Kansas City Blog

I know it's Tuesday, but looking ahead I see a few shows that probably won't make it into print but that deserve early notice. If you know of anything coming up that you're excited about, post a comment. I need all the help I can get.

WEDNESDAY (as it tomorrow), SEPTEMBER 6: Roman Numerals, the Stills and Kings of Leon at the Madrid This is a big Camel cigarettes and 96.5 the Buzz event, so naturally I'm having to creep in the back door. But you or anyone else can probably get tickets easily by finding a Camel guy at a bar, feeling him up and grabbing a couple of tickets while he moans in ecstasy. Ew. No! Actually, you might want to see if they have tics at the Record Bar.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14: Munly Munly at the Record Bar, with the Lee Lewis Harlots and American Catastrophe. I don't know Munly, but evidently they're big outta Denver, and judging by Munly's Web site, the band's onto that whole humorous-goth-Deadwood-19th-Century-eloquence vibe, which would make them good companions to AmCat. Munly seems to have put out an album as "Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots." Here's a story from the Denver Post about the sexy freak.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: Guster and Nada Surf at City Market Long live the mopey late '90s! Actually, Nada Surf still has quite a following of apologists who all say there's so much more to this band than "Popular." As for Guster, well, you tell me.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3: The International Playboys at the Replay Lounge I didn't discover this grimy, Missoula, Montana, speed-garage band until after they'd come through town supporting their 2004 release, Sexiful, which is a big, hairy, balls-jigglin' collection of real rock and roll, like the MC5 on meth. It also contains a jaw-dropping cover of "If I Was Your Woman," by Alicia Keys, I think, but originally written by someone else. I'm spinning their new one, Snake Blood Hangover now, and while the title is better than the previous, it's a bit tamer. Sexiful gets so fast you can't even tap your foot. For a good example, go here and download "The International Playboys get a bottle of wine, go to the beach and get fucked up."

Other shows coming soon that'll make your indie-rock toes curl:

Nina Nastasia w/ Olympic Size — 9/15 at the Record Bar
Tool — 9/15 at Kemper Arena
Muse — 9/15 at the Uptown
Built to Spill — 9/19 & 20 at the Bottleneck
Mastodon — 9/18 at the Granada
The Greencards — 9/21 at the Grand Emporium
DJ Premier (Gangstarr) — 9/20 at the Record Bar
Band of Horses w/ Chad Van Gaalen — 9/24 at the Granada
Turn This Ship Around: A Tribute to White Whale - 9/26 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Serena Maneesh — 9/27 at the Bottleneck
Jeff Hanson — 9/27 at the Record Bar
Deadboy & the Elephantmen — 9/28 at the Record Bar
Ad Astra Per Aspera CD Release shows — 9/29 at the Granada; 9/30 at the Record Bar
Califone — 10/2 at the Record Bar
Tenderloin reunion shows — 10/6 & 7 at Davey's