There are very, very few local bands that give me goosebumps the way American Catastrophe does. SLIMMphoto Terrence Moore, the soft-spoken AmCat guitarist, backup singer and harmonica and banjo pla... Continue reading "Wayward Q&A: Crackin' Nuts with Terrence Moore of American Catastrophe (+MP3)" >
With Spring has come renewal on the Kansas City music scene. I started out this past Friday with a hearty, bolstering meal at Stroud's, followed by a quick drink at Jazz on 39th (where the full moon h... Continue reading "Wayward Weekender: Stay Tuned at Davey's, Fiesta Kansas City, Antennas Up and Ha Ha Tonka" >
Do not forget, little birds, that the Midwest Musicians Foundation is debuting its Stay Tuned series tonight at 7 p.m. at Davey's, featuring the Mr. Marco's V7, the Afterparty, Hipshot Killer, Thee Wa... Continue reading "More Select KC Concerts this Weekend, May 8-9, featuring lots of tribute action." >
The Midwest Music Foundation, a newly formed group dedicated to boosting homegrown music and helping musicians in need, is kicking off its Stay Tuned concert series next Friday, May 8, at Davey's Upto... Continue reading "Midwest Music Foundation launches Stay Tuned concert series." >
Photo by Forester MichaelTerrence Moore's aim is true.American Catastrophe guitarist Terrence Moore is stepping out solo tonight at the Brick to play some of his own songs, including "Slow Poke" an od... Continue reading "Terrence Moore of American Catastrophe goes solo tonight at Brick (MP3 enhanced)" >
As in "Book Your Own Band." Brick owner Sheri Parr is replacing the bar's longstanding Wednesday night Anything Goes Open-Mic with what she describes as "a solid live-music format." Bands and solo a... Continue reading "Brick begins BYOB night." >

American Catastrophe - haunting open-road gothic in the vein of Cohen / Cave . Listen: "The Well" Visit American Catastrophe on MySpace . For Her and the Snow - bouncy, catchy Americana pop similar to certain Imperial Teen songs. Listen: "Waiting for You" Visit For Her and the Snow on MySpace . [...]

Portland's Saturna released Some Delicious Enemy this week on Nexus Underground. Saturna : "Pop Rocks" [mp3] from Some Delicious Enemy Saturna : "Roll Down" [mp3] from Some Delicious Enemy Saturna : "Just For Thrills" [mp3] from ...All Night other music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws | @myspace [...]
The following track comes from Kansas City band American Catastrophe's upcoming release, Excerpts From the Broken Bone Choir, and it's fairly representative of what the record is all about. Dark, haunting, and sparse, the song rumbles along beneath lyrics concerned with deeds equally shadowy. It's difficult not to make comparisons to other great American gothic artists such as Nick Cave, 16

Download: American Catastrophe -- "The Well" The track above comes from American Catastrophe's upcoming release, Excerpts From the Broken Bone Choir , and it's fairly representative of what the record is all about. Dark, haunting, and sparse the song rumbles along beneath lyrics concerned with deeds equally shadowy. It's difficult not to make comparisons to other great American gothic artists such as Nick Cave , 16 Horsepower , and Michael Gira when listening to this Kansas City, MO outfit. It's nice (?) to know that [...]

Download: American Catastrophe -- "The Well" The track above comes from American Catastrophe's upcoming release, Excerpts From the Broken Bone Choir , and it's fairly representative of what the record is all about. Dark, haunting, and sparse the song rumbles along beneath lyrics concerned with deeds equally shadowy. It's difficult not to make comparisons to other great American gothic artists such as Nick Cave , 16 Horsepower , and Michael Gira when listening to this Kansas City, MO outfit. It's nice (?) to know that [...]

its not rare for me to listen a song or an album over and over again in succession many times over. i am very compulsive that way - it drives my wife nuts. speaking of my compulsive behaviour the one album i have been, once again, diggin deep into is david vandervelde's fantastic the moonstation house band . what drew me back into moonstation was the lead single and probably my favorite of the year, "nothin no." i, seriously, have listened to that song more than a few hundred times over the past week. there is so much more going on, musically, on "nothin no" [...]
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