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What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Architectural photographer for a design publication would be neat. Ideally, it would involve lots of travel and the opportunity to see different cultures.

What was the last local restaurant you patronized? Y.J.’s Snack Bar Where do you drink? Buzzard Beach What’s your favorite charity? The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City. I’m a big fan of their Bacon-Fest fundraiser.

Favorite place to spend your paycheck: Crick Camera for rolls of Kodak Portra film.

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Midwest city for entrepreneurial ventures and becoming a global representative for my hometown through bicycling.

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get out of the city a lot, but visiting my parents is my go-to day trip when I can manage it.

Too many to name. I’m kind of awkward when it comes to dating.

Describe a recent triumph: Making it to the Cycle Messenger World Championships to represent Kansas City, Missouri. I’m the first person from KC to compete at this event, and I want to show the world that Kansas City has bike couriers and that we are pretty good at it, too.

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NIXON’S PIPE DREAM

Missouri’s governor still wants a troubled company’s oil hardware running through his state.

ere’s a Missouri job-creation story you probably haven’t heard.

On July 25, 2010, a little-known oil pipeline running through southern Michigan broke open and began spilling sludge into a nearby creek. Alarms went off in the pipeline’s control room, but workers ignored them, thinking that they indicated something less dire, and they continued pumping — out of the broken line, down the creek and into the Kalamazoo River.

The spill wasn’t discovered for 17 hours. (According to documents released later, a pipeline operator told federal accident investigators what one reaction to the alarm was among the on-site crew: “Whatever. We’re going home and will be off for a few days.”) By then, more than 800,000 gallons of an in-demand variety of heavy crude oil from Canada’s tar sands — diluted bitumen, known in the industry as “dil-bit” — had already poured out. It would become one of the largest, most expensive inland oil spills in U.S. history. The toxic dilbit sickened more than 300 people, according to Michigan health authorities, and two years later still hasn’t been fully cleaned up.

That Michigan pipeline is owned and run by a branch of a Canadian energy company called Enbridge Inc. — an outfit that the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board likened to acting like the “Keystone Kops” during the spill. Last month, Enbridge drew the biggest fine in the history of the U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and it remains under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Clean Water Act violations.

Guess what company is planning to build $950 million worth of oil pipeline right through the heart of Missouri?

But, hey, relax: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is all about keeping Enbridge from running an even bigger pipeline through his state while the company is still under investigation for catastrophic failures on a similar line up north. Right?

Well, no.

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pendence on oil sources from outside North America, create jobs for outstanding Missouri workers, and grow our economy,” Nixon said of the proposed pipeline this past April, which, his office tells The Pitch, is on schedule. “As we have throughout this process, my administration will continue to work closely with Enbridge to help move this critical proposal forward.”

Welcome to election year in purple-butgetting-redder Missouri, where Democrats have to lean so far right to win that they practically fall over. That’s been a good strategy for Nixon throughout his career, though, and it’s serving him well so far this campaign season, generating polite support from some Missouri Republicans against a GOP field absent star power since Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder crashed his jalopy of a campaign through the front door of a St. Louis bar known for “pantsless parties.”

Nixon’s biggest conservative challenger appears to be St. Louis plastics-manufacturing executive Dave Spence, whose status as an unknown gives him a polling deficit against

Nixon but also allows him room to grow before November, should he win the Republican nomination in the August 7 primary. As a private-sector success story, Spence has been hitting Nixon over jobs and the economy.

Unemployment, however, has been falling in Missouri at a decent clip for the past three years of Nixon’s term. And Nixon has been so eager to create jobs that his Department of Economic Development promised $17.6 million in tax credits to Chinese sugar manufacturer Mamtek in exchange for 600 jobs in Moberly.

(The company proceeded to collapse in a bond default, prompting federal and state investigations and a lot of legislative jowl-shaking about the governor’s job-creation zeal.)

But what does “job creation” mean when it comes to oil in the Midwest? Enbridge’s proposed pipeline, if approved, is expected to bring in 1,100 jobs during peak construction next year. But there has been no word on how many of those jobs would stay after the pipeline completes its expected trek

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through Lewis, Marion, Shelby, Macon, Randolph, Chariton, Saline, Lafayette, Johnson, Cass and Bates counties.

W h at def i n itely wou ld rem a i n: a 600,000-barrel-a-day Canadian oil jugular.

Nixon and other pipeline supporters argue that it’s better for the United States to do business with Canada than with Saudi Arabia. Oil opponents and environmentalists see this as another global-warming fuck-you — and a potential local ecological nightmare should the company ever repeat its Michigan performance.

According to federal regulators, pipeline operators in Missouri have reported 19 “significant” spills over the past 12 years, dumping a total 27,000 barrels of oil that resulted in $7.7 million in property damage. Enbridge, whose Spearhead and Ozark pipelines already run through the state, is not listed among those offenders, but the company’s safety record elsewhere dwarfs those Missouri spill numbers.

According to data collected from Enbridge by the Polaris Institute, a Canadian think tank, Enbridge pipelines in Canada and the United States have spilled 804 times since 1999, leaking 161,475 barrels of oil — 6.8 million gallons of the black stuff.

Enbridge has repeatedly sworn that it has overhauled its safety programs to prevent another Michigan-like spill from happening, and at press time it hadn’t yet decided whether to challenge the PHMSA’s record fine. But investigators say Enbridge knew about the crack in its aging Michigan pipeline for five years and didn’t do anything to fix it.

Last month, NTSB chief Deborah Hersman cautioned anybody who expected to deal with Enbridge in the future. “This accident is a wake-up call to the industry, the regulator, and the public,” she said. “Enbridge knew for years that this section of the pipeline was vulnerable yet they didn’t act on that information.”

Why should the governor worry, though?

By the time a Missouri Enbridge pipeline was old enough to get that vulnerable — 41 years from now — he’ll be long gone.

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t’s just over a year since I took over as music editor down here at 1701 Main, but I’ve been writing for The Pitch on and off since the mid-aughts. I like to think that I possess a certain amount of institutional knowledge about our newspaper — about the writers and bands and stories that have passed through these pages over the years. But I was humbled a few months back when I received a voice mail from a man seeking press coverage for a show he had put together. He had been out of the promoting game for the last decade, he said, but now he was back, and he had some new artists he thought The Pitch should check out.

“I’ve always loved what The Pitch does,” he said, “covering local music, drawing attention to important musicians in this town, the Klammies, all that.”

The Klammies? What the hell are the Klammies? I wondered. I hung up the phone and resumed my joyous and terrifying daily task of writing words about music. Then, a few weeks later, I got curious again and did some Googling, asked around. It turns out that The Pitch Music Awards used to be called the Klammies: the Kansas City-Lawrence Area Music Awards.

For what now seem like obvious reasons, the name was changed, in 2003.

I can’t explain why, but something about this discovery lifted my spirits.

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There is a lot of work that goes into planning The Pitch Music Awards and The Pitch Music Showcase, and though we do it happily, it can be a bit of a thankless gig. Bands thinking they should be nominated aren’t nominated.

Bands don’t like the category they’re nominated in. The really cool bands talk about how they don’t care about The Pitch Music Awards, or The Pitch, at all. (Humans are very predictable animals, particularly when matters of pride are at stake.) I suppose learning about the Klammies, which started all the way back in the 1990s (imagine!), made me feel like I was part of something bigger — not just an annual event but a tradition to be celebrated.

And so celebrate we will. (DMB forever, y’all!) But seriously, you guys, the party starts this weekend, Saturday, August 4, with The Pitch Music Showcase in Westport — 30 acts, six venues, all kinds of genres, all local everything — and culminates with the awards ceremony August 12. We’ve spent the last few weeks tracking down our nominated acts and asking them what’s new in their world, what life as a musician is like here in Kansas City, why they do what they do. Read through the many pages that follow for those answers.

Then come on out Saturday and see some of those folks perform — and join me as I pour one out for the Klammies.

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THE BLACKBIRD REVUE What’s new?

We’ve really been enjoying performing as a three-piece band. In the past, we’ve played with as many as six band members but decided to streamline after our drummer moved out of state last year. It’s been a really fun challenge to come up with creative ways (we’ve all become multi-instrumentalists) for us to maintain our driving folk-rock sound.

We recently returned from Nashville, where we recorded a new four-song EP with producer Don Chaffer. It will be titled Glow and will be released in the next two months.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Honestly. I’d personally label us under the “Americana” moniker and say, above all, we try to write great songs. We hope that a music critic, and anyone who listens to our music, would be both entertained and edified.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We’ve had the pleasure of performing a few times with Quiet Corral and really enjoy what they bring to the KC-Lawrence music scene. Their live show is high-energy and fun and features some really solid musicianship. They’re also some of the nicest guys you’ll meet.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Kansas City has a number of great music venues. We’ve been fortunate to have played a lot of them. Some that we really loved (R Bar and Crosstown Station) have recently closed, but other cool new venues like Nica’s 320 have recently opened. Our personal favorite venue to play is RecordBar. They’re great people, and they have consistently great sound and an overall vibe that seems to fit us and our style of music well.

THE GRISLY HAND What's new?

Oh, you know, same ol’, just chillin’, bustin’ hips, bustin’ lips. We just wrapped up a long weekend of tracking for our fi rst full-length album, which will be released in January 2013. We are also looking forward to some regional touring, including Chicago and St. Louis.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

They wouldn’t. In a perfect world, they’d just link to the music on their blog, and you could decide for yourself.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Mortgages. Also, we all speak the language.

But I also think that KC is a big enough music town for us. Almost every time I go see a local band play, I go home hungry and jealous.

That’s exactly the way I want to feel.

ROOT & STEM What’s new?

We have a completely new lineup and sound. We’re hitting up Element Recording studios in September to work on our new EP. In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

In a perfect world, music critics would listen to our band. We play the blues, rock and roll, Americana and whatever else inspires us.

What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

It’s a shame that Kansas City hasn’t been able to sustain its musical relevance in America. We certainly think there is a lot of great musical history in this town, and we are trying to revive some of that former glory. And we think there’s still plenty of room for Root and Stem to grow in our hometown.

Also nominated: The Roseline, Quiet Corral, Dead Voices

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THE B’DINAS What’s new?

First of all, being nominated for a Pitch Music Award! We’ve never been nominated for one before, and we’re thrilled to be included with so many awesome Kansas City artists.

We released our second EP, Morning Party, last February.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

“Multidimensional psychedelic blues rock,” in a word or two. It’s hard to find the right way to encompass all the musical ideas that comprise our sound, but that pretty much covers it.

“Fun” is another descriptor that we aspire to.

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

It’s a little strange for the rest of the band members, being nominated in the same category as our lead guitarist (Katy Guillen, Katy & Go-Go). But she’s such a talented musician and performer, we’re just proud to have her in the B’Dinas and excited for her to be nominated twice! Our bassist and saxophonist, Peter Lawless, plays with the People’s Liberation Big Band, and they’re one of the best shows in town. They bring such modern and interesting ideas to an old-school style. The Cave Girls are one of our favorite bands right now. They’re a lot of fun, and they pack a huge punch into two-minute songs. We love the Good Foot. Sometimes you just want to go out and cut a rug to something classic, and

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they’re it. Julia Haile has a killer presence as their frontwoman; she’s mesmerizing. The whole band is always so tight and confident onstage that they’re a pleasure to watch.

What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

We love Kansas City because it’s got a lot of variety and a lot of things to see and hear, but it’s not too big to ever make a dent in. Different genres coexist peacefully here, and sometimes blend together to create really unique styles. The musicians in town are friendly and approachable, and there’s a great spirit of collaboration and mutual support among the bands in KC. We don’t feel like we have to get into a who’s-cooler or who’s-hipper contest with anyone else because everyone’s doing their own thing, and for the most part seem to be genuine fans of each other’s work.

COYOTE BILL What’s new?

Well, we dropped the “and the Wild Ones” a little over a year ago, but it’s all right because a lot of people still call us that [Coyote Bill & the Wild Ones]. We have a new drummer in Cody Castille — he’s the son of Billy Beale and he’s been with us for a year or so.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

We hope to have a new CD out before the end of the year. In October, we are going back to play at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. It will be our second year in a row there, and we are really excited about that. Other than that, we’ve been playing shows all over the area and generally fl ipping the bird at the blues bourgeoisie.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

Rugged and raw. Fun, entertaining, electrifying. Energetic and regicidal.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Them Damned Young Livers, Linda Shell & the Blues Thang, Margo May — because they are all really talented and hardworking and have been busting their arses on the local scene for a while now. Plus any band that calls themselves the Pizza Party Massacre has got to be great. Don’t know anything about them, but I like them already.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

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blues venues in town won’t give us the time of day, so we play wherever we can.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Hell, I don’t know. I can say this: Four years ago, I competed in one of the Kansas City Blues Society’s solo/duo competitions as a solo act. I didn’t win, and afterward one of the judges said to me that he couldn’t vote for me because I didn’t grow up in the KC area, so he didn’t consider me a local artist. Well, since then, my band has been nominated for The Pitch Music Awards twice, so that jackass can suck it.

SAMANTHA FISH What’s new?

We completed two European tours earlier this year. I’ve also changed things within the band: Go-Go Ray joined on drums, and Chris Alexander just joined us on the bass. This year, I won a BMA (Blues Music Award) for Best New Artist, which is a huge honor. We filmed a DVD earlier this year from the Girls With Guitars Tour. We filmed a live performance in Worpswede, Germany, and it will be released as both a DVD and a CD. The release party is August 31 at Knuckleheads.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

A tight trio, with a solid driving rhythm section led by rocking guitar leads and passionate vocals. Eclectic, modern blues with an edge.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Trampled Under Foot is awesome. They have done so much over the years, and they are stellar musicians. I’m also a Mark Lowrey and Nace Brothers fan.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

I’m very, very fond of Knuckleheads and B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ. The Trouser Mouse is a great venue out east, and Llywelyn’s Pub in south Johnson County is a lot of fun, too.

GRAND MARQUIS What's new?

We’re real proud of our new vinyl-CD combo, The Sun Session, that we recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. It’s been getting a lot of airplay, and they’ve been flying off the shelves at our live shows. The CD also includes video, pics and the story behind the recording, so it’s been great to offer something for the audiophile (in the 45 rpm record single) in addition to making great use of technology to give our fans more than previously possible.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

We play the kind of music that brings people together from every generation and background: racially, socioeconomically, etc. It’s unifying music in the divisive world we live in. You can describe it as blues, swing, jazz or roots because it is all of those things. It’s got as strong a local flavor as your favorite KC barbecue, with just the right amount of New Orleans influence to make you crave beignets for dessert. I would like to think we have taken Kansas City’s heritage and moved it forward, swinging into the 21st century.

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Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The Latenight Callers have great panache and are great at supporting the live-music scene when they are not playing. Hearts of Darkness is unique and a real asset to the scene. It's good to see good guys like Hipshot Killer and the Rumblejetts nominated. The blues category is truly stacked with talent that is recognized nationally and internationally in the blues scene. Most cities are envious of our local talent, and the competition for our International Blues Challenge representative spot is probably the hardest to earn of any spot in the nation.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Jazz has been our home on Thursdays for about 13 years, so they are like family. Californos’ ballroom has been the perfect host for our legendary “jazz battles” (next one: August 26); it’s kind of a hidden gem in the music scene.

The club scene in KC is ever-dynamic with the new Chesterfield Club and Kill Devil opening, both downtown at 14th and Main. There are a couple of new blues clubs out on 135th Street in OP, like Quasimodo. It’s exciting to see the demand for live music out there.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

This is the perfect town for us to thrive; we’re staying here to help KC return to the big music city it was in the first half of the 20th century! Looking forward to more musicians moving here because it’s a great scene; the current blues scene is already nationally envied.

KATY & GO-GO What’s new?

Katy & Go-Go recently became Katy Guillen & Kelsey Cook & Tim Braun (official band name TBA!). Both Go-Go and I are in multiple projects, and one of Go-Go’s bands has been touring more often the last couple of months and will be in the months to come, making him unavailable to play with me. We decided that my songs and the music need to continue onward. With the new band, we will most likely release an album within the next year.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Lick-driven soulful rock.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

The Brick, because not only does it always

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have great food and music but Sheri Parr gave Katy & Go-Go our first steady gig, which allowed us to build our first steady following. Also, RecordBar for their professionalism and respect for the artist.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I have stayed in Kansas City because it has been a solid foundation for me my whole life.

I grew up playing music in Kansas City and have met and played with a multitude and variety of amazing local musicians — everything from the blues at B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ with John Paul and Bill Dye to flamenco with Beau Bledsoe. My roots are here in the relationships I’ve cultivated with the artistic community.

Also nominated: Linda Shell & the Blues Thang, Trampled Under Foot C O U N T RY / RO C K A B I L LY

ADAM LEE & THE DEAD HORSE SOUND COMPANY What’s new?

We’re in the early stages of putting our third record together. Since our last release, we’ve put together a ton of new material — a lot of upbeat honky-tonk shuffles, a few ballads, even some western swing tunes. We’ve narrowed it down to what we feel are the best songs and just finished laying down the foundations for most of them.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

We play traditional-styled honky-tonk country but try to keep it fresh. It’s a type of music that’s still as powerful and relevant as it ever was, but a lot of folks don’t even realize that they would like it. Nashville has repurposed the “country” genre, and that current stuff is a turnoff to a lot of people. I call what we do honky-tonk. I’d love it if I could call it country and not be confused with Taylor Swift.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I’m not a Kansas City native, so I didn’t know what to expect when I moved here four years ago. What I found was an exciting, cultured community that went out of its way to support the arts. From First Friday events to fantastic music venues to most any kind of restaurant you can imagine, KC’s definitely got a healthy dose of culture. Also, being so central, all sorts of bands come through the area all

the time. We’ve made and maintained tons of friendships due to that.

THE CRYBABY RANCH What’s new?

Nothing too new to speak of. Still plugging along and learning a few new tunes here and there. We are hoping to record our first album together this fall. We recorded a one-song demo almost two years ago — it seems we’re finally ready to commit to a full-length.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Oh, we’d hope the critics would say something about how we’re an energetic six-piece and how we’re a standout with harmonies and fun arrangements of classic western swing, honky-tonk and rockabilly songs as well as some swell original tunes by the three muses in the group. And maybe something about how there’s really no one like us in KC. And how Lucky Lindy tears it up on guitar. And how you can’t help but dance when listening to us.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

We love the Riot Room for the sound, the intimacy of Coda, Aftershock for the built-in KC Rockabilly crowd. Davey’s and Czar are fun as well. Another newer venue we're excited about is Club 906 in Liberty. The list could go on.

THE BLUE BOOT HEELERS What’s new?

We have been real busy writing songs for our second record, due out in the fall. Playing live when we can and trying to stay out of trouble. That’s hard to do when you’re in an outlaw country band.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Pure outlaw country.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We are huge fans of the Rumblejetts and Adam Lee & the DHSC — high-energy sets with plenty of drinkin’ songs.

THE NACE BROTHERS What’s new?

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to all forms of radio, digital sales and driving like hell playing gigs, it’s been doing great for us, and right now we couldn’t be happier.

On June 1, we added Paul Greenlease on bass guitar, and it has been like putting a new spark plug in the old lawn mower.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Songs from the heart played by seasoned professionals who love to have a good time doing what they do.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

We get around quite a bit, and it works for us. I think we’re gone enough to avoid overexposure. We love KC, and every venue is a party once we get going. People love to sing along with our song “Quitcher Bitchin,” and when we end the night with our classic Nace Brothers “Life Goes On,” it gets everyone on their feet.

It’s just a great vibe — I’ve never seen it fail.

THEM DAMNED YOUNG LIVERS

What’s new?

Well, [member] Tripp’s old lady is having a baby. We’re getting ready to record a little EP while on a temporary show hiatus. We’ve been at this for six years and never taken a break. So we’re taking a little time away from deadlines and touring to birth a baby and make sure we’re not burning ourselves out.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

We’ve been called punkabilly, cowpunk, shlockabilly trainwreck … the list goes on. One thing we’re not is rockabilly. I mean, our hair is at times. We really just pride ourselves on good country themes and melodies, wrapped in Misfits-era punk rock. Of course, that all goes to hell when we get onstage, primarily because we get really drunk and break everything.

Sometimes we forget that we’re supposed to be trying to play well.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Of course we love all of the bands in our category. Most are dear friends. We’ve even had sex with some of them.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

We love the Riot Room, hands down. Always a great crowd. They always take care of us. Plus we can shoot guns in the green room.

(That happened.)

What do you like about KC as a music town?

Friends and family. We gave up a long time ago on the delusion of monetary success in this business. We’ve redefined success as loving our scene and always having fun.

Also nominated: The Rumblejetts DJ

BRENT TACTIC What’s new?

A number of things, really. There’s a new release on my label, Think 2wice Records, from an L.A. artist, Cy Kosis, that dropped July 31.

Tacticwise, we have a tune in the can for an August release on Top Billin records. Secret Sauce has a tune coming out on a Think 2wice free release in August. There’s a bunch more in the works across the board coming soon as well.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

They’d describe me as a music lover before anything else.

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Morri$ in my category is killing it. Making Movies, Hearts of Darkness. There’s a number of local artists who weren’t nominated who are fantastic as well.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

I’d say Westport in general is my favorite.

Gusto, Union, Riot Room.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

As a music town, we’re in an infancy stage with a lot of potential. Anyone will tell you it’s been that way for a long time. But there’s a wave here right now. And your readers and music fans in KC in general should get on the wave if they haven’t already. It’s a very exciting time.

SHEPPA What’s new?

I will release an end-of-summer mixtape,

a few remixes and an EP this fall. Look for them at soundcloud.com/sheppa and soundcloud.com/nomathmatics. I am still involved in two monthly parties: Beauty Magic and BODY2BODY. Beauty Magic is a collaboration with my fellow Botnet Hive DJs, consisting of a beauty bar, cotton candy, and a J-Rave environment. BODY2BODY is a moombahtrapdisco-bass party that has been going strong for over a year at various KC Clubs including the Union and the Riot Room. It’s a collaboration with VJs Goonpox, Marvin Gardens, Trey Bryan, and special guests. And I am also involved in parties on Wednesdays at the Gusto, rotating between Life 3D and MidWeek Moombah.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

A combination of moombahtrap, blind disco, tropical bass, and Oprah’s sensibility What do you like about KC as a music town?

The people who come to my shows are always open to what I have to play, which keeps me inspired and pushes my boundaries of the music I mix at each show.

Also nominated: Andrew Northern, Morri$, Paul DeMatteo E L E C T RON I C

18 CARAT AFFAIR What’s new?

I just finished a compilation album from the first six releases titled Pure Gold. It’s sort of a greatest-hits album with 30 tracks. It can be heard at sunsetcorp.org.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Predictably unpredictable, exotic VHSsound paintings.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I really dig CVLTS and other artists from KC’s “Beer on the Rug.” New soundscapes.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

It’s not overpopulated, the people here are great, and it’s affordable to dream.

MOTORBOATER What’s new?

Nothing. Music is mostly fun, but it’s a raw challenge to make something that is fresh and unique to yourself, much less others. There is a lot of shitty music in the world — why add to it?

When Motorboater does have new tracks, you’ll know all about it because it will be fantastic.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

SPORT came out last summer. It’s still good.

The plan is to start collaborating with some other local artists I deeply respect, hopefully producing some tracks.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

In a perfect world, all the blogs would simply say Motorboater sounds like the best thing that could have possibly ever happened in 1991.

Mood music for Olympic gymnasts and domesticated wolves.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

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Cowboy Indian Bear is the best band in Kansas, bar none. Don’t even bother. They are so f ly. Is Capybara nominated? Their new record is very well done. Don’t sleep on Quiet Corral. Conquerors could very well be the best band in Missouri.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

I’ve always liked the majesty of a big room like the Madrid or Uptown. But I’ve never had the chance to perform there. The Union of Westport is as intimate as it gets, but a packed house at RecordBar is unmatched in this town.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Thousands and thousands of dollars. For real. It’s like that Drums song: I’d like to buy you something, but I don’t have any money.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

You can make music that only half the people who experience it understand, and you can still win a Pitch Music Award. Plus, remember the Get Up Kids? They were pretty cool.

SAY MY NAME What’s new?

In the last couple of months, I’ve done remixes for CVLTS, Ghosty and Fag Cop. I’m still in the process of figuring out how or if I’m going to release Say My Name 2 as a physical entity. I’d love to do vinyl, but it is very cost-prohibitive.

I’m not sure what direction I’m going to take for the next album, but I’m thinking it will involve more live instrumentation and less sampling.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Some blog described my first record as “two-dimensional sheets of sound rustle and scrape together like the construction paper waves at a gold-glitter and platinum chainz stop-motion beach party.” I don’t know what that means, but I like it.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The ACBs, Ghosty, Muscle Worship, the Roseline, Mansion and, of course, my exbandmates in Fourth of July.

What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

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What’s new?

We just released our debut EP, Past Mistakes and Hauntings, on July 6. We played a super fun show with the Pedaljets for that, and a total of five shows in two weekends to support the release.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

A crunchy, power-pop trio, influenced by the likes of Superdrag and Dave Clark Five but with more attractive members. It’s fun, it’s not mathematical, and it will delight young and old.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

We’ve found that the music community is mostly supportive of one another, which is something you may not find in a larger city. The musical and artistic diversity is an added bonus, and what people outside KC don’t realize is that we have some damn talented folks here.

[Deco Auto members] Steve and Tracy have lived in KC only a few years. They were afraid that life here would be like the movie Footloose, but instead it’s been more like a Flaming Lips concert video. Michelle is a longtime native and finds that living in KC is like neither of these things but loves it just the same.

FULLBLOODS What’s new?

We’re currently recording our second fulllength album, scheduled to be released in late October on Golden Sound Records. We also released a single titled “Heavily Drugged” in April on the Golden Sound Records/the Record Machine vinyl LP split Secret Handshakes.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

“I saw them live and I really enjoyed the music. They all make weird faces but are still incredibly handsome.”

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Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Shy Boys, the ACBs, Ghosty, the Caves, Hearts of Darkness, Max Justus, Hidden Pictures, the B’Dinas … I’m sorry, there are too many.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I’ve always been kind of a hometown-turf guy. If it’s your city, invest in it. The music community here is getting bigger, and I’m really liking what’s coming out of it. Now get off your butt and go see a show.

RADKEY What’s new?

Putting the finishing touches on some new songs. New EP coming in September.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

In a perfect world, they’d say we have a catchy beat and you could dance to it.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Deco Auto, Soft Reeds, Dead Girls and Mouthbreathers. They all rock.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

RecordBar because they have great sound, awesome food and good people. The Riot Room is a close second.

THE CAVE GIRLS What’s new?

We are about to play the P&L District for the first time ever. Hopefully we can lure some of their clientele into some local establishments

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Umberto

in the future! Released our first EP on Cave Out Records last winter.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

“The Cave Girls hit you like a club to the head!!”

What do you like about KC as a music town?

The Kansas City scene is on fire! Every time we play, we are seeing other bands kicking ass! It’s a great moment for Kansas City music!

THE CLEMENTINES What’s new?

We are are now a four-piece band, with Travis Earndshaw on bass and Stephanie Williams on drums. They make up a phenomenal rhythm section, and we are much more rocking in general now.

What other nominated acts are you a fan of?

We are huge fans of the Cave Girls. They are a lot of fun, kind of classic Who meets the Kinks with a little bit on the Bengals thrown in. Plus Stephanie is their bassist.

She’s in about 900 bands.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Tough to say … the Trouser Mouse in Blue Springs has been very good to us — we got our start there, and their initial acceptance of us was very important. RecordBar and the Brick are always fun to play. The staff at both are super nice, and they are pros when it comes to live music. We got the chance to play VooDoo a couple of times recently, and the stage lighting and sound system there are amazing. It’s a blast to play.

What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

KC has its ups and downs as a music town.

At times, the scene seems to be very segregated and limited, but there are several good venues to play and people willing to listen. So we can’t really see any good reason to pack up and go.

SHY BOYS What’s new?

Nothin’. You? We did go out and see the new Batman movie last night. Pretty good. We’ve

been talking about settling in and recording now for a couple of months. We just don’t seem to be in too much of a hurry to drop cash on a CD, you know? We’re just a baby band, so most of the effort has been put into building a set.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

In a dream review, the author would spend the bulk of the article waxing poetic about how good-looking we are. If they got around to talking about the music, maybe they’d talk about tight, dreamy key bumps of pop music beneath thick harmonies and jangling guitars.

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I’m a big ACBs fan. Not just because of our incestuous origins — the other two Shy Boys are in the ACBs — but because they’ve got incredible pop hooks. Ghosty put out my favorite record of 2012, local or not.

What’s your favorite KC music venue?

Uhhhhh … the Brick has good bar food.

What keeps you in Kansas City? What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

Poverty keeps us in KC. As a music town, KC hasn’t been the same since Pendergast got put in jail.

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UMBERTO What’s new?

I recently played at the I’ll Be Your Mirror festival in London. There’s going to be a new album out in the fall on Not Not Fun, and a soundtrack for the 1982 film Pieces that I performed at the Glasgow Music and Film Festival on Rock Action.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Horror disco, electronic … not experimental.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Soft Reeds.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

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EXPO ’70 What’s new?

We were just a part of a four-way doublesplit LP that came out on Immune Records.

[We’ve] played the Norman Music Festival, KC Psychfest, and in August will perform at the Cataracts Music Festival in Indianapolis.

Justin [Wright] will be touring solo this fall in Europe, playing in 10 countries.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

The full band will record again this August for a release with a Brazilian label called Essence Music that will produce a gatefold CD with a pop-up along with a limited handmade box set. Immune Recordings in Chicago will release a vinyl version. A live recording of the full band from the weekend before the KC Psychfest this past May will be released on a new label in the U.K. called Junk Orange, called Virtually From the Unknown.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Umberto, Scammers and Monta At Odds because they are supporters of my music and the venues that we associate with.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

FOKL. It’s run by artists and supports underground music and artists from all over the United States.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Not much these days. It’s just cheap to live here.

MONTA AT ODDS What’s new?

Dedric, Delaney and Mika have formed Gemini Revolution, which incorporates Monta’s cinematic soundscape with post-punk vocals and attitude. Sterling Holman released a three-disc set, including 3-D artwork, under his alias Surroundher. Aaron Osbourne plays bass for Expo ’70. And Alexander Thomas is playing in Parts of Speech and Janet the Planet.

Anything else on the horizon?

Delaney and I (Dedric) are writing an unauthorized sequel to Blade Runner/Do Androids

Dream of Electric Sheep?, and it will be a comic book and soundtrack. We hope to release it sometime in the winter or spring.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Mind-expanding. Italian cinema vs. early Pink Floyd, vintage production. Heady.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Umberto, Expo ’70, Scammers, CS Luxem.

They all had fantastic sets at the KC Psychfest.

Just played with Soft Reeds and loved their vibe — lots of groove.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

FOKL. It has an all-inclusive vibe and welcomes every type of strange person equally to share the experience. It has a communal vibe that escapes the “hippie drug” tag that usually comes with musical gatherings that operate to the left of normal.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I think KC has a lot of music fans, and they are willing to come out and support in sufficient numbers to keep the scene alive. KC has a lot of great venues that are more than willing to try out different genres to give everyone a chance to play on great stages with great sound. Why would I move to another town when I can just get in a car or plane and arrive in a few hours to play? I find it an advantage to be centrally located and have options about which direction to head.

SCAMMERS What’s new?

We’re stranded in Sedona, Arizona, at a giant tourist-hiking stronghold. Campsites are harder to book than this tour has been.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

We just released Magic Carpet Ride on Lillerne Tapes out of Chicago. I’ve got a couple of cool Euro labels that want some stuff, so whenever we escape this Aspen-like hell, we’ll start writing and recording again.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

I don’t care. There are only a handful of music critics that have any influence, and our music is so buried in micro scenes that anyone who likes it seems to find it anyway.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Expo ’70 and Umberto. If anyone bothered to come see them, they’d know why.

What’s your favorite KC venue and why?

It’s changing every six months, but the current DIY venue that is willing to expand beyond punk shows is FOKL. Whoever’s putting in their time and effort to that cause will always be my fave.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a big city?

My main focus is touring. KC is located perfectly in the middle of the country for U.S. tours. Supposedly it’s cheaper here, but I’ve been shit broke since the day I moved here.

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What’s new?

Split release on Whatever Forever with Lazurite. Booking a September-October tour.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Mutant Motown mixtape.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Scammers, Expo ’70, Monta At Odds, Umberto.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

KCK: FOKL. KCMO: Front/Space.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I like the centralized location of KC to everywhere else in America. Also, there is

so much talent in so many genres of music in KC that I never even feel close to knowing all that is out there.

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THE CONQUERORS What’s new?

We're recording right now for a tape that’s coming out called African Culture Wear.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

I always like the idea of a kind of psychotropic music, like binaural beats or something. You get high from the music. So, yeah, psychotropic.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Expo ’70 has been bringing it. Also, Ad Astra Arkestra and Hearts of Darkness.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

FOKL is the last bastion of an underground scene in KC. Psychfest was just killer.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

We can’t afford to move to a bigger music city. And where anyways? We all have the Internet.

HIPSHOT KILLER What’s new?

We’re finishing up a four-song EP that will be available online in August and hopefully as a 10-inch record by the end of the year, depending on whether I decide to start selling drugs again. We’ve got a show with the Architects in August at RecordBar. We want to play in Chicago before next year, too.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

These guys clearly take equal influence from Aesop Rock, Leonard Cohen and Geto Boys.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

U.S.Americans. Great punk-rock band.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

The Mustache Room.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

We’re from here. It’s centrally located.

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PIZZA PARTY MASSACRE What’s new?

We have a six-song 7-inch record that will be arriving either tomorrow or Monday!

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Perfect for skateboarding and partying down with pizzas and a refreshing beer.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Nature Boys! We are voting for them! They deserve the award. Please give it to them.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club and lots of basements.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

We are too poor to move all of us someplace else. Lots of great bands have been coming through over the past year.

U.S.AMERICANS What’s new?

Combo Meal EP released at the beginning of the year. Hoping to record an LP sometime before the apocalypse comes later.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Shit sandwich.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We share members with the Grisly Hand and Ad Astra Arkestra. We also love New Riddim, Sucked Dry and Nature Boys.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

Scion Lab was the most legit DIY venue in town, and I don’t think anyone can deny it.

Ever since its demise, we think the scene in general has taken a severe downturn. Most kids we know who were in bands have turned to hard narcotics and abandoned their selfexpression altogether in the Lab’s wake.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

KC is amazing, and barely anyone knows about it. There is incredible, passionate music being played in this city by genuinely smart and cool people all the time. There is a lot of creativity being harvested, and I think it’s starting to regain its good reputation despite certain authorities who don’t see music as a valid form of expression. That being said, we’re 16 T H E P I T C H 16 T H E P I T C H

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Also nominated: Mouthbreathers, Nature Boys, Sucked Dry HIP- HOP

GREG ENEMY What's new?

Actually not a whole lot. I’ve sort of been taking a bit of a break, but I'm gearing up to start playing a few shows and working on some new projects soon.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

“Eh, it’s pretty good, I guess.”

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Everybody in my category. Love Hearts of Darkness, love Cowboy Indian Bear, shouts to my brother Morri$. I played a show awhile back with Diverse and Soft Reeds. I’m also really feeling them.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Who says I won’t move to a bigger city at some point? Haha.

REACH What’s new?

I’m currently working on two new album projects. Both projects are collaborative works with producers from New York. The first, titled Perfect Strangers, is solely produced by Brady James. The other, currently untitled, is produced by major underground beatmaker Marco Polo.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

Soulful. Insightful. Emotive. Deeply human.

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Stik Figa, Diverse, Hermon Mehari, Clay Hughes. They’re all amazingly talented musicians whom I also respect as people.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

RecordBar. I have so many wonderful memories. It’s been the site of so many important shows throughout my career. It’s a special, special place.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Reach

The struggle is the same no matter where you go. The challenge of living in a smaller market is learning to utilize all of your resources to catch eyes and ears outside of Kansas City. It’s a working-class scene. You get from it what you’ve put into it. It’s very much about paying dues and earning your stripes irrespective of genre.

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RON RON What’s new?

Just getting into the swing of things again.

Had a few months of inactivity musicwise.

Sporting a new haircut — high-top fade with the old-school part on the side. Yup, pretty fresh.

I have Mr. No It All 2: Higher Learning ready to drop any day now. FrankEinstein 3.0 should be available digitally on Halloween. And I’m taking bookings in a few places I’ve never been.

Slow grinding. Trying to please the fans.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Like moral sex with a porn star.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Stik — he’s so honest and determined and professional.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

Either Uptown or Midland. Because as soon as you walk in, you get the feeling that it’s about to be some live and dope shit poppin’ all night.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I actually just moved away once I got off probation. Been gone for two months. Probably just disqualified myself for next year, huh?

SOUL SERVERS What’s new?

In the lab, making new music and getting ready for some college shows in the fall.

Deucifer released his solo project, 8 Bit, a few weeks ago. Louiz Rip released Joe Average two months ago. And Smoov Confusion’s upcoming project, Der Kater, is due out by September.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

We’ve been referred to as hip-hop’s version of the Beatles. Hip-hop with an alternative edge to it.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We support everyone nominated in the hip-

hop category, as we are friends of, or associate with, all of them in some form. Outside of the hip-hop category, we are big fans of Brent Tactic, Clay Hughes and a few others.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Riot Room. The sound system is one of the best in the city, and it’s more intimate. The people are right in your face, so you know you gotta come with it when you’re performing.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

KC, as far as hip-hop goes, really has yet to develop its own sound. The world will probably look at Tech N9ne and say, “Well, KC likes to rap fast.” I think we are on the verge of cultivating something unique, and we want to be a part of that movement. Nothing better than to be able to say you were a part of a musical revolution.

One of the more enjoyable parts of the music scene here is that you see a lot of artists working together from all genres of music. It’s nice to know that artists from the same town take the time to check out each other’s music and show support.

STIK FIGA What’s new?

I had my first daughter, which is a blessing, so I’ve been in newborn mode for the majority of the summer. I have rereleased Stik Figa as Himself as a national release through burgeoning rap indie Mello Music Group.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

I would like people to describe my music as down-to-earth and fun, while remaining intelligent throughout. But folks probably just say I sound like Jay-Z. Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

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Favorite KC venue?

Favorite venue goes to Riot Room, always a good time, and an intimate crowd that’s ready to listen.

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DIVERSE What’s new?

We just finished tracking our second jazz record in Paris with special guest artist Logan Richardson on saxophone. Diverse has also been working on more collaborations with artists such as Reach, Les Izmore, Julia Haile, Lee Langston and Anthony Saunders.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

We are bringing back our Michael Jackson show due to popular demand on August 24 at RecordBar. In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

In the past two years, we’ve played pop, punk, modern jazz, hip-hop, R&B and traditional jazz. So, ideally, the critics would describe us in terms of how the music we’re playing makes them feel on an aesthetic level instead of trying to label or pinpoint what we do.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The Good Foot because they’re an amazingly tight band, and we happen to work a lot with members Tim Braun and Julia Haile. MC Reach is another collaborator, and we’re a fan of him because he’s one of the best MCs out there, and his knowledge and appreciation of music is incredible.

THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION BIG BAND What’s new?

[Celebrating] the fourth anniversary of the Jeff Harshbarger Jazz Series at RecordBar on Sunday, August 5. We’re doing a larger version of our production of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” with Owen/Cox Dance Group at the Folly Theater this December.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

The love child of a three-way with Igor Stravinsky, Brian Wilson and Albert Ayler.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

RecordBar, because they have hosted our monthly large-ensemble jazz freakout for the past four years.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

Kansas City is a great place to start new ensembles and experiment with new music.

Right now there are more great musicians calling Kansas City home than at any time within the last 50 years.

THE PROJECT H What’s new?

We just released our second CD, Become Light, a couple of months ago.

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In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need descriptors or genres. Just good music and notso-good music.

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The jazz community here is pretty close and supportive of one another, so I’m a fan of all the other jazz groups and soloists. I sit in with Hearts of Darkness and the New Riddim every once in a while, so even though they’re in the same category, I’m rooting for them both.

What’s your favorite venue in KC? Take Five. Good food and drinks, the owners and the staff are awesome, and they took a chance on us when we were getting started.

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HERMON MEHARI What’s new?

I just finished recording an album with Diverse in Paris. I’m about to go on a U.S. tour out East with John Velghe.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

I’m slowly working on a mixtape to put out myself. I’m also periodically putting out things online with other Kansas City artists.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I’m a huge fan of Reach. He’s one of my favorite MCs, and we work together all the time on several different levels. The Good Foot might be my favorite band in the city. I’m also a fan of John Velghe — he’s got a lot going on musically, and he knows what he’s doing in terms of getting his music beyond Kansas City.

JEFF HARSHBARGER What’s new?

I’m in Amsterdam, finishing up the European tour with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. We just played the North Sea Jazz Festival, and it was terrific! Some of my favorite groups in modern music were there, and I am honored to have been a part of it.

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Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

When I get back home, I’ll fi nish up the next Alaturka record and then start writing for the People’s Liberation Big Band, my own trio, and my new duo with Brad Cox. I’m also looking forward to returning to the Kauffman, this time with the Bach Aria Soloists.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Necessary.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Hearts of Darkness: best live act in Kansas City.

Dead Voices: Those voices, that guitar ... what’s not to love?

Amy Farrand: KC legend.

Expo ’70 and Monta: great noise.

People’s Liberation Big Band, Alaturka, Snuff Jazz: I enjoy playing with them.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. It completely lives up to its reputation. Visually, it is absolutely gorgeous.

Acoustically, it is the most beautiful and giving room I have ever performed in.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I think our city has been going through a real cultural renaissance. Kansas City has a large population of creative citizens that has been steadily honing and cultivating their craft for years, and now there is a growing audience for that work. We have every kind of venue you can think of, and there are just as many places where an artist can take risks as there are places that will give you the tried-and-true. Our city has its own rhythm, its own swagger, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

MARK LOWREY What’s new?

This has been an interesting year. I was the music director for a tribute to the music of Etta James, put together a few jazz and hiphop shows, played in the rock opera Hedwig and the Angry Inch, wrote several jingles for e-cards and stuffed animals for Hallmark, toured briefly with the American Tenors on the East Coast, and played more than 300 gigs all over town. This past January, I got to go back to Mali, West Africa, to be the art team leader for Medical Missions Foundation. [I was] playing a Casio keyboard out

in the village of Ouelessebougou. Unfortunately, some weeks after we returned, the military seized power of the government.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

I’m recording my second solo CD this month. It’s called Tangos for 18th Street. It’s a blend of jazz improvisation and Argentinetango stylistic nuances. The record will include originals, a few old-school tangos, and some KC covers from artists like Brad Cox, the Republic Tigers and Barclay Martin.

On August 18, I’m orchestrating a show at Czar Bar called “Mark Lowrey’s Return to the Toy Piano.” It will feature Afro-Latin percussionists, DJs, jazz musicians, freestyle MCs and lots of toy pianos. I’m pretty excited about this.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

It depends on what project I’m working on. Jazz is my home, but I find a lot of fulfillment in Argentine tango, Afro-Latin styles and hip-hop.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

It’s impossible to have a favorite, but after we lost so many jazz venues in 2011, I’m very excited about the Majestic right now. I have a piano-bass-drums trio there every Sunday and Monday, and I absolutely love the energy of the space.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I play out of town once in a while, but KC is a good “home base.” I love this city, and I can afford to be a full-time musician here. I really appreciate that many jazz musicians continue to put out great shows even when many Kansas Citians don’t know or care about jazz in their town.

Also nominated: Matt Otto L I V E AC T

AD ASTRA ARKESTRA What’s new?

Who dares question mother Arkestra?

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

Our boy Nathan helped us put out a 12-inch vinyl EP called Reverse Fishing. Check it out at the Record Machine. Love Garden stocks it, too.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

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THE LATENIGHT CALLERS What’s new?

We’re preparing a bunch of new songs to go into the studio at the end of the year and record a full-length album. And our guitarist, Ms. Ellen, is putting the fi nishing touches on a new whiskey still for our rehearsal space.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

We like to call ourselves noir-a-go-go.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The Emerging Act and Rock categories are absolutely chock-full of groups we adore!

That said, our baritone guitarist, Mr. Nemeth, would like to point out that he’s a huge fan of Mansion, for the Metal category, because he “likes to get his face melted by their sonic onslaught of pure awesome.”

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Mr. Nemeth just has too many court orders.

MAKING MOVIES What’s new?

We just got home from our first show in Las Vegas, and needless to say, it was a blast. We just released a 7-inch and EP called Aguardiente and will be releasing our sophomore album later this fall. We had the amazing opportunity of recording with producer Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos fame). He was able to take our music to another level. I can’t wait to share it with the world.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Undeniable. Well, at least that’s what we are aiming for. When music is great, you really don’t have to say much.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I’m a fan of Mark Lowrey because he is far better at playing his instrument than I will ever be at playing my instrument. I also dig the ACBs. My friend Mike Nolte played me some of their new stuff, and it’s really good. I think Konnor [Ervin] is a great songwriter.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

I think my favorite venue has to be Knuckleheads. It’s in a bizarre location and

seems to exist entirely in its own world. The venue harkens back to a day before entertainment conglomerates started screwing up the music business. Also, the night we opened up for Los Lobos at Knuckleheads last year changed a lot of things for our band.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I think we’ve stayed here for many reasons. One, we have found a group of loyal supporters here in Kansas City, and we feel really lucky to have that in our hometown. I also feel like the music scene is growing. I’ve seen bigger local shows this year than I’ve ever seen in Kansas City. Also, after traveling, Kansas City is a great town to come home to.

Life is simple here, you know?

THE GOOD FOOT What’s new?

We’ve been traveling and playing a lot regionally in recent months, but we’ve had some great shows here in KC this year, as well.

Carnivale du Soul with Hearts of Darkness at the Uptown, Spring Dance at Crossroads, and opening for George Clinton have been some of the highlights.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

Since releasing our 7-inch single, “Bad Way,” in February, we’re continually working on new original material, and we hope to have a full-length album done later this year.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

There’s a really strong community of musicians here, which I think helps drive the quality of the music across the board. Oh, and Y.J.’s and Oklahoma Joe’s.

THE NEW RIDDIM What’s new?

Our debut album, Kidnapped!, was released at the end of June.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

A perfect mix of ska, soul, and rock and roll.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We are all fans of the Project H and Ad Astra Arkestra.

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AT THE LEFT HAND OF GOD What’s new?

We recently parted ways with our longtime frontman and friend, Rikk Wolf, due to his recent success with Agony World Media.

We have acquired a new singer who is also a longtime friend, Brett Carter (of Sicadis and Far Beyond Driven). We just released our new album, Bayonets and Tourniquets, which was produced by Dave Thompson and mastered at Westend Recording Studio here in Kansas City.

It’s available now; go check it out!

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

We suppose they would say “melodic progressive metal.”

What are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We’re a fan of a lot of the bands. Hammerlord and Cherokee Rock Rifle, to name a couple, are awesome bands and cool dudes.

HAMMERLORD What’s new?

We have been lying low this year. We felt that we overplayed KC and Lawrence last year and wanted to really concentrate on writing new material in 2012, so we have not played out too much. We rocked out with Danzig in May at the Uptown, but so far that has been our

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only show of the year. Right now the only other show we are scheduled to play this year is our annual Halloween show called Hammerween, October 20, at the Beaumont. We did release two new songs online: “Kali Bundy” and “We Live,” so jump on our Facebook or Bandcamp and check them out!

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

I always cringe, but I would say blazing thrash metal with a modern twist.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I am a firm believer that if you are a great band and work hard, people will hear about

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you. No reason to move somewhere else to get lost in the shuffle. One thing I love about KC is the unity between all the artists, no matter what genre they are. We are lucky to have the scene we have. Not all cities have it this good.

WRATH AND RUIN What’s new?

We put out our debut album, Mouth of Oblivion, last September. And after playing a few shows to support it, we immediately began writing for our next album. I think we’re up to about a dozen new songs with a couple of more in the wings. In fact, our next show — August

30 at the Jackpot in Lawrence — will consist of almost all new material. When we hit the studio this fall, we will likely be recording for a couple of releases as well as a few covers for different bonus tracks and split 7-inches.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

My favorite term I’ve seen so far is “cinematic.” When you play so many different styles of heavy, all rolled into one band, labeling terms really seem to fall short of an accurate descriptor, but “cinematic” feels pretty good.

Putting us in terms of other bands, I’d say the best description would be a hybrid of Godflesh, Meshuggah, Neurosis, Junius, Gojira … really out-of-the-box stuff like that. Half of us are pretty solidly rooted in the older, darker metal, and a couple of us are more into the newer technical material out there — it’s a great base to work from that allows you to pretty much do whatever you want musically.

What keeps you around KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I will never move, ever. I was raised in Kansas City and have lived in Lawrence for most of my life. I’ve been out there on the road. I’ve seen the other fancy-schmancy towns. They’re not all that great — nice to visit, don’t want to live there. KC has a great artistic community, great history (don’t even get me started on the history) and amazing people. I couldn’t imagine trying to do this anywhere else. The diversity and raw talent in this part of the country is truly staggering sometimes. I think it also helps that Wrath and Ruin isn’t looking for tours, record deals, radio play continued on page 24

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What’s new?

Still working on our new album with Chris Crisci (Appleseed Cast, Old Canes). When we are done, we will be shopping it around to labels. We are also putting together some old material for a Bandcamp-only release.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

Real.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The ACBs, Ghosty, the Roseline … because they all write really amazing songs.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

We love playing in KC! Our last couple of shows at the Brick have been off the chain. We also love RecordBar. What do you like about KC as a music town?

We are in Lawrence, but KC gets better and better every time we play there. The music and art scenes are as good as any big city, not to mention Gates, Bryant’s, the Nelson and the WWI museum!

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GHOSTY What’s new?

Our third full-length album came out in April on vinyl and digital formats, available at ghostysounds.com. New Ghosty music is being written all the time.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

I’d like for them to say nice things about the band, but describing us as “wildly popular” and “wildly successful” would be pretty cool, too.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

There really aren’t any lemons in the Pop category. The ACBs and Fourth of July are our pals, and we’re always impressed by their new music. They’re constantly striving to top themselves with their new albums. I think the new ACBs album is going to be really good, but I’m probably biased because I’m in the band.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

Probably RecordBar. They run a tight ship.

It’s a very music-oriented place but still a fun hangout.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city? What do you like about KC as a music town?

I’m not sure we’ll be here forever, but we’ve got our roots down pretty deep in KC at this point. The music scene has been really supportive to us over the years, and we are definitely in a comfort zone of sorts. It has been inspiring to witness all the cultural developments lately, with the new performingarts center, etc. It seems that people really want to tout the culinary and creative merits of the town, which can only be good for art-

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ists and musicians. It’s also nice living in KC as a musician because it’s less of a pressure situation monetarily than a lot of bigger cities, and there’s a lot of inspiration to be found if you look past your own navel.

HIDDEN PICTURES What’s new?

Just released our third album, Rainbow Records.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Couplecore.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The ACBs because they try really hard.

Ghosty because they put out a great record this year. Fullbloods because they run our record label, and we won’t get paid if we say anything bad about them. The Caves because they’re our kin. And all the other ones because they’ll secretly hate us if we leave them off this list.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Tie between the Brick and RecordBar. Sorta like trying to pick your favorite daughter.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

Mostly the fountains. We just love looking at the fountains. I wish we had more fountains.

THE CAVES What’s new?

Finishing up details on our first full-length album to be released soon through Golden Sound Records.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

We made our own video for the track “Liars,” which was included on a joint compilation of local bands from the Record Machine and Golden Sound called Secret Handshakes.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

We’re an indie-bred Midwestern pop group.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We’re biased toward Thee Water MoccaSins because our standby bassist [John Bersuch] is the drummer; Hidden Pictures because Michelle is [Caves member] David’s sister; and Conquerors because Jake recently joined them onstage as percussionist.

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What do you like about KC as a music town?

We simply have deep roots in Kansas City as friends and musicians. It’s all borne out of the fact that we’re geographically isolated, and we’ve always had to come up with ways to keep ourselves entertained and culturally satisfied. For us, it’s making up songs and setting up shows and issuing recordings as often as possible.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Fear, and maybe sloth, have kept us around.

It’s very easy to live in Kansas City, and no one really gives you a hard time about being poor.

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What’s new?

We’ve been on the road a lot. Not playing a ton of shows necessarily, but instead using travel as a team-building exercise. That’s been our focus for the last year.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

We’ve just finished mixing our third record.

What we’re going to do with it now is a mystery to all of us.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

We’d like it to be heard as music stripped of testosterone.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

The Brick, Davey’s and RecordBar are great, but it’s nice to get off the grid sometimes and set up somewhere different. We had a blast playing at Harling’s awhile ago.

What’s new?

Had some nice TV placements this year.

Been working on some interesting projects outside of the strictly musical side of the band.

Writing a lot, trying to remove the music and lyrics from My Fair Lady in hopes of turning it back into Pygmalion. We’ve almost finished the follow-up to Soft Reeds Are Bastards. It’s turning out more manic than the last one was, with a touch of Nigerian influence in a weird way. I’m very proud of it.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

They wouldn’t. But it isn’t a perfect world, so I hope they say things about arrogant and nervy world-influenced post-punk. I also hope they say things like, “The greatest and most wonderful thing that ever happened to me was hearing this, and continued on page 26

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Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

The Caves are the best band in KC. Cowboy Indian Bear, Fullbloods, Ghosty, Margo May, Thee Water MoccaSins, Katlyn Conroy, Motorboater, Hidden Pictures, Ad Astra Arkestra, Capybara, Dead Girls … everyone is amazing.

No one sucks. We all win. Well done, everyone.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

I guess we’re partial to RecordBar. It’s owned by friends, the sound is always good, the crowd reliable, the food smashing, and the booze cheap. The Brick and Riot Room are great spots as well. We’re usually in one of those three rooms.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

I love Kansas City because of the people, the artists, all of these great minds that work so hard to turn KC into a “legitimate scene.”

The problem is that I keep hearing people talk about this nebulous goal of being a “legitimate scene.” It’s difficult and kind of sad to see how hard people are working to build something great, juxtaposed with how little of a shit the average Kansas Citian seems to give about what’s going on here. We treat our news anchors, athletes, chefs and business owners with reverence, but treat the people who make up our music scene like they’ll be delivering our next pizza.

Having ranted, however, I think the music coming out of KC right now is phenomenal, and regardless of whether or not this city acknowledges us, I’m proud of how far these performers have come and amazed at how each new band that emerges seems a little better than the last one. KC is having a little golden age right now, and I love being around for it.

Also, the rent is cheap.

CHEROKEE ROCK RIFLE What’s new?

We’ve just celebrated playing music together now for two years! That’s thrilling! It’s hotter than the Devil’s panties where we’ve been practicing for the last 15 months, so we’ve grown fairly accustomed to three- to fourhour-long rehearsals in nothing but our boxer shorts mostly. We just wrapped up tracking with Chris Cosgrove for our upcoming release, set tentatively for early fall 2012. We’re excited

to be getting some new songs out there for everyone to hear. Our first single from the upcoming EP is out as of July 27 and called “Dead City Girl.” It focuses on the thrill of finding perfect black leather love in a big city full of hopeless romanticism.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Well, we all pretty much agree that in “a perfect world” a band like ours would most likely have been detained on some account of reckless prevarication by the powers that be. However, we like to think our sound is derivative of some classic rock meets post-’90s.

A sound centered around BIGG GUITAR RIFF, punk-centric vocals, and Kansas City’s creamiest rhythm section.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

The truth is, we haven’t played a venue we haven’t enjoyed. Steve and Shawn and the entire staff at RecordBar have been amazing to us.

The Riot Room is almost like playing a house party for us, and we certainly love to lose our minds there with all of our hardest rocking pals and lady pals. Sherri at the Brick was cool as can be when we played there with Howard Iceberg.

Hell, the Boobie Trap in Topeka almost got the best of us. But I think we have to say Michelle and Mokie at Davey’s Uptown really make us feel like rock stars. When there’s a couple of cases of beer in a cooler with a bottle of Beam on top of it waiting for you in the green room, it just says, “Welcome home … now PARTY HARD!” That’s the way into our hearts (shallow as they may be).

What do you like about Kansas City as a music town?

Aside from all of us being old now, we pretty much agree that Kansas City is an exciting place to be involved in music. I mean, it really always has had a healthy music scene, but it certainly is becoming a bedrock for so many emerging and polished acts. This is, of course, in addition to so many other arts. We are proud to have found so many friends to play with here, and I don’t think we would, or ever will, consider moving this band anywhere. We intend to shake KC for a good while. Just watch, hear and don’t forget to PARTY HARD!

COWBOY INDIAN BEAR What’s new?

We’ve enjoyed a more leisurely summer than usual but will be touring out East and back in August. We recently performed at the Crossroads Summer Block Party with our friends. It was radical. continued on page 28

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We’re nearing completion of our second album. It’s currently in final mixes with our engineer-producer Joshua Browning. We’re looking forward to releasing it before the end of 2012. We have some videos and other fun stuff on the horizon as well.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

They would describe us for who we are rather than who or what we remind them of.

Hopefully our new album will aid in that.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

RecordBar, hands down. It’s been too long since we’ve played there, though.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

We’re not from Kansas City proper (Lawrence-based), and I think that’s what has been so wonderful — this city has embraced Cowboy Indian Bear in a real way. Every time we play here, I get to meet a person or two who seem to be genuinely engaged with our music. There is a communal aspect to what goes on in Kansas City music and culture, and it’s good to be a part of that fabric. I love it.

What’s new?

Putting out a full-length piece of vinyl this fall.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Handsomely ridiculous. Ridiculously handsome.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Wouldn’t kiss Mouthbreathers on the lips, but they know how to rock. Ad Astra Arkestra are damn fine kissers. Nature Boys, oh yeah!

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Studded Bird (R.I.P.) What do you like about KC as a music town?

They still like punk music there. It’s big enough to hide a DIY scene in its sweaty armpit.

THE DEAD GIRLS What’s new?

We released a 7-inch single at the beginning of the year that featured a song we recorded with Justin Pierre (singer of Motion

City Soundtrack) as the B-side. The A-side, “She Laughed a Little,” has been getting a lot of play on local stations. We have been working on and off on our third full-length album, Fade In/Fade Out, for the past couple of years, and it’s finally being mixed by our best man behind the board, Chris Cosgrove. We’re hoping to have it out this fall.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

A loud and melodic melding of the Beach Boys, Thin Lizzy and Swervedriver.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

We currently have the most solid crop of bands in the Lawrence-KC area that we have seen in some time, so it’s pretty much impossible to give everyone the recognition they deserve. For a while, it seemed like the public’s waning interest in live music negatively affected the quality of live music we were getting around here. But I think it’s gotten to the point where artists who really love and appreciate music have decided to not give up and to push their passions even harder.

I think after years of a pretty harsh musical climate in KC, we are at the dawn of a bona fide resurgence in our live-music scene.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

I think the main reason is simply that KC allows for affordable, comfortable living in a place where the arts are extremely prevalent.

It’s a great happy medium. For example, if you go out to L.A. or New York to pursue anything, that one thing has to be your focus or it’s not going to happen. All of the Dead Girls have multifaceted interests, and living in places like Lawrence or KC allows us all to pursue many of those things comfortably.

THEE WATER MOCCASINS What’s new?

Arguing about whether or not to do a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to release our debut on vinyl. The digital release is available on our site at theewatermoccasins.com.

In a perfect world, how would music critics describe your band?

Fractal pop or electro-psych Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Conquerors. They are our brethren in psychedelia.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

RecordBar. Great sound and sight lines.

Doesn’t hurt that one of our members is the owner.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Our guitarist [Billy Smith] moved to New York last October. He’s touring with Slash right now and will be out with Smashing Pumpkins later in the year as a crew member. The rest of us have family and jobs here. Its central location, affordability and support for the arts are the main reasons. Thee Water MoccaSins was started as a project with no expectations of “chasing the rock-and-roll dream.” It is purely a means for expression and joy for each of us. ( F E MA L E )

AMY FARRAND What’s new?

I am no longer playing in any bands (for now) and am concentrating on my solo work.

It’s time. I’m promoting my EP that was released this year, Amy Farrand <3s You, and I’m producing Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club at Davey’s Uptown. The show will be three years old in December!

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

Americana with a jagged edge. Make sure your tetanus shot is up-to-date.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

There are several nominated acts that I really like. More than one in some categories.

I actually had a hard time voting this year.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club. In addition to running my weekly show there, I have played in 28 bands over the years, and almost every one of them has played that venue. It’s a home away from home.

What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

It’s easy to keep a home base here. It’s a pretty inexpensive place to live. That’s important when you have an artist’s income. We are also centrally located, so hopping in the van and traveling to play is quite a bit easier. It’s roughly the same distance east or west.

KATLYN CONROY What’s new?

I finally lost my tour virginity! Kind of.

Wait, this sounds wrong. What I mean is that I took my solo project, La Guerre, out on the road for the first time ever. I had two weeks of ocean, cheap beer, Spanish moss, psychics, and the best curry I’ve ever had in my life.

Even with the good fortune of being able to tour extensively with Cowboy Indian Bear, doing it solo was really a life-changing experience. I genuinely didn’t expect that it’d be so different. And I got to bring my boyfriend with me, which was a nice little vacation on the side. The Cowboys would never allow it!

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

As of July 17, I released my first EP since my 2009 full-length, I Think I’ll Stay Inside.

It’s called Savannah > Jacksonville and kind of showcases my experimental nature in the past few years. I’ve been really turning more

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What keeps you in KC rather than moving to a bigger music city?

Well, sadly, I will be moving soon. I love KC with all my heart, but I think it’s time to move around a bit. I have a two-year plan to give the East Coast a try. However, it’s also my intention to return to KC down the road. The music and art scene are incredible here in Kansas City.

They keep getting better, too.

toward an electronic feel, and less folksy as I had previously done. The EP is released in anticipation of my upcoming sophomore album, titled Sapphires. I’m hoping it will bring out a far more rounded sound than I’ve previously shown.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

I wish they would listen to my lyrics more.

The few times someone has come up and complimented me on them because they were truly listening, it felt amazing. But musically … fluffy, pure, pretty, smooth. Imagine taking a balloon and filling it with glitter and syrup and then popping it in slow motion. But not like a pink balloon. More of a somber-looking one. Maybe maroon.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I feel like I should say people who I don’t just know personally and want people to vote for.

But the fact is, one of the reasons I’m friends with these people is that I admire the shit out of them. So, here I go. The ACBs, always. They put a smile on my face, especially in times that I’ve been out on the road with them. I love seeing how new audiences react to their catchy upbeat tunes. CS Luxem, ’cause he’s way cool, and the first time I saw him, he was projecting a “First Aid for Cats” video behind him while he played. Motorboater, because Dan is my electro-pop dream come true. And Stik Figa, Fourth of July, Quiet Corral, Grisly Hand. Did I forget anyone? Oh yes, Cowboy mutha****ing Indian Bear.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

RecordBar. Four words: gouda-blackbean dip.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

KC is one of the largest cities with the tightest communities, in my opinion. Even as a Lawrence girl at heart, KC, I love you!

SARA SWENSON What’s new?

Well, I’m finding myself in the U.K., as of late. This is where personal life influences music — I’m recently engaged to my fella in England, so for the time being, we’re bouncing between London and Belfast, mostly. I’m trying to make the most of it, write new tunes and play wherever I can scare up gigs while

What’s new?

We released a full-length album on Lakeshore Records in March 2012 called Don’t Let Me Stay. Two days after it came out, we played three showcases at South By Southwest, including a couple with Alejandro Escovedo, Sara Swenson Peter Buck and Mike Mills of R.E.M., Tommy Stinson, Lenny Kaye and some other amazing bands. We made great friends and a lot I’m here on an entertainer visa. Rest assured, of new fans. though, Kansas City is still my home base. I’ll Any recent releases or anything on the be back again soon. horizon?

In a perfect world, how would critics describe We’re doing a brief East Coast tour in July your music? and August, including the legendary Asbury I’d like them to find my music interesting, Park, New Jersey; and New York City. Then engaging and beautiful all at once. Evolving, we’ll be coming back to play a few shows in but a place they want to land and stay for a KC. After that, we’ve got some dates for the good while. southern United States planned for the fall.

What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

Then more touring after the holidays.

You know, RecordBar never disappoints.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe The sound is good, and Steve and the guys your music? there know what they’re doing and do it well.

I would hope they would describe these How can you argue with that? Though, as an songs and these musicians the way people addendum, having the opportunity to open from the Midwest are described: honest, earfor Jakob Dylan at the Midland last November nest, hardworking and compelling. was pretty stellar. Wow, what a place to play.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re What do you like about KC as a music town?

There’s a purity to the music in Kansas a fan of?

I’m a fan of the Caves, Katy & Go-Go, DiCity that you don’t always find in larger verse, Hipshot Killer. I think Deco Auto is cool. music cities where the primary intent is to What’s your favorite KC venue, and why? make it big. The musicians in Kansas City Really RecordBar is the only venue in Kanare wonderful people, a very talented, hardsas City that has reached out to us, asked us to working and loyal bunch. We support each play there, and really worked hard with us to other and push each other, but we don’t build successful shows. limit ourselves to play only in the schoolWhat keeps you in KC rather than moving to yard. It gives me great joy to step into other cities and proudly represent our fair town. a bigger music city?

When you look at the big picture, we get the most of our music placement, record and Also nominated: Margo May merchandise sales, show offers, radio play, etc.

S I NG ER-S O NG W R I TER (MALE) from outside KC. Our label is in Los Angeles, our booking contacts are in Austin and New York, we’ve shipped more records to Spain than KC, and our placement offers come from L.A. and New York. So KC being an inexpensive place to What’s new? live as an artist, and centrally located, is a huge I released my new album, Four, with Sharp plus. And — honestly — I love people and places County Records on July 24. here. We have that Midwestern sensibility that In a perfect world, how would critics describe doesn’t exist anywhere else. Thankfully, KC your music? is starting to see a growth in purchasers of 0100101000101100101 (in a perfect world creative talent because that’s so important to we’d all be robots). all kinds of artists, not just musicians.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

Even though I’m not an MC, I think I’ve found the most welcoming people to be the hip-hop scene. There is a lot of support for What’s new? each other and too many talented MCs to list.

I haven’t released anything since Lost/ What’s your favorite KC venue, and why?

Accolades, but I’m working on a new project.

Czar and Riot, hands down, are my two I have the songs basically laid out, but I’m favorite places to play. They’ve been overly still ironing out lyrical content and trying to helpful and supportive since I’ve started my track some amazing guest musicians for the career in KC. Tim, Dallas and everyone they deal. I’m also working continued on page 30

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The other duo project I’m working on is with Jonny Universe of Antennas Up. We’re calling it Alaskan Fur. It’s sort of a post-rock, electronic deal. Nearly all instrumental.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music?

I really don’t care how people describe it; I just hope they like it. Writing stuff as “Lennon Bone” is always second to Ha Ha Tonka.

I wouldn’t call it a side project because I love doing it as much as the Tonka stuff, but I do feel like I’m still finding my “sound” for the songs. I’m just lucky enough to be in a band that gets to tour for a living, and I can just write and grow this project as it comes.

Who are some of the other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I’m a big Hidden Pictures fan. Richard and I did some writing together recently and sparked up a friendship. That guy is supertalented, and hilarious to boot. I love the ACBs. That band makes great records. One of my favorite local acts, hands down. Clay Hughes is a really close friend of mine and another nominee for male singer-songwriter. We’ve been doing some smear campaigns on Facebook at each other to keep it fun.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

RecordBar. Easily. Steve is a true pro and has put together a great room. There’s a reason that up-and-coming bands play there. However, we need a good midlevel venue in KC. Like a 500to 700-capacity room. I feel like that’s what’s keeping us from having a lot of cool bands stop in. They go to Lawrence instead because they have more options in that range.

What do you like about KC as a music town?

It’s a very connected scene. There seems to be a lot of love and support for one another, and I think that’s an amazing aspect to what we have going on here. I used to get pissed that more bands didn’t get out and do the touring thing, but the more I’ve been on the road,

the more I’ve understood why they don’t. It’s expensive, it’s daunting, and it takes years to cultivate a following. There’s a lot of sacrifice that goes into making a band successful on a national level, and that’s just not realistic for some people. There’s nothing wrong with being a great local band, and we have a lot of those.

THOM HOSKINS What’s new?

I have been using Tuesday nights at Czar to try out new material. This summer, I joined the band Hidden Pictures as a lead guitar player, where I can really lose myself and just play what’s needed for each song. Recently, I started work as a session guitarist-arranger for an artist at Weights and Measures Soundlab, owned and operated by KC sound engineer Duane Trower.

Any recent releases or anything on the horizon?

This summer, I self-released an EP entitled Still Feeling Bronze. Sometime this fall, I plan to release a split EP with local songwriter Doby Watson. Early this winter, I plan to self-release a full-length album.

In a perfect world, how would critics describe your music and band?

My music is like a soundtrack to an old film that everyone can remember watching once but has long since forgotten the plot. One might describe the music I create as the sound of old melodies juxtaposed with modern life. Another might describe the way I write songs as wordplay riding atop cascading melodies that get wedged into your unconscious.

Who are some other nominated acts you’re a fan of?

I’m a fan of Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Company. The band’s classic country sound can transport you to another time and place, like forgotten roadside dives with bright neon lights glaring on weathered old faces.

What’s your favorite KC venue?

My favorite local venue is the FOKL Gallery because the people there are creative and thoughtful. When I play at FOKL, I feel appreciated, welcome and free to express myself.

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Adrian Halpern, one of the studio artists at La Cucaracha, has been busy there the past nine months, churning out colorful silk-screen versions of his collagelike, line-crowded visions. His first solo exhibition of prints and drawings, Metapores, is at Old Souls Tattoo Parlour & Gallery (2006 Main, 816-452-0393).

You’ll find graphic paintings and drawings in Covenant

by Tyson Gough and Peter Granados at Spray Booth Gallery (130 West 18th Street). As described by curator Andrew Lyles: “Cartooning and a passion for painting combine in work that is vibrant and abrasive, yet tastefully dark.”

Exhibitions at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2012 Baltimore, 816-474-1919) offer yet more opportunities to study line and color technique — Don Kottman, Mark Westervelt, Dean Kube, Matt Kube — along with an introduction to the Shooting KC Photography Group. It should be especially interesting to those of us who remember the Society for Contemporary Photography.

For something completely different, head over to La Esquina (1000 West 25th Street, 816-221-5115) for the multimedia exhibit Fluid Fracture, five original short compositions commissioned by Black House Collective and set amid ice-stalactite sculptures by Jeff Tackett.

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Beer and cheese pairing at Lukas Liquor Superstore (13657 Washington, 816-942-8523). Just south of State Line and 135th Street, find Black Butte Porter, Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Twilight Summer Ale, Inversion IPA, Black

Butte XXIII and the Stoic, all waiting to be paired with Green Dirt Farm selections from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today).

Build your own kegerator at Royal Liquors (1301 West 103rd Street, 816-942-8888). We’ve done the math, and it looks right: It’s more costeffective to own a kegerator than it is to make daily liquor-store runs.

Deschutes brewers are ready to talk specifics (with beer samples, of course), also from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today.

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Midtown Madness at Gomer’s Midtown (3838 Broadway, 816-931-4170). It’s been a long week at the office, but now it’s quittin’ time. Come down and try the Deschutes favorites listed above, plus the brewer’s Russian Imperial Stout and the Abyss. Oh, and there’s the Collage, a two-years-in-themaking collaboration with Portland’s Hair of the Dog Brewing Co. This one is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Local’s Night at All Star Pizza & Pub (6100 Northwest 63rd Terrace, 816-587-6000).

Done at Gomer’s? Celebrate yourself in NKC Friday night with live music from Cherry Bomb; a pairings menu made with Deschutes beers; and one of the first chances to taste the company’s anniversary brew, Black Butte XXIV. The party starts at 8 p.m.

Dog Days of Summer (parking lot in front of the Foundry at 424 Westport Road). This final Base Camp event, from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, is

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The world’s only African-American-owned big-top production — the UniverSoul Circus — got to town August 1. It closes out its run tomorrow. So this is your last Saturday to see Onionhead (the clown), Rahel (the sexy contortionist who looks like Rihanna), the Soul Circus Divas (an elephant troupe that dances to hip-hop songs) and the rest of the crew. They’re at Swope Park, by the main entrance (Swope Parkway and Meyer Boulevard), and admission costs $17.50–$26. Find details and tickets at universoulcircus.com.

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by Shooting Star, Mark Farner, Pat Travers, Black Oak Arkansas and Racy Grace. Ticketmaster says, “legal vehicle capacity only.” To that we say, “Define legal capacity!” Details at cricketwirelessamp.com.

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M O N D AY | 8 . 6 | BAR SPOTLIGHT: HENRY’S HIDEOUT AT SCHLITTERBAHN

Schlitterbahn is a special kind of crazy.

Triple-digit days bring hordes of people — olds, Juggalos, kids with their mothers, horny teenagers and, of course, those who’d rather be at the bar than at a multimilliondollar waterpark (9400 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, 913-312-3110). Way-oh! The solution is Henry’s Hideout, a swim-up bar located in the middle of two very young child-friendly splash grounds. Yes, the pool in the area is heated, the domestic beers are $6.75 and smoking is allowed, and there are no lines. Just paddle up to the wooden bar, hook yourself up with a bloody mary ($8.25)

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Henry’s Hideout is open seven days a week.

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T U E S D AY | 8 .7 | SWEET, SWEET LOVE

New York Times best-selling author and Leawood resident Julie Garwood has something like 36 million copies of her novels in print, and People magazine has called her a “trusted brand name in romantic fiction.”

E MOR Trust is at stake in her latest, Sweet Talk, a bodice-ripper involvT A E IN ONL .COM ing a Ponzi scheme.

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W E D N E S D AY | 8 . 8 | TEMPLE DANCER AT THE TIVOLI

La Bayadère was first staged in 1877 by Marius Petipa, ballet’s most hallowed choreographer. Today’s high-def presentation of the piece (title translates to “the temple dancer”) is a Paris Opera Ballet production reworked for the company by Rudolf Nureyev. Ballet at its finest, people. See it at the Tivoli (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-5222) today and (or Sunday, August 5) at 1:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15. See tivolikc.com for information and tickets.

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At the Hotel Phillips, see and be seen — and be sketched by Trey Bryan.

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Trey Bryan sits at a four-top, his back to the café’s mahogany wall. There’s a pot of coffee and a half-full cup in a saucer next to a spiralE MOR bound sketchbook lying open on the table.

Blaine Proctor, who’s in T A E IN ONL .COM charge of sales and marPITCH keting at the downtown boutique hotel, sits beside Bryan, answering a question I’d just asked the artist.

“For a city this size, there is a lot going on in the arts,” Proctor says as Bryan sketches.

I’m concentrating on Proctor’s words but can’t quite shake that suspicion of being watched. Bryan isn’t looking at me steadily, but he’s observing me as he draws thin black lines on the paper with an ultra-fi ne-point pen. This is his job. He’s the Hotel Phillips’ official artist.

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“Our sister hotel in Milwaukee — the Pfister Hotel — has had an artist-in-residence program with gallery and studio spaces for a few years,” Proctor continues. “We thought we’d put a similar program in place.”

Bryan benefits from a patronage model unlike any other I’m aware of in Kansas City. In exchange for studio space, Bryan lets the hotel use his drawings in marketing materials — menus and cards, for example.

His paintings go up on the hotel’s interior walls in September. The business benefits from the cachet that comes with being seen to support the arts. Bryan gets exposure, a stipend and all the coffee he can drink.

But Bryan doesn’t seem to spend much time in his allotted studio space. Instead, he’s prominently visible here, hanging out in the hotel’s bar or lobby, or on the street outside the building to sketch its Art Deco–style exterior.

The Phillips’ daily wine receptions and weekend jazz performances, he says, are his favorite times to draw. (He does use the studio; that’s where he translates his sketchbook drawings

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into paintings for the Phillips, ranging in size from 3 feet by 4 feet to as big as 8-by-9.

Bryan earned a degree in illustration from the Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, in 2009. “But I call it ‘drawing and painting,’ ” he says, “because that’s what I did there.” He moved to the Kansas City area immediately after graduating to apprentice with legendary illustrator Mark English. Bryan used to do a lot of plein-air (a French expression used to describe painting outdoors) landscape paintings, but his interests have evolved.

“What I like about art is capturing life moments,” he explains.

Bryan describes himself as an introvert, but he has discovered that drawing people in public is a serious icebreaker. “When you keep looking and drawing, people ask you what you are doing,” he says.

And watching the locals who frequent the bar, along with the out-of-towners staying at the hotel, has been a lesson in human nature: “You notice who wants to be seen, who wants to have a conversation, who doesn’t.” pitch.com

Bryan says composition is key to his drawings, a fact evident when you page through his sketchbooks. He takes advantage of the whole sheet of paper, balancing areas of text (his thoughts in the moment, descriptions of the scene at hand — reminders for later) with space where darker values emerge through repeated lines. Color comes into play, too, often through the use of unusual pigments.

He dips the tip of his fi nger into his coffee and dabs it onto the paper where his drawing of the cup appears. The burgundy of wine or the grit of sugar decorate the surface of other drawings.

Bryan tells me that when he visited Milwaukee, Timothy Westbrook, the fiber artist who holds the artist residency at the Pfister Hotel, sewed a vest for him with special pockets large enough to fit a sketchbook. He’s not wearing the vest over his black T-shirt today.

But as long as there are people nearby to be drawn, he doesn’t put away his sketchbook.

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he just-ended festival called Fringe offered an embarrassment of performingarts riches: 80-plus uncensored and, in most cases, original or new works over nine days (not counting the bonus-show day). But how many performances can one person take in?

In line at a venue halfway through the festival, a man boasted that he’d already seen 12 shows, as though hoping to win a contest. Then again, he was averaging 2.4 a day, so he ought to get some kind of prize.

Eavesdropping on others waiting — or joining in such conversations — is a way to compare MORE notes and hear recommendations and tinker w ith one’s itinerary.

T A INE But the schedule made ONL .COM PITCH some things impossible as it was, and the last thing I needed toward the end of the fest was another suggestion. On the last night, four shows of interest took place around the same time. I wonder if even Mr. 2.4 gave up and just stayed home.

By day 10, I had checked off most, but not all, of my original list and managed also to see many more unplanned pieces. For the most part, the things I saw were funny, serious, moving, thought-provoking. I got close looks at local productions and actors, and I witnessed out-of-town acts I may never have the chance to see again.

The Dust was a modern-dance piece by the talented Core Project Chicago. Another Chicago act, Scarborough Fair, turned out to be a funny take on a Simon and Garfunkel tribute band. David Gaines’ 7 (x1) Samurai was a clever one-man retelling of the Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven story depicted through movement, masks and minimal “dialogue.” In Dada Is Dead/Long Live Dada,

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six performers gave a mesmerizing overview and tribute to the 20th century’s Dada movement. And Ry Kincaid, backed by a 12-person cast of actors and musicians (including Cody Wyoming, Katie Gilchrist, Vi Tran and Amy Kelly), premiered Pilgrimage, a rock musical based on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

KC’s Theatre Gym managed to place two one-acts in the festival: Underneath the Lintel and Stavrogin’s Confession. The latter starred the very able Allan Boardman, Dean E. Mehling and up-and-comer Hannah Freeman (a high school student with a growing résumé). And Kevin Fewell carried the one-man Lintel. Neither play was new; Underneath the Lintel debuted in 1999, and Stavrogin’s Confession also dates to the late 1990s. Both were still interesting and absorbing.

But the festival’s scope doesn’t necessarily impress. There are those who don’t know about Fringe or — perhaps having seen one too many poorly created or performed pieces in the past — don’t care about it. By its design, KC Fringe doesn’t allow even the hardestworking viewer to see more than, say, a third of the events. I can understand why a casual theatergoer might shrug off the whole thing in frustration. How many of us take in one or two performances? a handful? or 12 in five days?

The Fringe Festival is all about access, for audiences as well as for artists. Both emerging and more established artists can participate, as long as they apply in time. (Some Fringe Festivals are on a juried or lottery system; Kansas City’s is first-come, first-served.) But it costs them money; the more performances given, the higher the participation fees. This helps explain why some shows appear only three times on the schedule, while others fill five or six slots.

What do artists get in return? Besides the

Evolution of Burlesque made advances in exposure at Fringe, starting at the preview. opportunity to showcase their work or the satisfaction of performing it, they receive 70 percent of the door. (The supporting venue gets 30 percent.) Because attendance affects their take-home, those shows that can afford five or six appearances spend even more money to make money. (One hedge: all those T-shirts that get hawked.)

In a town this size, where a limited number of arts patrons is spread thin, were enough seats fi lled? Weekend attendance appeared higher than during the week when, at the shows I saw, crowds were less than robust. That’s a shame; there was good work being done onstage every night.

According to the U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals, the average payout from the 2011 KC Fringe Festival was $575. Given the costs and application fees (and the transportation expenses for out-of-town artists), that doesn’t seem like much.

Besides the Fringe buttons required for admission, KC Fringe sells photos online and has sponsors. I don’t know if the artists get a cut of those proceeds. Fringe, of course, isn’t the only entity that needs to come out ahead, or break even.

Is KC Fringe too big for its own city? As I write this, the fest has been over only a couple of days. It left me feeling enriched but also a little regretful, still wondering about the productions I missed. If only there had been more days, more chances.

That kind of regret is worth it to me. But if this big event were a little smaller, maybe more people could, and would, experience it, regrets and all.

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Each of the band’s four albums has sold more than the last, with 2010’s Infinite Arms reaching No. 7 on the Billboard album chart and earning the band a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album (eventually losing to some nobodies, the Black Keys). That winning streak looks to continue with the release of Mirage Rock, due out in September. The record was produced by the legendary Glyn Johns, who has worked with other musical nobodies — Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, among others. Mirage Rock expands the band’s breezy but epic falsetto rock to include songs with a more subdued, classic-rock-tinged flavor.

It all appears quick and effortless, but Bridwell’s dogged work ethic has as much I guess on tours and stuff, too, if I had a day to do with his success as his songwriting. In off, I’d walk to my hotel room and try to write a rare lull between working and caring for his two young daughters in South Carolina, something or just mess around. I’ll go and work Bridwell joined The Pitch by phone to talk on stuff at a cabin in the woods or at a beach house so I can really jump into the mind-set of about the new record, songwriting, and the it and really wreck my brain on it.

Band of Horses’ upcoming tour with My MornYou lived in the Pacific Northwest for quite ing Jacket. See both bands at Starlight Theatre a while and are now back in the South, where Monday, August 6.

The Pitch: Where in the country are you? Are you’re from. How has the geographical change influenced your music? you also in the middle of a deathly heat wave?

Settling into adulthood and being back Bridwell: I am in the Southeast part, around where I came from has a lot of positive aspects the city of Charleston, on a swamp, just hangto it, maybe. I’m not as deing out at home. You know, pressing or moody as I used [heat waves are] always kind Band of Horses to be. I loved that about the of going on here. We don’t Monday, August 6, Northwest. It does have that really notice when the heat at Starlight Theatre great mood to it. You’re alindex is 120 or something. lowed to be depressed, It’s just kind of Wednesday. I don’t know if you ever get used to that, though. and you’d be surprised when you’re not. I do miss that kind of gloom because that’s when I’m sweating now sitting down.

I started that habit of writing all day and kind You’ve worked with smaller labels, big labels. of clocking in, because it was so wet outside.

You’ve done lengthy tours, and your songs have What else are you gonna do? been used a lot in TV shows. Does a musician One of the things that I think is so exciting have to do everything, throw it all at the wall, about the new record is that you got to work with to make a living making music today? a pretty legendary producer, Glyn Johns.

Absolutely. Yeah, really all aspects — all that We luckily got thrown in to work together promo and stuff. Lord knows, TV and film have through our management. He produced Ryan been a massive help, a shot in the arm, to a lot Adams, who we share a manager with. It still of artists like us that have certainly been afblows my mind that I know him at all, much fected by the technology that has come up in less that we did this project together. … We the past 10 years. But shit, I’m doing fine. I’m recorded loose and live. His mode of recording doing much better than I should be, for sure. At suited our style of playing quite well. It ended the same time, to maintain that kind of thing, up being relatively painless, which is kind of you can’t rest on any laurels. You have to go out scary. … He likes to have a lot of spontaneity in and do that promo and then go to a radio stathe process. So there were a lot of core bones of tion and do an acoustic set. All of those things, songs that had been fleshed out, but once he in stores, all that shit. You really have to give got in there, he wanted to tweak them, or he people a personal experience and give them a would take something that we weren’t crazy reason to listen now.

I’ve read that you go off by yourself when you about and just see what would happen with it.

Mirage Rock does have moments — and I write songs. Where was Mirage Rock written? was wondering how much Johns had to do with Well, a lot of it was written here in Mount this — where the harmonies and guitars line up Pleasant. I have a storage garage that looks in such a way that the music has a bit of a ’70s about as beautiful as that sounds — it’s grimy classic-rock feel. with spiders and mice and shit. So I would sit We definitely brought stuff to Glyn that we there a lot when my girls would be at school, kind of thought was in his wheelhouse, and and just kind of clock in and write it. A lot of sure enough, he did a lot of those. Obviously, it didn’t make the cut, but a lot of it did, and

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The covers or anything I didn’t write or don’t have to sing on. Like playing one of Tyler or Ryan’s [Band of Horses bandmates] songs, because I can kind of watch the show go down, in a way, and not have a hamster running full speed in my head.

So are you fully engaged and present the entire time that you play or do you ever lose yourself in it?

You know, I guess sometimes I really can lose myself in it and the vibe of it and can be overwhelmed by a really giving crowd, one that really throws the energy at you. I can get just kicked in the stomach by it — I just got chills thinking about it. Most of the time, though, I’m like, What are the words? What are the chords?

I don’t play the guitar and sing together naturally. It came very late for me, so it’s a multitasking meltdown just waiting to happen. You never know when those things are gonna hit: the transcendent moments or the “Oh, Jesus, what is this song?”

I’m excited to see you play with My Morning Jacket. What do you think the dynamic will be?

We’ve only done one show with them at Madison Square Garden, maybe a year ago or so. It was really cool because I’ve always been a huge fan of that band and have seen them without playing with them for many years. So to actually get to bond with them on the same stage, and travel with them now, is extremely exciting. I think the dynamic’s gonna be fantastic. They’re really easygoing dudes, so that’s gonna be really fun. And then the dynamic of the show is, like, showing what a half-assed My Morning Jacket cover band sounds like, and then you get the real thing.

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Neon Trees: KC Live Stage at the Power & Light District, 13th St. and Grand.

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Summer Car Jam with Mark Farner, Shooting Star, Pat Travers, Black Oak Arkansas, Racy Grace: 6 p.m., $30 per carload. Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.

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M O N D AY, A U G U S T 6 My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses: Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

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World music has gradually seeped into the rock songs that American kids write these days. I generally support the trend, and I credit the Internet. Where it once required years of crate digging and personal musical exploration to find one’s way to an Os Mutantes, a survey of ’60s Brazilian art-pop is now only an Amazon recommendation and two clicks away. Louisiana’s Givers indulge in Afro-pop tones and nerdy time signatures, not unlike Dirty Projectors, with whom they’ve toured.

But there’s also some tropicalia and reggaeton in the band’s melodic sound. And, for good measure, faint echoes of Zydeco — gotta rep the home team.

Tuesday, August 7, at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179)

Enrique Iglesias, with Jennifer Lopez

Based on my calculation that less than 1 percent of our readers would struggle to decide between the two, I am recommending this show, even though it falls on the same evening as The Pitch Music Showcase. In case you’re behind on pop culture, allow me to bring you up to speed. Enrique Iglesias doesn’t have that mole on his face anymore, and he is still dating

Clockwise from top: Givers, Jennifer Lopez and Washed Out Anna Kournikova. Jennifer Lopez just quit her job as an American Idol judge, and she is still a terrible person. If you decide to attend, do me a favor and give my best to the year 2000.

Saturday, August 4, at Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7000)

Washed Out

Along with Toro Y Moi, and maybe Neon Indian on a good day, Washed Out has risen out of the synthesized muck of chillwave button pushers and landed pretty damn close to the indie mainstream. Listen to the band’s most recent release, 2011’s Within and Without, and it’s easy to see why: The grooves pulse, the melodies connect, and there’s an artful consistency to the lush, airy production. Washed Out can pull it off live, too. A few weeks back, I watched the band — it tours as a five-piece — whip a fading festival crowd into a congregation of headbobbing believers.

Monday, August 6, at the Granada (1020 Massachusetts, 785-842-1390)

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T H U R S D AY 2

The AllStar Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Family Night with Jason Dean Magician, 9 p.m.

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Aerial Fabrics, 7 p.m.

The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. City in Motion presents Billie Mahoney.

ROCK/POP/INDIE

F R I D AY 3

The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Cigarette Trees, Fable Cry. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.

Battle For Freaker’s Ball with Sixteen Penny, My Marionette, Overdue Anthem, Dismantle the Virus, Bleed the Victim, A Story to Unfold.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387.

Alien Jones with Proletariat Chariot, Rev Gusto, 10 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Kids & Explosions, Ebony Tusks, Robb Steele, 9 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Prag, Glossary, Robocopter, the Puritans, 8 p.m.

77 South: 5041 W. 135th St., Leawood, 913-742-7727. Patrick Lentz.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Scotty Boy Daniel.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis.

Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-931-9417.

Lonnie Ray Blues Band.

Park Place: 117th St. and Nall, Leawood, 913-381-2229. Funk Syndicate.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Laurie Morvan Band.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Barnyard Beer: 925 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-393-9696. Jonathan Fleig, 7 p.m.

The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Bluegrass jam hosted by Loaded Goat, 7 p.m.

JAZZ The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Paul Shinn and Dominique Sanders, 6 p.m.; Bram Wijnands Duo, 6 p.m.

Star Bar at Pachamama’s: 800 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-0990. Floyd the Barber with Tommy Johnson, 8:30 p.m.

AMERICANA Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. A.J. Gaither of the Fall Down Drunks.

COMEDY Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Dominique, 8 p.m.

Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. TJ Miller, 8 p.m.

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ROCK/POP/INDIE Barnyard Beer: 925 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-393-9696. Tyler Lenius Band, Rev Gusto.

The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Sobriquet, Skypiper, Dean Monkey & the Dropouts.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Albert Flasher.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. Glossary, the Grisly Hand.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, E Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Comanche MOR the Horse, 10 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Kink Alfred, 6 p.m.

INGS T T IS Replay Lounge: 946 MassachuL A INE L setts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

N O M O Cowboy Indian Bear, Heartscape PITCH.C Landbreak, 10 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-4428179. Brainbow, Parts of Speech, Knifecrime, 8 p.m.

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BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Levee Town.

The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. The Pete Carroll Group, 8:30 p.m.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Cold Sweat.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Walter Trout, Shannon & the Rhythm Kings, 8:30 p.m.

Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666.

Jacque Garoutte, 5:30 p.m.; KC Blues Ensemble, 8 p.m.

Uncle Bo’s: 420 E. Sixth St., Topeka, 785-234-5400. Laurie Morvan Band.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909.

Deadman Flats, Jah Wheel, 9:30 p.m.

Frank James Saloon: 10919 N.W. Hwy. 45, Parkville, 816-5050800. Kasey Rausch.

The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.

Matt Stell, Outlaw Jake and the Chain Gang.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Hot Dog Skeletons, Eric Sommer, Hide in the Shallows, Austin Thompson, 9 p.m.

DJ The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. First Friday with Barbaric Merits, FSTZ, 10 p.m.

The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ E.

HIP-HOP

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Hot Caution Thursdays, 10 p.m., free.

Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-3900363. Texas Hold ’em.

Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. Bike night.

Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m., $1 per game.

Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Back to the Hotel with DJ Mike Scott, champagne specials, 9 p.m., free.

Mac’s Place: 580 S. Fourth St., Edwardsville. Karaoke.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Beer-Lesque, Tastings and Tassels, 7 p.m.

Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900.

Ladies’ Night.

Sherlock’s Underground Coffeehouse & Pub: 858 State Route 291, Liberty, 816-429-5262. Karaoke, ladies’ night specials.

The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Ultimate Hip-Hop Artist Final with Know Skool Rules, S.O.L.D.I.E.R., Nico Yoch, Supa Dave & P Wiz, Bokker-Mayne.

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Approach, Leonard Dstroy, Hataraqq, Deuce Fountaine, DJ Travis Read, Truly Yours, DJ Na’llege, DJ Dub, Krishindoh.

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Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-8949676. Interactive Acoustic with Jason Kayne, 9 p.m.

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Double T’s Roadhouse: 1421 Merriam Ln., Kansas City, Kan., 913-432-5555. Blues Jam hosted by RocknRick’s Boogie Leggin’ Blues Band, 7 p.m.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525-1871.

Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.

Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666.

Justin Andrew Murray Open Jam, 8 p.m.

ACOUSTIC The AllStar Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. The Big Deuce Acoustic Beach Party.

JAZZ The Phoenix: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299. Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m.; the Garrett Nordstrom Situation, 9 p.m.

Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. The Steve Rigazzi Trio.

Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Dominique, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. TJ Miller, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m.

The Uptown Arts Bar: 3611 Broadway. Stand Up for Cerebral Palsy Comedy Show.

BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. First Friday Pitch Party.

J. Murphy’s Irish Pub and Grille: 22730 Midland Dr., Shawnee, 913-825-3880. Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816-4214201. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m.

Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m.

R O C K A B I L LY Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. First Friday with Jason Vivone and the Billybats, free.

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The Back Yard at the Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-931-2224. The Pitch Music Showcase, 7 p.m.

The Foundry: 424 Westport Rd., 816-960-0866. The Pitch Music Showcase, 7 p.m.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

CollapseFest.

McCoy’s Public House: 4057 Pennsylvania, 816-960-0866.

The Pitch Music Showcase, 7 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Pitch Music Showcase with Clay Hughes, Diverse, Radkey, Cherokee Rock Rifle, Hearts of Darkness, Max Justice, thePhantom*, Soul Servers, DJ Sheppa, 7 p.m.

The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. The Pitch Music Showcase, 7 p.m.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. KC Disco Club.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. John Joiner on the patio, 5 p.m.

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The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Joe DeFio, 11 a.m.; Mark Lowrey Jazz Trio open jam session, 5 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. The People’s Liberation Big Band, 8 p.m.

Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913948-5550. The Creighton Organization.

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Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

CollapseFest.

The AllStar Rock Bar: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Hybrid.

The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. Lipriddle.

Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-3459717. The Musical Blades.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. The Empty Spaces, Hidden Pictures, Sona.

Legends at Village West: 1843 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-788-3700. The Transients, 5 p.m.

The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Camp Harlow, 5 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Memories of the King with Bobby Simkins, Jeff Bergen, 7 p.m.; Untamed, Going Under, Take the Day, Southern Pain, 9 p.m.

B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Lee McBee and the Confessors.

The Brickyard Tavern: 1001 S. Weaver St., Olathe, 913-7800266. Crosseyd Cat open blues jam, 3-7 p.m.

Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Dominique, 7 p.m.

Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m.

BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke.

Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night, beer pong, TV trivia, shot dice.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m.

Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. SIN. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Double Deuce Poker League, 4 p.m.; karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-9622330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Sunday Solace, 2 p.m., free.

Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900.

Free pool.

Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816-4544500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m.

Wallaby’s Grill and Pub: 9562 Lackman, Lenexa, 913-5419255. Texas Hold ’em, 6 & 9 p.m.

Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-931-1986. Texas Hold ’em, 3 & 6 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Slow Ya Roll, 9 p.m.

The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Brother Bagman, 8:30 p.m.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. The Nace Brothers Birthday Party with the Belairs, 8 p.m.

The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Groove Agency, 10 p.m.

Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-931-9417.

Kan Eyed.

The Phoenix: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-221-5299. Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band, 9 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-2201222. Levee Town.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS The Bunkhouse: 17965 Hwy. 45, Weston, 816-640-0000.

Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders.

Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. The Crybaby Ranch.

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909.

Ruddy Swain, Eleni Mandell, 8 p.m.

The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8421390. Ashes to Immortality, Tyrannosaurus Chicken, Jazz Cigarettes.

DJ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Vincent Vega, 10:30 p.m.

The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Saturday Soulclap with Josh Powers.

MiniBar: 3810 Broadway. DJ Jochen (Hog-In).

The Quaff: 1010 Broadway, 816-471-1918. DJ Chris.

HIP-HOP The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-8415483. The Winner’s Circle Showcase.

JAZZ The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-221-1888. Joe DeFio, on the main floor, 5 p.m.; the Stan Kessler Quartet, 7 p.m.

AMERICANA Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-239-9666.

Sky Smeed, 5:30 p.m.

BAR GAMES/DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS Avalon Ultra Lounge: 5505 N.E. Antioch, 816-452-CLUB. Upscale Saturdays with DJ Smiley, 9 p.m.

403 Club: 403 N. Fifth St., 913-499-8392. Pinball tournament, cash prize for winner, 4:30 p.m., $5 entry fee.

Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Maryoke with Chad Slater, 8 p.m.

Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Westport Coffee House: 4010 Pennsylvania, 816-756-3222.

The Kick Comedy Theatre: the Kick-Off Improv Comedy Show, Saturdays, 8-9:30 p.m.

R O C K A B I L LY Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387.

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OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Open blues jam, 7 p.m.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387.

Sunday Salvation with Booty Bass, 10 p.m., $3.

R.G.’s Lounge: 9100 E. 35th St., Independence, 816-358-5777.

Jam Night hosted by Dennis Nickell, Scotty Yates, Rick Eidson, and Jan Lamb, 5 p.m.

M O N D AY 6 BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Blue Monday Jam. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Blue Monday Trio.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Lexington Field, Flannigan’s Right Hook, Three Dollar Band, 7 p.m.

DJ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Cinemaphonic, 10 p.m.

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-753-1909.

One Eye Jacks with DJs Ilya & Troy, 10 p.m.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8321085. DJ Feast.

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PUT-ON POSE Dear Dan: As a matter of courtesy to my wife

(and anyone else), I always clear the browser history on whatever device I’ve used to view pornography. I assume she doesn’t want to see “Teen Anal Adventures” or “Lifestyles of the Deep and Fisted” on the history. But the other day, she noticed a blank browser history and berated me for “keeping secrets” regarding my masturbatory viewings. I thought I was following proper etiquette.

Wondering Husband Always Clears Kache Dear WHACK: If your wife enjoys porn, doesn’t

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But if your wife hates porn and smut-shames you for watching porn, keep clearing it. She’s trying to create a lose-lose scenario for you.

Watch porn and don’t clear your browser history? Get in trouble for watching porn. Watch porn and clear your browser history? Get in trouble for watching porn.

So keep clearing your browser history, which is courteous. Her inconsiderate, controlling, smut-shaming behavior shouldn’t be tolerated (presuming that your porn consumption is moderate and you’re not neglecting her needs for emotional and sexual intimacy).

If your habits are immoderate and/or you’re neglecting her, then your wife has every right to be furious — at you, not porn.

Dear Dan: I’m gay and so is my insanely attractive boyfriend. We’ve been dating for a year.

He enjoys getting compliments and gets them frequently from other gay guys. I love my boyfriend and am happy when he’s happy, but the frequency of the passes has started to make me uncomfortable. He tells me that he isn’t going to tell them to stop because he doesn’t see what the problem is. He says it’s not like he’s making passes back, and most of the time he insists I’m misinterpreting an innocent interaction. These guys are actively flirting with my boyfriend.

Scared and Protective Dear SAP: If your friends — yours and/or his —

are making passes at your boyfriend, then you have a right to be angry. Good gay etiquette dictates that friends refrain from making passes at insanely attractive guys who have boyfriends, or they make passes at the insanely attractive guy and his boyfriend.

But there’s not much you can do about strangers making passes at your boyfriend, particularly if your boyfriend enjoys the attention.

Having a hot boyfriend has perks and drawbacks. Willing yourself to take these passes in stride is a wiser course than allowing it to become an ongoing source of conflict in your relationship.

Dear Dan: Staying with friends of friends in their guest suite, and discovered a “funnel gag” sitting on the floor next to the bed. (I took a picture and did a Google Images search.) My best guess is 54

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that it fell there after its last “use.” (It was on the side of the bed nearest the wall and could have been overlooked during “cleanup.”) Do I say something? What do people use these things for?

Guest Asks Graciously Dear GAG: People don’t use them to “water”

stubborn plants.

The proper etiquette in a situation like this is to ignore the mislaid sex toy. Leave the gag where you found it and say nothing about it to your hosts, your mutual friend, or any syndicated sex-advice columnists. Whether your hosts stumble over the gag after your visit or realize it’s missing and slip into their guest suite to retrieve it during your visit, your discretion will allow them to tell themselves that you didn’t discover it.

Dear Dan: I’m a senior in college and a lesbian.

My previous girlfriend and I bought a strap-on together, and I enjoyed being on the receiving end of it. When we broke up, she took it because she felt like she had “bonded” with it. My current GF and I have been thinking of getting one, but I’m not sure how I feel about another joint purchase. I like her a lot, but I don’t know if our relationship will last after I graduate next spring, and the prospect of having to get a new toy every time I break up with someone isn’t appealing.

Would it be reasonable, as a generally receptive partner, to buy a strap-on that I can bond with and ask future partners to use it? Is it selfish to be thinking of the eventual end of a relationship when shopping for toys?

Seeking Toy-Related Advice Pronto Dear STRAP: A strap-on isn’t a funnel gag. By which I mean …

Even if a strap-on is a joint purchase, even if purchased for the pleasure of the person “on the receiving end,” it’s not uncommon for the wearer of a particular strap-on to come to regard the strap-on as an extension of her body and bond with it. And even if your ex had allowed you to keep that strap-on, odds are that your new girlfriend would have seen that old strap-on as an extension of your ex’s body and wanted it replaced.

Go halfsies on a new strap-on — on the harness and the dildo — and one or two other sex toys of comparable value and utility. If the relationship ends, your new ex-girlfriend keeps the strap-on; you keep the funnel gag.

Programming Note: “Chick-fil-A” is an obvious synonym for “pegging.” I mean, obviously, right? I shall now use Chick-fil-A in a sentence: “Her boyfriend’s kinda homophobic, but I hear he loves Chick-fil-A.” Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/ savage.

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