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honestav can’t stop smiling at boulevardia 2025
Honestav took the main stage at 8pm on Saturday, June 14th, in the lead up to headliner Tech N9ne. His joy was palpable from the moment he stepped on stage, as the hip hop artist from a small town in southern Missouri kept smiling and talking about how he was living...
yoke lore pumps energy into a pre-jack’s mannequin crowd in kcmo
a wild night out with the boys
the friendship bracelet tour stops in sacramento: a night of queer joy, folk-punk catharsis, and whale songs
There’s something uniquely intimate about a show at Café Colonial in Sacramento. Tucked into a small venue space that practically glows with DIY charm, the latest leg of the Friendship Bracelet Tour features: Everybody’s Worried About Owen, The Last Arizona, June...
kramon returns home on new track “morning vapors”
by: Christina Julien On its surface, KRAMON’s latest single “Morning Vapors” is a trance-like ode to early, easy smokes. It opens with an invitation to take a ride, offered via a sweet serenade from Meredith Adelaide over a gentle yet addicting guitar riff. From...
yelawolf and j. michael phillips have been “searching for heaven,” and so have we
Yelawolf has been around in the music industry for a powerful fifteen years: founding record label and brand Slumerican, working with artists ranging from Eminem to Ed Sheeran, and now rapping his way through “Searching for Heaven”, a sneak peek from the album Whiskey...
jack’s mannequin thrills sold out kansas city crowd
Kansas City is really lucky, because we get to witness Andrew McMahon in all of his forms pretty frequently. While other musicians skip our metropolitan area more often than now, we are seemingly prioritized by his tour manager and team every single time, be it for...
time is one hell of a drug for foggieraw in his new single “nefertiti”
Foggieraw’s new single “Nefertiti” uses memory-inducing lyrics over a gentle jazz piano to depict 90’s nostalgia and childish love. The jazzy piano melodies trigger both nostalgia and a sense of timelessness, as Foggieraw begins the song speaking to his “Nefertiti”...
tech n9ne headlines 10th boulevardia festival in kcmo (roll)
Tech N9ne was so excited to take the stage as the headliner for Saturday's Boulevardia Festival in his native Kansas City, that he started his set 10 minutes early. We were on the other side of the festival walking over, so only got one song to grab highlights. But as...
conan gray’s “this song” feels like watching an old love on tape
visual poetry
lyn lapid releases dreamy cover of pixies song “where is my mind”
Lyn Lapid, Filipino American singer & songwriter, released a cover of Pixies “Where is my mind” on Friday. You may have heard her hits such as “Producer man” and “In my mind”, as well as her 2023 EP to love in the 21st century. She recently released her debut...
the greeting committee make a statement at boulevardia 2025
Boulevardia really brought the heat - as it does every year - for its tenth anniversary, set with a backdrop of the skyline in Kansas City, Missouri. The festival grabbed local headliners for the decade anniversary of its existence on one of the hottest weekends of...
chris duffy pairs ice cream with comedy for “wrong answers only” in LA on June 17th
Have you ever wanted to laugh while nerding out on a topic you have limited information on? Enter: LabX's "Wrong Answers Only," the comedy show hosted by Chris Duffy that entertains a deep-dive topic with one expert and three comedians. "Wrong Answers Only" has...
a riot against reality: cash bribe’s “demonomics”
it’s a statement.
heartwells is bringing punk back with their new single and music video “piss n’ gums”
an eclectic mix of both punk rage and some fun
la raca flaca speaks to love’s staying power on “peaks and valleys”
an earnest pop track
dawes brings the feels to the star pavilion in kcmo
they all but transformed the casino
kristen ford is an undeniable force in the anthemic and career defining “wild heart”
Kristen Ford has left the breaking point far behind her. On “Wild Heart”, the latest single from Ford’s upcoming album Pinto, the LA based and Nashville grown singer-songwriter goes farther than ever before. Produced by John Driskell Hopkins and Kristen Ford, the...
blue rose blossoms with their debut album “blue moon”
Amid all the noise of a party back in 2022, the magnetism between two dreaming musicians, Marcus Gebauer and Jori Griffith, was too powerful to deny. The beauty of their meeting created a gradual collaboration which allowed them both to pursue their dreams. With the...