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Album review: Slum Party - Flood
(Photo by Chad Codgill)Flood is Slum Party’s second LP released in six month’s time. Whenever a band puts out music at that clip, you have to wonder if you have an outfit content with putting out just...
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Touring Europe with Ha Ha Tonka: An interview with Lennon Bone
The last time we caught up with Lennon Bone, he was getting ready to embark on Ha Ha Tonka’s first European tour (see our interview with him). Now the group has just come off its second European tour...
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Album review: The Clementines - The Clementines
(Photo by Elise Del Vecchio at Lighted Stage Photography)The Kansas City music community continues to thrive and expand, something The Deli KC is happy to support and report on, and this trend...
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Album review: The Latenight Callers - Songs For Stolen Moments
(Photos by Todd Zimmer)From the first time I watched the video for “The Tease,” I succumbed to the fact that I was a fan of The Latenight Callers. Their ability to blend classic sounds with...
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CD Name: The Clementines title_color: green Music Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/theclementinesnicoleandtim Album Cover URL:...
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Artists on Trial: Red Velvet Crush
If you seek hooky, strong rock anthems, look no further than KC’s own Red Velvet Crush. Fronted by veteran vocalist Jillian Riscoe, the young band has already received recognition around town (Riscoe...
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Album review: Betse Ellis - High Moon Order
(Photo by Paul Andrews) High Moon Order slips on like an old flannel shirt or a broken in pair of jeans. If comfort food were thirteen tracks of down-home musical cooking, it would sound a lot like...
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Album review: Red Velvet Crush: Smoke & Mirrors (EP)
I am a sucker for a good rock song and a catchy hook. Those seem to be top priorities for Red Velvet Crush on its new EP Smoke and Mirrors. The band spent the first part of 2013 traveling back and...
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Artists on Trial: St. Dallas & the Sinners
(Photo by Kent & Carolyn Photography) Every now and then, you just want to hear some raucous, boisterous rock ‘n roll. Though few bands can pull it off effectively and get a crowd on its feet, St....
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Album review: The Pedaljets - What's In Between
(Photo by Todd Zimmer)The name of this album is What’s In Between. Kind of weird, considering this is The Pedaljets’ third official full-length release and it’s taken them a couple of decades to get to...
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Album review: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear - We Burned the Cane Fields (EP)
I’ve been fortunate enough to have been asked to do a few reviews for The Deli KC, and when Michelle Bacon asked me if I wouldn’t mind doing another one, I was happy to oblige. She offered me a...
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Album review: Akkilles - Something You'd Say
(Photo by Mollie Hull, Seen Imagery) As one who has been a self-professed music junkie for pretty much my entire life, I’m constantly in awe of those who go onstage, no matter how large the stage or...
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Artists on Trial: Nikki and the Rooftop Punch
(Photo by Bittersweet Symphony Productions) It seems like everyone wants to start a side project at some point. When a frontperson does it, the music usually sounds a whole lot like his/her band....
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Album review: Red Kate - When The Troubles Come
I had a conversation with a friend the other night over drinks. The majority of the talk is unimportant, but the meat of it was how much we miss rock ‘n roll. I, like my musician friend, have grown...
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Album review: David Hasselhoff on Acid - Eudaimonia
The name David Hasselhoff on Acid grabs you. Unless you are from Germany, where he’s considered a rock god, David Hasselhoff is the dude that ran down the beach to judge “talented” people while...
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In Memoriam: Abigail Henderson, 1977-2013
(Photos by Todd Zimmer)“Music is an art. It’s something that needs to be tended, and the people who make it need to be cared for… The currency to building a city is investing in its artists.” —Abigail...
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CD Name: Darkly Sparkly (EP) Music Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/tinyhorsemusic Album Cover URL: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/44597_426169839554_6900240_n.jpg body:...
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Album review: Molly Picture Club - I'm My Own Time Machine (EP)
(Photo by Todd Zimmer) Molly Picture Club’s third release, I’m My Own Time Machine, answers the prayers of wallflowers around the region. Finally, dance music for non-dancers. The tracks on Time...
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Album review: Cherokee.Rock.Rifle - Ta-Li
(Photo by Todd Zimmer) There are just not enough synonyms for blistering or scalding in the thesaurus to fully describe the sonic cock punch known as Cherokee.Rock.Rifle. Beloved by many for a...
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Artists on Trial: Katy Guillen & The Girls
(Photo by Brandon Forrest) They’ve only been around for about a year, and already Katy Guillen & The Girls (formerly The Katy Guillen Trio) have taken Kansas City by storm with their compelling,...
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