pick a fight With everyone you need You seem like a soldier Who’s lost his composure You’re wounded and playing a waiting game In no-man’s land no-one’s to blame See the world Find an old fashioned girl [...]

It’s been an awesome if not exhausting week for shows for me. Thankfully, last night’s bill at the Crossroads KC was just what I needed. Memphis-made rockers Lucero and the Dallas-bred quartet the Old 97s transformed the lot behind Grinders into a makeshift roadhouse dive with their distinct brands of swaggering liquor-soaked country rock. With [...]

Call me racist, but Canadian supergroups are all the same: earnest, talented, and typically unable to include any less than nine musicians on the stage at the same time. (Last I checked, Broken Social Scene was still touring in a clown car commandeered from the circus.) Regardless of these stereotypical exhibitions of northern overexposure, one [...]

Indie three-piece and Pitchfork poster children the Dodos are in Lawrence tonight, joining Imaad Wasif and the New Pornographers for a show that’s sure to feed the soul of even the most hard-hearted hipster. Guitarist Meric Long and drummer Logan Kroeber started the Dodos as an acoustic duo in 2005 but expanded to a trio [...]

For being a record hot week in Kansas City, Friday night was a bearable ordeal when it came to the temperature. With regard to the music, however, the evening was a much more hospitable affair. It was an eclectic lineup for sure. As an opener, the Crash Kings got their due with the early crowd [...]