June 29th and 30th marked another year of Middle of The Map Fest in Kansas City, MO. Having morphed into several different versions of itself over the years, this year the festival narrowed its performance dates to two, and stepped up their local music offerings. Acts like Rachel Mallin & The Wild Type, Mess, Chloe Jacobson, and Other Americans tore up several stages in the Kansas City Crossroads during the day, despite the insane heat. Social Distortion, Built to Spill, Grizzly Bear, Spoon, and more were phenomenal headliners, and made it easy to forget the outside world. Urban magic. Ashleigh Lee nabbed some pictures for us during the two day event, so we thought it was time to share!
If you can remember back to Boulevardia 2017, you may have been just as bummed out that you missed Guster due to the rain out as most. But — for those of us who didn’t chicken out and bail from heat exhaustion or thunderstorms — Guster regaled an infectiously energetic crowd in a parking garage. As immaculate as it was, it was amazing to have the band back in town for round two at Boulevardia 2018 so they could share their chops on stage with the masses. Thanks to Guster for making it back, and to Boulevardia for one insane weekend.
Lindsey Jordan is touring extensively this summer under her more familiar moniker, SnailMail. The Maryland native is promoting her new album, Lush, which dropped June 8. SnailMail played to a capacity crowd at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines on June 18.
New Found Glory recently performed one of their signature high energy sets at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Photographer Nicole Thomas grabbed some fun action shots for us!
Earlier this month, the incredible indie pop duo Seasaw opened for Har Mar Superstar at recordBar in Kansas City. Justin Kibbel caught some amazing photos for those of us who had to miss it.
